News DetailRemnants of Hurricane Noel pounding New England/Canadian Maritimes
Posted At: November 4, 2007 @ 12:50 AM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Snow
A strong extra-tropical cyclone, that was once Hurricane Noel only a few days ago, is pounding New England and the Canadian Maritimes with strong winds gusting over 50 mph, heavy rain, and even heavy snow in northwestern Maine and southeast Quebec. The minimum surface pressure of the cyclone was 975 mb as of 0600 UTC, which is very low for a mid-latitude cyclone. Shown below is a regional radar loop from 2330 UTC to 0500 UTC, with blue representing snow and pink representing rain/snow mix.
The surface map from this region as of 0600 UTC shows maximum wind gusts in the mid 40s mph mainly along the coastal areas, with heavy snow falling in parts of Quebec just north of Maine. The higher elevations of northwestern ME are likely experiencing very heavy, wet snow and gusting winds tonight, with power outages a certainty.
The surface map from this region as of 0600 UTC shows maximum wind gusts in the mid 40s mph mainly along the coastal areas, with heavy snow falling in parts of Quebec just north of Maine. The higher elevations of northwestern ME are likely experiencing very heavy, wet snow and gusting winds tonight, with power outages a certainty.
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We're having a heat wave!! hehe!! It looks as if we have a good chance for a lil white stuff here before Tuesday!! I'll keep ya up to date!!
the perfect stormmmm :P (btw I never thanked u for posting my vid, so here goes thx reed and jason)
hey brady, u still here. I was wondering wots ur opinion about global warming?
I noticed I made a dumb remark about wildfires, namely that u cant predict them. at the time I was only thinking about arson. after doing some reading I noticed that about 80% of wildfires(in usa?) are caused by lightning(dry) personally I think arson has a much bigger role in wildfires(globally) but in the case of dry lightning it is possible to make a statistic prediction.
Haha, Nice Brady! GL with that snow for ya!
I honestly don't know what to think about it!! I was listening to a radio show a few months back when it was hot as hell and they were talking about record high temps being broken that were from like ??? I'll just say 1912!! Does that mean that GW caused those high temps in 1912?? That just kinda stuck in my mind!! But I've definately noticed that the surface temps of Lake Superior have been higher as the years move on!!
Brady, personally I think wildfires are the supreme proof that GW is caused by man. but I also noticed lots of remarks by people living close to lakes etc that there is definetly something going on. over here in holland we used to be an ice skating nation with lost of natural ice in winters, none of that anymore.
Some people think GW cause's some places to warm alot, causing the world to overheat and desinigrate. Other people think GW cause's colder then normal temperatures and could freeze the earth causing another Ice age. I believe in both of them. Eventually the world could get really hot in some place's causing heat stroke's to thousand's of people, melting the arctic and such more. If GW causes the arctic to melt, British Columbia will break apart from canada, then Alberta, will overflow during the summer or spring. Once it hit's winter Alberta could freeze, those water's could turn into ice and well theres Ice age number 2. There's plenty of scientific way's that the world could end by GW, but until we can find out GW's misteries and unknown clues, We have to just rely on what happen's visually and pshysically. These thing's make you think, huh?
hey everyone! yup this storm is massive! Heres the latest update by the Canadian Hurricane Center (Sorry about its length) :
WOCN31 CWHX 040600
POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.00 AM AST
SUNDAY 04 NOVEMBER 2007.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 9.00 AM AST
...HIGHEST WINDS FROM POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL SET TO LASH
THE MARITIMES THIS MORNING...
1. CURRENT POSITION, STRENGTH, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND MOTION
AT 2.00 AM ADT... POST-TROPICAL STORM NOEL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 43.6 N AND LONGITUDE 66.2 W... ABOUT 15 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 30 KM SOUTHWEST OF YARMOUTH . MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE
ESTIMATED AT 75 KNOTS... 139 KM/H... AND CENTRAL PRESSURE AT 967
MB. NOEL IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 34 KNOTS... 63 KM/H.
