What's more current than the weather? - Page 62

monster · 06-23-2015, 08:07 PM

we got a few tornadoes and the Northern light here in MI. me, I was woken by the cacophony of cellphone alerts at 2am, thinking it was my work alarm. We all stumbled down to the basement, camped out there for an hour, stumbled back to bed (for an hour, in my case). the entire of Ann Arbor was walking round like zombies today. nearest touchdown was about 15 miles away.

Griff · 06-24-2015, 06:02 AM

Philly got knocked around yesterday.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-26-2015, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Philly got knocked around yesterday.

Yes, power went out Tuesday about 5:45 PM and I got mine back at 4 AM this(Friday) morning. Still a lot of people in the dark.
Here, almost every big tree was damaged, and about a dozen are "totaled".

Big branches everywhere...

Lots of tree tops...

And whole trees...

Fortunately it landed on the trailer but missed the pickup...

Gravdigr · 06-26-2015, 02:32 PM

Loaded and ready to go.

BigV · 07-03-2015, 12:17 AM

It's 84 degrees in the house.

It's been the hottest June on record, by a long shot. Only eight days with measurable precipitation this spring.

BigV · 07-03-2015, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

It's 84 degrees in the house.

It's been the hottest June on record, by a long shot. Only eight days with measurable precipitation this spring.

http://www.komonews.com/weather/blog...311125801.html

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The average high temperature for June was 78.9 degrees. That's a new record -- by a long shot. The old record? 75.8 degrees set in… 1992. Beating an average high temperature record by three degrees is quite the feat. For perspective, it's like taking the previous hottest June, and adding an extra 93 degrees to spread around the 30 days. Third place is 74.7, 4th place is 74.1, so each time setting the record previously was more of an edge than an oblitteration. So 2015 is putting up incredibly lofty numbers that will be tough to beat.

By the way, the typical average high temperature for June in Seattle? 69.9 degrees.

there are other measurements listed in the article, suffice it to say it's been hot and dry.

btw a correction, eight days of precip from May to June, not all spring. Still.

glatt · 07-03-2015, 05:22 AM

We got your rain. 2nd wettest June on the books.

Gravdigr · 07-03-2015, 11:19 AM

It's wet. Very wet.

Griff · 07-03-2015, 12:42 PM

Actual sun today, quick get something done!

Gravdigr · 07-03-2015, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

quick get something done!

I. Will. Not.

Undertoad · 07-13-2015, 03:51 PM

She was far more than a meaningless Atlantic storm...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2015, 04:35 PM

HA HA, missed me.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-13-2015, 07:09 PM

Part of the cause and effect of your weather, is the amount of energy you get smacked with by the Sun. This map at the link is interactive so you can mouse up the counties... except Alaska and Hawaii.

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The sunniest place in the lower 48 is Imperial County, Calif. All that sunlight makes the region a great place to grow crops — or it least it was, when water from the Colorado river was more plentiful. Overall, the Southwest gets the most sun in an average day, along with select regions on the Gulf Coast and the southern tip of Florida.

Average sunlight generally diminishes as you head farther north, though you can see that sunlight isn't simply a function of map placement. Pittsburgh (Allegheny County, Pa.) is at roughly the same latitude as Salt Lake City (Salt Lake County, Utah), but the former is at the bottom of the solar distribution while the latter is closer to the top.
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The absolute least sunny county in the lower U.S. is Island County, Wash. On an average day, it gets only about 60 percent of the solar radiation of a typical county in Southern California. The states bordering the Great Lakes — from Minnesota to New York — are all at the bottom of the sunlight distribution. Northern New England is right there with them.

glatt · 07-13-2015, 08:42 PM

That's a map of places that should get solar panels.

infinite monkey · 07-14-2015, 11:20 AM

Last night at work2 we had to (and oh, it was excruciating. laughing and joking...poor me

) hang out in the training room because tornado sirens were going off. Today more severe storms are expected. I guess at work1 we're supposed to go into the tunnel, but I think I'll just hang out in the vault that's right next to my desk (a non-locking-anymore vault.)

But they never reported a tornado sighting. It used to be that watches were for "conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop" and warnings meant they'd seen something. I guess now they can just go crazy with warnings...so that warnings now have the same impact that watches used to have, meaning "meh...I'll just go about my business."

Not that I really care. If I'd been home I wouldn't have sought any alternate shelter anyway. For one thing, I love storms and this has been the most awesome summer for rain and storms, for another thing, if a tornado wants to come and get me then let it. I double dog dare it. But I will hang out in a training room or a vault if'n they're handy.

06-23-2015, 08:07 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	we got a few tornadoes and the Northern light here in MI. me, I was woken by the cacophony of cellphone alerts at 2am, thinking it was my work alarm. We all stumbled down to the basement, camped out there for an hour, stumbled back to bed (for an hour, in my case). the entire of Ann Arbor was walking round like zombies today. nearest touchdown was about 15 miles away. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-24-2015, 06:02 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Philly got knocked around yesterday. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-26-2015, 02:32 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Loaded and ready to go. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-03-2015, 12:17 AM	#5
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	It's 84 degrees in the house. It's been the hottest June on record, by a long shot. Only eight days with measurable precipitation this spring. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-03-2015, 11:19 AM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	It's wet. Very wet. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-03-2015, 05:22 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We got your rain. 2nd wettest June on the books.

07-03-2015, 12:42 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Actual sun today, quick get something done! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-13-2015, 03:51 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	She was far more than a meaningless Atlantic storm...

07-13-2015, 04:35 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	HA HA, missed me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-13-2015, 08:42 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a map of places that should get solar panels.

07-14-2015, 11:20 AM	#15
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Last night at work2 we had to (and oh, it was excruciating. laughing and joking...poor me ) hang out in the training room because tornado sirens were going off. Today more severe storms are expected. I guess at work1 we're supposed to go into the tunnel, but I think I'll just hang out in the vault that's right next to my desk (a non-locking-anymore vault.) But they never reported a tornado sighting. It used to be that watches were for "conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop" and warnings meant they'd seen something. I guess now they can just go crazy with warnings...so that warnings now have the same impact that watches used to have, meaning "meh...I'll just go about my business." Not that I really care. If I'd been home I wouldn't have sought any alternate shelter anyway. For one thing, I love storms and this has been the most awesome summer for rain and storms, for another thing, if a tornado wants to come and get me then let it. I double dog dare it. But I will hang out in a training room or a vault if'n they're handy.

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