... had a good Turkey day last week as well. I'll make another post this evening, but I thought i'd mention the fact that the Pacific Hurricane Season is officially over. How did the w_coast_weather community do as prognosticators? Here are our forecast ranges for activity with the actual numbers in (): Total Tropical Cyclones: 16-17 (23) Tropical Storms: 16-17 (20) Hurricanes: 7-10 (8...
... STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS AS NEEDED. WE ARE ACTIVATING THE SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK AT THIS TIME FOR THE POTENTIAL AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND ARE ASKING FOR CALLS RELATED TO UNUSUAL CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. $$ CERNIGLIA A similar statement has been issued for Western OR. Folks living in Western WA and Western OR...watch the skies today! You're the w_coast_weather community's eyes and ears!
... should be temporary as Rick gradually pulls away from the mainland. Water temps, shear and moisture all look within its favor for another 18-24hrs. The NHC is now officially forecasting it to reach Cat 5 strength within 24hrs. Eyewall replacement cycles are also possible that could cause intensity fluctuations. Rick updating page: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/821587.html
...as a peak since it's there now and it's a very high likelihood it'll get stronger than that. Go vote! :) Check out the Rick updating page here: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/821587.html For those curious...officially, the last Cat 5 hurricane observed in the Eastern Pacific Basin was Hurricane Kenna in 2002. It peaked at 165mph and made landfall on the Pacific Coast of Mexico...
...as a peak since it's there now and it's a very high likelihood it'll get stronger than that. Go vote! :) Check out the Rick updating page here: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/821587.html For those curious...officially, the last Cat 5 hurricane observed in the Eastern Pacific Basin was Hurricane Kenna in 2002. It peaked at 165mph and made landfall on the Pacific Coast of Mexico...
...the way...PDT = Zulu Time/UTC - 7hrs Thanks to linnea , mactavish and fomhoire for their blog reporting of this first major Pacific storm of the season. I'm sure there will be more to come this 2009-2010! I'm still doing the updating page on Melor and you an see it here: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/815543.html
I was looking at one of the public info statements by WFO San Francisco on rainfall totals for so far today and comparing them to daily rainfall records. One date that kept coming up was "10/12-10/13/1962" If you know you're history, you guessed correctly. The Columbus Day Windstorm of October 12, 1962 was not only a terrific wind maker across the Western Seaboard but also an intense ...
Updating page on Extratropical Storm Melor: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/815543.html EDIT AT 3:40PM PDT: A 2nd warning I almost missed. BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA 241 PM PDT TUE OCT 13 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE ...
..., Hurricane Jimena struck the peninsula, leaving one person dead, and causing widespread flooding and property damage. Also...today is the 47th anniversary of the Columbus Day Windstorm of 1962 that killed dozens across the West Coast. You can check out the anniversary post I made for the 45th anniversary two years ago here: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/459431.html
... at 11pm PDT. Info on my naming system and intensity scale: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/190931.html Info used from the High Seas Forecast: http://www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/NFDHSFEPI.shtml Link to this updating page: http://community.livejournal.com/w_coast_weather/456888.html Latest Sat images: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/sat-bin/epac_westcoast.cgi Melor...
