tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post6781126792136582848..comments2024-03-28T23:07:35.632-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The Thanksgiving ForecastCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-85607585786467158352010-11-24T20:48:47.894-08:002010-11-24T20:48:47.894-08:00Cliff, are there problems with the WRF-GFS surface...Cliff, are there problems with the WRF-GFS surface temperature output (mostly the extended GFS)? They have looked very strange all week, mostly between the 44 and 36 degree isotherms from the west side of the Olympics south through Oregon.Wx Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11676337731061824294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-16749270874807856602010-11-24T19:10:30.812-08:002010-11-24T19:10:30.812-08:00To answer my own question:
Winter Weather Advisor...To answer my own question:<br /><br />Winter Weather Advisory<br /><br />URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE<br />NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA<br />338 PM PST WED NOV 24 2010<br /><br /><br />.A WEAK WARM FRONT WILL BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW TO WESTERN<br />WASHINGTON ON THANKSGIVING MORNING. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF<br />LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT SLEET DURING THE TRANSITION FROM SNOW<br />TO RAIN AROUND MIDDAY. RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD<br />FRONT WILL FOLLOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...BRINGING<br />RAIN TO THE LOWLANDS AND SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS.<br /><br /><br />WAZ503-506-250745-<br />/O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0017.101125T0200Z-101126T0200Z/<br />WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY-<br />338 PM PST WED NOV 24 2010<br /><br />...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO<br />6 PM PST THURSDAY FOR THE WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND WESTERN<br />SKAGIT COUNTY...<br /><br />THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER<br />WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY AND WESTERN SKAGIT<br />COUNTY FOR LIGHT SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING<br />TO 6 PM PST THURSDAY.<br /><br /><br />* SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS...MOUNT VERNON...BURLINGTON...<br /> BELLINGHAM...LYNDEN<br /><br />* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 3 INCHES OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY...AND<br /> UP TO 2 INCHES OVER WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY.<br /><br />* WIND...RISING TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH.<br /><br />* TIMING...THERE IS JUST A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES<br /> TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. SNOW<br /> CHANGING TO RAIN OVER WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY BY MID<br /> AFTERNOON...AND OVER WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY BY LATE AFTERNOON.<br /><br /><br />PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...<br /><br />A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR<br />FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR<br />SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE<br />DRIVING.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-66479575615828031992010-11-24T16:15:24.634-08:002010-11-24T16:15:24.634-08:00@Douglas: Sadly, OneBusAway relies on Metro's ...@Douglas: Sadly, OneBusAway relies on Metro's data API.stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02055927538173154056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-63124468770549790042010-11-24T15:43:15.413-08:002010-11-24T15:43:15.413-08:00Here's kind of a quirky stat. I originally tho...Here's kind of a quirky stat. I originally thought of Sea-Tac but it didn't quite work, then i tried my near town Yakima, and we have had 10 consecutive days cooler than the other. Ranged from 65 to -10 degrees during that span.smokejumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358322512081660205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-47958829893625371332010-11-24T12:52:18.007-08:002010-11-24T12:52:18.007-08:00Douglas - onebusaway uses the data that Metro prov...Douglas - onebusaway uses the data that Metro provides - just in a much easier-to-use way (phone, text, smartphone app, web)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136638436169226052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76715400030958852462010-11-24T12:11:14.095-08:002010-11-24T12:11:14.095-08:00Cliff, you may already be aware, but there is an a...Cliff, you may already be aware, but there is an alternative to Metro's Bus Tracker:<br /><br />http://www.onebusaway.org/Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13400304542602805292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36400150973263953912010-11-24T11:46:38.476-08:002010-11-24T11:46:38.476-08:00Thanks for the forecast, Dr. Mass.
Any word on wh...Thanks for the forecast, Dr. Mass.<br /><br />Any word on what mountain passes will be like over the next couple of days? Will this front bring considerable mountain snow? I'm in Yakima and travelling to Everett, and I'd prefer not to spend Thanksgiving stuck at the pass for hours and hours.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657426797318405812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-28757715829014769852010-11-24T11:41:26.805-08:002010-11-24T11:41:26.805-08:00"The reason is that clouds emit infrared radi..."The reason is that clouds emit infrared radiation better than the clear air, so when clouds came in aloft there was more infrared radiation directed down to the surface...and thus warming."<br /><br />Would it not be due more to the fact that cloud cover insulates thermal radiation from earth into deep space? Radiation between objects of similar temperature is minimal, but increases rapidly as the temperature differential increases -> Stefan-Boltzmann Law.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07502693829039987345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-20482818077472173432010-11-24T11:37:27.249-08:002010-11-24T11:37:27.249-08:00and of course with the KCM feeds down everyone suf...and of course with the KCM feeds down everyone suffers - http://onebusaway.blogspot.com/2010/11/king-county-metro-snow-and-real-time.html<br />sad that GPS is 2 years away. I wonder what it would cost a local telco (looking at you T-Mobile based right here in WA) to supply some old GPS equipped phones and EDGE data plans and just have the bus "phone home" it's location automatically every 5 mins. Heck, each driver could use their own phone for that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-79492863239791413142010-11-24T11:27:43.497-08:002010-11-24T11:27:43.497-08:00I am wondering if it will take longer to scour out...I am wondering if it will take longer to scour out the cool air near the Fraser outflow in Bellingham. Is there any chance we may see precipitation as snow a little later up here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com