I have always been fasinated with the weather.
Weather usually plays a big role in the majority of my dreams.
Weather can get rather involved.
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I have always been fasinated with the weather.
Weather usually plays a big role in the majority of my dreams.
Weather can get rather involved.
Weather... hmmm... right... weather...
Well... uh, there's a good future in that... You never know when the umm... weather controlling machine will be invented... Maybe it could be you!
Weather....... Now that I think of it, Im interested in intense weather, like cyclones and stuff..
Ahh I love storms and stuff, too. Whenever there's a big summer storm I just pull a lawn chair out onto the deck and watch it. Someday I really want to see a tornado or something... hopefully at someone else's house and not mine... :PQuote:
Originally posted by Naruto
Weather....... Now that I think of it, Im interested in intense weather, like cyclones and stuff..
Also, when I was younger I used to have tons of dreams where I was being chased by tornadoes. Mostly I was at my grandma's house, and I had to run like hell down a dirt road to try and make it to the house in time. Once when I was about to get sucked up, it turned out the tornado was actually my dad (don't ask me how...). So instead of dying I just got picked up and then we went and smashed buildings and stuff...I'm weird.
Come to where I live. You'll see one guranteed. We have tornado drills at school often.
oooh, that reminds me of this lucid dream i had, it was raining and there were street lights outside. i looked up at the rain falling down, it was going right through me! i could actually feel the rain inside of me, it was the weirdest feeling...
strangely though, weather is quite absent from most of my lucid dreams. anyone try summoning weather storms? that might be interesting...
btw, freaky weather we've been having. california has been like 20 degrees above normal for the last month... and dry.
Weather! I love it! Like to look as wind vector maps, isobar maps, NEXRAD, simulations. I even considered applying for a job in our regional NWS office. Unfortunately, it only paid about $23K a year =(
Really enjoy intense thunder storms and tornados!
I used to live in the mid-west. Always tornados in the spring.
I've even flown into some of them on purpose in a couple of my LDs. FUN!!!
I have always wanted to take a trip to the midwest just to see some of the remarkable skies & thunderstorms. I wouln't even need to see a tornado.
I bought from Oregon scientific a virtual weather station that hooks up to your computer. It monters all that crap like humidity,barametric pressure, etc. And keeps adaily log.
I my self am only happy when it is complicaded.Quote:
Addias \"i'm only happy when it rains\"[/b]
Im originally from the Midwest (Chicago) and I guess growing up there has made me love wind alot. I love Windy days and nights. Winds in the 30 mph range is just right for me.
Yay! I spent many years in the Chicago 'burbs!Quote:
Originally posted by ShadowNightWing
Im originally from the Midwest (Chicago)
Saw part of my subdivision wiped out by a tornado. It even got our school, we spent one year in trailers!
OMG! Seeker I know that had to be scary. I don't know how I would react in the face of a tornado. Hopefully I never have to find out. But I also lived in South Holland Il Southeast suburbs.
I was on the northwest, side. Not a bad place to live. Went back there this summer. Some things haven't changed. Some have changed a lot!
I used to be scared to death and fascinated by those things, before I learned how to LD and flew in them. Now, I am just facinated with them.
I loved the movie Twister! Sooooo realistic!!!
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Have you been to the Taste of Chicago before? Im going this year in June, I actually haven't been back home in about 3 years. But I cannot substitute anything for my new home now. Palm trees and the Atlantic is the way to live in the 21st century :goodjob2:
Never been there. This summer was the first time my family has been to ChiTown. Took them to my old subdivision, Museum of Sci. and Ind., Field Museum, Sears Tower, around the Wacker drive area (blues bros. chase scene) and Grant park.Quote:
Originally posted by ShadowNightWing
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Have you been to the Taste of Chicago before? Im going this year in June, I actually haven't been back home in about 3 years. But I cannot substitute anything for my new home now. Palm trees and the Atlantic is the way to live in the 21st century :goodjob2:
Oh yeah, and scared the jeebies out of them on the Kennedy expressway!
Man! That brings back memories. I Love going to Navy Pier also. And especially the Alder Planetarium. Yeah the Kennedy is one serious expressway. Just like Dan Ryan and Lake Shore Drive a.k.a the outter drive. I do Miss alll the tall skyscrapers. Chicago has the best Skyline in the World! :goodjob2:
Living in North east Ohio We are just entering spring> :goodjob2: Which means the onset of thundrstorms. :bravo:
Why the hell is Ohio considered the midwest. Look @ where the hell it is. If we are the mid west then the U.S is comprised of 80% west. The Mississippi river should be the dividing line I think. We are East!!!!!!
The US post office just came out with the coolest stamps, called cloud scapes. A sheet comes with 15 differant clouds in accordance to their alltitude. You can order them online at www.usps.com
http://shop.usps.com/cgi-bin/vsbv/postal_s...Products/Clouds
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So if one were to go storm/tornadoe chasing, which state would be the bests?
