Comments on: Hurricane Force winds headed our way?

By: dan

dan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:15:45 +0000

I see the first forecast of the white stuff is in the extended forecast for flurries or showers on Thursday. We better get a snow contest started soon!!

By: Chris (admin)

Chris (admin) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:01:33 +0000

Hey Tazz, thanks for pointing that out. I hadn’t seen Neki out there. Don’t know that I’ve seen a Central Pacific storm curl up and over Hawaii back at us like that.

Judging by the North Pacific forecast charts they seem to think it’s going to head in a general NorthEasterly direction which would bring it right in amongst the other Lows marching across the Pacific toward us with the jetstream like you say.

I honestly don’t know but seems reasonable to think that it could get caught up with a low and the jetstream and we would end up with a front in our neighbourhood maybe early next week?

Certainly something to keep an eye on.

Thanks!

By: Tazz

Tazz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:17:06 +0000

Hey Chris….what do you think about Neki?….do you think its remnants will get caught up in the jet stream and do something here?

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:22:23 +0000

Awe….I like the school of Chris BEST!

By: Chris (admin)

Chris (admin) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:15:49 +0000

Well obviously they didn’t go to the Chris School of Weatherology! :D

The low itself is headed up into the Gulf, so no huge wind I guess.

The front that it is producing for Wednesday looks like most of the meat of it is headed up to the Queen Charlottes more than us.

We’re just wishful thinkers I guess. :D

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:36:16 +0000

So what’s up with this? That swirl looks pretty ominous to me, yet Madriga isn’t even metioning it. Nor Envir Can. Chris, what’s up?

By: Eve

Eve — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:07:42 +0000

A little wind would be nice though!

By: Chris (admin)

Chris (admin) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:25:30 +0000

True ture…

I have found the long long range GFS to often over estimate on precip and underestimate on high temp… don’t know why that is. Maybe it’s something inherent in the computer model and our specific region? Don’t know.

Once they get into the 7-10 day forecast it seems much more reliable.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:19:38 +0000

I might be losing my faith in the long range forecast provided by the people at the NOAA. You’ll remember their initial prediction for Oct 12 – 20 was for 235 mm? (I posted that here on Oct 4). Thank goodness it was nowhere near that – 77mm was enough for me!