PottercountyWXobserver Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 With the last few summers having the "death ridge" signature, I thought I would create a thread to track its affects throughout the summer. It appears the summer death ridge is just starting up for this summer. Some places in California will hit 95 degrees on Friday, which is some 20-25 degrees above normal this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 That's not really a death ridge (from the perspective of the 00z GFS it almost appears to be a hybrid of an omega block and a rex block), this is a death ridge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 This isn't a death ridge, it is a Rex Block that will eventually move along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 This isn't a death ridge, it is a Rex Block that will eventually move along. It might not be the official full blown death ridge, but I believe it is the beginning of the developments of one, rex or not. The models have constantly been modeling a persistent pacific ridge, even into the long range. It might move along, but it wouldn't surprise me if a more permanent feature develops out of this pattern. It has been abnormally dry in the desert southwest along with California as a whole. I could see the west being the focus point of the death ridge this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 That's not really a death ridge (from the perspective of the 00z GFS it almost appears to be a hybrid of an omega block and a rex block), this is a death ridge... I know this ridge isn't a mega death ridge, but its the begining of the baby phase. This time of year is when the death ridge begins the birth phase, and the models have been persistent with the pacific ridge. This summer will have the death ridge focused on the west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It might not be the official full blown death ridge, but I believe it is the beginning of the developments of one, rex or not. The models have constantly been modeling a persistent pacific ridge, even into the long range. It might move along, but it wouldn't surprise me if a more permanent feature develops out of this pattern. It has been abnormally dry in the desert southwest along with California as a whole. I could see the west being the focus point of the death ridge this summer. I would disagree that this is the start of the death ridge, the models show it lasting for maybe 5-7 days before troughing starts to move into the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 another -NAO summer, maybe in the developing stages. Time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 I'm not so sure about a so called 'Death Ridge' is in the cards this year. Conditions are much different than the past two spring/summer seasons and Plains have benefited from the change in pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Someone should probably explain to the OP the difference between a death ridge and a strong SE ridge (the latter of which is what we are generally seeing this year). If we had a death ridge, then the Palmer drought index in most of the Plains would be burnt-tourist red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PottercountyWXobserver Posted May 15, 2013 Author Share Posted May 15, 2013 Maybe not a death ridge yet, but I'm curious whether this has staying power later this summer or later developes. 12z today. Looks toasty for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Since there is a death ridge being modeled now, this would be a good time to bring this thread up again. The Euro and I believe to some extent the GFS is showing a mega ridge forming on Utah and its surrounding states. This image is just a start, I read that one showed 600 dm but couldn't find it. The one above is pretty wild, amazing curve. I'll be watching to see what records fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfpackmet Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I know Friday's (6-22-13) 12z GFS was showing 600 dm over Northern Nevada, Northeastern California, Idaho etc. The challenge now is the offshore cut-off low and the medium range models handling of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 In AZ the death ridge is called the monsoon high because when it gets into its typical summer position they get the windflow shift moisture increase and the dynamics associated with the North American Monsoon and a dramatic increase in thunderstorm activity and rainfall in SE AZ. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlizzardWx Posted June 24, 2013 Share Posted June 24, 2013 Well I've seen several runs with 600dm heights overhead, but whether it hits that or just misses it or are going to be cooking here. Looks like quite a few days of near or above 100 coming up with Sunday-Monday perhaps peaking around 104-105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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