That depends on when in the season you're going. Starting in Texas in March, the most intense area of activity generally shifts north and eastward through late spring and summer. If you want the best unobstructed viewing of classic supercells and violent tornadoes, your best bet would be Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas from late March - late May. The Great Plains have the highest concentration of large tornadoes and the flatness of the landscape makes for excellent viewing conditions.Quote:
Originally posted by Howetzer
So if one were to go storm/tornadoe chasing, which state would be the bests?
Thanks for the advice Peregrinus.Quote:
Originally posted by Peregrinus+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Peregrinus)</div>Quote:
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That depends on when in the season you're going. Starting in Texas in March, the most intense area of activity generally shifts north and eastward through late spring and summer. If you want the best unobstructed viewing of classic supercells and violent tornadoes, your best bet would be Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas from late March - late May. The Great Plains have the highest concentration of large tornadoes and the flatness of the landscape makes for excellent viewing conditions.[/b]Quote:
So if one were to go storm/tornadoe chasing, which state would be the bests?
I new texas had the most tornadoes per year but I thought it might be because its size. Which to some degree it probably does. But it sounds like that is still the hotspot to go.
Any area where you can see all that sky would be great.
I would enjoy just studying the clouds.
I have been wanting to get the international could atlas for some time now but it is around $300 dollars. :shock:
I will stick to my National audobon cloud referance guide. :D
Not all of TX has good viewing for severe weather-- it's mainly in western and northern TX that's flat and has the high concentration of severe storms in the spring. Don't discount OK and KA, though. On May 3, 1999, a mile wide F5 produced the highest windspeeds on earth just south and east of Oklahoma City in central OK. As far as density or concentration of severe storms goes, west TX, central OK, and KA are probably about equal during their peaks in the season.Quote:
Originally posted by Howetzer
I new texas had the most tornadoes per year but I thought it might be because its size. Which to some degree it probably does. But it sounds like that is still the hotspot to go. Any area where you can see all that sky would be great. I would enjoy just studying the clouds. I have been wanting to get the international could atlas for some time now but it is around $300 dollars. :shock: I will stick to my National audobon cloud referance guide. :D
Hey! check out weather under ground! This site you can modify and make into your home page and each day it will give you a forecast for your individual town. and a picture of the day. Plus a virtual Radar.
Heres my home page-----> http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findwe...ast?query=44065
Also come storm chasing with us. Stormchasing And thunder
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http://img143.echo.cx/img143/2546/image0013ro.th.jpg
Lenticularus clouds
:D
I have been to Mt St Helens.
It was the most natural remarkable thing I have seen to date. Even more awe inspiring than the red woods or the genad Canyon to me.
Good heavens! :PQuote:
Originally posted by Howetzer
Living in North east Ohio We are just entering spring> :goodjob2: Which means the onset of thunderstorms. :bravo: *
Why the hell is Ohio considered the mid-west. Look @ where the hell it is. If we are the mid west then the U.S is comprised of 80% west. The Mississippi river should be the dividing line I think. We are East!!!!!!
Looking back upon this post sucks. Because now we are entering the onset of winter. Officially not until December 21st. But believe me living in the snow belt as I do it begins much earlier than that. 9" where I live. They were calling for 28 in the beginning :shock:
That is lake effect for you.
I purchased an Oregon scientific weather station. It is great. It keeps more logs on your computer than you can imagine. Shit that is Greek to me.
But for the record between that and my own knowledge of the weather around my area I am one up so far over the professional forecasters.
AMS seal lucid howie! :roll:
Hee hee...I'm kind of glad you resurrected this thread since I wasn't around when it started.
I'm a meteorologist's daughter--not a TV weatherman; the real deal. Specializes in NEXRAD and tropical systems. I LOVE weather. I've ridden through one of the strongest typhoons in the past 10 years (Supertyphoon Paka crossed Guam in 1997 with sustained winds of 190, gusts up to 225, although the censors broke immediately after this gust and the NWS wouldn't officiate it), I've seen Nebraska skies that would scare you into submission, and spent a few terrifyingly exciting minutes in a makeshift stormcellar waiting for my house to disappear. And you know what? I wouldn't change a second of it!
I even corrected my Chemistry professor in class when he made an offhanded comment about tropical systems. When he told me I didn't know what he was talking about, I brought in a textbook my dad wrote and proved him wrong...and it was HILARIOUS. lol.
To summarize the above--I am a weather nut, geek, nerd--whatever you want to call me. And I wear the title proudly. :D
Wow :shock:Quote:
Originally posted by poeticDreamer
Hee hee...I'm kind of glad you resurrected this thread since I wasn't around when it started.
How awesome to I'm a meteorologist's daughter. I am sure you have learned a lot just from listening to him.
Have you thought about the same career?
You live in South Carolina......
