Darkness Strikes Primal Puget Sound
It seems almost similar wintertime yesterday only about fundamental Puget Sound... the skies were nighttime together with stayed nighttime most of the day. And this is the fourth dimension of the twelvemonth when the Sun is highest inwards the heaven together with the twenty-four hours is longest.
How bad was it? And why?
First, how bad. Quite bad. Here is the solar radiations measurements from the WSU AgWeather network for its northeast Seattle location. Saturday's value was the lowest since Apr 14th together with is to a greater extent than illustration of average values inwards mid-February.
Same even out at the nearby University of Washington solar radiations site. At Puyallup inwards the S Sound, the solar radiations was the lowest since mid-March!
Well, in that location was clouds--relatively deep clouds. Here is the visible satellite motion paradigm only about noon--- an frontal band of correct over us
And these clouds were relatively deep, something advise yesteryear the infrared satellite photograph (below). Infrared satellite imagery provides the temperature of the cloud tops together with these were relatively mutual frigidity (and hence high).
The radiosonde sounding at v PM (launched at 4 PM) Sabbatum at Quillayute, on the northern WA coast, showed a completely saturated/cloudy layer inwards the lower atmosphere, alongside the temperature (red line) correct on move on of the dew dot (blue dashed line)--that agency 100% relative humidity.
And the model simulation of the vertical construction of the relative humidity on the WA coast, showed a real deep layer of saturated weather (green color) during mid-day (height inwards pressure, alongside 700 beingness almost 10,000 ft, fourth dimension runs forwards from correct to left, 070100 indicated v PM Saturday).
Depressingly, today is non much improve than yesterday, alongside a Puget Sound convergence zone keeping the clouds (and low-cal rain) inwards house over the fundamental audio (see solar radiations describe at UW below). I was planning on paradigm my debate today--the projection volition hold out delayed.
But in that location is i encouraging note. If you lot desire to escape the murk, the Sun is exclusively a curt displace away. Just caput across the Cascade crest towards eastern WA. Just an sixty minutes away on I-90 (see visible satellite pictures) together with you lot volition hold out inwards clear or nearly clear skies. Dominicus and 70sF are real close. Farm stands together with desert hikes.
One of the marvels of living here.
How bad was it? And why?
First, how bad. Quite bad. Here is the solar radiations measurements from the WSU AgWeather network for its northeast Seattle location. Saturday's value was the lowest since Apr 14th together with is to a greater extent than illustration of average values inwards mid-February.
Same even out at the nearby University of Washington solar radiations site. At Puyallup inwards the S Sound, the solar radiations was the lowest since mid-March!
Well, in that location was clouds--relatively deep clouds. Here is the visible satellite motion paradigm only about noon--- an frontal band of correct over us
And these clouds were relatively deep, something advise yesteryear the infrared satellite photograph (below). Infrared satellite imagery provides the temperature of the cloud tops together with these were relatively mutual frigidity (and hence high).
There was, inwards fact, low-cal pelting alongside the front end (see radar below), an indicator of the moist lower atmosphere together with the depth of the clouds.
The radiosonde sounding at v PM (launched at 4 PM) Sabbatum at Quillayute, on the northern WA coast, showed a completely saturated/cloudy layer inwards the lower atmosphere, alongside the temperature (red line) correct on move on of the dew dot (blue dashed line)--that agency 100% relative humidity.
And the model simulation of the vertical construction of the relative humidity on the WA coast, showed a real deep layer of saturated weather (green color) during mid-day (height inwards pressure, alongside 700 beingness almost 10,000 ft, fourth dimension runs forwards from correct to left, 070100 indicated v PM Saturday).
One of the marvels of living here.
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