tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post6576881340929063093..comments2024-03-18T22:50:29.792-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: High Pressure SurprisesCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77555819980257067022012-02-05T19:29:15.088-08:002012-02-05T19:29:15.088-08:00If I wanted to visit Crown Point and experience so...If I wanted to visit Crown Point and experience some high wind, would there be a forecast with enough lead time and reliability to drive down there from Seattle?Geoff in Bellevuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574654264359041257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-27840430750387308092012-02-05T09:55:08.461-08:002012-02-05T09:55:08.461-08:00That made for a fast flight from Denver yesterday,...That made for a fast flight from Denver yesterday, Tailwinds heading west? yes.dabobmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15088823374636065720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-74580595071434574232012-02-05T08:57:37.333-08:002012-02-05T08:57:37.333-08:00Right now, it is 26 deg. in Olympia and 44 deg. in...Right now, it is 26 deg. in Olympia and 44 deg. in Seattle. Cliff has written about the artificially low temps reported from Oly, but this is unreal! There is NO front coming through. What is causing this extreme 18 degree difference?!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726805396038087981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41179083837399710212012-02-05T08:30:08.635-08:002012-02-05T08:30:08.635-08:00We barely got to the mid-forties yesterday on the ...We barely got to the mid-forties yesterday on the west side of Sinclair Island. At the same time it was 60 in Seattle it was 40 degrees here with a cold fog blowing in from the north.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-35549855117247342532012-02-04T16:14:21.434-08:002012-02-04T16:14:21.434-08:00Forecaters nailed it. I love this weather. I am ge...Forecaters nailed it. I love this weather. I am getting very ill with Spring Fever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-1475682710807243152012-02-04T14:38:02.147-08:002012-02-04T14:38:02.147-08:00Unfortunately, a lot of the weather phenomena cite...Unfortunately, a lot of the weather phenomena cited just aren't that interesting in Winter. Oh, I'll take the sunshine reprieve, but some winds and a temp nearing 60 here and there doesn't captivate my attention for a week on end. :) <br /><br />That said, I'll gladly take it, so long as the weather doesn't decide to shift into a winter pattern (persistent trough) from April to July for the third year in a row. So knock yourself out Mr. Ridge of High Pressure, just don't let yourself get pushed around come Spring.Superhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208358506896071732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-75490150478617051632012-02-04T11:55:09.582-08:002012-02-04T11:55:09.582-08:00My family moved back from California to Seattle 42...My family moved back from California to Seattle 42 years ago -- I reluctantly, my then-husband happily. It was February 3 and beautiful sunny weather. I thought, "Maybe this won't be as bad as when we were here before." Several weeks later, it shut down again, as Don Carter said.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261187602530264899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-86514427324421515942012-02-04T10:12:12.405-08:002012-02-04T10:12:12.405-08:00I have noted that for some time now we seem to get...I have noted that for some time now we seem to get a preview of spring for about two weeks in February. Then winter returns with a vengence, crushing all our illusions.Don Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371860848732001580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-2350853007057729612012-02-04T09:36:04.223-08:002012-02-04T09:36:04.223-08:00The NWS is saying the winds on Monday will be the ...The NWS is saying the winds on Monday will be the worst of the weekend. Any chance that the "gap" winds will change to mountain wave winds?ILoveWinter!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15703499652749442706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-24516922667134729642012-02-04T08:56:47.807-08:002012-02-04T08:56:47.807-08:00What a funky winter. You said earlier the typical ...What a funky winter. You said earlier the typical La Nina ridge has settled more to the east. Imagine what our winter would have been if it settled more to the west. <br /><br />I quickly check the NWS 500mb model every morning. The trough out in the western pacific is massive. The flow in Siberia is crazy east to west. Its pretty insane.Buddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773392812050013355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-53197154956096444622012-02-04T07:37:30.550-08:002012-02-04T07:37:30.550-08:00Thank-you Dr Mass, a very fascinating description ...Thank-you Dr Mass, a very fascinating description of our Chinook Winds (correct me if I've got this wrong). In Europe, this same wind is called the Foehn. I remember well standing on the tarmac at the Innsbruck Airport about 7 am with my cup of coffee. There was a cold chilling steady (katabatic) breeze coming down the river from the west. We kept our hands wrapped around our cups to keep them warm. But then, every fifth minute or so, we'd just get about knocked over by a relatively hot blast of air from the southeast - it'd blow on you like a hair dryer and then be gone. The locals knew this wind well, they just looked at you, smiled and said it's "the Foehn". One fellow, who was a member of the sailplane club on the other side of the airport, said it was going to be a great day for the members - the Foehn always brought the best soaring over those beautiful Austrian Alps.Big Wavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12818648672772663106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-38819771080681117692012-02-04T07:20:07.439-08:002012-02-04T07:20:07.439-08:00Drove from Seattle to eastern WA yesterday and was...Drove from Seattle to eastern WA yesterday and was impressed with the very strong winds on the west side from North Bend to top of the pass. Two hands on the steering wheel type weather. Less wind than usual observed in the wind farms and about usual at Vantage. Main roads bare and clear and weather sunny all the way. Rural roads at destination....plenty of ice and little bits of fog in NE Kettle River range.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14981270535495971215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-73581417674183842672012-02-03T23:48:47.398-08:002012-02-03T23:48:47.398-08:00Speaking of high temperatures, I'm curious how...Speaking of high temperatures, I'm curious how obviously erroneous temperatures are handled in the records. KBLI showed a high temperature of 68 degrees today, showing 66+ degrees for a period of at least three hours. Meanwhile, every other weather station shown at wunderground for Whatcom County had the temperature below 60, and 90% of them, I'd guess, were within five degrees of 50. At 4pm, it showed 67 degrees. At 5pm, 50 degrees.<br /><br />wunderground was reporting a record high temperature in Bellingham yesterday -- Thursday -- at 59 degrees, but I suspect that data was not correct, either.<br /><br />There's something funny going on with the thermometer at KBLI, obviously. But are these data retained as official data, or are they discarded at some point?James Westburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12727724750278414063noreply@blogger.com