2. FORECAST POSITION, CENTRAL PRESSURE AND STRENGTH
DATE TIME LAT LON MSLP MAX WIND
AST MB KTS KMH
NOV 04 2.00 AM 43.6N 66.2W 967 75 139 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 04 9.00 AM 46.9N 64.6W 965 70 130 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 04 3.00 PM 50.6N 62.4W 965 60 111 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 04 9.00 PM 53.9N 60.1W 966 60 111 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 05 3.00 AM 57.0N 58.5W 968 55 102 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 05 9.00 AM 59.2N 57.2W 969 55 102 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 05 3.00 PM 62.0N 56.3W 972 50 93 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 05 9.00 PM 64.7N 55.8W 977 50 93 POST-TROPICAL
NOV 06 3.00 AM 67.4N 55.3W 983 45 83 POST-TROPICAL
ALTHOUGH NOEL IS A POST-TROPICAL STORM WE EXPECT IT TO BE
ACCOMPANIED BY HURRICANE FORCE WINDS. THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED NOT TO
FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL TRACK OF THE STORM CENTRE SINCE THE HIGH WINDS
ARE EXTENDING VERY FAR FROM THE TRACK LINE ITSELF.
3. PUBLIC WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
THE STORM CIRCULATION IS REMARKABLY LARGE..AFFECTING ALL OF ATLANTIC
CANADA AND PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND.
WIND WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR NOVA SCOTIA..PEI..EASTERN AND
SOUTHERN PARTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK..THE MAGDALEN ISLANDS..AND PARTS OF
NEWFOUNDLAND AND QUÉBEC. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS NOW LIMITED TO
AREAS WELL WEST..NORTH AND EAST OF THE STORM CENTER. HEAVY SNOW IS
EVEN OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF LABRADOR WHERE SNOWFALL WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN POSTED.
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE NEWFOUNDLAND WRECKHOUSE
AREA AND IN LES SUETES IN THE CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS...100 KM/H
GUSTING TO 160. 140 KM/H DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE FORECAST OVER PARTS
OF NOVA SCOTIA THIS MORNING. A PEAK WIND OF 117 KM/H WAS REPORTED AT
MCNAB'S ISLAND AT 06Z.
A PEAK SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT OF 14 M WAS MEASURED BY BUOY 44011 ON
GEORGES BANK NOT FAR EAST OF THE STORM CENTER. WE ARE WARNING THAT
THESE ENERGETIC WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS POUNDING SURF CONDITIONS
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA THIS MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON. WE ADVISE PEOPLE TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION NEAR THESE
SHORES. MEDIA REPORTS HAVE ALERTED US TO A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST IN
THESE WAVES BY THE PUBLIC AND WE ADVISE AGAINST ANYONE TESTING THESE
WATERS OR EVEN GOING NEAR THE SHORE.
STORM SURGE IS UNLIKELY TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM BECAUSE TIDES ARE
RUNNING LOWER THAN NORMAL. WE DO NOT EXPECT TOTAL WATER LEVELS TO BE
MUCH ABOVE HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.
DAMAGE/IMPACTS...
WHERE WIND GUSTS TO AND ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE (120-140 KM/H) ARE
FORECAST..EXPECT TREE LIMBS AND BRANCHES TO BREAK WHICH WILL LIKELY
LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND POWER INTERRUPTIONS. SOME TREES WILL
LIKELY BE UPROOTED. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND
CLADDING MATERIAL ON SOME HOMES. SOME SIGNAGE COULD ALSO SUFFER
DAMAGE WITH WINDS GUSTING THIS HIGH. ALSO..WITH 9-13-METRE WAVES
EXPECTED ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA... AND UPWARDS OF
8 METRES IN THE NORTHEAST GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE LATER TODAY. COASTAL
EROSION OF SOME BEACHES IS LIKELY WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO WHARVES
AND DOCKS.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE
HALIFAX AREA LATE TONIGHT. THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT OF A ROOF LIFTED
OFF A TRAILER HOME SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY.
