calculus1 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Nice pictures once again, Hvward. I only saw one meteor and it was in between my long-exposure camera shots. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Very nice man. You going pro with photography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Was not expecting this but current temp is own to 41 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Was not expecting this but current temp is own to 41 degrees. Nice! Finally getting a chance to come down to the mtn top for a few days starting Thursday morning. Looks like plenty of convection will be there to greet me. Hope to drive around and look at some of the local NASA equipment and get to meet some of the people involved as well so should be a great trip. Will take some pics and share when I get back. Today-plenty of convective signals perhaps centered on the Balsam mtns so things could get a little interesting later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Nice pictures once again, Hvward. I only saw one meteor and it was in between my long-exposure camera shots. Oh well. Very nice man. You going pro with photography. Thanks guys and no I just do it for fun! While studying to be a met, I am trying to develop my photography skills so I can be very effective out in field. I will share one more that I happened to find under some low exposure. Was photoing the Milky Way Galaxy and a faint meteor happened to pass through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 25, 2014 Author Share Posted May 25, 2014 Nice! Finally getting a chance to come down to the mtn top for a few days starting Thursday morning. Looks like plenty of convection will be there to greet me. Hope to drive around and look at some of the local NASA equipment and get to meet some of the people involved as well so should be a great trip. Will take some pics and share when I get back. Today-plenty of convective signals perhaps centered on the Balsam mtns so things could get a little interesting later. Ya very cool man. I have been looking for property around my area recently as I just got a new job. Do not know were the best place to live at but I am looking for several acres of land all around 3000+ feet in elevation. I have been looking in the Crabtree and Fines Creek area and also the Hot Springs area as I have found some land up there for as much a 15+ acres. I have also been looking in the Balsams also. Thought you could help me out. Ended up with a low of 39 degrees. Ya lots of convection this week. Looks very active this week. Looks like we may be entering a very wet period with possible localized flooding by the end of the week. Thanks guys and no I just do it for fun! While studying to be a met, I am trying to develop my photography field so I can be very effective out in field. I will share one more that I happened to find under some low exposure. Was photoing the Milky Way Galaxy and a faint meteor happened to pass through! That's cool man. Would still love to get together with the mountain folk in Asheville and maybe have dinner one evening or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 Ya very cool man. I have been looking for property around my area recently as I just got a new job. Do not know were the best place to live at but I am looking for several acres of land all around 3000+ feet in elevation. I have been looking in the Crabtree and Fines Creek area and also the Hot Springs area as I have found some land up there for as much a 15+ acres. I have also been looking in the Balsams also. Thought you could help me out. Ended up with a low of 39 degrees. Ya lots of convection this week. Looks very active this week. Looks like we may be entering a very wet period with possible localized flooding by the end of the week. That's cool man. Would still love to get together with the mountain folk in Asheville and maybe have dinner one evening or something. I would be in ha! But it looks like we are the only ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Met..size of property. .budget...how much rain...snow do you want to fall there on average and maximum distance from where you are now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 Met..size of property. .budget...how much rain...snow do you want to fall there on average and maximum distance from where you are now? Well I was looking at around 10+ acres of land. Preferably snowing and rainy. At a pretty decent elevation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Well I was looking at around 10+ acres of land. Preferably snowing and rainy. At a pretty decent elevation. Suggest Soco Gap.. Lots of rain..snow..wildlife..good access from where you are at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Suggest Soco Gap.. Lots of rain..snow..wildlife..good access from where you are at. Ya there are actually some really good lots of about 12 to 13 acres there that not that bad on price. I may set up a showing around that area soon. Thanks Mike. Well we have steady rain already this morning. Convective storms should be a little more wide spread today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ya there are actually some really good lots of about 12 to 13 acres there that not that bad on price. I may set up a showing around that area soon. Thanks Mike. Well we have steady rain already this morning. Convective storms should be a little more wide spread today. How about this place? http://www.beverly-hanks.com/search/detail/562069 Near the summit of Mt. Mitchell! This parcel is at 5800 feet..a larger adjacent parcel to 6030 feet..only a hundred feet lower than my place but the weather there must be incredibly rotten! One sided spruce trees..dead give away that winds there must be insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 K index looking nice for storms this afternoon. Also lapse rates look to be increasing. Hoping to see some nice t storms this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 K index looking nice for storms this afternoon. Also lapse rates look to be increasing. Hoping to see some nice t storms this afternoon. Not sure. There is a nice little cluster of storms in Northern Haywood at the moment..but little else. HRRR doesn't generate much this afternoon and starts to increase CIN quicker than normal. Also the latest SAT loop doesn't show any expansion in the local cumulus field. Finally there is local minimum in PW all suggesting that perhaps convection this afternoon may under