Good Morning/Weather Report Suite
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sandhill larry
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It always seems to hail on the hottest days. I hear it's something about the height of the water when it leaves the clouds. I guess they are high on hotter days.
ttystikk
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More energy for storms to work with on hot days, true.
Hail happens with strong updrafts inside the storm, blowing the particles up higher to freeze and then repeating the process to enlarge the stones.
Those same strong storms can also make tornadoes, but storms need to be well organized for that to happen. Since most of our weather comes from the direction of the mountains, they can be violent but the mountains generally don't allow them to organize into tornadic cells until they've been out over the plains for awhile.
That would be why my county gets very few tornadoes, but the county directly to the east of here actually holds the world record for most tornadoes on the ground.
Yet another reason not to live in Greeley!
sandhill larry
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I remember about the updrafts now that you remind me. A mind is a terrible thing to waste.
ttystikk
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Waste some for me, bro-
When I lived in SoFla, I saw a waterspout on the way to work in Ft Lauderdale one morning. No one seemed concerned in the least about it.
sandhill larry
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The locals were more concerned with their lotto numbers.
When I was writing, my research turned up lots of cutting edge info on how early 18th century sea captains dealt with them at sea. The most common defense was to fire your cannon into the waterspout. I would hate to see the rigging on a Brigantine after bumping into one. Water is heavy, so you could expect everything to be smashed.
ttystikk
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It wouldn't be the water that would trash a sailing ship's rigging but the wind in the cyclone itself. Shredded sails, snapped ropes and broken masts and spars pretty much guaranteed and a good possibility of blowing the ship flat and taking on water or even sinking it.
But you're right; nobody in their convertible BMWs and Bentleys seemed to care... lol
sandhill larry
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Good afternoon. At 1300 it's partly cloudy, 91F {HI 114F} with 77% humidity. Forecast high/low of 88/72F with 20% chance of rain. We ended up with one inch yesterday.
There is a pretty bad thunderstorm that came in from the gulf, but it looks like it's going to pass south of here. Moving at 20mph, so it will be across the state line soon.
There is a pretty bad thunderstorm that came in from the gulf, but it looks like it's going to pass south of here. Moving at 20mph, so it will be across the state line soon.
getawaymountain
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hot and sunny here in coastal maine 80 degrees
ttystikk
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yikes. I hate even thinking about triple digit heat.
ttystikk
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Finally got 1/4" and the hoped for cool down.
sandhill larry
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I worked in the garden this morning as a black cloud and rumbling thunder got ever closer. I was transplanting mini sweet peppers and wanted to get through with them before the rain. Didn't quite make it. But the peppers {and the weed I had transplanted earlier} got watered good. Not sure how much rain, but it came down hard for a good half hour.
At 1740 it's partly cloudy, 82F with 84% humidity. Forecast high/low of 87/72F with 30% chance of rain. These numbers are from the next town over. The station right down the street from my work is off line today.
At 1740 it's partly cloudy, 82F with 84% humidity. Forecast high/low of 87/72F with 30% chance of rain. These numbers are from the next town over. The station right down the street from my work is off line today.
sandhill larry
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We drove around northern Northwest Florida this afternoon, dodging rain showers. At 1800 hours it's partly cloudy, 88F with 65% humidity. Forecast high/low of 87/72F with 20% chance of rain.
sandhill larry
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We had a huge thunderstorm this morning. Not sure how much, since I hadn't dumped my swimming pools since the last rain {yesterday}. And my local weather station is still down. Town 5-10 miles one way say thunderstorms, 75F with 96% humidity. High/low of 87/73F with 20% chance of rain. The town 15-20 miles the other way says rain, 78F with 98% humidity. High/low of 79/73F with 100% chance of rain. Go figure.