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Brie Hawkins wrote a new post on the site Little Bear Creek Weather 9 years, 6 months ago
I do apologize that it has taken me so long to get this blog out. It’s been a bit of a project for me because I’ve been looking at this from a lot of different angles, various opinions, and also looking back […]
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Charlie replied to the topic Visualizing Weather Data in the forum Projects 9 years, 6 months ago
The goal is not to code actual forecast models (like the GFS), but to make software that plots the output from those models. GFS has millions of lines of code!
It would be fun to try and make a really primitive model though.
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Charlie replied to the topic Visualizing Weather Data in the forum Projects 9 years, 6 months ago
A good place to start is by downloading GrADS and running their tutorial. GrADS is made for linux but there is a version called OpenGrADS for windows. Here’s a download link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengrads/files/latest/download
Then, you can follow this tutorial. http://cola.gmu.edu/grads/gadoc/tutorial.html
You will need a program…[Read more]
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Charlie replied to the topic Atmospheric River 2-8/2-9-2017 in the forum Weather Talk 9 years, 6 months ago
Potential for breezy conditions on Friday morning when the degrading parent low swings through.
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Brie replied to the topic Atmospheric River 2-8/2-9-2017 in the forum Weather Talk 9 years, 6 months ago
Wow, yeah, that’s a lot of rainfall. SEA NWS has flood advisories up for south king county, pierce and thurston I believe. Gonna be a challenge with all that snowfall down there. Skokomish River also has a flood advisory up, and there is concern on a few other rivers as well. I think central king county northward might see some minor urban…[Read more]
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Brie replied to the topic Visualizing Weather Data in the forum Projects 9 years, 6 months ago
I think you might be speaking a different language, because that made like, no sense to me. Haha. So basically you’re trying to code your own forecast models, is that what I’m gathering from this? If so, that’s super cool! I have no idea how to do that, but I’d gladly help anywhere I can, and I’d be happy to study up.
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Brie replied to the topic Weather Together Introductions 2016 in the forum Introductions 9 years, 6 months ago
Since we’re talking about getting forums going, I figured I’d do an intro post here too.
My name is Brie Hawkins, and I’ve loved weather for as long as I can remember. The Hannukah Eve storm in 2006 was what really put it into motion however, and since then I’ve been self teaching as much as I can about atmospheric sciences. Eventually I hope to…[Read more]
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Charlie started the topic Atmospheric River 2-8/2-9-2017 in the forum Weather Talk 9 years, 6 months ago
Impressive atmospheric river incoming. WRF has 10+ inches over Southern Oregon Coast over the next 48 hours – we’ll see if it happens! I’d expect some flooding on rivers around the region, Portland NWS issued flood watches over their entire CWA yesterday.
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Charlie started the topic Visualizing Weather Data in the forum Projects 9 years, 6 months ago
One idea I have for a project is to code some weather model visualization scripts using some sort of programming language – namely model charts for the site using some sort of weather visualization. Right now, I am leaning towards NCL, GrADS, Python, or some combination of the three to do the programming.
I’m sure a lot of us are familiar with…[Read more]
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl's Weather Discussions 9 years, 6 months ago
After the weird “stationary snowstorm” for Portland last Sunday busted by staying further north, I thought that we were pretty much done with any real winter weather for the season. The maps showed nothing chilly […]
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl Bonner's Weather Blog 9 years, 6 months ago
After the weird “stationary snowstorm” for Portland last Sunday busted by staying further north, I thought that we were pretty much done with any real winter weather for the season. The maps showed nothing chilly […]
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With higher sun angles, hopefully these “Death Ridges” will be sunny and not foggy!
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Brie Hawkins wrote a new post on the site Little Bear Creek Weather 9 years, 6 months ago
Let’s take a look at our recent winter storm, named Maya by The Weather Channel. As you may have read in my previous blog, this was quite possibly one of the most difficult snow forecasts, or really any forecast, […]
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Charlie Phillips's profile was updated 9 years, 6 months ago
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 9 years, 6 months ago
Tonight’s model runs are in, and every model has shifted the plume of moisture I was talking about in last night’s blog slightly further north. Now, it appears as though Portland will be too warm for snow, while […]
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It’s looking less and less likely for Portland… the rain snow line is JUST to our north. There is the potential for a brief period of wet snow near midnight tonight, but it won’t accumulate to much near sea level.
SW Washington is a different story – snow will continue to pile up tonight, and some isolated places above 1000 feet could end with a foot of snow! Additionally, those areas will see cool showers coming across the area tomorrow, and these showers will most likely be in the form of snow, especially as you head further north.
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Yeah, it’s tough to get snow that close to sea level. Astoria saw some snow today though!
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Brie Hawkins wrote a new post on the site Little Bear Creek Weather 9 years, 6 months ago
As you’ve probably seen over the last few days on TV and across social media, we do the dance with snowfall potential starting midday Superbowl Sunday, and it continues through midweek. The purpose of this blog is […]
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Dan Ness wrote a new post on the site A Former USMC WX-man 9 years, 6 months ago
Why weather? Do you ever think about why you are interested in weather – not just what you want to “do” with it? Like most, if not all, in this community, weather has been a life-long fascination for […]
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What do you think?
Why weather? -
There are so many reasons I love the weather, but they all stem from my fascination with the natural world. I’ve always been so interested in not only weather but astronomy, oceanography, geology… pretty much every Earth science in the book.
My weather hobby has led me to study the physics of the atmosphere, and this knowledge has further increased my love of weather. But at my core, I just love the weather because I love the power of nature.
I’ve noticed that a lot of huge weather geeks love the great outdoors too. I know I fall into that category… how about you?
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl's Weather Discussions 9 years, 6 months ago
The season of solar spring began in the Northern Hemisphere at 7:27am PST, today Friday, February 3, 2017. What is solar spring? It is the quarter of the year, orbitally speaking, when the amount of incoming s […]
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Karl Bonner wrote a new post on the site Karl Bonner's Weather Blog 9 years, 6 months ago
The season of solar spring began in the Northern Hemisphere at 7:27am PST, today Friday, February 3, 2017. What is solar spring? It is the quarter of the year, orbitally speaking, when the amount of i […]
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Charlie Phillips wrote a new post on the site Charlie's Weather 9 years, 6 months ago
We all remember the “Ides of October” windstorm on October 15, 2016. The one that sprung out of Supertyphoon Songda and was feared to be a historic Pacific Northwest windstorm that would long be remembered. Models […]
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You are most welcome, Cynthia! Thanks for reading the blog! I appreciate it a lot. 🙂
Hi Sylvia!
Glad you found the blog! I do my updates mainly on Facebook but when storm season rolls around again I’ll be doing more here. 🙂
-Brie