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Post by jmg378s on Apr 19, 2018 11:58:20 GMT -6
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 19, 2018 14:28:23 GMT -6
Maybe I am getting old, and my eyes are changing, but I swear the sunshine looks a little different these days. It seems crisper and brighter.
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Post by STGOutdoors on Apr 19, 2018 14:42:12 GMT -6
Maybe I am getting old, and my eyes are changing, but I swear the sunshine looks a little different these days. It seems crisper and brighter. I actually said that to my wife the other day and she thought I was crazy. If so why would that be? |
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Post by jmg378s on Apr 19, 2018 15:49:49 GMT -6
I don't know...maybe less pollution? Haze, ozone, etc. I guess I haven't paid too much attention over the long term, but I do notice differences over shorter time periods (like season or air mass changes).
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 19, 2018 16:33:12 GMT -6
Maybe I am getting old, and my eyes are changing, but I swear the sunshine looks a little different these days. It seems crisper and brighter. I actually said that to my wife the other day and she thought I was crazy. If so why would that be? It is probably nothing more than our eyes adjusting after the lack of sunshine the past few weeks....and because the air is super clear right now. |
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Post by Snowman99 on Apr 19, 2018 16:55:22 GMT -6
You shouldn't look directly at the sun.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 19, 2018 17:07:16 GMT -6
Come to the light, children...all are welcome!!!
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Apr 19, 2018 17:17:02 GMT -6
I think having these winter like airmasses in combination with a higher sun angle is making the sunlight seem "crisper" for sure. Just wait for the St. Louis tropical humidity to kick in and create more haziness in the atmosphere
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Post by bdgwx on Apr 19, 2018 19:34:02 GMT -6
You shouldn't look directly at the sun. I actually did for about 10s during the partial phase of the eclipse while it was presenting the diamond ring effect (so yeah it was probably 99.9%+ covered at that point). That was probably one of the coolest effects of the eclipse. I don't know about you guys, but I'm definitely doing the next eclipse as well. Even my wife who had a "meh" attitude about it said it was way cooler than she expected and will travel to see the next one. |
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Post by jmg378s on Apr 19, 2018 20:27:21 GMT -6
Oh, and here's the entire 4 year period for the snowfall departures I posted earlier. As you can see KS/MO/OK/AR region has been pretty much the epicenter of crappy snowfall east of the mountains and outside the deep south.  |
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Post by bellevillewxguy on Apr 19, 2018 21:29:56 GMT -6
I found Summer! It's in central Europe. Germany is roasting in the worst heat in 70 years. Don't worry this will be rotating it's way around the globe in 4 to 6 weeks. Might get a taste here in a week or 2, but more persistent heat/heatwaves will wait till 2nd half of May into the traditional Summer months.
That said CFS 768 hr model run says no Summer for you. Keeps cooler than normal temps going minus a few days here and there ahead of systems throughout it's run.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 20, 2018 1:53:22 GMT -6
Lebrat you still with us or are you halfway to the east coast by now?  |
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Post by Tilawn on Apr 20, 2018 5:33:58 GMT -6
Quite frosty again this morning. Hoping this one is the last one till October/November time
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Post by REB on Apr 20, 2018 5:53:49 GMT -6
Happy Birthday WEAXWATCHER!🎂
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Post by Labrat-O'Fallon IL on Apr 20, 2018 7:44:07 GMT -6
Lebrat you still with us or are you halfway to the east coast by now? What's funny is I actually flew back to the Lou to visit my mom and sister. Got out of COS before the winds kicked up again yesterday. |
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 20, 2018 8:34:05 GMT -6
Labrat you still with us or are you halfway to the east coast by now? What's funny is I actually flew back to the Lou to visit my mom and sister. Got out of COS before the winds kicked up again yesterday. With winds like that you wouldn't have needed a plane for much of a trip. Just a kite |
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Post by unclesam6 on Apr 20, 2018 9:52:06 GMT -6
I remember how wicked some of those wind storms could be in Golden. I think the fastest non-thunderstorm wind gust I saw living there was right around 70mph.
