Typhoon Tip Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 5 hours ago, wxmanmitch said: Jesus...I just had a deer tick crawling around on the surface of my jeans after a short time outside picking up some fallen branches and twigs. I thought tick season was over after numerous hard freezes over the past few weeks and overnight lows last night in the upper 20s. At first I thought it was just some random small black bug crawling around on me since I have the window open on this unseasonably warm day, but nope, it was a tick. Glad I caught it. Yeah ... unfortunately it doesn't work like that, the cold that is... They have some sugar chemistries in their blood that act like anti-freeze; the cold has to be very extreme before they succumb, and even then, they are hiding under the debris left over from leaf/autumn, which is also protected further under snow pack. Tick mortality appears to be more susceptible to variability and drought -which, pretty much describes our Summer into early Autumn, I know. I only know all this stuff because ten years ago I had a deer tick on the soft side of my interior elbow after helping weed my parents yard and crawling around under their Fire bush. Its butt was already pointing at the sky and it was digging in when I noticed it later that evening. It was one of those white flash moments where everything slows down and your heart starts racing. Black, menacing... I pulled the f'er off and a tiny reddish dot was left where I yanked the Nimph out. Anyway, this prompted me to read up on them ... probing and probing research to prove it was harmless. While not harmless - per se - it wasn't attached long enough per the literature; which turned out correct because I've never had Lyme Disease. I have a friend whose wife once said, "Honey - what's that on the back of your arm?" ... He had no idea... But he had the block hole with the concentric red rings like a supernova. Literally, 20 minutes later ... he started feeling headache and nausea... It was like find it, to bed ridden in 1 hour flat...weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 On another bug note... has anyone been seeing a lot of woolly aphids during warm days the past month or so? I've been seeing tons of them here and don't recall seeing them much before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 GOES R about to launch. Big jump forward in weather technology. Can't wait. 4 times better resolution, real time lightning data and more. I think they said a year of testing. First of several new satellites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backedgeapproaching Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Looked like some borderline +SN for a few minutes at the end of the Michigan game in Ann Arbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Another update from Maryland, near Elkton. 73 degrees at 300 pm, just loaded up my stuff and it is sleeting with some rain mixed in 41 degrees..pretty impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Sunny skies with tropical miserymist blowing off the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted November 20, 2016 Author Share Posted November 20, 2016 12 minutes ago, Spanks45 said: Another update from Maryland, near Elkton. 73 degrees at 300 pm, just loaded up my stuff and it is sleeting with some rain mixed in 41 degrees..pretty impressive Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanks45 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 17 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: Nice 37 sleet/snow mix near Bear, DE right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 10 minutes ago, Spanks45 said: 37 sleet/snow mix near Bear, DE right now We Bear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Miss the snow banter being down here in Fl, but pretty cool to watch rocket launches from your driveway. Hope you guys can cash in this week with some snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, eekuasepinniW said: Sunny skies with tropical miserymist blowing off the mountains. That's cool as sh*t man. Nice downslope drying but wind blowing the light precip and mist downstream...that weather right there is not uncommon up here, haha. Totally different environment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgeek Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 9 hours ago, wxmanmitch said: Jesus...I just had a deer tick crawling around on the surface of my jeans after a short time outside picking up some fallen branches and twigs. I thought tick season was over after numerous hard freezes over the past few weeks and overnight lows last night in the upper 20s. At first I thought it was just some random small black bug crawling around on me since I have the window open on this unseasonably warm day, but nope, it was a tick. Glad I caught it. I got a deer tick bite last February. Them suckers are hardy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 18 minutes ago, powderfreak said: That's cool as sh*t man. Nice downslope drying but wind blowing the light precip and mist downstream...that weather right there is not uncommon up here, haha. Totally different environment though. Hawaii is overstimulating for a weather weenie. Where I'm staying right now averages 17" of rain per year, but those homes built up that hill in the photo are pushing 60". Some of the mountains here get more inches of rain than Jay Peak does inches of snow. Kaneoho reported 247 consecutive days of rain. All sorts of cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Possible P-type radar...looks elevational and dynamics related. