dryslot Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, Lava Rock said: how much wood can you get in there? looks like ~1 cd. Exactly one, I don't use it for heating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxBlue Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said: EEK This video got me nostalgic all over again from my storm chase trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 28 minutes ago, dryslot said: A 6/12 pitch would work out in that case, Similar to what i did here with my wood shed................. I think I'm around a 3/12. My front 4x4 posts are about 8' AGL and the back ones are about 6' AGL. The front and back sides are about 8-9ft apart and I already have the 2x6s bolted into the posts on each side. I'll never let more than a foot get on top of it at any one time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, dendrite said: I think I'm around a 3/12. My front 4x4 posts are about 8' AGL and the back ones are about 6' AGL. The front and back sides are about 8-9ft apart and I already have the 2x6s bolted into the posts on each side. I'll never let more than a foot get on top of it at any one time though. The metal roofing will also help rather then the asphalt shingles with retention so you should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 33 minutes ago, Cold Miser said: That is awesome. Be sure to check out the directors other videos at the end including, "The Making of The Man Show Tribute", and "The Man Show Tribute". Very educational. lol missed that yes very educational Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 56 minutes ago, OceanStWx said: Still not 4DVAR, so we'll see how it stacks up to the ECMWF. 56 minutes ago, dendrite said: 4dvar I thought the GFS used it? Didn't some poster a while back post a thread about that or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Just now, weatherwiz said: I thought the GFS used it? Didn't some poster a while back post a thread about that or something? Not really, it uses a hybrid version that is somewhere between it's former capability and 4DVAR. It's moving in the right direction, not all the way there though. I do think this next gen system does allow the modelers more flexibility in the future to make large changes like that, but that sort of thing is way over my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 minute ago, OceanStWx said: Not really, it uses a hybrid version that is somewhere between it's former capability and 4DVAR. It's moving in the right direction, not all the way there though. I do think this next gen system does allow the modelers more flexibility in the future to make large changes like that, but that sort of thing is way over my head. At least this seems like a step in the right direction. Wish the process would go much faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: At least this seems like a step in the right direction. Wish the process would go much faster By the time we get a true 4DVAR the euro will be in some kind of 6th dimensional Matthew Mcconaughey Interstellar model where the model can go into the future to get RAOB data and then implement that into the model run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 You know it's early December when traces of snow last for days in sunshine and temps above freezing. Also when "areas of frost" exist at 3pm on a sunny day, that may be a sign of a low sun angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Ginx snewx said: lol missed that yes very educational Nice demonstration of the effects of gravity on the human form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, dendrite said: By the time we get a true 4DVAR the euro will be in some kind of 6th dimensional Matthew Mcconaughey Interstellar model where the model can go into the future to get RAOB data and then implement that into the model run. sounds about right, wait until they use drones instead of balloon launches, Legro start tuning your drone skills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: sounds about right, wait until they use drones instead of balloon launches, Legro start tuning your drone skills You're not totally far off. They are working towards automating it, but it will still be balloon based for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 51 minutes ago, powderfreak said: You know it's early December when traces of snow last for days in sunshine and temps above freezing. Also when "areas of frost" exist at 3pm on a sunny day, that may be a sign of a low sun angle. Was thinking the same thing earlier today when I driving the hound to his vet appointment. 38° on the car thermo and heavy frost in the shade with some small snow patches left here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, dendrite said: By the time we get a true 4DVAR the euro will be in some kind of 6th dimensional Matthew Mcconaughey Interstellar model where the model can go into the future to get RAOB data and then implement that into the model run. scary thing is that is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: You know it's early December when traces of snow last for days in sunshine and temps above freezing. Also when "areas of frost" exist at 3pm on a sunny day, that may be a sign of a low sun angle. Even earlier - my only Nov. measurable, all of 0.1" on 11/16 (least snowy of 20 Novies despite being -3 for temp), was still visible on our road as we headed to NJ on the 23rd. In March it would've been gone by 10 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 1 hour ago, OceanStWx said: You're not totally far off. They