Now you need some real software. IMHO, there's only one choice:Quote:
Originally posted by Howetzer
I have always wanted to take a trip to the midwest just to see some of the remarkable skies & thunderstorms. I wouln't even need to see a tornado.
I bought from Oregon scientific a virtual weather station that hooks up to your computer. It monters all that crap like humidity,barametric pressure, etc. And keeps adaily log.
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http://www.ambientweather.com/virtualstation.html
You want the "Internet Version"...
I'm using it with my Davis Pro2. I ended-up returning the Oregon Scientific stuff. Not particularly good for the money you pay.
Thanks for the info.Quote:
Originally posted by kimpossible
Now you need some real software. IMHO, there's only one choice:
http://www.ambientweather.com/virtualstation.html
You want the \"Internet Version\"...
I'm using it with my Davis Pro2. I ended-up returning the Oregon Scientific stuff. Not particularly good for the money you pay.
I found my Oregon Scientific weather WM918 station to be rather remarkable.
And you can use it to log your data via the internet.
Weather underground for example has a site that posts your data for your local.
Indeed I do...is that meaningful? I see it as just another stop on my life trip. I've lived in Washington, New York, Illinois, Mississippi, Guam, Nebraska, and here. I've spent time in New York City, Boston, Minneapolis, and Southern California. I consider myself extremely lucky to have had so many opportunities. And I will continue to travel whenever possible...it's in the blood! :DQuote:
Originally posted by Howetzer+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Howetzer)</div>I actually did. When I was a little girl, I desperately wanted to be a storm chaser. Unfortunately, math left me in the cold. I'm much better at writing about weather than predicting it.Quote:
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You live in South Carolina......
I had the wireless. The darned thing couldn't send 10ft through a stucco wall. I returned it, got another. Ditto. Tried it again, same result. So I sprang the extra money for the Davis. It can actually send to my office (12mi away) without issue.
But if it's working for you - I'm sure it's a great unit otherwise! Do checkout Ambient though. VERY pretty, drag and drop user interface creation, both locally and to the intarweb-thingie. ;)
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Originally posted by kimpossible
I had the wireless. The darned thing couldn't send 10ft through a stucco wall. I returned it, got another. Ditto. Tried it again, same result. So I sprang the extra money for the Davis. It can actually send to my office (12mi away) without issue.
But if it's working for you - I'm sure it's a great unit otherwise! Do checkout Ambient though. VERY pretty, drag and drop user interface creation, both locally and to the intarweb-thingie. ;)
Will do.
I guess sometimes you actually do get what you pay for!
I'm a weather geek :oops:
*Did an Earth Science Degree*
Cool. I was just thinking about this thead. I have a cool picture of a sun pillar.Quote:
Originally posted by Bubble Wrap
I'm a weather geek :oops:
*Did an Earth Science Degree*
What is your favorite aspect of the weather Bubble Wrap?
You know. People that are interested in weather are called weather geeks. Yet not one human is immune to its ever changing environment. And it comes up more than any other topic.
SO why would it be odd to want to know the specifics???? :P
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Cool. I was just thinking about this thead. I have a cool picture of a sun pillar.
What is your favorite aspect of the weather Bubble Wrap?
You know. People that are interested in weather are called weather geeks. Yet not one human is immune to its ever changing environment. And it comes up more than any other topic.
SO why would it be odd to want to know the specifics????
I like interesting weather...I'm not one for calm everyday stuff. Personally I love a good thunder storm. So all in all going to Glastonbury Festival this year was a brilliant decision given the storm we all had there! :lol: I'd love to see a first hand lot of lenticular clouds too. Once a few years back I was visiting my grandparents when we had a little freak tornado! It was well cool!
Bubble Wrap,Quote:
Originally posted by Bubble Wrap
I like interesting weather...I'm not one for calm everyday stuff. Personally I love a good thunder storm. So all in all going to Glastonbury Festival this year was a brilliant decision given the storm we all had there! :lol: I'd love to see a first hand lot of lenticular clouds too. Once a few years back I was visiting my grandparents when we had a little freak tornado! It was well cool!
Check out some of these AWESOME lenticular clouds! :shock:
http://www.crystalinks.com/lenticular.html
Ooh, those ones are amazing! I love the first one, I think I've had that one on my computer for years! :lol:
I have always loved Mammatus clouds ----> http://australiasevereweather.com/photogra...mammatus01.html :)Quote:
Originally posted by Bubble Wrap
Ooh, those ones are amazing! I love the first one, I think I've had that one on my computer for years! :lol:
2005 takes its place in weather history
It has included records for tropical storms, wildfires ans almost one for heat.
26 tropical storms this season. One I believe after the "official" season.
NOAA reported that that the arctic ice has declines 8% per decade. A record 2.1 square mile in September.
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I have always loved Mammatus clouds ----> http://australiasevereweather.com/photogra...mammatus01.html :)
2005 takes its place in weather history
It has included records for tropical storms, wildfires ans almost one for heat.