THE RAINFALL THREAT IS ALMOST OVER..BUT IN SOME PARTS OF
NEW BRUNSWICK AND WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA WHERE SOME ADDITIONAL RAIN
IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING..LOCALIZED FLOODING IN PRONE AREAS IS
LIKELY WHERE LEAF LITTER FROM THE STORM HAS CLOGGED STORM DRAINS.
4. MARINE WEATHER IMPACTS AND WARNINGS SUMMARY
HURRICANE FORCE WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MARITIME WATERS AND MOST GULF OF ST LAWRENCE WATERS. STORM AND GALE
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR REMAINING WATERS OF THE MARITIMES AND
NEWFOUNDLAND AND FOR SOUTHERN LABRADOR AS WELL AS FOR SOME ST.
LAWRENCE RIVER WATERS.
5. TECHNICAL DISCUSSION
A. ANALYSIS
THE CENTER OF THE STORM IS RACING TOWARD WESTERN NOVA SCOTIA AT
FORECAST ISSUE TIME. IT APPEARS TO BE A BIT FARTHER EAST THAN
EARLIER EXPECTED..BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE
FORECAST.
B. PROGNOSTIC
THE GEM REGIONAL MODEL..PRINCIPAL GUIDANCE FOR THIS
FORECAST..INITIALIZED THE STORM ABOUT 10 MB TOO HIGH. ACCORDINGLY..
WE MAINTAIN OUR CURRENT INTENSITY FORECAST AND BUMP-UP THE GEM
WIND SPEEDS. THE STORM STILL LIKELY HAS REMANANTS OF A WARM CORE
WITH GUSTY WINDS MIXING DOWN FROM THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER.
OVERALL FORECAST REMAINS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR SLIGHTLY EASTWARD-
ADJUSTED TRACK FORECAST BASED ON SAT PIX AND MODEL TRACKS. THE
MOST DAMAGING WINDS ARE SET TO MOVE ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA AT ISSUE
TIME. AN INTERMEDIATE BULLETIN WILL BE ISSUED BY 6 AM AST.
C. PUBLIC WEATHER
SEE ABOVE.
D. MARINE WEATHER
SEE ABOVE.
GIVEN THE TROPICAL HISTORY OF THIS STORM..THE CANADIAN HURRICANE
CENTRE WILL CONTINUE TO PREPARE STORM BULLETINS TODAY.
END FOGARTY
Cors: Your write that GW is caused by human's in some way's but also by nature. For example: Green house gases are caused by man. It'll take alot of studying to figure out this one. Some thing's are not to be figured out, I think GW is one of them.
It reminds me of this southpark episode when someone mentions global warming could lead to a new ice age heheh ,,,the reaction of the people after that remark is kinda funny, cause it doesnt make a whole lot of sence now does it? ok greenland is massive and the ice there is melting. I think GW will prolly lead to more extreme weather, floods, droughts etc
It seems there is a lotta wildfires around here!! mostly in the spring!! I've heard of some being caused by people, but not often is it found to be deliberate arson!! Usually just unattended campfires, cig butts!! stuff like that!! I light a lil grass fire with a lil fircracker when I was younger!! I didn't mean too, but I didn't call for help either!! hehe I hust jumped on the wheeler and hauled ass!! Seeing as no one was hurt and the quite a few acres I burned grew back completely within a few weeks!! I laugh at it know!! But I'm a lil more grown up now too!! And if something like that happened to me again! I would do the right thing!!
