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yay California!
On 02/28/2016 01:22 AM, songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... I just checked the jet steam: http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html There is a tiny low pressure (counter clockwise swirly), but is really weak and may only affect British Columbia. It may be a few weeks before anything wet happens. looked like some rain/snow went through yesterday and the day before. there are the CA water websites i use for that and the regional radars. if you want links i'll post 'em. i also check GEOS water vapor loop when i think of it and want to see what is possible: http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/west/nepac/flash-wv.html Hi Songbird, I look at the water vapor over on http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=rev I haven't found it very helpful as far as rain goes. The infrared (also on that web site) is a lot more helpful. The vapor is a good indication of the relative humidity. Great to know during Fire Season. Nevada has two seasons: winter and fire season. (Fishing season is all year, so it doesn't count.) right now the pattern has shifted again to where the moisture is coming from the NW and not the SW, but for a while a few weeks ago the pattern had shifted to where some storms were being driven by moisture coming from the SW. i hope it shifts again and they get some decent rains before the snow season is up. songbird There should be a tag team of Maritime Tropical and Maritime Polar storms coming through. Seems like we have been missing the Polar one lately (too far north). And the Tropical seems to be AWOL lately. It is typical in the summer for these two guys to separate so much that there is no rain at all for months. The Jet Stream is a complete hoot to watch. The high and low pressures are a give away. This is why the Vapor isn't really helpful. It does not show the moist warm air (low pressure, counter clock wise rotation) rising over cold descending air (high pressure, clock wise rotation), which triggers the rain. In the summer, you can predict thunderstorm by watching a low pressure on the jet stream off Southern PRC (People's Republic of California) suck water off the ocean and rotate it over southern Nevada and Utah, then bang it up again the back side of the Sierra's and storm like hell. Our thunderstorm are the most fascinating drama you can imagine. The weather has fascinated me since college. My wife says I am better than the weathermen on the TV. (No big leap. They are too ignorant/arrogant to actually look at NOAA's weather side and see for themselves, which is what happens when your are hired for your looks.) -T |
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yay California!
Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday.
That could easily change by then |
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yay California!
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Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday. That could easily change by then yeah, i tend to not count things until they arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend to break up before they get here in the summer. i was glad to see that they are forecasting significant rains for CA for this weekend and so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to see what actually happens. a few more inches of rain in the central and southern parts of the state would be really good as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted right now. the northern reservoirs have come back nicely. some of the news outlets have been complaining about the results of the El Nino so far and the various predictions, but to me each El Nino is still rare enough that we have a lot to keep learning. songbird |
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yay California!
On 02/29/2016 09:01 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote: Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday. That could easily change by then yeah, i tend to not count things until they arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend to break up before they get here in the summer. i was glad to see that they are forecasting significant rains for CA for this weekend and so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to see what actually happens. a few more inches of rain in the central and southern parts of the state would be really good as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted right now. the northern reservoirs have come back nicely. some of the news outlets have been complaining about the results of the El Nino so far and the various predictions, but to me each El Nino is still rare enough that we have a lot to keep learning. songbird NOAA is saying Saturday pretty solid now. |
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yay California!
On 03/03/2016 12:26 PM, T wrote:
On 02/29/2016 09:01 PM, songbird wrote: T wrote: Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday. That could easily change by then yeah, i tend to not count things until they arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend to break up before they get here in the summer. i was glad to see that they are forecasting significant rains for CA for this weekend and so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to see what actually happens. a few more inches of rain in the central and southern parts of the state would be really good as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted right now. the northern reservoirs have come back nicely. some of the news outlets have been complaining about the results of the El Nino so far and the various predictions, but to me each El Nino is still rare enough that we have a lot to keep learning. songbird NOAA is saying Saturday pretty solid now. It just started raining. The weather radar show a lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada) |
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yay California!
T wrote:
.... It just started raining. The weather radar show a lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada) just glad to see any rain out there at all. especially heading towards middle and southern CA. you have things set up on your property to catch all the rain so it doesn't run off? songbird |
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yay California!
On 03/04/2016 05:41 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote: ... It just started raining. The weather radar show a lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada) just glad to see any rain out there at all. especially heading towards middle and southern CA. you have things set up on your property to catch all the rain so it doesn't run off? I have about 100 years or more to catch up with your skills. :'( I would just like to grow zucchini! |
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yay California!
On 03/04/2016 04:27 PM, T wrote:
On 03/03/2016 12:26 PM, T wrote: On 02/29/2016 09:01 PM, songbird wrote: T wrote: Weather service is saying there is a chance of rain on Saturday. That could easily change by then yeah, i tend to not count things until they arrive as we are in a valley where storms tend to break up before they get here in the summer. i was glad to see that they are forecasting significant rains for CA for this weekend and so on, but again, we'll have to be patient to see what actually happens. a few more inches of rain in the central and southern parts of the state would be really good as those reservoirs are the ones most depleted right now. the northern reservoirs have come back nicely. some of the news outlets have been complaining about the results of the El Nino so far and the various predictions, but to me each El Nino is still rare enough that we have a lot to keep learning. songbird NOAA is saying Saturday pretty solid now. It just started raining. The weather radar show a lot of energy bearing down on us (Norther Nevada) Yesterday's storm was rather "warm" as storms go (maritime tropical). The temperature is dropping like a rock. Looks like a Maritime Polar is on its way! (I can't help myself, I do so love snow!) So it seems like we are back to tag team. A few years back, we had monster Maritime Polar come through and dump a ton of snow. Then it got tagged with a really warm Maritime Tropical with a snow level of about 11,000 feet. It melted all the snow from the previous storm. The effect was two huge storms a once. Tons of flooding. It is much better for the first storm to be a Tropical. |
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