Jump to content

LibertyBell

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    42,183

  • Joined

 Content Type 

Everything posted by LibertyBell

  1. LibertyBell
    it's a four day period so one would expect at least some rainfall on one of the days
  2. LibertyBell
    ah I like the word albedo more than dimmer.... albedo defines the percentage of reflectivity of nonluminous celestial bodies.
  3. LibertyBell
    inland areas are doing better with heat, meanwhile on the east coast we haven't seen a lengthy heatwave since 2002.
  4. LibertyBell
    we've had heat bursts that exceeded 140 degrees that burned trees and crops and even doors, but these are not considered part of the temperature record
  5. LibertyBell
    dimmer? But the earth only reflects light, maybe he means the sun has gotten dimmer?
  6. LibertyBell
    It really does seem that extremes are the name of the game now, we got completely shut out of all precip all of October last year right to the middle of November and now the see saw seems to be going the other way.
  7. LibertyBell
    It's likely we'll just go from one extreme to the other, it's usually the way nature works. Some people forget that humans are also a part of nature.
  8. LibertyBell
    Those 2-3 days of clear weather were my favorite weather conditions of the entire spring, looks like we'll get another period like that starting Sunday and continuing for a few days after that. I long for years like 2002, very warm to hot and dry with low humidity and clear blue skies. Rainfall is good to get, if it happens for short intervals and only at night, getting that 2 nights a week with showers and thunderstorms would probably be enough.
  9. LibertyBell
    We sure have had many of these, it's the 3rd one that I remember in the last 2 weeks and it looks like a rainout for Memorial Day weekend too. Our reservoirs are over 101 percent now.
  10. LibertyBell
    Just my own definition of a stuck pattern is precip that lasts for 3 days or more.
  11. LibertyBell
    if it's in the morning and then it stays cloudy all day then it's definitely a wash out. No one wants wet ground with cloudy gloomy skies.
  12. LibertyBell
    I was fascinated by the extremes on all the continents so I went about looking for different measurements with temperature and snowfall and for Asia I found a big extreme in temps between Omyakon and Verhoyansk (the dual cold poles in Siberia) vs Ahwaz in Iran.... going from -96 to +130. The really interesting thing is those two towns in Siberia can go from nearly 100 degrees in the summer to nearly -100 degrees in the winter, I don't think you can get that kind of extreme range anywhere on the planet besides there and maybe the major city closest to them-- Yakutsk. Besides northern Japan, the other region in that area with such extreme snowfall is the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia (which is geographically close to northern Japan).... I saw a nature documentary of this very beautiful region and the diversity in flora and fauna there is absolutely amazing!
  13. LibertyBell
    That's not to say you can't get a -nao in the middle of such a pattern or even that you need a -nao for a big snowfall winter. Just don't expect a sustained period like 02-03 through 10-11 occurring anytime soon.
  14. LibertyBell
    It's been flooding and I heard a school bus was swept away in the flooding in Maryland. I don't mind 1 inch rainfall events, but 2-3 inch events and more are excessive and indicative of the harm that can be caused by stuck patterns. I've always maintained that floods are more dangerous than droughts. I wish we could get a moderate amount of rain, instead of excessive rainfalls that last many days at a time. I find it interesting how snowfall events are in and out in less than 24 hours (often 12 hours or less) but rainfall lingers for days on end.
  15. LibertyBell
    Why do TV mets sound like a broken record with *not a washout not a washout* etc. Why do they care if we think it's a washout or not? My definition of washout: If it rains in the morning and is cloudy for the entire day, regardless of whether it rains the rest of the day or not, it's a washout! I don't want wet ground or cloudy skies. It never rains an entire day anyway, so calling it *not a washout* has no real meaning. For example, although it is not raining right now*, it's been a washout. So just say it's going to rain and don't use the W word at all!
  16. LibertyBell
    Looks like the sun is trying to come out here again. Good, I need to go pick up dinner in 30 minutes.
  17. LibertyBell
    This is why we need to create a large body of water to our NW!!
  18. LibertyBell
    Lebron James also choked against the Mavs. 4-6 finals record vs 6-0 you can't compare him to MJ. Everyone realizes it too it's why MJ's sneakers still outsell everyone else's.
  19. LibertyBell
    This is true, although I'm sure in the mountains of Japan you can find such beauty too.
  20. LibertyBell
    Actually Sapporo and other such cities in Hokkaido are probably more like Nova Scotia or Newfoundland cities since they get the same kind of coastal noreaster snowstorms, just more juiced up because of better tropical moisture coming in from the Pacific as well as more elevation.
  21. LibertyBell
    But there are large beautiful cities in Hokkaido, something Alaska lacks.
  22. LibertyBell
    Asia is far larger than just Siberia. Siberia has the coldest temperatures, Northern Japan has the most snowfall. TC action in the Pacific is far more intense and frequent than it is here.
  23. LibertyBell
    I think we'll get more October 2024 like rainfall shut outs. Just not in the spring lol.
  24. LibertyBell
    Asia has far more interesting weather including much larger snowstorms (see northern Japan), more extreme temperatures and much more and stronger tropical cyclones. North America is a tiny puny continent when compared to Asia (and especially Eurasia).
  25. LibertyBell
    You have a very curious polyannaish attitude.
×
×
  • Create New...