Brady, I've been following wildfires this year and let me tell ya, I would bet, this year was the worst fire season on record. australia,greece,thailand,california all experience the worst wildfires.
forest are the primary filter for drinking water, if u loose the forest u loose ur watersupply
Well... Maybe with a lil luck GW will cause "Tornado Alley" to move a lil more northeast!! hehe One can only hope!! If it's somethingI can't personally stop, I might as well try to get some pics or something!! hehe
hey brady, I think thats already happening. I'm kinda trying to make people aware of it, but since im no scientist I might do worse then good, but at least I try ;)
We had a pretty good fire this spring that spread into Canada!! It got kind ugly I guess! I didn't personally see it, but it was a few days of hell up there!! Thank god we got the rain we did!! I think northern MN is a ticking time bomb!! There was some huge fires around here in 1918! My great granny had stories, but she's gone now so I have to ask my mom if she remembers any of her stories!! That scares me more than tornadoes in the dark!!
yea brady that remind me of my own country we've always battled against the water, considering half the country is below sea level. thing is that most dutch take pride in the fact we are experts in watermanagement(building levees etc) cause it comes close to hubris. I mean some dutch consider themselvels experts when it comes to building dykes etc purely on the basis of being dutch. I did some scanning of our primairy levee called the closure dyk, and I seriously discovered some holes in it just by scanning it on google earth.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/11/03/noel.newengland/index.html
Now that I think of the fire this spring! I'm kinda tick with myself for not going up there to get some pics or vid!! I was already posting here at the time!! =( And I'm still kicking myself for not going toward ND the night Northwood got leveled!! I could have at least helped you guys with some aftermath pics!! Next time for sure!!
We definitely need to get a climate section to the site. Has anyone ever noticed that the CPC forecasts an above normal winter every year! The forecasts should be made relative to the increasing temperature trend
Reed did ya get my email yet? It has picture's of the snow I got tonight and is still going on!
hey reed, when u finish ur dissertation can u sent me a copy?
Congrats Kenny!! If you decide to eat some... just make sure it isn't yellow!! hehe JK It's comin here Kenny!! soon I think!!
Haha, I'm suppose to only see 5 cm...I wish the heavier stuff hit..It kept switching..Straight for me, missing me, straight for me, then dissapated and gained strength south of me..Ahh well I got to enjoy some snow! Me and my friend had a snowball fight haha.
Alright!! I've been up late every night this week working on my pics!! I'm pretty much done now, so I'm gonna crash!! Taker er easy!!
cya brady
Why are you going to copy his paper and save it for when you need to turn in yours?.. haha- Just kidding-
I talked to someone on xboxlive that said they were being affected by this hurricane. I think he lived on the coast, but not sure.
Well I woke up...Snow is still on the ground/car's. But not for long :( The sun is just behind the building's and in about 30 minutes to an hour all of it will start to melt...
Hey guys, whats up??
Posted By Reed | November 4, 2007 @ 1:44 AM #
We definitely need to get a climate section to the site. Has anyone ever noticed that the CPC forecasts an above normal winter every year! The forecasts should be made relative to the increasing temperature trend
When Reed asked if we have noticed that the CPC forecasts an above normal winter every year, he immediantly read my mind. Over the years the CPC says we are going to see w warmer than avg. winter. I'm pretty aggrivated by them. Basically we shouldn't pay attention to those forecasts. Nobody can predict that far into the future!
Yeah I'll definitely send you a copy Cors...
Congrats on the snow Kenny...do you know how much they got south of you?
Hi folks,
Check out the special weather statements issued by EC for reported wind gusts and rainfall amounts,
http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/sws_e.html
Highest gust reported so far is 146 km/hr at Grand Etang Nova Scotia. There's also a news article on the storm on the Toronto Star's website,
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/273353
Serious winds were forecast for Newfoundland, we'll see if they verify.
Simon E.
p.s. A climate discussion board would be great! But I expect the discussion might get a little "heated."
...sorry, I couldn't help myself.