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Post by Snowstorm920 on Apr 20, 2018 11:14:09 GMT -6
I remember how wicked some of those wind storms could be in Golden. I think the fastest non-thunderstorm wind gust I saw living there was right around 70mph. We were on a bus ride from the Denver airport to Breckenridge when the mountains were under a High Wind Warning. As soon as we started going up in elevation the wind started knocking the bus around like it was nothing. I was getting nervous but the bus driver acted like this was a common occurrence. That was still the hardest wind gust I think Ive seen. Probably gusting in the 80-90mph range consistently. |
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Post by Jeffmw on Apr 20, 2018 13:13:28 GMT -6
Here is this. We might be slightly above average by the end of the month Temp wise.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/814day/
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Post by Labrat-O'Fallon IL on Apr 20, 2018 15:01:18 GMT -6
I remember how wicked some of those wind storms could be in Golden. I think the fastest non-thunderstorm wind gust I saw living there was right around 70mph. I work on the east side of Fort Carson. Last year we had a wind storm where the gusts were over 100 mph. I learned to crack open the car windows so they don't bust out, in fact that did happen to one of our students. There has been a few days just in the past week with gusts around and over 50. |
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Post by bgff on Apr 20, 2018 15:18:54 GMT -6
I just thought it was pretty amazing how dry this air mass is right now. At 2 p.m. The Sullivan RAWS Data reported a Dew Point of 10, with a Relative Humidity of 12%. Being in the fire service, I follow fire weather pretty closely. I have very rarely seen the Dew PT and RH that low around here when it is 64 Degrees out. Pretty volatile fire weather today and I will attest after just returning from a brush fire that things are burning very well today.
Dew RH
20 Apr 4:00 pm 64 14 14 ESE 7G19 69 8 648 64% 14.19
20 Apr 3:00 pm 63 11 13 ESE 6G16 70 9 791 69% 14.19
20 Apr 2:00 pm 64 10 12 ESE 8G15 75 10 878 73% 14.19
20 Apr 1:00 pm 60 9 13 E 8G15 67 10 878 74% 14.19
20 Apr 12:00 pm 59 19 21 SE 8G15 65 10 922 83% 14.19
20 Apr 11:00 am 56 20 24 E 7G15 64 11 812 84% 14.19
20 Apr 10:00 am 53 27 36 ESE 7G15 59 13 647 85% 14.19
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Post by WEAXWATCHER on Apr 20, 2018 15:41:41 GMT -6
Happy Birthday WEAXWATCHER!🎂 Thank you! |
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Post by mosue56 on Apr 20, 2018 17:06:56 GMT -6
Weax, Happy Birthday! Hope it’s been good so far!
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Post by Chris Higgins on Apr 20, 2018 20:20:16 GMT -6
Happy birthday Weax!
Great day of weather... beautiful spring weather!
Looking at the weekend, I am most likely the coldest forecast out there. Key factors for me...
1)east wind
2)overcast
3)light precip
Those three factors don't exactly scream mid 60s in April. I'm going to stick to my guns with 58 for Sunday and just see how that goes. If it gets warmer...nobody will remember (except me)!
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Post by jmg378s on Apr 20, 2018 21:20:24 GMT -6
Oklahoma still has not had a tornado yet this year and I'm not seeing much if any chances in the short to medium range either. According to Tulsa NWS the latest occurrence was April 26 in 1962.
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Post by toddatfarmington on Apr 21, 2018 9:15:58 GMT -6
The morels sure did pop this morning.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Apr 21, 2018 10:07:08 GMT -6
Much needed rainfall across OK...good to see.
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Post by BRTNWXMAN on Apr 21, 2018 10:55:26 GMT -6
The morels sure did pop this morning. You guys should have a great season with the rainfall coming in tonight and tomorrow and next week. Hoping to get a shower or two this far north but not holding my breath. The wind Wednesday and the low RH yesterday put a dent in the soil moisture. |
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Post by Snowman99 on Apr 21, 2018 12:02:10 GMT -6
pretty warm here, low 70's.
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Post by guyatacomputer - NE St. Peters on Apr 21, 2018 13:54:23 GMT -6
pretty warm here, low 70's. I'm showing 68 here. But good enough to have the house open!!! |
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