are working towards automating it, but it will still be balloon based for now. We just need the FAA to approve the cocorahs version of the amateur drone sounding network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 I didn't do so well on this homework question and I'm trying to understand it better for the test. I've read the lecture notes and the book and it helped a bit but I want to make sure I have a stronger understanding. For the side of the equation with the 2 above it I think I generally understand this equation...this is the equation for entrainment and if dm/dz = 0 this means no entrainment is present. What I don't fully understand is the equation below the 1. The professor also mentioned something significant about the L^2 term being in the denominator. What I basically have to explain is (making reference to the equation is) where no entrainment is taking place, why in the normal range of temperatures is the moist adiabatic lapse rate less than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. I explained how the release of latent heat plays a role and that aspect got me some credit on my answer. I just need to understand that left hand side better as well as why the L^2 being in the denominator is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 4 hours ago, dendrite said: By the time we get a true 4DVAR the euro will be in some kind of 6th dimensional Matthew Mcconaughey Interstellar model where the model can go into the future to get RAOB data and then implement that into the model run. ditch all our inferior models and concentrate resources toward a good one. we don't need the NAM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 13 minutes ago, forkyfork said: ditch all our inferior models and concentrate resources toward a good one. we don't need the NAM The fewer crappy models for the weenies to post, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 8 hours ago, weatherwiz said: We had someone from IBM come and speak to our mesoscale class today and he mentioned this. I can't say I am very surprised really...better to spend the resources into other means Who was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Just now, CoastalWx said: Who was it? Anthony Praino Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 35 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: Anthony Praino Never heard of him. Wasn't sure if he was a met from our company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Never heard of him. Wasn't sure if he was a met from our company. He was part of the IBM weather division, before we were bought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Never heard of him. Wasn't sure if he was a met from our company. I was thinking in class whether or not you knew him. He mentioned he knew some guys who worked in Andover, MA. This guy is a genius. He's an engineer with a background in meteorology (not sure if he had a meteorology degree or not) but he's developed a ton of code and worked on projects doing gridepoint scaling of like 1 km and talked about wanted to do sub 1km. I would kill to be smart with coding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 32 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Never heard of him. Wasn't sure if he was a met from our company. Was just looking through Maue's EPS stuff and noticed he has meteograms from a lot of those old ICAO codes including S. Weymouth. http://wx.graphics/models/city/eps_charts.php Also...I was playing around on WU and if you get into the history for a certain ASOS/AWOS station and manually change the URL date and station to KNZW you can get all of the old hourly South Weymouth obs. Here's Feb 78. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNZW/1978/2/6/DailyHistory.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 3 hours ago, forkyfork said: ditch all our inferior models and concentrate resources toward a good one. we don't need the NAM Bad climate models are eating computing resources too. Cut the number way down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 20 minutes ago, dendrite said: Was just looking through Maue's EPS stuff and noticed he has meteograms from a lot of those old ICAO codes including S. Weymouth. http://wx.graphics/models/city/eps_charts.php Also...I was playing around on WU and if you get into the history for a certain ASOS/AWOS station and manually change the URL date and station to KNZW you can get all of the old hourly South Weymouth obs. Here's Feb 78. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNZW/1978/2/6/DailyHistory.html I like the 8pm ob...0.0 vis...wind NNE42G53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 22 minutes ago, dendrite said: Was just looking through Maue's EPS stuff and noticed he has meteograms from a lot of those old ICAO codes including S. Weymouth. http://wx.graphics/models/city/eps_charts.php Also...I was playing around on WU and if you get into the history for a certain ASOS/AWOS station and manually change the URL date and station to KNZW you can get all of the old hourly South Weymouth obs. Here's Feb 78. https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNZW/1978/2/6/DailyHistory.html 20 total hrs with vis under .2 mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreaves Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 Obviously, the predicted good winter pattern might be in danger. https://newmainenews.com/2017/12/05/climate-scientists-blame-warm-winter-on-rangeley-mans-new-snowmobile/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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