tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post9185458004393222376..comments2024-03-18T22:50:29.792-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Tale of Two Half Months and the Banana BeltCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-29886038336182954542011-01-28T18:06:08.158-08:002011-01-28T18:06:08.158-08:00Whats your take on the snow chances Saturday night...Whats your take on the snow chances Saturday night?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540605116316750541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9902590599054760072011-01-28T15:10:55.306-08:002011-01-28T15:10:55.306-08:00Michael DeMarco:
yesterday was not that great loo...Michael DeMarco:<br /><br />yesterday was not that great looking up at hurricane ridge.. this camera helps me keep tabs on it: <br /><br />http://www.nps.gov/webcams-olym/current_ridgecam.jpgMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111569601216773044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-75173801023887768902011-01-28T07:51:03.947-08:002011-01-28T07:51:03.947-08:00PBS has a show about that "banana belt" ...PBS has a show about that "banana belt" section of Oregon. Check out "A Wild American Forest," http://www.aptv.org/schedule/showinfo.asp?ID=299826. In the description: "The beautiful, scenic Klamath-Siskiyou eco-region, straddling the border between California and Oregon, is one of the world’s most important temperate forest regions."Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818979024131339228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-5183664286637163892011-01-27T18:40:33.539-08:002011-01-27T18:40:33.539-08:00My concern is that we will have a "late bloom...My concern is that we will have a "late bloomer" La Nina which will make April wet and cool. Whining skiers will fade and whining gardeners will ascend. Even I may begin to take this weather pattern personal. Sequim has had heavy wet fog all day and I have all the lights on. My guess is that Hurricane Ridge was the place to be today. Cheers.Michael DeMarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320634165404283841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-29286420316942551762011-01-27T17:31:37.115-08:002011-01-27T17:31:37.115-08:00Get ready for February. I have a feeling its gonn...Get ready for February. I have a feeling its gonna be colder then normal with a few inches of snow....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540605116316750541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-35814475613746716662011-01-27T13:25:11.466-08:002011-01-27T13:25:11.466-08:00I remember seeing a large healthy Date Palm tree g...I remember seeing a large healthy Date Palm tree growing in Coos Bay, Oregon. That tells you something. It's 65 degrees in Florence, Or as I write this. Boy, would I love to be romping on the dunes right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41978670132741879782011-01-27T12:46:27.001-08:002011-01-27T12:46:27.001-08:00I see that the 8-14 day outlook (http://www.cpc.nc...I see that the 8-14 day outlook (http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/) seems to ever-so-slightly be teasing us again with the possibility of (only) a beginning of a retrogression of the longwave pattern. Seems like we heard this idea in the NWS Discussions a few times a week or so ago, but of course it didn't happen. <br /><br />Will be looking with interest at the Feb outlook released on Monday. Hope hope hope for some real winter . . .Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672849934921996050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77727713437969709002011-01-27T11:17:08.996-08:002011-01-27T11:17:08.996-08:00Fogmageddon this morning. I hate the fog. Can'...Fogmageddon this morning. I hate the fog. Can't see anything.<br /><br />KWKenna Wickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02802821050975830973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18373262128013780202011-01-27T08:40:14.635-08:002011-01-27T08:40:14.635-08:00Snapdragon - asking for the same thing here. June...Snapdragon - asking for the same thing here. June won't be winter though, it will be too warm...! Though it would be pretty cool to somehow see snow in June, haha. Friends of mine all over east of the Rockies go on about the snow they keep getting and say they don't mean to rub it in.Wx Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11676337731061824294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-48968384355272441332011-01-27T03:39:02.300-08:002011-01-27T03:39:02.300-08:00Cliff,
You say, "The weird thing is that ave...Cliff,<br /><br />You say, "The weird thing is that average temperature for the whole month will end up near normal! A good example of how you got to be careful with weather statistics."<br /><br />I think that what you are calling "normal" is actually the average over some number of years. An average is useful only when it is accompanied by a measure of variability or diversity such as standard deviation.typingtalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572305719782041883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-77567071447663297942011-01-26T21:54:47.000-08:002011-01-26T21:54:47.000-08:00There's obviously nothing scientific behind th...There's obviously nothing scientific behind this statement, but it would surprise me not to see another pattern shift back to a colder, wetter pattern sometime in the next month or two. As many of us will remember... we had snow with a hard freeze in March 1989. Heaps of snow (in Olympia where I lived at the time) in mid Feb 1990. A couple small snow events in Feb 95? A quick dump in late Feb 2001 but it didn't get cold. A week-long period of flirting with Arctic air and snow in various places (though it might have missed Seattle, I can't remember) in mid March 2002. And it must have been 2003 when Seattle had a little snow in Feb and/or March as well. In Feb 2006 we all thought winter was over then it got cold in the middle of the month, with a unusual blast of cold straight from the east but no snow. And I'm probably forgetting at least one or two other recent events.<br /><br />All this to say... it ain't over until the fat lady sings... or something like that.Ian Barclayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18361347365208164631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-5246123521051844392011-01-26T21:41:41.707-08:002011-01-26T21:41:41.707-08:00Not to whine or anything, but I really just want s...Not to whine or anything, but I really just want some winter. This 55 degree stuff is frustrating. <br />I know, I know, just wait till June, then we will have winter...<br />Argh. <br /><br />I can't really even go to Mt. Hood for some winter because it's warm up there, too!<br /><br />Just 3 weeks of nothing above 35 degrees. A few flakes- maybe even a few inches of white. That's all I ask.<br /><br />Ok, I'm done. Thanks for listening.snapdragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052978249380402838noreply@blogger.com