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Anyone else excited about GOES-R? Can't wait to see what this puppy can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper911 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 17 minutes ago, Hoth said: Anyone else excited about GOES-R? Can't wait to see what this puppy can do. Yes, very much so. Anyone know when we will get to see the pics and data from it? The simulations look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, Semper911 said: Yes, very much so. Anyone know when we will get to see the pics and data from it? The simulations look awesome. I believe it will be ready for spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 40 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said: I believe it will be ready for spring Hopefully Chris can get some weenie early shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 11 hours ago, eekuasepinniW said: Hawaii is overstimulating for a weather weenie. Where I'm staying right now averages 17" of rain per year, but those homes built up that hill in the photo are pushing 60". Some of the mountains here get more inches of rain than Jay Peak does inches of snow. Kaneoho reported 247 consecutive days of rain. All sorts of cool stuff. Yeah it's pretty cool to see maps showing avg annual precip over the islands. I guess that's what happens when you throw 10k terrain into the trade winds in the tropics. It's too bad those highest volcanoes couldn't be a couple thousand feet taller...they'd have a glacier up at the peak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, dendrite said: Yeah it's pretty cool to see maps showing avg annual precip over the islands. I guess that's what happens when you throw 10k terrain into the trade winds in the tropics. It's too bad those highest volcanoes couldn't be a couple thousand feet taller...they'd have a glacier up at the peak. Give them another million years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman21 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 3 hours ago, Hoth said: Anyone else excited about GOES-R? Can't wait to see what this puppy can do. You can get an idea by looking at Japan's satellite imagery - GOES-R is going to have the same imager that Japan's has. Not sure how much value the lightning is going to add though since we already have the NLDN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Driving in Maui, you could be in a rainforest climo and peak over several miles down the road to a climo like New Nexico. It's incredible to see the visual difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Himawari has made my job of things like turbulence predicting and volcanic ash detection much more clearer. I can't wait to see that here. I still think the whole "will revolutionize forecasting" is over the top, but the real time tools from satellite will be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJonesWX Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 i think the flip to cold late night/early morning surprised a lot of people, including the DOT guys. roads are very icy, bridges are pure ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 6:35 PM, wxeyeNH said: GOES R about to launch. Big jump forward in weather technology. Can't wait. 4 times better resolution, real time lightning data and more. I think they said a year of testing. First of several new satellites. We should have live data late March, barring any setbacks. Our hope is that GOES-R replaces GOES-East, otherwise we'll have to wait until GOES-S launches sometime in 2019. It will have two meso-floater domains, one of which is defaulted to the Megalopolis so we'll benefit by having it always being around (unless someone requests to move it for severe weather) for 1 min data. The cool part is they can actually overlay both meso-floater domains on top of each other and offset scanning by 30 seconds. Meaning you could get 30 second satellite data. Better than radar! But if you want a taste, check out the Japanese Himawari data. That's what all our training will be done with (all 13 hours!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 9:42 PM, eekuasepinniW said: Hawaii is overstimulating for a weather weenie. Where I'm staying right now averages 17" of rain per year, but those homes built up that hill in the photo are pushing 60". Some of the mountains here get more inches of rain than Jay Peak does inches of snow. Kaneoho reported 247 consecutive days of rain. All sorts of cool stuff. On 11/20/2016 at 9:21 AM, dendrite said: Yeah it's pretty cool to see maps showing avg annual precip over the islands. I guess that's what happens when you throw 10k terrain into the trade winds in the tropics. It's too bad those highest volcanoes couldn't be a couple thousand feet taller...they'd have a glacier up at the peak. Here's a peek at Maui for 2015. You can see some totals pushing 200" on the Hana Hwy. I attached the stream gauge there at 178" (Wailua'iki Stream) for the month I was on Maui last year. The spike in discharge around May 9th was when we drove the Hana Hwy dodging washouts because of 14" on the mountain slopes upstream overnight. I can vouch for the West Maui Mountains too. We stayed near Kapalua, where it rained just about every day because showers wrapped around the mountains to the north. Meanwhile it was bright sun every day near Lahaina because of the downsloping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 That's a neat graphic. We stayed just north of Lahaina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Been to the islands 3 times. Microclimates are insane. By the way the Old Hotel Hana is for sale if you guys are interested. We stayed there years ago and got caught in a 12" one day rain event. Major flooding in Hana and washed out part of the Hana Highway. No way in or out. No power. Missed our flight home. Never seen rain like that. During part of it we just swam in the heated pool. Temp dew was like 76/76F. Felt like we were in a bathroom shower. Vis was1/4 to like 1/8 mile in heavy rain. Everyplace was just torrents of water. One of my lifetime top weather events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoth Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Loving this wind and occasional snow showers. Hello, Winter! I've missed you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 14 minutes ago, wxeyeNH said: Been to the islands 3 times. Microclimates are insane. By the way the Old Hotel Hana is for sale if you guys are interested. We stayed there years ago and got caught in a 12" one day rain event. Major flooding in Hana and washed out part of the Hana Highway. No way in or out. No power. Missed our flight home. Never seen rain like that. During part of it we just swam in the heated pool. Temp dew was like 76/76F. Felt like we were in a bathroom shower. Vis was1/4 to like 1/8 mile in heavy rain. Everyplace was just torrents of water. One of my lifetime top weather events. I (sadly) just started editing my pictures from 6 months ago. I have some great ones from the Hana Hwy. Literally torrents as you say running off the cliffs and onto the road and the waterfalls were roaring. We missed a washout by less than an hour. They managed to get a front end loader in to push the debris over the cliff by the time we arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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