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Very slow change in the map as Nebraska continues out of the worst drought conditions. Serious drought continues in portions of Iowa. The upper Mississippi remains in drought. Almost all of the Colorado remains dry.The Rio Grand, Pecos, and Permian basin contiues drought. The Texas hill country and the aquifer there remains in the grip of sparse rainfall.
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2024-2025 California and Southwest Weather Thread
AquariusRadar replied to Anti Marine Layer's topic in West of the Rockies
Absolutely agree. Warmer air over a not as warm ocean surface means more depth to the marine layer. It's the important weather phenom that needs a lot of study. The ocean may want to evaporate water to the atmosphere but if the water vapor is trapped within a ML, it can't be good for rainfall on the continents. -
Only a tiny area in NW Mississippi remains in extreme drought in the SE region. El Niño has eliminated the SE drought along the Gulf and the lower Mississippi as expected. Again the big storms of last week didn't remove that very dry area of the Sierra. Rainshadow?. Not much change otherwise. The big atmospheric river that clobbered California didn't help the Idaho/Montans area nor New Mexico. The Colorado high country missed out to.
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2024-2025 California and Southwest Weather Thread
AquariusRadar replied to Anti Marine Layer's topic in West of the Rockies
This thread of the forum doesn't take kindly to those considered fools. The response to posts frequently have a sharp edge without counter argument or attempts to educate. New members and guests can feel the chilly atmosphere.of the learned experts. Despite thier interest in California weather, many newcomers simply move on to discussions inclined to inform and educate. -
Good rains has improved the outlook in the lower Mississippi and middle south. Not much change for very dry New Mexico. Strangely, while good storms have frequented California, the map has imposed "very dry" status for the middle Sierras. Snow totals below normal there? A big storm this coming week and should eliminate that dry mountain condition. Continued minor improvement in the corn belt.
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2024-2025 California and Southwest Weather Thread
AquariusRadar replied to Anti Marine Layer's topic in West of the Rockies
All the weather reporters continue to label recent storms "atmospheric rivers" or notably the "pineapple express. The strong storms are just that- normal winter west coast storms. This upcoming blast has no streamer of moisture coming from the tropics- Hawaii or otherwise. These storms- while strong- don't deliver as much moisture as atmospheric rivers. -
Significant rains in the lower Mississippi move a small portion of Louisiana/Mississippi extreme drought to severe drought status. El Niño continues to provide some rain and slowly pull the lower Mississippi and the Gulf coast out of the extreeme category. Very minor improvements in the corn states .
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Another week of generally dry weather has wiped out any improvement made possible from this weeks modest rainfall in the Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi. While making for serious storms on the California coast, this parade of storms seem to skip over the middle before intensifying again to make trouble for the Northeast states. But a much stronger storm may help in the week to come. Hopefully slamming the Sierras and dumping on the Colorado Plataue and later on the lower Mississippi.
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2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread
AquariusRadar replied to Thunder98's topic in West of the Rockies
Roadnowhere08 said: "It will when the ARs come. Warmer air = more water vapor capacity" I disagree. Air is warming faster than the ocean surface. This creates a stronger inversion with greater depth. The air/water vapor directly above the ocean surface is cooler now than the warmer air above. The water vapor can't rise as readily through the marine layer as in previous times. The general trend of reports, like those of AML, seem to be indicate a thicker and more frequent marine layer off the California coast. This idea is of course is totally opposed to the accepted wisdom of the IPCC that says greater rainfall can be expected as a result of warmer air. Doesn't mean we won't have ARs and flooding rain. That will still happen. But less frequently, IMHO. My weather science is rudimentary and subjective. -
DECEMBER 2023 Observations and Discussion
AquariusRadar replied to Grizzcoat's topic in East of the Rockies
Long track tornados in NW Tennessee. Bad news. -
Current La Niña is Over
AquariusRadar replied to Andie's topic in Climate, World Weather, and Earth Sciences
Well here we are deep in the ENSO cycle and El Niño is producing strong atmospheric rivers for the PNW. Major flooding now on the Oregon coast. The eastern desert remains dry. Aquariusradar could be used to lessen the rainfall on the coast and result in more snow for the Cascades, although the volcanic peaks are probably getting a good share of snow. But better than that, if the moisture could be held aloft with Aquariusradar, that would mean more rain/snow for the inter-mountain west and the Rockies and maybe some of the Colorado drainage. But not very likely to ever happen soon as technology is treated as strange and dangerous in the current political season. The exception to this is rain making-weather modification with silver iodine compounds spewed from airplanes that hasn't proven very successful. The natural cycle of floods and drought continue. -
2022-2023 California and Southwest Weather Thread
AquariusRadar replied to Thunder98's topic in West of the Rockies
What has happened to the NWS Radar pages "storm total accumulation" for selected local stations. Is it me and my cranky old computer? Not sure how long it is missing but for me comes up blank on local stations all over the country. Have I somehow de-selected that layer/function? Total accumulation for local stations is back. Monday at 0930.