tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post9165492222007699547..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Super ShearCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-76976090508188201172013-06-24T11:07:45.101-07:002013-06-24T11:07:45.101-07:00I noticed this while it was happening, and sort of...I noticed this while it was happening, and sort of wondered WTF about different cloud layers CLEARLY traveling in different directions under the influence of different wind flow.<br />@Westside guy, Cliff has talked about that feature before, and has posted awesome videos from those same cameras... there's a big ~400-500 feet cliff at the edge of Whidbey Island that builds its own clouds because it forces the air up so high so fast; when the wind is from the correct direction, that cliff puffs like a steam locomotive. My five-year old train-obsessed son asks to watch "Locomotive Island"... it really is compelling visually.<br />Mt. Rainier does this too, sort of, but because of the shape of the mountain, it makes flying-saucer lenticular clouds instead of a steam train. :-) We live in an amazing place.JewelyaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434569437851248356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-71682949406983878882013-06-22T12:33:32.676-07:002013-06-22T12:33:32.676-07:00Hey Cliff,
Watching the western cam video was ind...Hey Cliff,<br /><br />Watching the western cam video was indeed fascinating. I noticed one thing that particularly caught my eye, though. <br /><br />Starting at roughly 0:10, just to the right of the flag, despite all the obvious wind-driven movement there's one fixed spot that consistently has a smallish, fairly discrete cloud. If we were looking at a creek or river, I'd think there was a rock there disturbing the flow - but that explanation doesn't really work, up in the air. However I'm guessing there is some explanation for why a cloud was continuously generating right there, other than random chance...Westside guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171473508596734156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-66813491549470028362013-06-21T13:09:04.790-07:002013-06-21T13:09:04.790-07:00My son was at sailing camp at Sand Point on Wednes...My son was at sailing camp at Sand Point on Wednesday, where they experienced a dramatic shear effect in the early afternoon.<br /><br />A sudden gust picked up equipment, papers and chairs, like a giant hand, and tossed everything into Lake Washington.<br /><br />No one was hurt, but all the parents had to fill out new forms because the paperwork ended up in the water.Ted Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15298055747984752174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-6560606080573826752013-06-20T18:02:52.997-07:002013-06-20T18:02:52.997-07:00An expanding low, with both ridge crest effects to...An expanding low, with both ridge crest effects together with wrap-around convergence influence factoring in, am I right. ?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDz2mmARFCk&feature=youtu.berichard583https://www.blogger.com/profile/00415086002282750839noreply@blogger.com