Wind Advisory here!! I have a crack in my living room window that the management told me about 5 times they were gonna fix!! It sounds like creepy Halloween sound effects!! They say some snow later, but it doesn't sound like a lot!! but when Megastorm ( The Perfect Storm) hit us they first were saying like 2" to 4"!! Which turned into 36"!!
Rifle hunting for deer is in full swing in Minny!! The hunters would love a lil tracking snow!!!!
Well, it has been said that predicting snowfall amounts is among the greatest of forecasting challenges. So what they should have said was 2" to 4" plus or minus 30"
Simon E.
I never had much interest for Hurricanes, but since I've been here and picked up so much about em, I might have to check on out one of these years!! That was awesome watching that tropical cyclone hover over us a few weeks ago!!
Hehe!! yeah They shoulda Simon!! It turned into the biggest snow storm in the history of Minnesota!!
How is anyone gonna be able to forecast accumulation when this happens^^ My pumpkin page again!! hehe
Chance of SNOW here in Buckeye Land Tuesday night just flurries though. Nice here this weekend with highs in the upper 50's and sunny.
Saw Chatham Mass had a gust to 90 mph.
Hey Gerb!! I have an uncle who I think lives right on Buckeye Lake!! also a few cousins, which we always argue the correct way to say the word Coke!! hehe
Hey guys whats going on??
Ive been away for a few days, what have i missed lol??
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i got some fricken hail today. It was pea sizeed hail. I have pics that ive just finished uploading. My camera was dead so i had to wait for it to charge. The whole deck was covered but most of it was melted away.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/ontariostormchaser/PICT0203-2.jpg
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/ontariostormchaser/PICT0204-1.jpg
Oh did i say AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
COOL!!! was there a Tornado warning?
NO
Oh sorry LOL.... how many tornadoes do you get a year?
Not very many mabye 5 to 10 a year thats about it. Its to cold this time of year for tornadoes.
Yea....
here is a few pic of clouds from my house
The 2nd one is a storm
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures\2007-05-19\100_0343.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures\2007-05-19\100_0364.jpg
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures\2007-05-19\100_0342.jpg
I see global warming could bring lots of severe weather, but it also could bring lots of drought which would be a bummer.
Matt, I bet that was something called graupel instead of hail. Check this out:
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/ontariostormchaser/PICT0204-1.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graupel
Heidi How could that be graupel? it's microscopic! and that hail you can see! you must be confused
Caleb, graupel is not microscopic - the Wikipedia definition shows microscopic images of it, but it is visible without the help of a microscope. - - - I did make a mistake in posting one of Matt's photos instead of the ones I wanted to, though. Here are some photos of graupel that I thought I had coppied and pasted in my last post:
http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/photos/Images06-07/3-27-07,%20Big%20graupel,%20Nalli.jpg
http://research.uwb.edu/jaffegroup/uploads/photos/14.jpg
Those photos came from this website:
http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/Graupel
^^ That link is what I meant to post last time, but ended up pasting Matt's photo link again.
Here is another pretty good photo of graupel:
\http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2023440970039597697pkhDMa
... and the website it came from:
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/553534827tBTLiT
If the size of the corns is under 0.5 cm it's Graupel, everything above that is hail. Corns under 1 mm in diameter are called "Griesel" (I don't know the English word for it - snow grains or sth.?).
@Will kucharek: I just found that video, I haven't recorded it.
@Cors: They're currently discussing about a general speed limit of 130 km/h (circa 80 mph) on the German Autobahn :-( ;P.
HEIDI YES IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! some things on Wikipedia are not true
Lil bit of precip pulling into town, but it's still 46f!! Maybe some flurries later!!
Okay Caleb. I agree that not everything on Wikipedia is true. Let's try Dictionary.com:
Graupel: snow pellet
n. A small white ice particle that falls as precipitation and breaks apart easily when it lands on a surface. Often used in the plural. Also called graupel, soft hail.
