Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-22 Thread Marcus Daniels
The rain is becoming more impressive now in northern California. Glad I bought that extra outdoor sump pump! From: Friam on behalf of Nicholas Thompson Date: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-20 Thread Nicholas Thompson
I’ve not been following this thing. But it’s central pressure, 942 mg put it in the range of a category four hurricane, Bearing in mind that it’s several times bigger than a hurricane, the vorticitymust be astronomical. Sent from my Dumb Phone On Nov 20, 2024, at 3:51 PM, glen wrote: We've on

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-20 Thread glen
We've only seen a little rain here in Oly ... nothing much to speak of. On 11/20/24 13:26, steve smith wrote: Glen - How is the "bomb cyclone" playing out.  I see that the major infrastructure (power?) outages are mostly just N/E of Tacoma... does that mean you aren't directly affected?   It

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-20 Thread steve smith
Glen - How is the "bomb cyclone" playing out.  I see that the major infrastructure (power?) outages are mostly just N/E of Tacoma... does that mean you aren't directly affected?   It looks like it is a pretty big deal, not hurricane Helene class big-deal? I don't know if we have anyone else

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-20 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Calvin Simonds The WeatherWise Gardener. Rodale Press, 1980 something. The title is misleading. It is a general meteorology text with gardeners in mind. One of a series I started which i called "understand-it-yourself" books. I think it holds up remarkably well. The effects of climate warming h

[FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread Nicholas Thompson
As a part of my plan to revise my weather book, I have been working on a chapter on the jet stream. I am thinking of using the passage below as a kind of epigraph. I am sending it along because it brings together two of the salient concerns of Our Glorious Leader. Comments, fact checks, grumpy c

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread Gary Schiltz
Hi Nick. Is Calvin Simonds your nom de plume? The book sounds great, and I'd get it in a heartbeat if it was available electronically (yeah, I'm one of *those* people LOL). I don't really have anything to say about Peru, I barely know Ecuador despite living here for 16 years, but if your grandson

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread glen
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/weather/bomb-cyclone-to-bring-blustery-days-for-puget-sound-and-western-wa/ On 11/19/24 13:45, Nicholas Thompson wrote: I am told we are about to have a a big weather event in the Pacific NW.  I havent had time to look into it yet. -- ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread Frank Wimberly
Should I know what those acronyms mean? --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 12:37 PM steve smith wrote: > Nick - > > a sub-anecdote from my last missive which I failed (deliberately) to > include was the time my father b

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Steve, Thanks for your (as always) gracious and interesting commentary. I didn't know the number was as large as six. I am told we are about to have a a big weather event in the Pacific NW. I havent had time to look into it yet. NIck On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM steve smith wrote: > Nick

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread Gary Schiltz
Hey Nick, I knew you were interested in weather, but didn’t know you had a book about it. Reference please? On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM Nicholas Thompson wrote: > As a part of my plan to revise my weather book, I have been working on a > chapter on the jet stream. I am thinking of using the

Re: [FRIAM] The Jet Stream

2024-11-19 Thread steve smith
Nick - a sub-anecdote from my last missive which I failed (deliberately) to include was the time my father brought home a weather balloon one of the ranchers had found on his grazing permit (USFS).   He had already sent the guts of the recording device to the appropriate authorities (US weath