26 tropical storms this season. One I believe after the "official" season.
NOAA reported that that the arctic ice has declines 8% per decade. A record 2.1 square mile in September.
Wow, some of them make the sky look like it's boiling! Quite beautiful. I used to use NOAA a lot when I was reading for my degree...they do some amazing research. Hmm, wonder what weather Wales is meant to be having over Christmas. Think I'll check the ever inaccurate met office website! :lol:
1:35 good old winter officially begins. The winter solstice. :blue: :bluesmile:
BUUUUUUUUUUUR :!:
[quote]1:35 good old winter officially begins. The winter solstice. :blue: :bluesmile:
BUUUUUUUUUUUR
Yeah, but now we're on the upswing, headed toward longer days, warmer weather, and severe storm season :) Oh yeah, and I finally got a good digital camera, so if we have an active spring and I get some good pics, I'll be sure to post them. This past year we set a record for the least number of tornadoes. Good for homeowners, I suppose, but not for self-proclaimed "weather geeks".
I love rain and thunder storms :D . I love extreme weather too like tornadoes and stuff.
Thanks for the upbeat outlook on that :DQuote:
Originally posted by danbarber+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(danbarber)</div>Cool deal danbarber. feel free to discuss weather. While most people think it is boring it is because they have know idea how complicated it is!Quote:
I love rain and thunder storms :D . I love extreme weather too like tornadoes and stuff.[/b]
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Yeah, but now we're on the upswing, headed toward longer days, warmer weather, and severe storm season Smile Oh yeah, and I finally got a good digital camera, so if we have an active spring and I get some good pics, I'll be sure to post them. This past year we set a record for the least number of tornadoes. Good for homeowners, I suppose, but not for self-proclaimed \"weather geeks\".
Does anyone here have a GCSE in geography? I'm curently working towards one but my geography teacher didn't cover everything that the mock exam asked. I've noticed a patern in my grades: year7 geog teacher was Mr Small, my grade A
year8 geog teacher was Mrs Brown, my grade C
year9 geog teacher was Miss Morley, my grade A
year10/11 geog teacher is Mrs Brown, my grade so far C
We've been looking at agriculture mainly in year 10 and 11, not much on weather :( .
We are now doing coastal erosion, I always liked the rock forms along coasts so things should pick up soon.
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4...rise7hd.th.jpg
Coming back from snowplowing one morning I was seconds behind getting a remarkable picture of a sun pillar. Caught half of it though.
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/1...llar6np.th.jpg
OH yes. The good old snow belt. Lake Erie provides an excellent snow machine, in what they call the snow belt (Where I live :P )
I wish it would freeze over!
http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/746/snowstorm6oi.jpg
Just a mere 17" :P
At least you get snow around Christmas! :P I know it must be a travel hassle, but it looks so pretty.
If I could send some your way, I would Peregrine. We have plenty.Quote:
Originally posted by Peregrinus
At least you get snow around Christmas! :P I know it must be a travel hassle, but it looks so pretty.
I gues you will have to have a lucid white Christams. :wink:
We've had below average temperature here for the last three weeks and yesterday was the warmest day we've in two weeks. Now it's raining. Oh well... :lol:
I must have been a good boy this year.
IGOT A STROM STORIES T-SHIRT FOR CHRISTMAS ...It has the Weather channel Logo on the back!
:thanks: Santa :lol:
[quote]I must have been a good boy this year.
IGOT A STROM STORIES T-SHIRT FOR CHRISTMAS ...It has the Weather channel Logo on the back! :thanks: Santa
:lol: That's a very fitting gift. I'm glad Santa has an accurate intelligence gathering operation. I got a coat for Christmas. A nice warm wool coat. But I didn't get to wear it, because it was sixty-five degrees on Christmas and seventy-five yesterday! (Okay, so I'm not really complaining about t-shirt weather in late December... just wanted to circuitously point out that we didn't get a white Christmas.)
Yes. From What I have heard, the Government is not involved in anyway. :wink:Quote:
Originally posted by Peregrinus
:lol: *That's a very fitting gift. *I'm glad Santa has an accurate intelligence gathering operation.
Sorry about your balmy Christmas. :(
Yeah, funny that. I've heard the same thing.Quote:
Originally posted by Howetzer
[color=green]Yes. From What I have heard, the Government is *not involved in anyway. *:wink:
Ive had quite a few dreams with tornadoes. Several where I would have to hide in my house somewhere where the tornado couldnt find me through the windows. lol quite wierd.
That seem like a very prevalent dream sign for many people. I have had many as well. More when I was a teenager. They used to be nightmares.Quote:
Originally posted by Awhislyle
Ive had quite a few dreams with tornadoes. Several where I would have to hide in my house somewhere where the tornado couldnt find me through the windows. lol quite wierd.
Know they seem harmless and fascinating.
