Weather Banter

[Tomcats Forever!]

Temperature got up to 102 today, setting a new daily record. Hottest day in Louisville in 12 years.

And just a month and a half later, our first graupel of the season.

 

[Sawmaster]

And just a month and a half later, our first graupel of the season.

Crazy, ain't it? Here in the upstate mountains of SC it was mid- 80's several days ago and dipped down to the mid-30'd last night, all in the course of one week. Even more fun (sarcasm here) is winds are gusting to about 40 right now on my hilltop and there's things I need to do outside including more clean-up of the 'presents' Helene gave me

 

[Jacob]

We had quite a Forecasted Convective Amplification Deficiency in the forecast last night here near Ogden, UT. Forecast called for downslope winds off the mountains (which we get when you get an easterly flow aloft). Had high wind warnings out for gusts to 55 in most areas, and gusts to 65 in the more favored areas. Sustained in the 30-35MPH range. It was almost calm all night, highest observation I can find is a gust to 22MPH.

Flow ended up being northerly instead of easterly. It was an overnight warning so it will probably go unnoticed by most. SLC seems to do a really good job in general, I was just surprised how calm it was all night.

 

[SASQUATCH]

Been a good while since I posted over here...just dropped in to say, HELLO!

 

[Sawmaster]

Not sure where to put this- Mods please move it if needed.



Some discussion of the coming updates, I only watched parts mostly of the second half, but in that there's talk of a Congressional Bill requiring an EF scale update within a year, and their own prediction of the updates being implemented in about two years. Also some discussion of the new updates already worked through and planned, as well as categorical changes for several existing building types.

 

[warneagle]

Today is day 35 in a row of no rain here.

 

[bjdeming]

Looks like the low in the Pacific Ocean northwest of us and southwest of Vancouver Island is bombing as predicted --

We're just getting breezy weather in Corvallis, but along the coast, especially around headlands, gusts could get up close to hurricane strength later today.

It's raining here, too, but the associated atmospheric river is expected to stay south of us, per Portland FD -- wish I could send a little of that rain to the South's parched areas!

Parts of southern Oregon and northern California are gonna get drenched.

And the weather on Vancouver Island and environs is probably already getting wild.

 

[bjdeming]

 

[Jacob]

3rd time in about a week I've had rain and temps in the mid 30s. It was 34 and steady rain one morning last week.

Stings less here because I know it will snow at some point during the winter, but it's still no fun, heh.

 

[bjdeming]

I'm not used to seeing cloudy weather and almost wildfire smoke-like haze with a high pressure system. I never noticed such a thing back East. Went out today, and while there is a little wind now and then, the air does make your eyes sting, and I noticed streaks on the bus windows -- had to clean my glasses, too!

It has been cold, and people use their fireplaces/wood stoves, plus there's I-5 not too far away and all that Thanksgiving traffic.

We've got a subsidence inversion, per Portland NWS. They've lifted the air stagnation advisory here (west central Willamette Valley) but it's in effect in parts of Oregon and Washington still.

 

[Sawmaster]

I'm not used to seeing cloudy weather and almost wildfire smoke-like haze with a high pressure system. I never noticed such a thing back East. Went out today, and while there is a little wind now and then, the air does make your eyes sting, and I noticed streaks on the bus windows -- had to clean my glasses, too!

It has been cold, and people use their fireplaces/wood stoves, plus there's I-5 not too far away and all that Thanksgiving traffic.

We've got a subsidence inversion, per Portland NWS. They've lifted the air stagnation advisory here (west central Willamette Valley) but it's in effect in parts of Oregon and Washington still.

I didn't know the reasons at the time, but as a child I remember hazy fogs of coal smoke on some winter days. We also had inversions during more recent forest fires.

First area-wide freeze last night so our winter has arrived in upstate SC Not that we get much winter here and that's just the way I like it

 

[Jacob]

I'm not used to seeing cloudy weather and almost wildfire smoke-like haze with a high pressure system. I never noticed such a thing back East. Went out today, and while there is a little wind now and then, the air does make your eyes sting, and I noticed streaks on the bus windows -- had to clean my glasses, too!

It has been cold, and people use their fireplaces/wood stoves, plus there's I-5 not too far away and all that Thanksgiving traffic.

We've got a subsidence inversion, per Portland NWS. They've lifted the air stagnation advisory here (west central Willamette Valley) but it's in effect in parts of Oregon and Washington still.

With the way the valleys are here in northern Utah, we get stagnant inversions basically anytime we get a high pressure system, even in the summer. They are much worse in the winter though, particularly if we get one after a good snow. In fact, with that high pressure you've seen shifting my way *checks forecast*, yep, our forecast calls for Widespread Haze from Monday-Thursday this week.

 

[Ledian]

Some fun week this is gonna be with all the rain. Good thing i've started taking Vitamin D recently

 

[Sawmaster]

Just got the edge of a thunderstorm here, rather unusual this time of year. I haven't been keeping up with the forecast so it was a surprise to me.

It did help me find the backup battery in the weather radio needed replacing (done now) so yeah, good

 

[bjdeming]

This link is time dependent but for the next several hours, if you visit it and wind it back to 1:54:11 or so, which is the live point where I checked in to look at wildlife, if any, around the Okuakuejo Waterhole in Etosha National Park, Namibia, around 4:30 or 5 o'clock local time, December 22, and keep watching the clouds at the center of the cam, you will see them gradually evolve into first rain, then a thunderstorm with lots of lowering -- brief time out for a rhino cameo -- and then hail shafts and finally a tornado Yes, they're rare in Africa, but I saw rotation.

And it's all backlit.

Shortly after the tornado formed, they shut the cam off to switch to IR, but it was getting dark then anyway. There also was, before that, what I call "tornado darkness," which I saw IRL on 12/16/2000 in Tuscaloosa.

When I saw that on the cam, I knew that there really was a possibility for a tornado.

And it happened, I think, though there's no way to get confirmation (this was all during the last two hours).

 

[Taylor Campbell]

Have y’all noticed NWS offices using weird color scale for forecast high graphics? I noticed one from FFC the other day and now this one from Little Rock, AR. 50s should not be blue, LOL.

 

[JPWX]

Have y’all noticed NWS offices using weird color scale for forecast high graphics? I noticed one from FFC the other day and now this one from Little Rock, AR. 50s should not be blue, LOL.

Lord. Insert facepalm

 

[TH2002]

Today is day 35 in a row of no rain here.

Rain? What's that?

 

[warneagle]

Figured some of y'all might be weird and/or old enough to appreciate this as much as I did:

 

[Tennie]

So, I recently came across this strip from the webcomic XKCD, and I thought I'd share it with you to see what you think:

Skew-T Log-P

xkcd.com

Alt-Text:

The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.