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« Reply #1075 on: May 14, 2012, 02:17:39 AM » |
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Saw it! On radar that is! I believe it was more of a dustnado than mesocyclonic by any extremes. Somehow GRLevel3 needs a recording feature for weather events. Then again that would defeat the purpose of GRLevel2...  Just go here: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/nexradinv/ select the radar and products for the time frame you want to review, wait for the NCDC to send you an FTP link, download and watch the event in GR3 to your heart's content!  |
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« Reply #1076 on: May 14, 2012, 11:31:28 PM » |
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Should go back to 90s starting Thursday and should be the norm from there out down here.
Became a little chilly while the sun went down. 9:30P, breezy and 65... NICE!
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« Reply #1077 on: May 15, 2012, 01:13:39 AM » |
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Peaked at 75*F today...the next few days show upper 80s. Dad and I agreed to turn on the metal box on the roof this weekend (though I wanted to turn it on by Wednesday)...meanwhile, the renter we have wants his on tomorrow. Here's to a smashed/cut thumb setting it up.  |
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« Reply #1078 on: May 15, 2012, 05:39:45 PM » |
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Funny you should mention that. I'm about to haul out the ladder and drop my new motor in mine. 80 degrees and under 5MPH breezes right now.
I figure I'm out of relatively cool, breezy days & nites at this point. The house is starting to stay a little warmer each nite. 50* at 6:30A helps tho'!
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« Reply #1080 on: May 16, 2012, 09:45:51 AM » |
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I'm planning to drive up to Az/Ut border to watch. Should be a nice view near sunset. Good excuse to do some fishing at Lees Ferry too!
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« Reply #1081 on: May 16, 2012, 12:26:18 PM » |
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Oh yeaahhhhhhhhh...I remember seeing this on my calendar. I circled, spammed it on facebook a few times... =================================================== Lower 80s forecasted to mid 80s tomorrow, then a slight cool down to the mid 70s over the weekend. Trying to remember what to do during a solar eclipse... |
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« Reply #1082 on: May 16, 2012, 02:56:20 PM » |
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I'm planning to drive up to Az/Ut border to watch. Should be a nice view near sunset. Good excuse to do some fishing at Lees Ferry too!
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« Reply #1083 on: May 17, 2012, 09:33:20 AM » |
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yeah, a bunch of smoke up here, especially from the Gladiator fire near Crowne King. Can't complain though, no near-by threats. It's going to be a nervous wait for teh monsoon season though!
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« Reply #1084 on: May 20, 2012, 01:00:59 PM » |
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Albuquerque NWS put out a map of the smoke trail going up north into the Jemez, and hitting Santa Fe and Los Alamos. The last two sunsets around town (especially up north at the base of the Jemez) has been really orange. Unfortunately I was driving and didn't take pictures of it.
The annular Solar Eclipse is set to begin right around 630 and persist until sunset.
I have nothing to view this with...
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« Reply #1085 on: May 21, 2012, 01:59:06 AM » |
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 Solar rings from the tree leaf shadows. My friend found a way to shoot pics with a wine glass full of wine. I couldn't find a #14 welder's mask.  |
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« Reply #1086 on: May 21, 2012, 07:24:22 PM » |
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That's a pretty cool effect!
I was trying to find stuff like that too but all I could come up with was it sinking behind my neighbors roof. That thing next to his Dish is what was once a beautiful, tall Cypress that was brutalized by that deep freeze a while back. We all lost a lot of stuff with those 3 days of sub-zero temps:
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« Reply #1087 on: May 21, 2012, 07:25:57 PM » |
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New high for the year today of 94.8.
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« Reply #1088 on: May 22, 2012, 08:08:02 PM » |
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Today - 96.4 and at 2 or 3AM or so, heard that pitter-patter on the skylites resulting in NO bucket tips...
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« Reply #1089 on: May 23, 2012, 10:37:48 AM » |
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Maxed out at 90*F yesterday. Today's highs are in the upper 80s/lower 90s...and it'll be windy. Really windy.
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« Reply #1090 on: May 23, 2012, 03:24:51 PM » |
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Ditto for here. 92* with a 31MPH max so far. It's been fairly steady between 20 & 30 but still building. 'Casted max gusts at 49.
