Wednesday, December 18, 2013 11:26 a.m. I was pretty happy when I saw the UW’s WRF-GFS model this morning. http://replygif.net/941 I wasn’t quite stunned. If that was the case, this would be my reaction. http://www.reddit.com/r/pictureswithspongebob But hey, I’ll take what I can get. This run was an improvement over yesterday’s runs. I’m still a little […]
Snow on Friday and Another LAWES Scale Revision
Tuesday, December 12, 2013 11:13 a.m. I’m back! Sorry it’s been so long. The end of the quarter was quite stressful. Heck, I had a seizure on the night of my final. That sure threw a wrench in my studying/sleeping plans. But, I survived, and that’s what really matters. Food. Water. Shelter. Survival. And when […]
ATMOS 301 (Final) – Radiation and Climate
Monday, December 9, 2013 12:44 a.m. Let’s start out with some definitions: Radiant Flux = F, units are in Watts (Joules/sec) Irradiance = E, units are F per unit area (W/m^2) Energy of a photon: h*v, where h = Planck’s Constant and v = Frequency c*/v=lambda lambda = wavelength, […]
ATMOS 301 (Final) – Numerical Weather Prediction
Sunday, December 8, 2013 11:39 p.m. Numerical weather prediction has gotten pretty darn good over the past few decades, but it wasn’t always that way. But taking this class has made me realize how incredible numerical weather prediction really is. I mean, c’mon now… we take a whole bunch of numbers, put them through these […]
ATMOS 301 (Final) – The Dynamics of Atmospheric Wind Flows
Sunday, December 8, 2013 7:56 p.m. Were all familiar with Isaac Newton. You know, that “apple” guy. Or was it a peach? Either way, I’m sure most of you are also familiar with his second law, which says that F=ma, or that Force = mass*acceleration. There are three types of horizontal forces in the atmosphere […]
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ATMOS 301 (Final) – Deep Convection and Thunderstorms
Saturday, December 7, 2013 8:38 p.m. Well, I’m back! I’ve been through heck and back over the past few weeks with schoolwork, but I now have some time to write on this blog, and write I shall. OK, well that wasn’t really true. I actually have an atmospheric science 301 FINAL on Monday, and I […]
Cold Nights and Our Urban Heat Island
Saturday, November 23, 2013 5:43 pm This picture was taken at Joint Base Lewis-McChord last November by YouNews contributer Jilma V.Diaz-Demangue and was retrieved with permission from KOMO’s website. Isn’t that a beautiful picture above? It looks to be some sort of Japanese Maple leaf. I have one of those trees in my backyard, and […]
Umbrella Treason
Monday, November 18, 2013 12:47 p.m. Replace “Capt. John Brown” with “Umbrella,” and you’re set. It’s not like the umbrellas have any choice. Seattlites are not supposed to have umbrellas, let alone use them. Hoodies, ponchos, rainboots, and the like are tolerable, but umbrellas are unofficially forbidden. So imagine my surprise when I walked outside my […]
The Landfall of Super Typhoon Haiyan
Thursday, November 7, 2013 8:17 p.m. A visible satellite image of Super Typhoon Haiyan as it makes landfall Friday morning Philippine time. Credit: NOAA. A few hours ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest, and, pending further investigation, quite likely THE strongest tropical cyclone in recorded history not only at landfall but at peak […]
ATMOS 301: Thermodynamics of Moist Air
Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:00 p.m. We’ve already gone through a couple of variables representing the amount of water vapor in the air. These are e, the partial pressure of water vapor, and T_v, the virtual temperautre, which is equal to 1/ε*T. There are some we haven’t gone over though, so I’ll go over them […]