How about Merriam-Webster's?:
Function: noun
Etymology: German
Date: 1889
: granular snow pellets - - called also soft hail
Or you could just look at what Volker said, too. :)
Hey don't forget about sleet!! Can't leave sleet outta the conversation!! hehe I'm sure we'll be getting some of that s#@tty sleet soon too!!
Sleet:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sleet
Thanks Brady. ;-D
Hey guy's sorry, my internet @$#!%@ up..Reed, West/south of me saw about a foot of snow...I could've gotten it but the wind's shifted it southeast :(
Sleet sux!! That usually means your too close to the lake here!!
Well I'm bored. What's everyone else doing?? Anything new? I can't wait till friday! it's suppose to snow alot more then it did last night! Saturday it's suppose to rain, making it really slippery and I'll be filming some accident's that are surely to take place near me!
Hey if anyone ever wanted to chase storms next year what kind of equipment would be needed what kind of a laptop and weather programs would you use would u still use GRLevel and would it matter what kind of car u have.
I dont know if this helps but those things were over 0.5cm or 5mm. If that means anything.
The one thing I had that I liked was Joe Surfer!! He was a great nowcaster!! He would call me every 20 minutes or so with radar updates and thoughts from people here!! I recommend a nowcaster of some sort J-man!
Ya i agree with Brady a nowcaster help if going to buy a cell phone next year and hopefully somebody will help me.
Even with Gr3 which I didn't have on the road. it's hard when your solo to look at that stuff when your hauling ass down a busy interstate!! It's hard enough yakin on a phone ,but much safer than looking at a laptop!!
Just some things that could come in handy when chasing. If you dont know the area a road map helps. Also a not so great car would do because if you encounter some hail i know if i took my dad 2008 Ford Escape out chasing and got hailed on it wouldnt be a pretty site.
So Brady looks like you have some rain in your area tonight.
It does look like a nice lil storm, but nothing is really coming down!!
Ya well looks like anyother debate weather or not that was hail in my pics. Because according to Volker if there over 0.5cm or 5mm then its hail and those things were over 5mm
Chance of flurries tonight again...Tuesday chance of some snow, and then friday.. I think winter's a coming!
Well one thing's for sure... It looked cold hehe!!
Kenny everytime i look at the 14 day forecast there saying snow then the next day its gone its starting to piss me off i wont so snow.
HAHA the funny thing was my parents stopped me from going outside when it was happening.
The weatherbug say light snow after midnight accumulation of an inch or less!! So I would think it should come down pretty good!! It hasn't been under freezing much so I wouldn't expect it to stay long!!
If it was that hard and didn't last very long!! I would say hail!! hehe
I think we went under freezing some time last night.
Man i work until 2 am in the morning got home about 2:45 which was actually 1:45 went to bed and was on the first tee at 9 oclock that morning.
You guy's may be warm, but I'm freezing! Low tonight is -12 and that's without windchill! With windchill the expected temperature is -20. And it's only Nov 4!
It was 79* here in Colorado today, and I live only 35 miles away from the mountains. I can't wait for the snow!
It got to about 8C today with a lot of wind. It was tough to golf in but i beat my dad so i dont care.
Isn't hail associated with strong convective storms as opposed to freezing temps?
It looks like 6 inches was the most reported last night in Maine: Aroostook County:
http://kamala.cod.edu/me/latest.nous41.KCAR.html
Reed, did you like my pictures? I loved how the flash reflected off the snow that was falling form the sky. It made it look like you were in space!
It's cooling off here! 37f here and 40 at the lakeshore!!
I can top that Brady! It's about 28F here.
1am and stiil the temp has only dropped to 34! Skies are clear here now! I'm off to bed!! Maybe we can get a flurry before I go to work!!
Still is 34f here!! we just got an extremely light dusting, lasted about 30 seconds!! I'm off to work!! hopefully more will form soon!! have a good day everyone!!
i miss those temps i want some snow :(
EXTREME!!!
