tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post790628815978069919..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Fronts Are Stronger Aloft Than At the Surface Here in the NorthwestCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-78517525787948457342017-12-01T21:11:04.070-08:002017-12-01T21:11:04.070-08:00Anyone who wants to see upper weather happen "...Anyone who wants to see upper weather happen "real time" is welcome to go to a web page I recently put up (disclaimer: it requires a desktop computer so will not work on a smart phone):<br />http://koosah.info/mm_obs_demo_v2.html<br /><br />Each dot represents an observation taken by a commercial aircraft (the dots are color coded by altitude, green means low, red means high). Hover the mouse pointer over the dots to get the details of the observation. It's an interactive, zoomable map. Only displays data for the Seattle area because that's where the only radio receiver feeding data into it currently is.<br /><br />The airlines share this data with the NWS, but the NWS does not release it to the general public because the airlines made the NWS promise not to in return for sharing it. I'm getting around that by grabbing the data off the air.David B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12945730624561307494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84148436874600770242017-11-30T09:19:56.783-08:002017-11-30T09:19:56.783-08:00Regarding Bob Stafford's comment, the final im...Regarding Bob Stafford's comment, the final image is a .tiff (Tagged Image File Format), not the usual .gif or .jpg<br /><br />I suspect the page-formatting system doesn't know how to deal with a tiff, so it set the column width to that of the widest .gif (the temperature aloft chart).<br />Since the tiff was wider, it spread into the right column.<br /><br />Whether or not the iPhone app 'advertisement' got stepped on is/was dependent upon if the archive drop-list was short or long.<br /><br />What you're seeing is also happening on Microsoft's Edge browser as well as Firefox, so I'm pretty sure that it's a page-creation issue, not a browser-incompatibility issue.Rich Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873252772289621010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-72864781683286336602017-11-30T04:10:42.896-08:002017-11-30T04:10:42.896-08:00Interesting! I grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma whe...Interesting! I grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma where a cold front always brings an immediate refreshing 20 degree drop after the thunderstorm. When I moved up here I was puzzled by "cold fronts" that included wind but didn't cool things off. Now I know why! Thanks.Polistrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594313902571823549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-26118307265281936752017-11-28T19:55:11.688-08:002017-11-28T19:55:11.688-08:00The glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park (just no...The glaciers in Glacier Bay National Park (just northwest of Juneau) were all the way out into Icy Straits when the first Europeans came by near the end of the 18th century. Now they are 40+ miles back up into the various arms of Glacier Bay. <br /><br />The glaciers retreated all through the 19th century and were well back from the Strait by the start of the 20th century and have continued their retreat. <br /><br />I think the cause of the glacial growth in the 18th century was the so-called Little Ice Age that ended in the 18th century, but I have no actual knowledge what that meant for ocean temps in the Gulf of Alaska, but one would presume temps were lower. It was definitely colder with vastly more accumulation in the mountains just north of Glacier Bay to make the glaciers grow like that, which meant Icy Straits really lived up to its name back then. <br /><br />But here's the bright side, if you like classical music: "The violin maker Antonio Stradivari produced his instruments during the Little Ice Age. The colder climate is proposed to have caused the wood used in his violins to be denser than in warmer periods, contributing to the tone of his instruments."Johnamarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17737399978789523366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-61518956029847232382017-11-28T18:25:46.605-08:002017-11-28T18:25:46.605-08:00Cliff,
Thanks again for all of your work educating...Cliff,<br />Thanks again for all of your work educating the public. Sorry, but I don't know of any other way to tell you that some rendering issue has appeared in your blog. In Chrome, I see fig.3 and 4 are scaled a bit big, overwriting the fine vertical line. More significantly, the last figure is scaled so big that the iPhone app overlays it some. The Firefox browser renders identically, and both browsers are updated.<br /><br />Of course, I would not expect to see this note posted in comments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-80721941600296053172017-11-28T14:35:47.390-08:002017-11-28T14:35:47.390-08:00The only forecaster in Portland who predicted at l...The only forecaster in Portland who predicted at least three major snow events last winter (there were more, in fact), is calling for a similar forecast this winter. The region wasn't ready for it last winter, and they've chosen to bury their heads in the sand again for this season. Sheesh.Eric Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376653214948517679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-39475997454034578822017-11-28T09:41:15.583-08:002017-11-28T09:41:15.583-08:00It's nice to see one of those ocean temp maps ...It's nice to see one of those ocean temp maps with the scale done in more than red and yellow.Chris Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385544614041904457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-25141827460756945682017-11-28T08:15:49.322-08:002017-11-28T08:15:49.322-08:00Interesting post... I have always wondered what o...Interesting post... I have always wondered what our climate would be like if the Ocean temps were 5 or more degrees colder in the Gulf of Alaska. I love when a strong cold front moves in from the NW in the winter and snow levels plummet below 1000'. I bet back in the 1700-1800's ocean temps were colder which resulted in a much more snow locally. Either that or the arctic was much colder which resulted in an overall lower mean snow level. Weatherfreakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01448044230017714312noreply@blogger.com