Atmosphere Comparison

Jim · Post by **Jim** » May 15 2009 8:25 pm

The endless chatter of weather.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Oct 15 2015 7:58 am

:roll: We should always do what someone else tells us, as they always know better, especially when it comes to our plans and the conditions we want.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Oct 16 2015 4:32 pm

60% finally turned into the magic skywater!

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Oct 18 2015 12:27 pm

It won't break 40F today here in the upper left corner of Jersey. It's the first cold day of autumn. We had 80s not that long ago. The cool weather makes for good hiking, but I wouldn't mind some 50s and 60s before winter.

big_load · Post by **big_load** » Oct 18 2015 1:42 pm

Blue skies blew away and now it's snowing heavily, about 5 weeks early. Half of the trees are still in green leaves. It won't stick, I think.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Oct 18 2015 7:30 pm

My guess is these early Arizona lows are a result of the El Nino, and we can expect 6 months of this.....stuff.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Oct 18 2015 7:35 pm

I got .45" at my house this evening, but happened to be driving through downtown an hour ago when it was a full fledged rainpocalypse. I-10 was moving at 25mph and wind gusts were making it tough to keep in my lane. Cars were parked on the median and under bridges waiting it out, and lightning was striking furiously.

Reminds me of the storm just like it last year in early October. Actually, this October is surprisingly like last October.

It seems October is a good month for severe weather in Arizona. I think it was 4 or 5 years ago that northern Arizona was struck by 4 tornadoes from a system similar to this.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Oct 18 2015 7:39 pm

2010 in Bellemont and 2011 for the Peaks. Bellemont was in early October, the Peaks was mid to late September.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Oct 19 2015 9:01 am

It's a rare morning when it's sunny and in the 60s and I opt to skip the bike commute because there's no way I could get to work without being soaked.

94% humidity! Hello Atlanta! :bdh:

SpiderLegs · Post by **SpiderLegs** » Oct 19 2015 1:39 pm

chumley wrote:I got .45" at my house this evening, but happened to be driving through downtown an hour ago when it was a full fledged rainpocalypse. I-10 was moving at 25mph and wind gusts were making it tough to keep in my lane. Cars were parked on the median and under bridges waiting it out, and lightning was striking furiously.

Reminds me of the storm just like it last year in early October. Actually, this October is surprisingly like last October.

It seems October is a good month for severe weather in Arizona. I think it was 4 or 5 years ago that northern Arizona was struck by 4 tornadoes from a system similar to this.

I live near downtown now and it was coming down in sheets. Only downside is the crappy infrastructure around here and I lost power for the 6th time in about 3 months.

rwstorm · Post by **rwstorm** » Oct 19 2015 2:40 pm

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/pns/2015/Oc ... /index.php

tibber · Post by **tibber** » Oct 19 2015 3:06 pm

rwstorm wrote:http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/psr/pns/2015/Oc ... /index.php

that was close, glad it missed me. You could hear trouble for about an hour before it hit... you know that constant low trembling thunder and the dark sky. So are they classifying it as a microburst? or just "downburst behavior" or is that one in the same?

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Oct 20 2015 10:51 am

Quite a day across the northern half of Arizona. Numerous flash flood warnings, severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, a current tornado warning south of Winslow, accumulating snow on the peaks down to 9000 feet last night, cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria.

SpiderLegs · Post by **SpiderLegs** » Oct 20 2015 11:52 am

chumley wrote:last night, cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria.

Don't know what it was about last night. My dogs and cat were going crazy about 2 AM. It wasn't that bad of a storm, but something triggered the poor beasts. Had to get up to calm the brood down.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Oct 20 2015 1:45 pm

Gozer the Gozerian is coming?

nikorock28 · Post by **nikorock28** » Oct 20 2015 4:44 pm

Lots of rain up here at the Canyon since last Friday. Current air temperature of 46 degrees that feels like 41 with the crisp cold air. Definitely feels like the 8 months of cold has arrived. I might be exaggerating a bit, but if I need to use a space heater 8 months out of the year, that is cold enough.

azbackpackr · Post by **azbackpackr** » Oct 20 2015 4:54 pm

nikorock28 wrote:if I need to use a space heater 8 months out of the year, that is cold enough.

Ah, you have stated perfectly why I like working seasonally. My official last day on the tour van job is Oct. 31.

CannondaleKid · Post by **CannondaleKid** » Oct 20 2015 5:05 pm

Almost half of my return leg of AZT#22 to Sunflower today was in a constant heavy downpour with almost continuous lightning. (Thankfully most strikes were between clouds) At times my boots had 2" thick mud soles.

nikorock28 · Post by **nikorock28** » Oct 20 2015 5:24 pm

azbackpackr wrote: Ah, you have stated perfectly why I like working seasonally. My official last day on the tour van job is Oct. 31.

That is the way to do it.

chumley · Post by **chumley** » Oct 23 2015 7:59 am

I saw last night that Hurricane Patricia had eclipsed 185mph -- and now it is up to 205mph ... the strongest ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere! It is expected to make landfall near Manzanillo later this afternoon.

It's interesting that this finally made some headlines. Had it been headed for the east coast the internet would have exploded a week ago, every tv network would be 24/7, and 15 states would have declared emergencies.

Has Anderson Cooper finally bought his plane ticket to Puerto Vallarta today?

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/hur ... co-n449731

FOTG · Post by **FOTG** » Oct 23 2015 8:45 am

@chumley
I just read that too...I know zero about these things, but was wondering how we are not getting any rain from this thing???

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