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html
This deserves a blog entry! Did you see that?! It says "SEE TEXT"!!!!!!
Hey, I just noticed that the time is an hour off on the blog. Time change glitch! =-D I don't think it was doing that yesterday though??
Heidi thats to funny.
Hey Heidi according to Volker he said that if there over 0.5 comor 5mm then there considered hail does that mean in diameter or what.
that was supposed to be cm not com
I am trying to nail down some size specifics that determine whether a particle is hail or graupel, but I am having some dificulty. I just found a source that says that hail is greater than 1 cm and graupel is smaller than 1 cm ... but in either case, the measurement would be the diameter.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983JAtS...40.1482H
Oh and the SEE TEXT. My very early prediction is that its not going to happen and if it does it will mlst likely happen over Western Kentucky.
There going to upgrade Some of that area to a Slight Risk in the next outlook.
Yep, they did, and I'm just inside of it lol.
I hope I can get something, I'm starting to get bored lol.
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MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2140
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1004 AM CST MON NOV 05 2007
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF LOWER OH VALLEY SWD INTO WRN/MIDDLE TN
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 051604Z - 051700Z
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ADDITIONAL ELEVATED TSTMS TO DEVELOP FROM FAR
SRN IL EWD THROUGH WRN/CENTRAL KY LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. ISOLATED HAIL...SOME SEVERE...REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER ACTIVITY.
TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE LOWER OH VALLEY FROM
SRN IL EWD INTO WRN KY WHERE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE/WARM AIR ADVECTION
ARE AIDING IN SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION ALONG NOSE OF WSWLY LLJ FOR
ELEVATED TSTM ACTIVITY. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A COLD FRONT
EXTENDING FROM LM SWWD THROUGH IL TO CENTRAL MO INTO CENTRAL OK.
STRENGTHENING SWLY LOW LEVEL FLOW DEVELOPING AHEAD OF THIS
PROGRESSIVE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN MOISTURE RETURN INTO LOWER OH/TN
VALLEYS. HOWEVER...MODEST MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES /6.5-7.0 C/KM/ DUE
TO LACK OF STRONGER MID LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION AS THIS REGION
REMAINS S OF MID/UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN WEAK
INSTABILITY TODAY. DESPITE THIS FACTOR...WAA AND EFFECTIVE BULK
SHEAR OF 25-30 KT THIS MORNING SUGGEST A FEW STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL.
GREATER SEVERE THREAT MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AS DEEP LAYER SHEAR
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE LOWER OH/TN VALLEYS AS BOTH THE
LLJ AND MID LEVEL WINDS STRENGTHEN WITH SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING
INTO THE MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES. THIS IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AS SURFACE
HEATING RESULTS IN POTENTIAL FOR SOME STORMS TO BECOME SURFACE
BASED...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WRN TN/NERN AR PER RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS
WHERE HEATING WILL BE THE STRONGEST TO WEAKEN THE CINH.
GIVEN THIS POTENTIAL...PART OF MID SOUTH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A
SLIGHT RISK.
..PETERS.. 11/05/2007
The consistence of the corn is decisive, not necessarily the size. Hail is solid and tougher than Graupel (because of this Graupel does not cause damage - hail does). The size is just a simplification to indicate whether it could be hail or Graupel. One can say the factor of the consistence and the size have to be considered together.
hey any one have any idea if you think nj will get alot of snow becuz of el nino and stuff?
Hey guys at school ha ha lol
Looks like i'm chaseing today!
here is a report from Bogota Colombia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-_1d5XMn8Y
looks like big hail storm hit them
Thank you Cors, that's very heavy! If heard about it one or two days ago, but never saw that video.
Yesterday I got to know that a F2 Tornado occured nearby my location (just 2-3 km away) in 2003. At this time I was not such a active weather observer. The Tornado ripped through a forest and fortunatily missed a village.