tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post7502366626148809248..comments2024-03-28T10:16:44.231-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: A Beautiful Storm Approaches the West CoastCliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-53426419058279455172018-12-24T07:07:15.914-08:002018-12-24T07:07:15.914-08:00Cliff - yes you are right, this is a beautiful nat...Cliff - yes you are right, this is a beautiful natural phenomenon to behold. Reminds one of a spiral galaxy. Mother Nature's power and beauty on full display.John K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03575682658318674003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-14662986238697016192018-12-23T11:59:09.981-08:002018-12-23T11:59:09.981-08:00Yes, this seemed to be a classic weather system. ...Yes, this seemed to be a classic weather system. NWS seemed to get the forecast quite well on this for Bellingham.<br /><br />I would be interested in what the jet stream is doing this year. It is something that TV weather folks like to talk about at times, but the discussion is usually not very informative. I also found it difficult to find very much discussion on the Internet on this year's pattern. I did come across the SFSU jet stream website that allows you to run 20 day loops using archives. When I tried to compare November 2017 and 2018, this year seemed weaker and farther to the north, but it was hard for me to really interpret it. Here are the links to both the current page analyses and the archives:<br /><br />http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/jetstream.html<br /><br />http://squall.sfsu.edu/crws/archive/jetstream_archive.html<br />MAC in Bellinghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00951163853106956325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-41396114449243398412018-12-22T21:59:44.650-08:002018-12-22T21:59:44.650-08:00Aww great, just as I re-erected the rickety car ca...Aww great, just as I re-erected the rickety car canopy blown over in the last event. :-)<br /><br />Up here on pat bay, Vancouver island, quite blustery now.<br /><br />Alistair ragnarhairybreekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02922674636486332467noreply@blogger.com