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« Reply #1091 on: May 24, 2012, 12:52:16 AM » |
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« Reply #1092 on: May 24, 2012, 02:21:57 AM » |
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That must be the one in Glenwood that gave me the interesting sunsets the last few days. Today it blended in nicely with all the desert blowing around...
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« Reply #1093 on: May 24, 2012, 05:06:23 PM » |
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Friday nights are my "party with friends" nights...I have to pick up a friend that lives 10 miles north of where I live...I hope the smoke doesn't settle til after midnight...I'd hate to have to pull over on a dark road a night and fight with the air box in my truck to clear it. (Damn Ford design). Last year the smoke was pretty thick and ash-y.
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« Reply #1094 on: May 24, 2012, 06:37:12 PM » |
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Yep, 2011, all over again. AIR QUALITY ALERT MESSAGE
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
434 PM MDT THU MAY 24 2012
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NEW
MEXICO DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE COMPLEX WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AN ACTIVE
SMOKE PLUME OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SMOKE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL RESULT IN UNHEALTHY AIR
QUALITY.
THROUGH TONIGHT...AREAS EAST TO NORTHEAST OF THE FIRE COMPLEX ARE
MOSTLY LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED...FROM CATRON COUNTY TO MAGDALENA AND
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. AS THE WINDS SHIFT FROM WEST TO SOUTHWEST...
THE ORIENTATION OF THE PLUME WILL SHIFT AND SMOKE IMPACTS WILL
EXPAND TO THE NORTH...INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE METRO
AREAS.
IF HEAVY SMOKE IS PRESENT...OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE MINIMIZED.
REMEMBER...YOUR EYES ARE YOUR BEST TOOLS TO DETERMINE IF IT IS SAFE
TO BE OUTSIDE. IF VISIBILITY IS TEN MILES OR HIGHER...THE AIR
QUALITY IS GOOD...SIX TO NINE MILES...AIR QUALITY IS MODERATE...THREE
TO FIVE MILES...AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE...ONE
AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF MILES...AIR QUALITY IS UNHEALTHY...
ONE TO ONE AND A QUARTER MILES...AIR QUALITY IS VERY UNHEALTHY...
AND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR LESS...AIR QUALITY IS HAZARDOUS. |
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« Reply #1095 on: May 26, 2012, 12:52:21 PM » |
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Friday morning was smoky, but the winds shifted more towards the south, and pushed the smoke plume west of Albuquerque..it came back around 9 last night (after some wicked sunset images and a red thumbnail of the moon)...and then the stars came out around 1030 last night. Driving home from a friends, I took the back roads and caught a sunken smoke plume.
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« Reply #1096 on: May 27, 2012, 02:49:47 PM » |
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Clear skies for the next few days according to NWS. I was getting used to having smoky sunsets... **WARNING: LARGE PHOTO** |
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« Reply #1097 on: May 29, 2012, 05:16:43 PM » |
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I haven't checked/watched the sunsets the last few days but I can feel the little smoke we've had. The mornings have been hazy tho'. It should pick up the next few days...
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« Reply #1098 on: May 31, 2012, 12:10:55 AM » |
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The 2 week old, lightning ignited Willow Creek blaze is now declared as the largest wildfire in the history of New Mexico - 170,000+ acres with zero containment and predicted to be burning well into July. "It's the size of ABQ, Santa Fe and Rio Rancho combined".
The smoke is definitely collecting out here from this. This morning saw a layer sitting a few hundred feet off the ground and most of the day saw smokey skies. A 38MPH blast cleared some of it for a short while.
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« Reply #1099 on: June 01, 2012, 07:33:23 AM » |
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Man, that fire sure is kicking @ss and giving those guys a fight: Fire Facts: Date Started: 05/16/2012 Location: Approximately 15 miles E of Glenwood, NM Number of Personnel: 1,246 personnel including 17 hotshot crews, 11 hand crews Cause: Lightning Equipment: 59 Engines, 27 Water Tenders, 7 Dozers Aircraft: 10 Helicopters Size: 190,262 acres Percent Contained: 5 Injuries to Date: Five http://nmfireinfo.com/2012/05/31/whitewater-fire-update-5-20-12/ |
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