tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post7418862239172559274..comments2024-03-18T22:50:29.792-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Does Seattle Have a Weekend Weather Curse?Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-70442501800192004922014-05-20T08:18:52.111-07:002014-05-20T08:18:52.111-07:00Hear, hear, Ansel. Have been thinking the same thi...Hear, hear, Ansel. Have been thinking the same thing for a long time. If only we could just lose a few weekdays at a strategic time! Alas. Thanks for blogging about this, Cliff! Jake's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02956214661425349878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77646337216774175302014-05-19T18:24:07.049-07:002014-05-19T18:24:07.049-07:00I'm afraid we are just plain out of phase. It...I'm afraid we are just plain out of phase. It seems like the dry-to-wet-to-dry cycle is often about a week long in the spring. Unfortunately sometimes the wet part is in phase with the weekend. but it does seem uncanny, and it is easy to believe that the "weather gods" have a bad sense of humor... I don't really think the traffic or anything has a short term effect on the West coast. We just need a "short wave" to shift the cycle.<br /><br />Of course part of the problem is that the weekend has only two days out of seven.Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-65628212460225740692014-05-19T16:09:36.411-07:002014-05-19T16:09:36.411-07:00What variables could be different between weekdays...What variables could be different between weekdays and weekends?<br /><br />How about traffic?<br /><br />Does the amount of traffic change enough to produce a different level of particulates in the air between weekdays and weekends, on average?Ted Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298055747984752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18186110928737999492014-05-19T08:27:01.084-07:002014-05-19T08:27:01.084-07:00Skydivers across this country like to tell this jo...Skydivers across this country like to tell this joke: "Q: What do you call a bright, warm, windless sunny day? A: Monday!"potvinjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395520947997229999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-11948317085764094312014-05-18T23:23:06.519-07:002014-05-18T23:23:06.519-07:00This isn't just a funny story, but a real effe...This isn't just a funny story, but a real effect in some places. While Cliff's observations (and Scott Sistek's further analysis of the data) indicate that it might not be statistically significant for Seattle, it is a statistically significant effect on the east coast. An article to this effect was published in Nature in 1998:<br /><br />http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v394/n6693/abs/394561a0.htmlCliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06814283081556379888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-55507154480344874192014-05-17T16:16:04.035-07:002014-05-17T16:16:04.035-07:00Wow, Cliff just trolled all of us... Hilarious!Wow, Cliff just trolled all of us... Hilarious!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831794701452437264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9897679258568738762014-05-17T12:32:39.081-07:002014-05-17T12:32:39.081-07:00Oh, man, some folks may need to consider having th...Oh, man, some folks may need to consider having their humor detector recalibrated. Westside guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171473508596734156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-28907024368083132502014-05-17T10:47:33.262-07:002014-05-17T10:47:33.262-07:00Cliff, thanks for the chortle this morning.Cliff, thanks for the chortle this morning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04639536008862406294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-85404326563715721472014-05-17T09:33:37.554-07:002014-05-17T09:33:37.554-07:00One should expect greater statistical variability ...One should expect greater statistical variability over smaller sample sizes, e.g., weekends in comparison to weekdays. Does the observed pattern bear out over many years? How often does the converse pattern hold?Renton Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899466824273101656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57148581526572402222014-05-17T07:59:34.619-07:002014-05-17T07:59:34.619-07:00What sayeth your calculator about the significance...What sayeth your calculator about the significance of a 'control' weekend made up of any, (and preferably all), other pair of consecutive weekdays? Just AboveNOAAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14671116119773695985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-35944295590078041812014-05-17T07:55:23.002-07:002014-05-17T07:55:23.002-07:00I have to admit, I think it's just random. It ...I have to admit, I think it's just random. It seems that a lot of our weather patterns take about a week to push through... so if we get a rainy weekend, then the pattern plays out (rain for a day or two, high pressure building in and drying us out), then another front comes across and it rains again. If we got a "quick" front, it might rain Thurs/Fri, and then we'd have a dry weekend and might have a series of them. <br /><br />In short, I think you must be joking, Cliff, because this seems to be a strong case of perception bias... people noticing what they want to notice but ignoring data that contradicts.JewelyaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434569437851248356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-15241689816785085792014-05-16T23:10:04.792-07:002014-05-16T23:10:04.792-07:00When one is retired it does not matter. I am tickl...When one is retired it does not matter. I am tickled pink about this May. OK, sunburned pink...Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778022817763136336noreply@blogger.com