:aphiusiscrazy:
OOH ya baby here it comes.
From ther West > our first thunderstormof the season. With high wind warnings, hail and tornadoe watch boxes..... Goose bumps.
My weahter station recorded a gust of 31 miles an hour three days ago.
^^^have you ever seen a tornado? I want to travel with a bunch of chasers to see one... one day :mrgreen:
All I ever see over here is rain- even that is in short supply- so really it's just clouds and wind :roll:
Hey superior dude! I have heard one. Back when I was a kid. My friends parents made us get down in the tub.Quote:
Originally posted by dudesuperior
^^^have you ever seen a tornado? I want to travel with a bunch of chasers to see one... one day *:mrgreen:
All I ever see over here is rain- even that is in short supply- so really it's just clouds and wind :roll:
Looking back I realize they ruined my childhood--Just kidding :wink:
Who has seen an actual Tornado?
PS. I have had dreams of many.
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Pass it on. They should give you an option to do the same! :)
It is worth it . A ton of reasons.
And the thread is revived for storm season! We had a few tornadic storms around here yesterday - lots of strong low and mid-level rotation, but only one or two touchdowns, I believe. It was a bit of a disappointment, though, in terms of viewing the storms - the tornado watch-boxes had been up all day and then when do the storms finally develop? Oh yeah, after dark when you can't see anything except via the occasional flash of lightning. :( That's probably the system you're getting today, Howie. I wish you better luck with it chase-wise than we had here. And thanks for the free membership to Weather Underground! :goodjob:
As far as seeing a tornado goes, even though I've lived in Tornado Alley for over 20 years, the closest I've come was having a funnel descend 1/4 - 1/3 of the way to the ground directly above my car when I was a kid. It was pretty damn sweet to roll down the window and see the meso churning above, but I've never actually seen a fully-formed tornado. Hopefully I will this season though. I'm taking my ham tech license test on Saturday!
We had some pretty strong thunderstorms this morning, and heavy rain. But now it's sunny and warm (very strange for us this time of year). But tomorrow it's supposed to snow! :eek:
I've been a weather-nerd from way back. I did many presentations at school that was weather-related. Has anyone else made those homemade barometers from an empty coffee can, balloon, and straw??
I finally dug up that article about the super computer that is designed to predict a phenomenal amount of variables in an attempt to predict or forecast the future path of the earths climate.
Here are some amazing facts;
NCEP = National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Their computer is not fully up to speed currently. By 2009 it will handle 8.6 trillion calculations -15,000 years work with a hand held calculator -> In one second!
It is in Gaitherburg, Maryland. The computer's name is Blue - (What's up with computers and blue? Wasn't the Chess computer called deep Blue?)
To put the complexity of the real atmosphere into perspective this computer still uses simplified models. Tracking conditions only tens of miles apart.
Check out --> www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/0506
:goodjob:
Amazing amounts of rain. :shock:
I live in Ohio close to lake Erie. We have had unprecedented amounts of rain that has accompanied very high dew points and humidity & temp. It is tropical.
But Thursday the the 27th of July (which would normally be in the beginning of our dry spell) dropped an amazing 9.75 inches of rain in one day.
The grand river and it's surrounding are gone. _Along with my friends boat :?
Before the storm I had already measured on my weather gauge 9.35" of rain for the month. The normal is 2.97 for Cleveland.
Theres been no rain where I live for a while now, and we usually get it every couple of days. It's too damn hot here, never thought I'd honestly say that about England.
Hey Howetzer, I'm from Ohio too. I've been experiencing the same rain and humidity as you, and I have to run in it every day. Every time it rain alot I get excited cause the Cuyuhoga River gets alot of water in it and I plan to go canoeing, but then my friends always bail at the last minute. Anyway, I had a dream about tornadoes a few nights ago, and since then I have become quite interested in weather.
Its called global warming. You know, it effects the weather patterns and such. In southern California I've been experiencing oddities in the weather as well. We've recently hit new records last week for high temps, and some of these days have been overcast. Can you imagine a sky full of grey clouds and 110 degree weather at the same time? Very bizarre...Quote:
Originally Posted by Howetzer
I find it ironic that we run air conditioners and coolers to ward against the effects of heat in our homes and automobiles, when at the same time it contributes to the global warming issue. Ultimately, in trying to save ourselves, we will destroy ourselves. Too bad world leaders are still stupid enough to keep fighting over petrol when we could have had energy solutions by now.
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Originally Posted by captain
Hey captain ahab!!!!!!!!!& #33;! :)
Judging by the long. & lat. You must be pretty close to me.
There are a few other members and we have managed to meet up. I am located in the suburbs of Cleveland.
Talk about Temperature.. :evil: Power outages in Chardon because of electricity usage.
106 Heat index today.
I have been in regions that reach in the 100 degrees before and I am still adimate that high humidity & dew pints make for a more uncomfortable environment than does just the mean temp.
