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Avg. days with t'storms
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Looking at that map, it kind of makes you wonder how all those flight schools in Florida get thier students flight time! Great map though! Dan Luke wrote: http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html |
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Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut, Florida,
Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live in Seattle. Bob Gardner "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html |
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"Dan Luke" wrote in message ... http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html --------------------------reply------------------------------------ Hello All, I called Flight Service for a briefing and was told that VFR is not recommended. I told her, "Don't worry. Down here, VFR is never recommended." Ya'll come to see us along the Redneck Riviera. JKA in Gulf Shores, Alabama now has an ILS on 27, freq. is 110.7. Later... Stephen Just across the Bay from Mobile, Alabama |
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message ... Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live in Seattle. There is no free lunch. :-) On a list of 285 USA cities (including possessions such as Puerto Rico), Seattle ranks 38th on the list of AVERAGE number of days-with-precipitation... and a lot of those are Alaskan mountain stations, or tropical (Hawaii, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.). If I pull out the tropicals (leaving Alaska in), you are 25th out of 272. 155 days a year with measurable precipitation. That means days in which it did more than a few spits. It had to at least wet the ground. Oh, and how about number of hours of sunshine as a percentage of total possible? How about 160th out of the 174 USA stations who report such things. A pitiful 47-percent of possible vs. Miami's 70-percent (25th overall). NWS data based on Sea-Tac airport records. No thunderstorms, but no sun either. :-) |
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Dan Luke wrote: http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html I was expecting to see Phoenix high up on the list due to our Monsoon season (T-stms most every day), but since the season only lasts about 2.5 months, I suppose the rest of the year brings the average down pretty substantially. I can personally vouch for Great Falls, MT's high ranking on the windy city list (next page). GTF is the only place I've ever had to cancel a flight because it was too windy to untie the plane. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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You're right. "Wet the ground" is the standard. Unlike those days back in
the midwest, gulf, and east coasts, we seldom see downpours that require drivers to pull over and stop until the rain ends. I don't own an umbrella, and while I have a waterproof jacket, it stays in the car just in case. The OP's map talks of thunderstorms, however, and in addition to precip that means high winds and lightning. I do not miss those components of TRWs. A lightning storm makes headlines in the papers and brings out the worst in local TV folks: "I have Dave from Lynnwood on the line...what are the conditions out there, Dave?" "Oh, lightning struck a tree and the power is out?? Keep us informed, Dave. Now to Sharon in Federal Way...how is the storm affecting your area, Sharon??" "Stay with us for the latest on the lightning storm." Days without sunshine? Have you heard about melanoma? When we go east or south to where the skies are an unrelieved blue, we can hardly wait to see the clouds peek over the mountains as we return. Bob Gardner "Icebound" wrote in message ... "Bob Gardner" wrote in message ... Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live in Seattle. There is no free lunch. :-) On a list of 285 USA cities (including possessions such as Puerto Rico), Seattle ranks 38th on the list of AVERAGE number of days-with-precipitation... and a lot of those are Alaskan mountain stations, or tropical (Hawaii, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.). If I pull out the tropicals (leaving Alaska in), you are 25th out of 272. 155 days a year with measurable precipitation. That means days in which it did more than a few spits. It had to at least wet the ground. Oh, and how about number of hours of sunshine as a percentage of total possible? How about 160th out of the 174 USA stations who report such things. A pitiful 47-percent of possible vs. Miami's 70-percent (25th overall). NWS data based on Sea-Tac airport records. No thunderstorms, but no sun either. :-) |
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:17:50 -0400, Dave Butler wrote:
Dan Luke wrote: http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html Yeah, thanks, Dan. Someone posted something the other day about how they lived in the worst area for thunderstorms - the midwest. I was thinking of responding, but you just can't respond to everything. I don't believe the link Dan sent is adjusted for seasons. It is days with tstorms per year. So that actually is not a good measure for tstorm intensity or frequency for that matter. We need it broken down by months to be of value. The Midwest does not get many T-storms in the Winter, which is about 6 months of the year in Chicago. On this same subject. Midwest tstorms are frequently 45k+ feet. Is this common in other areas? From my aviation readings, I was lead to believe that the Florida/Louisiana storms tend to top in the 30s, and hence are less intense. -Nathan |
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"Nathan Young" wrote:
I don't believe the link Dan sent is adjusted for seasons. It is days with tstorms per year. So that actually is not a good measure for tstorm intensity... No. ...or frequency for that matter. We need it broken down by months to be of value. The Midwest does not get many T-storms in the Winter, which is about 6 months of the year in Chicago. Neither does Mobile, except when cold fronts pass. On this same subject. Midwest tstorms are frequently 45k+ feet. Is this common in other areas? From my aviation readings, I was lead to believe that the Florida/Louisiana storms tend to top in the 30s, and hence are less intense. They vary, but the're almost always 45k'. Truly violent boomers capable of producing property damage are not common in sunmmer, but often accompany fronts in spring and fall. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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"Hotel 179" wrote: I called Flight Service for a briefing and was told that VFR is not recommended. I told her, "Don't worry. Down here, VFR is never recommended." Down here, you just have to learn to deal with CBs or you won't do much flying. Ya'll come to see us along the Redneck Riviera. JKA in Gulf Shores, Alabama now has an ILS on 27, freq. is 110.7. A major improvement over that old VOR approach off Brookley, isn't it? Stephen Just across the Bay from Mobile, Alabama What do you fly, Stephen? -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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