perform. However, I am having fun watching the NO-XP radar image...http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/web/wdss2/products/radar/NOXP/AGIF_NOXP_Reflectivity_04.00.gif EDIT: 1815 Z SAT image now shows sudden building cumulus congestus in several areas so aerial storm coverage will indeed increase shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 How about this place? http://www.beverly-hanks.com/search/detail/562069 Near the summit of Mt. Mitchell! This parcel is at 5800 feet..a larger adjacent parcel to 6030 feet..only a hundred feet lower than my place but the weather there must be incredibly rotten! One sided spruce trees..dead give away that winds there must be insane. Lol ya that's pretty wild. I have found several places around here that are up around 4000 feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I would be in ha! But it looks like we are the only ones. Man we will get together for sure. I am just over the other mountain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crapper Jim Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Lightning shot I got from tonight's storm. Nice catch! I'm a photog enthusiast, also. You Photoshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Nice catch! I'm a photog enthusiast, also. You Photoshop? Thanks man! And I just recently in the past 2 or 3 days got introduced to Photoshop. I was using Adobe Lightroom before and have edited all my posted pictures with that but now I will be using Photoshop. You have a favorite tool or anything you like to use? I would love some insight. As far as storms for today, K values look lack luster with only a small area producing +28 K-values. Low level lapse rates don't look to be in favor of storms, but mid level lapse rates are supportive of storms. Lifting Condensation Level seems to be lowering around WNC so we have that in our favor for storms. Today is a toss up in my opinion with the indicies all over the place. We have cape values reaching +1500 j/kg in some areas but shear around WNC is non existent. From the article that Mike posted a few days ago, it seems shear plays a much larger part in storms around the area then cape so without shear present, storm growth is less likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Man we will get together for sure. I am just over the other mountain. I am in man! Would love to get up and take some weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks man! And I just recently in the past 2 or 3 days got introduced to Photoshop. I was using Adobe Lightroom before and have edited all my posted pictures with that but now I will be using Photoshop. You have a favorite tool or anything you like to use? I would love some insight. As far as storms for today, K values look lack luster with only a small area producing +28 K-values. Low level lapse rates don't look to be in favor of storms, but mid level lapse rates are supportive of storms. Lifting Condensation Level seems to be lowering around WNC so we have that in our favor for storms. Today is a toss up in my opinion with the indicies all over the place. We have cape values reaching +1500 j/kg in some areas but shear around WNC is non existent. From the article that Mike posted a few days ago, it seems shear plays a much larger part in storms around the area then cape so without shear present, storm growth is less likely. Looks like the first convection of the day formed near Mt. Guyot and Mt. Pisgah. Yes no wind shear. Just light wind out of the SW all the way up the column. Little pulse storms that won't drift much off the higher terrain today most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Northern Haywood is getting hit with storm after storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGold Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Northern Haywood is getting hit with storm after storm. It appears my mtn top just generated the World's smallest thunderstorm. See attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 It appears my mtn top just generated the World's smallest thunderstorm. See attached. Lol I saw that flare up. Man these small little convective storms mean business if you get underneath one of them. Clyde was rocked by one last night. Lots of lightning and heavy down pours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Thanks man! And I just recently in the past 2 or 3 days got introduced to Photoshop. I was using Adobe Lightroom before and have edited all my posted pictures with that but now I will be using Photoshop. You have a favorite tool or anything you like to use? I would love some insight. Photoshop is awesome but you have to be careful to not get carried away when editing weather shots and give a totally false impression of what went on. For instance, here is a shot I took in my front yard on June 13th of last year. First the original, then my edit for dramatic effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Photoshop is awesome but you have to be careful to not get carried away when editing weather shots and give a totally false impression of what went on. For instance, here is a shot I took in my front yard on June 13th of last year. First the original, then my edit for dramatic effect. Very cool Mr. Burns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 Awesome J burns thanks for the info! Consider me currently baffled as we are about to have a nice T-storm in Buncombe Co. Nothing really indicated the possibility earlier but yet here we are. I am glad NASA is up here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNC_Fort Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 All these thunderstorms have been skirting to my east of west. Been dry here lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Met1985 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 Some nice storms around. Tomorrow is going to be very active with a cool down for the end of the week and the weekend. Could be some nice storms tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainforrest Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Picked up an inch today around 4 this pm from a severe storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hvward Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Wow at the rain shower moving into sw wnc on a snails pace. Gonna be a rainy night in Franklin. Lets hope we don't have flash flooding in store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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