This sucks....in part because I work outside too! :bigteeth:
Ten years ago toady in Chardon, Ohio and local vicinities (my first season of snow plowing :roll: ) We had received 61" of snow - Yes sixty one inches of snow, over a four day period.
That sucked ass. :o
Cool another Ohian! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by captain
I love canoeing. It does put a damper on things when the water is so murky due to all the rain.
Plus it is damn hard to paddle up stream. :wink:
My major in college right now is Meteorology. Of course you were teh one to pm me earlier this year saying of someone you know on this site getting accepted to the same school as me for the same major. Only last night have I first found out that he went to another school.
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Originally Posted by kungfurabbits
Hey there kungfurabbits. I have not seen you around in awhile.
Peregrinus is also in this field of study. She was accepted into Penn State University. She is an intelligent one, >I am hoping on her to figure out this global warming debacle. So I can have kids. ?! :wink:
How are your courses? I have taken some online meteorology courses just for self interest. I have always wondered how in depth and detailed an actual degree must become.
Well good luck.
Speaking of the weather, once I had a dream that it was an absolute downpour (at 11pm) and when I woke up at 4:00am it wasn't raining. But at 7:00am it was pouring as hard as I had dreamt.
So.... any ideas?
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Originally Posted by Kyhaar
Well maybe you forecasted the future!? :wink: Maybe by some way of clairvoyance or remote viewing.
I think either way your forecasting would result in as an effective and as accurate forecast as a weathermans. :content:
Hmmm. I never listen to the weatherman. I find they're usually wrong, so I think I should listen to my dreams instead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Howetzer
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Originally Posted by Howetzer
Well I talked to Perengrinus the other night and she told me she ended up going to Purdue instead of Penn State.
Since I'm just a freshman, I've only taken 1 Meteorology course so far and it's ok. I didn't do awesome on my first midterm and my professor (who is a guy from the weather channel) intentionally makes his tests very difficult.
I've done so many reports on global warming in multiple classes of mine that I'm absolutely sick of it. lol.
Back in the day, when I was living long periods of time in a tent, I would have endless false awakenings on many mornings. They were always the same. Wake up to rain falling on the tent, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, mostly just steady rain. Not want to get up and pack up a wet tent and bike in the cold rain. Open my eyes to a beautiful sunny morning. Close my eyes for a little more sleep, wake up a few minutes later to the rain again. Open my eyes, "Hey, it's still sunny out!" Repeat endlessly.
Too bad I wasn't aware of lucid dreaming then, it would have been a great dreamsign! Now I live in a rainforest, so I think nothing of packing up a tent on a rainy morning. Well, I take that back, it's still much nicer to pack up a dry tent.
Good old Lake affect snow! :bluesmile:
Living in the snow belt and snowplowing for a living, makes for a good job security.
the primary snow belt is calling for 12" to 18" in the next thirty six hours.
I don't think I will be getting much <strike>sleep.</strike>
Off to go plowing.:cactus: :cactus:
Yeah, we've got about 4-5" on the ground already. I wonder if we're supposed to get more...?Quote:
Originally Posted by Howetzer
*goes to check weather.com*
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE("Burns")</div>Hey! check out weather under ground! This site you can modify and make into your home page and each day it will give you a forecast for your individual town. and a picture of the day. Plus a virtual Radar.Quote:
Yeah, we've got about 4-5" on the ground already. I wonder if we're supposed to get more...?
*goes to check weather.com*[/b]
Heres my home page-----> http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findwe...ast?query=44065
Also come storm chasing with us. Stormchasing And thunder
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^^ Awesome site, Howie! :goodjob2: *saved to Favorites* It's much more detailed than weather.com, and the radar is better quality as well. I'll have to take some time and go through all the different things on it. Thanks!! :D
That 2nd link you posted didn't work :(
Cool. Glad you liked it. The second post hmmm. Maybe their server got hit by a hurricane or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Burns
The radar features are cool -in motion. The zip code feature is Nice.
Oh yaaa. The picture archives :goodjob:
My Morning commute. When the sun does come out - <div align="right">three times a year</div>
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Just to keep on track on a bit of dreaming here i tried to make it snow in my dream a few weeks back and the good news it worked the bad news is that it came from two tornados what where heading right to my house. Heres a thought; you never every see tornados which are snow, i mean you see water, dirt and sand but never snow.
Anyway, when i was small i had a lot of dreams of tornados and they always went after me (i hate it when nightmares just go after you and not other people in your dream it feels so unfair) and i always ran from them with my friends or family. If i did get sucked into a tornado i would become a tornado and kill my family and friends because it felt just unfair (that sounds really sadistic).
Back to my dream with snow tornados, i hate tornados in dreams so i went back inside my house and closed the door and i could see them stop and all the snow went. When i went outside they start up again, so this went on for about 2 times until i said to myself "might as well get this over and done with, it is just a dream" so i stepped into the tornado and all i could feel was that i was spinning and just white and poof i woke up.
