tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post8208294105042892478..comments2024-03-28T23:07:35.632-07:00Comments on Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Might Bipartisan Actions Revolutionize U.S. Weather Prediction?Cliff Mass Weather Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13948649423540350788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-37089546106496638792017-03-20T21:03:16.860-07:002017-03-20T21:03:16.860-07:00The NOAA radar for Moses Lake is only correctly sh...The NOAA radar for Moses Lake is only correctly showing ground-reaching precip about 50% of the time. Sometimes even radar-indicated Moderate rain is actually zip-squat-nothing. Time to update the KMWH radar?jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074848596330521566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-55453812158041837552017-03-20T10:26:11.040-07:002017-03-20T10:26:11.040-07:00Cliff Mass,
I love this thread, and fully suppo...Cliff Mass,<br /><br /> I love this thread, and fully support the move forward on radar coverage. Wonder what that would've done for the local forecasting authorities with the close calls this winter if we'd had the coverage on the coast before/during the close calls during the snow events? Maybe that JAN 10TH storm that was predicted to give Portland area 2-3", and ending up giving us between 10 to 18" would have been better forecast at least as it was unfolding? Or what about the Superbowl storm" that was forecast to possible dump anywhere from a trace to 18" between Portland and Seattle? I'm imaging that that would have been beneficial, had the radar coverage been better! iphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03337836157323303376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478606652950905956.post-88260360661536342092017-03-20T06:31:26.156-07:002017-03-20T06:31:26.156-07:00From a superficial viewpoint this all sounds ok. H...From a superficial viewpoint this all sounds ok. However addressing radar "gaps" in a 30 year old network of radars recenently retrofitted to increase physical stress on the aging components is simply ridiculous. Like addressing the cabin design on the Space Shuttle Callanger. The underlying mismanagement will be the undoing of the entire network. <br /><br />The agency responsible for the issues you speak of are also responsible for many issues you left out or are unaware of, and far more consequential to the country. Aging equipment, archaic technology, outdated methods are the hallmarks of the NWS management. <br /><br />You spend considerable time discussing topics all pointing to a needed overhaul of the NWS MANAGEMENT yet never address the root cause of the topics. Poor management and the lack of any management training translates to people with degrees in Meteorology making multimillion dollar decisions that waste taxpayer monies. <br /><br />I will give you one example, computers need to be cooled. The NWS has neglected their facilities nation wide for 30 years. Air Conditioning systems have been failing thought the country at an alarming rate. The money appropriated for maintaining these systems has been comically mismanaged and so huge "emergency expenditures" will have to bail out the agency. <br /><br />Why address the superficial when it's the cause you should be targeting?Just a guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06917047457057775973noreply@blogger.com