tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post6655656130033668676..comments2024-03-28T08:19:50.193-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Climatologically, The Worst of Winter is Over!Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-82345107959946992202011-11-30T17:20:43.535-08:002011-11-30T17:20:43.535-08:00Cliff,
I live in Aberdeen and first want to thank...Cliff,<br /><br />I live in Aberdeen and first want to thank you for your efforts to bring Langley Hill Doppler Radar to reality. It's a fantastic resource for those of us living along the coast.<br /><br />I have a question regarding the reflectivity image presented by Langley. This afternoon (Wednesday, Nov 30th) the sky is clear and we are enjoying a beautiful sunset from horizon to horizon. But Langley shows what appears to be light rain all around. Why is this?<br />Thank you.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247509128893690030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-70873164769728798172011-11-30T15:28:13.567-08:002011-11-30T15:28:13.567-08:00I was listening to KOMO today and heard you tell K...I was listening to KOMO today and heard you tell Ken Schram that the extended models are "hinting" at cooler weather and "possible" lowland snow towards the end of next week? Can this be so? Please say it is!!!!! I'll be watching for your updates with much anticipation! ;)windloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944033579068806230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-57398900536990467252011-11-30T15:14:53.475-08:002011-11-30T15:14:53.475-08:00Correction--that query was for more than five hund...Correction--that query was for more than five hundredths. I'd meant to bring up greater than or equal to 0.05" but no matter...<br />The point was that if you measure winter only by periods of persistent rain, you can get these long stretches Oct-April, shorten the query to a week or ten days maybe Sept-June.<br /><br />That said...my own feeling about what constitutes winter in Seattle, is when the metro area is most likely to see some snow. I'd peg that as December through mid-February, but then you have outlier events such as November<br />'85. Cliff mentions prolonged events like that come along once a decade...<br />http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2010/11/is-seattle-ready-for-snow.html<br />--I seem to remember pulling up in the database about twenty stretches of genuine prolonged winter weather at Sea-Tac. You can lose events from the list too, say, if you query days of consecutive snow on the ground--and then one day in the middle of a streak it happens to melt off at Sea-Tac etc etc. But I digress.Zathrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015108090179602410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-7527899931826144362011-11-30T01:35:00.600-08:002011-11-30T01:35:00.600-08:00Here are some wet streaks,
I brought up consecuti...Here are some wet streaks, <br />I brought up consecutive days with five hundredths or more for Sea-Tac, interesting is the wet streak in October and ending in April this past spring.<br /><br />SEATTLE TACOMA INTL AP (KSEA)<br />Consecutive Days<br />Precipitation > 0.05 inches<br />Years: 1948-2011<br /><br />Rank # Days End Date<br /> 1 18 10/31/1956<br /> 2 18 2/ 7/1953<br /> 3 17 11/19/1963<br /> 4 16 1/ 3/2006<br /> 5 16 2/11/1990<br /> 6 15 4/ 7/2011<br /> 7 13 12/27/1972<br /> 8 12 11/13/2006<br /> 9 12 3/ 4/1994<br /> 10 11 2/ 4/2006<br /> 11 11 1/23/1999<br /> 12 11 2/ 2/1992<br /> 13 11 12/22/1982<br /> 14 11 12/ 2/1955<br /> 15 11 12/24/1950<br /> 16 10 1/ 2/2009<br /> 17 10 1/14/2006<br /> 18 10 3/16/2003<br /> 19 10 12/18/2002<br /> 20 10 12/13/1996Zathrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015108090179602410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-45534505263823434322011-11-29T23:18:01.102-08:002011-11-29T23:18:01.102-08:00I don't care that the "worst" is ove...I don't care that the "worst" is over. I'd rather have some weather events (read: variety) than the never-ending wretched sameness we seem to increasingly endure here in the fourth corner.Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04850024758134899093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-43564952324457594802011-11-29T17:49:33.902-08:002011-11-29T17:49:33.902-08:00Cliff,
