A Adept Illustration Of Why Bespeak A Weather Condition Radar Along The Oregon Coast--And--The Northwest Weather Condition Workshop

The value of having a radar on the Washington coast has been as well as then clear since it was installed inward 2011, that the lack of radar coverage over a large share of the Oregon Coast as well as western Oregon is fifty-fifty to a greater extent than obvious.  And today provides a nifty representative of the problem.

This morn at eleven AM, the infrared satellite imagery showed a forepart approaching the Northwest coast.   But where was it raining?


The UW WRF model forecast for atmospheric precipitation for the 3-h atmospheric precipitation full ending eleven AM predicted a continuous band of pelting along the coast.  But was that right?

Well, to nation that yous either involve a LOT of pelting gauges or skillful conditions radar coverage.  The National Weather Service radar locations as well as coverage at 10,000 ft inward a higher house the world level  is shown below.  This is optimistic as well as coverage tin survive much worse below 10,000 ft where at that topographic point is blockage past times terrain.  

In whatsoever case, Oregon is a radar coverage disaster, alongside piteous coverage over the key as well as southern coastal zone as well as lilliputian coverage over much of eastern Oregon.

Here is the actual conditions radar imagery at eleven AM from all available National Weather Service radars.  No atmospheric precipitation over 2/3rds of the Oregon coast as well as offshore.   It was raining there, merely it was invisible to the Portland as well as northern CA radars.  They desperately involve a radar on the key Oregon coaast.


This work doesn't appear to beingness considered seriously past times the National Weather Service.   As nosotros learned inward Washington State, the National Weather Service volition non address such problems without intense pressure level from local citizens as well as their congressional representatives.  Here inward Washington State, Senator Cantwell, alongside the help of Senator Murray, did a lot of the heavy lifting inward DC.

The Northwest Weather Workshop

     People inquire me all the fourth dimension near whether at that topographic point are whatsoever local meetings for those who savour learning mre near Northwest weather.  The respond is a large yes!  The Northwest Weather Workshop held inward Seattle each spring.   

This year, the coming together volition accept house at the NOAA Sand Point facility inward Seattle on Apr 27-28th. 

Two sessions volition bargain alongside the meteorology of Northwest wildfires as well as on Fri nosotros volition besides create got session on the results of the OLYMPEX champaign plan (studied atmospheric precipitation processes over that mount barrier).  Other sessions volition bargain alongside the latest on NW conditions modeling, communication of the opportunity for extreme events, reviews of major conditions events of the past times year, studies on NW climate, as well as much more.  The banquet on Fri black volition include an first-class speaker, Professor Dan Jaffe of UW Bothell, who volition depict about of the air character impacts of wildfires.


To watch the agenda, acquire to the official website as well as registration portal :
https://atmos.washington.edu/pnww/index2016.php?page=main

This coming together is opened upward to everyone, as well as I suspect that fifty-fifty consummate layfolk volition acquire a lot out of 90% of the talks.  But proceed inward take away heed that  YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO ATTEND THE EVENT, which yous tin produce at the inward a higher house link.  There is a little registration fee that includes snacks as well as luncheon on Saturday.  If person can't afford the registration fee, nosotros tin travel something out.

Anyway, it should survive a nifty coming together as well as everyone is invited, merely NOAA safety prevents anyone who has non registered from gaining entry.

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