tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post1928654923844698102..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Powerful StormCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-50030965876914306662010-05-20T19:20:09.996-07:002010-05-20T19:20:09.996-07:00Jessica; Rattlesnake Mt 3000ft is near Hanford and...Jessica; Rattlesnake Mt 3000ft is near Hanford and is more of a isolated hill. I just like checking its obs. because it gives insight to my local 925mb flow. The only 100+ gusts I've seen so far this year, both happened this month.<br /><br />http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Traffic/weather/recentweatherdata.aspx?id=474smokejumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358322512081660205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-33148763880996288862010-05-20T13:18:09.403-07:002010-05-20T13:18:09.403-07:00last night using the weather underground radar map...last night using the weather underground radar map<br /><br />http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?zip=98104&wmo=99999<br /><br />I could see that the rain was stopping in Tacoma at 5pm, and by 5:30 crossing Mercer Island it was gone. The I-90 bridge was still a tough bicycle ride with what was recorded on the WSDOT site as gusts to 30+. But once on the island the bicycle trail is protected, and in fact I was able to remove my rain gear for the rest of the ride home.<br /><br />If I could have waited that extra 1/2 I bet I could have ridden home dry.GaryP.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16946775119505539856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13454041975286299042010-05-20T12:52:46.864-07:002010-05-20T12:52:46.864-07:00Smokejumper : what were you doing on Rattlesnake a...Smokejumper : what were you doing on Rattlesnake at 7pm? !!! Must have been wild up there =)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764322294547172508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57047869637663298892010-05-20T07:34:19.714-07:002010-05-20T07:34:19.714-07:00Bellingham just made it into wind advisory criteri...Bellingham just made it into wind advisory criteria for a couple of hours... (official)....Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08645629430659310315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-6696277126344259912010-05-20T00:58:48.354-07:002010-05-20T00:58:48.354-07:00I was struck by how quickly everything changed tod...I was struck by how quickly everything changed today. The morning was fantastic. Seems like we usually get much more visual cues in the sky of approaching storms... or maybe it's usually overcast so the storm hitting isn't so abrupt seeming. <br /><br />I've been doing quite a few outdoor projects lately and the radar has been a big help. I was pretty surprised when I looked over the last couple of days and found it was down.<br /><br />While I'm at it, just want to say your blog is great and that the time lapse video of weather over the Olympics you posted a few weeks back was dope!M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17784147686877802436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-61537544510162423392010-05-20T00:34:15.917-07:002010-05-20T00:34:15.917-07:00PS. Rattlesnake Mt. 3000+ ft. My local profiler. 7...PS. Rattlesnake Mt. 3000+ ft. My local profiler. 7pm, 81 mph G 100 WSW.smokejumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358322512081660205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-75302384390976677932010-05-20T00:01:07.849-07:002010-05-20T00:01:07.849-07:00I was sailing at Shilshole tonight. It was fairly ...I was sailing at Shilshole tonight. It was fairly calm until the front and heavy rain arrived around 4:30. We sailed in the post frontal breeze, 15-20 knots with a little sunshine, from 6:00-7:00 when we had a squall line with around 25knot winds come through. We were anticipating some wind and a little edgy all night but had a very nice sail on a fast boat.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093057049384055367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-72214389425082171772010-05-19T22:38:02.343-07:002010-05-19T22:38:02.343-07:00As a weather enthusiast, I must say that was an ee...As a weather enthusiast, I must say that was an eerie but beautiful storm on satellite.<br /><br />First, those ferry obs. readings are genius. Cool.<br /><br />Second, on sat. you can see the low make a 720 spiral. Cool.<br /><br />Third, I knew a couple days ago that such a stark temp. differential and it being May, there would be convection.<br /><br />5pm an intense rotating wall cloud of squally storms hit Yakima. Very rare. Raced across the basin. 300 yard wide tornado NE of moses lake picked up a 20 foot barn and relocated it. Cool.<br /><br />How weird would it be to step outside and say hey, didn't that barn use to be over there!?!smokejumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05358322512081660205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-68703606801009735082010-05-19T22:35:37.627-07:002010-05-19T22:35:37.627-07:003 Miles NNE of Monroe, the wind really got going i...3 Miles NNE of Monroe, the wind really got going in the early afternoon, but by the early evening, it was gone, and other than some very heavy rain squalls, it's been pretty calm here. I guess the only winds we got are the gap winds coming through Stevens Pass as the low passed by.Jim Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068564615612575150noreply@blogger.com