tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post8081614598463526521..comments2024-03-29T08:29:55.105-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Super High Pressure Hits the Western U.S.Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13082235147400045402017-01-31T17:31:48.730-08:002017-01-31T17:31:48.730-08:00Ellen, that's called graupel.
It commonly res...Ellen, that's called graupel.<br /><br />It commonly results when a thundercloud delivers subfreezing precipitation. It's common in the Rockies- not so much here but when it does, it usually happens in the spring when thunderclouds form over the mountains when the air is still quite cold.Anselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76842895038966294152017-01-31T02:39:33.603-08:002017-01-31T02:39:33.603-08:00Started getting pelted with large "corn snow&...Started getting pelted with large "corn snow" at 2:30 am in Glacier; heavy, quite like (not not quite) hail. CoCoRHaS WA-WC-70GlacierBakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691372693124586046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-31177338297421727752017-01-30T12:40:11.999-08:002017-01-30T12:40:11.999-08:00One thing about the water level.. I assume the wat...One thing about the water level.. I assume the water is lower not because it has been compressed, but because the pressure has "pushed" it away to other (lower pressure) areas. Cliff, is that correct?John K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03575682658318674003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-6074289730962398602017-01-30T09:06:18.733-08:002017-01-30T09:06:18.733-08:00I just read an article by a British meteorologist ...I just read an article by a British meteorologist about how forecasting becomes more difficult when clouds are trapped under a high pressure system. But it didn't explain the conditions which make this happen.Rebecca Timsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893945762947495364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-74454018818525238002017-01-28T16:43:13.128-08:002017-01-28T16:43:13.128-08:00All day it has been overcast. I had always though...All day it has been overcast. I had always thought that high pressure equated to clear skies.. today's unusually high pressure and simultaneous persistent overcast prove otherwise.tracksdc89https://www.blogger.com/profile/13859004679371356481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-91474123258591973332017-01-28T15:59:43.172-08:002017-01-28T15:59:43.172-08:00Went flying today. The altimeter read -1000 feet!...Went flying today. The altimeter read -1000 feet! I don't recall ever seeing that - amazing.John K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03575682658318674003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57349392490481438722017-01-28T14:11:12.589-08:002017-01-28T14:11:12.589-08:00I was working on calibrating a RH sensor yesterday...I was working on calibrating a RH sensor yesterday and I had to take a barometric pressure reading... and I was like "something must be wrong with my barometer"... Crazy high.Frank Blauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15214386144076705607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-19896581387277141732017-01-28T14:08:01.753-08:002017-01-28T14:08:01.753-08:00I'm mystified. I thought that high pressures ...I'm mystified. I thought that high pressures meant clear skies, no rain. Yet, today is completely socked in, and the forecast is showing next six days with precip. What's up?Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726805396038087981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-59216995855088835982017-01-28T13:51:12.897-08:002017-01-28T13:51:12.897-08:00John: This is true. I can't stand this ugly e...John: This is true. I can't stand this ugly end of January look east of the Cascades. Snow moving through is better than this flat ugly look in the basin and the Kittitas and Yakima Valleys. Low clouds and fog just makes things look bad, unless it raining and green grass is out like in spring. Hopefully things are mixed out early next week as is being predicted. VoltsDudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06861488175009055155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-33488500534723462662017-01-28T10:38:16.260-08:002017-01-28T10:38:16.260-08:00For such a strong ridge,the high is quite "di...For such a strong ridge,the high is quite "dirty";for there are a lot of high clouds making it over,instead of dissipating.The strength of the ridge is also enhancing the temp inversion over here east of the Cascades<br />Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855312259314603071noreply@blogger.com