I couldn't help noticing that this blog...Cliff,<br />I couldn't help noticing that this blog was almost the exact same blog that you wrote one year ago.<br />We had just got off a big week of storms like this year (except last year was snow) and we were looking at a dry stretch (except this year it looks longer and more sun).<br />I hope that just like last year the worst of winter isn't over and there will be plenty of rainy, windy, snowy, and cold spells in the following months. The point of winter is to listen to the wind howl at night or pray for the temperature to drop two degrees so you can get snow.<br />If I see bright suns in every spot on the long range forecasts for the remainder of the year, I might go crazy.weatherloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837264200312577875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-26383285538698587002011-11-29T17:02:56.242-08:002011-11-29T17:02:56.242-08:00Last year winter was definitely not over after Feb...Last year winter was definitely not over after February though! Geeawd, April was terrible.....Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119121675943204095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-48360445996442848592011-11-29T12:22:19.102-08:002011-11-29T12:22:19.102-08:00I was just wondering if the Coastal Radar has been...I was just wondering if the Coastal Radar has been reset to zero degree elevation angle yet?Bhodda's My Ba'aaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472940712209939623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-13891969952325837112011-11-29T12:09:53.549-08:002011-11-29T12:09:53.549-08:00Cliff, what's the deal with the Langley Radar?...Cliff, what's the deal with the Langley Radar? Just as a previous post by Jamesdeanreeves, I'm wondering, did we get burned with a 'Lemon Radar unit'?Joryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735252169030449271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-72795077701632986202011-11-29T10:16:19.292-08:002011-11-29T10:16:19.292-08:00My observation as to what is a serious winter snow...My observation as to what is a serious winter snow storm:<br /><br />Foot or more of snow, that lasts upward a week<br /><br />School cancelled for two or more days<br /><br />Cold enough that pipes freeze for the unprepared<br /><br />Second observation: At my elevation of 400 feet this does not happen after the end of January, at friends place at the 1000 foot level it can happen into March.RLLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13850927095383579725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-90936482697668321882011-11-29T10:03:39.467-08:002011-11-29T10:03:39.467-08:00Regarding the end of winter in the NW: I've of...Regarding the end of winter in the NW: I've often thought the weather better in February than March. I don't know if weather records bear that out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-36427620263800682762011-11-29T08:07:48.420-08:002011-11-29T08:07:48.420-08:00Excellent blog, but I have to point out that techn...Excellent blog, but I have to point out that technically winter hasn't even started yet. We've got another three weeks or so of fall.Slow Hand Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986457748377914397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-2695288504354748432011-11-29T05:15:54.223-08:002011-11-29T05:15:54.223-08:00Excellent news. Thanks!Excellent news. Thanks!ponydogwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10082293371429085134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-38432475562056877952011-11-29T03:54:36.295-08:002011-11-29T03:54:36.295-08:00The sooner the Meteorologists take the vacation th...The sooner the Meteorologists take the vacation the sooner the snow will fall. Or that suprise blizzard. Get to the vacation guys!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09540605116316750541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-75996699641072847222011-11-28T22:08:09.485-08:002011-11-28T22:08:09.485-08:00Wished we could see the next storm coming in, but ...Wished we could see the next storm coming in, but what's been up, or rather 'down', with the Langley Hill Radar? It's gone down several times over the last few weeks. Since it's from one of those 'pre-owned' lots, did we buy a Lemon? ;^)jamesdeanreeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042687018215767583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-44106174659122286132011-11-28T21:40:16.164-08:002011-11-28T21:40:16.164-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068282269184573167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-38091369432274581002011-11-28T21:38:34.440-08:002011-11-28T21:38:34.440-08:00The worst of winter might be over... but it will t...The worst of winter might be over... but it will take until next July to have consistently nice weather! <br /><br />Upcoming dry period notwithstanding.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068282269184573167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-18704380811685287452011-11-28T21:37:27.417-08:002011-11-28T21:37:27.417-08:00Chilly at night and bright during the day. Should ...Chilly at night and bright during the day. Should be good star gazing weather and a good time to get in some lowland hiking. Good news.Michael DeMarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320634165404283841noreply@blogger.com