tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post934330599086321980..comments2024-03-18T17:39:59.285-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: The New Radar Documents A Frontal PassageCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-25469141634195600042011-09-28T21:33:03.164-07:002011-09-28T21:33:03.164-07:00No..that is not the dog..but thanks for asking!..c...No..that is not the dog..but thanks for asking!..cliffCliff Mass Weather Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-47006692801118080462011-09-28T00:27:54.084-07:002011-09-28T00:27:54.084-07:00Would this little guy (http://t.co/z9i5gg0E) be yo...Would this little guy (http://t.co/z9i5gg0E) be your lost hound?Sysiphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15476958068098426202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-72267250781125139732011-09-27T09:19:34.883-07:002011-09-27T09:19:34.883-07:00Are the ocean surface echos correlated with wave h...Are the ocean surface echos correlated with wave heights? Could they change with the tides?Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827037523895547724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-80948589147654996542011-09-27T09:14:52.489-07:002011-09-27T09:14:52.489-07:00I think you meant the blind spot was NE of the oly...I think you meant the blind spot was NE of the olympics.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827037523895547724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-84506329289251902582011-09-26T14:41:50.693-07:002011-09-26T14:41:50.693-07:00I was out sailing Saturday and Sunday. Sunday mor...I was out sailing Saturday and Sunday. Sunday morning, I got hit by that front in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. It was very exciting and a bit scary! And earlier, Sunday morning around 5 AM, I was hit by an unusual strong EAST wind while anchored near Dungeness Spit. I thought this stuff comes from the SW and enters the Strait from the West. That had me running scared too. Can you explain?<br /><br />AnselAnselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13835758313287462921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-64593385648535927962011-09-26T13:12:03.687-07:002011-09-26T13:12:03.687-07:00Is the stalled system that was visible yesterday a...Is the stalled system that was visible yesterday and visible today between Lopez Island and Port Townsend and west of those points a particular phenomenon or a result of Camano radar being down?Paul Henriksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123826419964814352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9288212844461763762011-09-26T10:12:35.147-07:002011-09-26T10:12:35.147-07:00Cliff...I'm wondering if the edge of the visib...Cliff...I'm wondering if the edge of the visible region (that the radar "sees" can be shown with a dotted line. It is hard to interpret at the outer edge - there may no precip, or they may be no signal...hard to tell...Chris in Victoria...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-69865633399835184092011-09-26T10:03:12.100-07:002011-09-26T10:03:12.100-07:00Wow. Just saw the radar at 9:55am and it is beauti...Wow. Just saw the radar at 9:55am and it is beautiful. I have never seen my home area (Grays Harbor) covered like this...cant wait for the first huge storm. Also, Cliff, I was on the NWS menu of radars and noticed that many in urban areas have quite a bit of 'noise' immediately surrounding the core city...is this pollution it's seeing? Thanks!M'sFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971248526626776108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-53436500220854081202011-09-26T09:19:40.503-07:002011-09-26T09:19:40.503-07:00Cliff,
I could not get the NWS radar national sele...Cliff,<br />I could not get the NWS radar national selector map to link me to the LGX station; just a matter of time for them to list it, I suspect. This blog would have benefited from a link to the new LGX station,especially since ATX is currently down. Blog edit possible? Anyway, I find its loop at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=LGX&product=NCR&overlay=11101111&loop=yes<br /><br />I use the radars very much like you say you do for bicycling, as in frequently for planning outdoor activities. As such, they live on my browser toolbar. To use that bar space efficiently, labels have been shortened to NWS ATX and NWS LGX. Do you have a short moniker for your wonderful UW atmos composite loop? I would like to identify it with your acronym, if you have one for it.<br /><br />And thanks again for the time and effort you donate to educating us out here.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726805396038087981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-62604859040070663072011-09-26T08:36:03.874-07:002011-09-26T08:36:03.874-07:00Dave - http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/rad...Dave - http://www.atmos.washington.edu/weather/radar.shtmlLancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119121675943204095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-9118682275071276572011-09-26T06:49:06.208-07:002011-09-26T06:49:06.208-07:00John McBride, you sent chills up my spine.John McBride, you sent chills up my spine.snapdragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10052978249380402838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-60364786813222458512011-09-25T22:48:03.885-07:002011-09-25T22:48:03.885-07:00Is it possible to combine the Camano and Langley H...Is it possible to combine the Camano and Langley Hill radars in the same image? Will there be a URL for this? Thanks.Dave Wenninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555100455489601593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-22257581742263907222011-09-25T22:44:56.775-07:002011-09-25T22:44:56.775-07:00Very nice, Cliff.
As importantly, I stood outsid...Very nice, Cliff. <br /><br />As importantly, I stood outside in the deep, moonless darkness, and listened to a flight of waterfowl talk to each other high above until, moving north to south, their conversation trailed off in the distance.<br /><br />Haunting. As haunting as the first time I heard it when I was a child growing up on a small farm on what was then a largely wooded and farm covered Sammamish Plateau.<br /><br />I suspect that as sophisticated as our technology is, those geese and ducks and other birds that make their vast migrations, learned and mastered what we know, and have yet to learn, eons ago. Maybe more than we'll ever know. <br /><br />Winter is on its way. It lurks just north of us where it chases the sun south. Look closely behind the V formations of those birds and you can imagine it as it gathers itself where they left it behind.<br /><br />Good luck with the radar.John McBridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09503331313775640577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-67994334445598967612011-09-25T21:56:08.732-07:002011-09-25T21:56:08.732-07:00Hugh..don't worry---you will have BOTH Camano ...Hugh..don't worry---you will have BOTH Camano Island and new Langley Hill radar. Camano is down now for upgrade.<br /><br />Nelson,<br /> Yes...see clutter will be a greater issue for the zero degree---some of it we can remove and in any case it will cover only a small portion of the domain<br /><br />..cliffCliff Mass Weather Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-17138671139339240702011-09-25T21:49:32.193-07:002011-09-25T21:49:32.193-07:00Is the radar "seeing the surface of the ocean...Is the radar "seeing the surface of the ocean" likely to be a greater problem at the zero degree elevation angle, when that feature is operational?Nelson R Netthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04224064312367292861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-33348087930123572852011-09-25T21:10:19.635-07:002011-09-25T21:10:19.635-07:00The disappearing trick -- that seems to leave out ...The disappearing trick -- that seems to leave out Whatcom and Skagit Counties, and near-border BC too. If the new radar were to supplant the Camano Island radar currently on the UW site, I would be somewhat disappointed (I'm in southern BC, and prefer the UW radar to what Environment Canada provides).<br /><br />In any case, fan mail: I enjoy your blog and have learned a lot from it.Hugh Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009591922841705072noreply@blogger.com