Anyway im doing a geography GCSE and i know a bit about weather, the isobars, low and high pressure, depressions and anti-cyclones. Its good to know a bit about weather because it gives you more of a understanding of whats happening where we live and the world we live in. Stupid global warming making our world hotter.
Did you know that the climate of the mediterranean will shift up towards france and england because of global warming (no shock horror there then).
Thats hot :evil: .
Plus isn't colorado engulfed by snow, i don't know if i should feel sorry for them or think there lucky, i mean they get an extra extra extra extra white christmas.
If there was ever a universal dream sign I swear it would be tornadoes at some point in every one's life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr
You speak of global warming. I recent Documentary was just released. An inconvenient truth. Every one should watch this.
"it is good to know about weather"
I here you.
The odd thing is that everyone is under the weather (Pun intended) But people don't fall outside the conversation of the current weather situation. I.E. uuh it's cold out.:roll:
I recently read in a newspaper article the top ten conversation enders.
Two of them were:
Don't talk about your dreams
Don't bring up weather. :shock: whew, I am glad I am not in the dating scene.
Two things that are most pertinent in Everyone life - their own body and the weather. How ignorant are most of us in both categories?
It's all good! :yumdumdoodledum:
Some interesting facts (to weather geeks) that were in todays news paper.
- greatest snowfall in a 24 hour period. = 75.8" WOW. Colo. 1921
- " " in one week = 202.3" Alaska 1964
- " " in season = 1,140 Washington DC. ~JK Wash. state - 1998-1999
- in the lower 48 states = -70 degrees
- Lowest temp. recorded in the US = -80 degrees Alaska 1971
Sorry to some, this is just inclusive to the United states.
All of us could take a lesson from the weather.
~ It pays no attention to
criticism.
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Howie...I miss my tornado dreams!!! :(
Also...what the effing hell happened to the snow? This winter has been the most pathetic thing I've ever witnessed. I was so excited for it to snow after spending my last Christmas in Miami Beach. But all we had was a tiny dusting one morning. No white Christmas. Nothing. I'm soooo disappointed. And the weather hasn't been all that cold either. Just rainy. Booo I say. BOO!!!!!!
Well over here in England theres been no snow where I live for over 2 years. Its always raining.
Nina. I too had many dreams about tornadoes. I think we have discussed this before, haven't we?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aquanina
Most of mine were when I was young. I miss them as well.
I was never afraid of them for some reason.
Maybe we can manifest one in a lucid?
What were yours like?
Eight of the last ten years have been the warmest on record. (That is the inconvenient truth)
The warmest EVER in the 48 states
Yes we've discussed our tornado dreams alot. I think I've only had one lucid dream with a tornado in it...I do believe I might have flown in the tornado, I really wish I would have written it down. :( Cause I can't find anything about it in my DJ. That may have been one of the nights where we lost 2 days worth of posts or something. I tink so. Anyways...this weather is thoroughly disappointing. I'm depressed because it isn't snowing. Kinda strange...but yes...tis the "inconvenient truth" :(
aaahhhh. Looks like I am off to plow soon. Can't put of the inevitable. :blue:
Anyway > How cool would this be? Lightning tracker
:rolllaugh: At my other house my neighbors were having a garage sale. They had a ordinary kite. I was interested so he just gave it to me.
Brooke was curious to why I would want a kite.
My intentions = I had this solid brass grounding rod that you would normally ground your house with. I was going to attach the kite to the grounding rod and put the best electricity conductor I could find attached to it. Then with an open shudder on the camera..wallah. Pictures of lightning strikes.
tell me that would not be awesome.
Brooke didn't think so. :shakehead2:
As though anyone cares. Another lightning story.
A place called Spruce nob, the highest elevation in W.VA, my two friends and I were nearing the end of our hike. A thunder storm and butt loads of lighting began. It was wicked. We ran the 200 meters to take shelter in the truck. As we were sitting in the truck a bolt of lightning stuck no more than 100 yards aways. it SHOOK the truck.
Afterwards we got out and the smell of sulphur was very strong. When you observed the whole in the ground it had blown away there was cracks and crevasses to where the lighting had dispersed.
No camera of coarse. :?
Well apperently more wind is coming into england and its going to SNOW yay. I always said that the snow comes in late january/early feb. I can't wait because it will be like blizzards and everything so yay. I feel kind of sorry for america though because they've all been hit by blizzards. Lucky people.
:blue: Holy pan handle hook!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr
no more plowy? :whyohwhy:
We had a mild earthquake. Cool.
The epicenter was in Ravenna. Which may seem like nothing if you don't know the area.
There we have what they call the Revenna arsenal. Mound and mound of weapons from where ever. I believe WW ll stock.
I had the experience of flying over this area with my friend to get a very unique and indepth view.
