First – here are the answers to the quiz from yesterday: D False A B C True False True B C A divergence, convergence B A D A C C D B I pulled the info from the NWS Jetstream Library – I have noticed the NWS has a lot of broken links on their […]
I spent yesterday mulching leaves with my lawn tractor at home and at my mother-in-laws – there are a few leaves left on the trees at her house so I will probably have to do it again. Here at the homestead it is starting to look bleak as all the flowers and lawn ornaments are […]
This is the final installment of the synoptic meteorology series which will help you read and understand weather maps: Surface Weather Plots On some surface maps you will see station weather plots. Since meteorologists must convey a lot of information without using a lot of words, these plots are used to describe the weather at […]
Weekend Weather After a nasty Halloween yesterday we will see a brief respite today. We had another .60 of an inch of rain yesterday with a bit of snow bringing our today for the month of October to 4.72 inches and for the year 35.67 inches. Today we will see partly sunny skies with temps […]
If one were to ask for perfect weather for Halloween they aren’t going to get it today, unless of course one was looking for the ‘perfect’ Halloween of wind, rain and snow of the traditional lore of horror stories. I was out this morning emptying my rain gauge in the cold pouring rain (we had […]
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM THURSDAY TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY… * WHAT…Rain will change to wet snow after midnight. The wet snow may be heavy at times during the day Thursday. Total snow accumulations of up to 4 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…Mason, Lake, Osceola and […]
We have a balmy 47° at 5am this morning which will more than likely be our high for today. Yesterday we reached a pleasant 61° which we may be hard pressed to reach again this year. Today I continue with another lesson in synoptic meteorology: Origin of Wind Wind is simply air in motion. Usually […]
Okay class it is time for another weather lesson, this week we are looking at synoptic meteorology. The word synoptic means “view together” or “view at a common point”. Therefore, synoptic meteorology is primarily concerned with viewing the weather at a common point — time. Also known as large scale or cyclonic scale, the size […]
Weather Trivia Oct 20, 1770 An exceedingly great storm struck eastern New England causing extensive coastal damage from Massachusetts to Maine, and the highest tide in 40 years. Oct 21, 1934 A severe windstorm lashed the northern Pacific coast. In Washington State, the storm claimed the lives of 22 persons, and caused 1.7 million dollars […]
Longwaves The hemispheric weather patterns are governed by mid-latitude (23.5°N/S to 66.5°N/S) westerly winds which move in large wavy patterns. Known as planetary waves, these longwaves are also called Rossby waves, named after Carl Rossby who discovered them in the 1930’s. Rossby waves form primarily because of the earth’s geography which does two things. First, […]