Hundreds of acres of mounds. Thousands of them.
Interesting. :huh:
I hope it didn't shake anything too hard.
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THAT ^^ is awesome!!
As I bought another rain gauge yesterday, I got to thinking of what seems to me, a basic principle.
When gauging rain, how accurate can a small typical rain gauge, the diameter of a cup be?
Would it not be more accurate just to put a pan or anything with a larger circumference to gauge it more accurately? This would account for wind and other variables, I would think.
Thoughts?
Yeah, I would think a larger diameter would be a more accurate measurement of rainfall, specifically for the reason you mentioned - wind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Howie
You could always set up your own experiment using your new rain gauge versus a bucket or something with a wider rim. After X amount of days, measure each of them and see what the difference is. Make sure to record wind speeds for each day to see whether or not this variable is affecting the results.
I'm not sure what the conditions are in your neck of the woods, but you'd be waiting a LONG time for rain if you were here!
EDIT: and btw, why is this thread in General Lucid Discussion :?:
I think they move it periodically or something. :?Quote:
Originally Posted by Burns
:cry: I miss my weather station. I have been reduced to a rain gauge.
Prior to that, I have on my other house a weather station that has a rain gauge (larger) an anemometer and a wind dial. All of which kept logs on your computer.
They say you can read the weather just as accurately with some techniques out in the field, if you pay attention. Maybe this will re-hone my skills.
Oh and Burns. We are 3.35" behind in rain. We are in drought conditions.
RAIN DANCE ► :banana::banana::banana:
I have been doing some research and it turns out that if you have at least a 4" in diameter gauge at the top that it is just as accurate as anything larger.
For high winds and to account for that they have tipping buckets.
FINALLY It rained today. A nice slow rain that the ground could absorb.
Weather plays a huge roll in my dreams also. The sun is usually setting with very vivid pink, purple and yellow colors in my dreams. I also dream about storms alot.
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Originally Posted by Howie
I guess your rain dance worked! It rained here today too! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Howie
AGAIN!
:banana: :banana: :banana:
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Originally Posted by cachero
Me too cachero.
If you think about it we are ALL under the weather, in a manner of speaking. ;)
But we are all effected by the weather. Many people have tornado dreams as well.
:banana::banana: What shall we dance for now?
I also posted this in the proverb a day thread. But I thought it was very befitting here as well.
"The sky is the daily bread for the eyes." - Emerson
The clouds have a lot to say!
Today, in Ohio at least is the first day of autumn/fall. Hands down my favorite time of the year.
The colors the harvest and the temperate days and cool nights.
I cannot get enough "outdooor."
"An autumn night... don't think your life, didn't matter."
Basho
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Howie :)
Well the beginning of another year 2008.
With that I received a gift from my wife. An Oregon scientific weather station.
So much info. It is via MSN direct. It has all the bells and whistles.
Another thing I acquired is very very cool. It is a weather log.
You should check all these things out - wwwaccordpublishing.com
2008 weekly Engagement calender. It not only has a collection of photographs, facts and stories but it has a fold out log to compile your own data. Like yesterday -42 mph wind gust. Today - 11.25" of snow < 7.3 lake effect.
Becasue I have to snow plow, I am out checking through out the night. :P
New years day - 1864 -16°F for a high in Chicago. :cool:
As if that is not enough, I also got a 2008 weather calender. This also from accord Publishing. Very awesome pictures and weather facts.
I think it is safe to say I am ready as a pronounced weather geek! for 2008. :smartie:
Love this image from todays astronomy picture of the day...
Hurricane ivan from space:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0801/ivan_iss.jpg
Now thats extreme weather :eek:
wooo. is that real?
That is intimidating, to say the least.
Tis my new weather station. :teeth:
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I woke up to 4 degrees and 9" of snow.
Coming right off Lake Erie. These frigid temps are hitting the warm water is nasty combo.
It is all staying up North with a West wind. Which means I can stay in and not plow snow.! :boogie:
Some of the few times I can enjoy the snow!!
Fog from the warm temps coming of the ice.
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lol a whole thread about weather gota love it. i live in washington and it rains here, last month houses were floating down the river it was declared a state emergency here. had to go down and scoop 1ft of mud outa some old guys house.
I have been following that on the news aceboy. That sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by aceboy
I have been to Washington. I can say it was one of the greatest places I have been.
I love Washington and hunting too! ;)
We're now looking at the possibility of another ten inches of snow here in the Detroit area, coming soon! Watching the storm develop in the gulf region right now...
This had me poking about NOAA - and I found a really cool online curriculum for people interested in meteorology. Thought I'd post it here:
http://www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/matrix.htm
Heh, this thread never dies :P.
We're due for about 50 cm of snow in southern Quebec on Friday, which isn't that good, because I have to drive out of town Saturday morning.
South VA - It's foggy, the light outside is a blur. It's also raining, but it always rains here...
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