The Weather is Crazy

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:49 am

This has been the deadliest July for tornadoes in over 30 years.

gumby · Post by **gumby** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 3:40 pm

71 and sunny. Smoke from wildfires has finally cleared out.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:07 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:01 am

Lightning on Venice Beach kills one injures more,

http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/l ... story.html

Rarely do we get lightning out here in CA.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 7:10 am

Our fall-like summer continues. Highs won't get out of the upper 60s today. Usually at the end of July it's in the upper 80s.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:38 am

Video of a tornado in Tennessee yesterday: http://instagram.com/p/q_3bUAKYMF/

EastCoastCat · Post by **EastCoastCat** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:04 am

Out here in L.A. a kid was killed at venice beach the other day when a lightning storm hit the water.

Just crazy.

pokinmik · Post by **pokinmik** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:09 am

Merk posted about that a few spots up. That is crazy though, a bad beat for sure. Losing a family member in that fashion would be horrible. Enjoying a day at the beach and then...

The weather was pretty nippy this morning in NoVa. Like 48 degrees at Dulles this AM. Pretty weird for late July when it's peak swamp-ass season.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:55 am

Looking forward to my long weekend in Greer in the White Mountains this weekend. Forecasted to be 64-70 degrees each day with a great chance for rain and thunderstorms.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:08 pm

Beautiful 65 degrees up here in Greer! Gonna love grilling and doing stuff outside all weekend.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:13 am

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:46 am

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:50 am

Two hurricanes are poised to hit Hawaii: http://www.salon.com/2014/08/06/hawaii_ ... socialflow

Hawaii isn’t known for its hurricanes, which is why it is so remarkable that two, Hurricane Iselle and Hurricane Julio, are scheduled to hit the state this week. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for the entire chain of islands for Thursday, and school officials from Hawaii County and Maui County have already cancelled classes that day.

Hawaii is protected from the major storms because of something called the Tropical Upper Tropospheric Trough, or TUTT. Meteorologist Dr. Steve Lyons explains:

[TUTT] rules the high levels of our weather atmosphere there and creates winds typically too fast for development of a hurricane and too fast for an approaching hurricane from the east to remain a hurricane. That is why quite a few remnant tropical circulations go by south, north, or occasionally through the islands, but rarely does a tropical storm or hurricane reaches [sic] them.

But paradise is not always paradise. Hawaii is vulnerable when a strong hurricane develops to the southwest, then moves north when the TUTT is displaced slightly north of its normal location. This is by far most common in El Nino years.

In fact, hurricanes have only directly hit Hawaii three times since 1950, although when one has hit, it has wrought damage. Hurricane Iniki killed six people and destroyed 1,400 houses in 1992.

The Department of Emergency Management in Honolulu has recommended that residents stock up on a week’s worth of supplies.

the real dill · Post by **the real dill** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:09 am

My in-laws are currently prepping their cabin on the Snake for a fire. Lewiston, ID is about the break the record for most 100+ days in a summer. Some dry lightening storms moved through last weekend and sparked a bunch of fires.

http://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:03 pm

If it's not going to rain, might as well be nice. I for one have loved the weather this year. Although my peach and cherry trees are just starting to show signs of dropping their leaves, apparently since they fruited so early.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:26 pm

2" of rain in some parts of town since Monday. Watch how the winds shift at 2:04

[youtube]5r1N2V8ADZg[/youtube]

Irish27 · Post by **Irish27** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:01 pm

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 11:11 am

PHX freeway flooding

[youtube]mXXAK6pMXGw[/youtube]

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:18 pm

Absolutely pouring in Phoenix today.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:03 pm

My front and back yards can now be considered a swamp.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 1:40 pm

Near Broadway and Camino Seco:

http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-bea ... f887a.html

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 2:03 pm

Just got back from lunch, the east side is under water. Washes are bank to bank

UofAlum05 · Post by **UofAlum05** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:50 pm

Can you all send some of that water to Southern California?

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:29 pm

Northbound I-17 around Black Canyon was shut down for a while because of flooding.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:48 pm

Actually been raining. Already most places in Tucson have recorded 1.5-2 inches of rain in August. Pair that with most places getting nearly 2 inches in July too this has been a good monsoon. Needed it after the first 6 months of the year where we got less than a half inch of rain total.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:03 pm

I had 1.5" last night according to rain gauges online

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:05 pm

I was looking at this site for the monthly totals

http://rainlog.org/usprn/html/main/maps.jsp

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 5:09 pm

Ya thats what I use. Well over 2.8" over the last 2.5 weeks in some parts up north. It poured harder today in mid-town too. I bet we got another 2"

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:04 pm

Jefe wrote:Ya thats what I use. Well over 2.8" over the last 2.5 weeks in some parts up north. It poured harder today in mid-town too. I bet we got another 2"

Two rain gauges closest to me say 3.04" & 3.17" for the month of August (1.63" & 1.77" for July). Sunday night was crazy.

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 6:17 pm

Just opened up again for a short down pour.

KaibabKat · Post by **KaibabKat** » Wed Aug 20, 2014 8:26 am

5.26" since July 3rd.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:59 am

We got 6" of rain overnight. Some of my neighbors have a foot of standing water on their main levels. Which must mean their basements have even more.

According to the Feds we don't live in a flood zone even though we have numerous ponds and a creek that runs right through our hood and that has flooded in the past. So flood insurance is not available. Luckily my house is on a hill so we are dry. My neighbors though are shit out of luck.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 7:42 am

Was actually pleasant last night and this morning outside. In August! Now that's crazy

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:11 pm

According to the National Weather Service we got 4inches of rain in under an hour last night. That's a rainfall rate you'd see during a hurricane: http://chicagoweathercenter.com/blog/re ... re-to-come

And there's more cloudbursts on the way tonight.

Down in Hartford City, IN (about 150 miles SE of me) they got 10" of rain last night:

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 5:57 pm

Nice parking Chi.

scumdevils86 · Post by **scumdevils86** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:16 pm

Was working near campus and we got absolutely smashed this afternoon. I had to run outside and close my car windows and lightning hit about 50 feet away. My ears are still ringing

Salty · Post by **Salty** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:23 pm

scumdevils86 wrote:Was working near campus and we got absolutely smashed this afternoon. I had to run outside and close my car windows and lightning hit about 50 feet away. My ears are still ringing

I tried to drive to campus to work out and I couldn't see more than 20 feet in front of my truck.

And then it started hailing.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:46 pm

Still hitting hard on the NW side. Craycroft/Ft Lowell and Winterhaven area is under water

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 4:26 pm

the real dill · Post by **the real dill** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:17 am

azgreg · Post by **azgreg** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:34 am

On the way back to Phoenix from Tucson yesterday I ran into a couple of those giant dust storms and the winds turned a couple of semi trucks over.

Jefe · Post by **Jefe** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:43 pm

Wow another Pacific Hurricane. The waves in SoCal were huge last week. 20+ footers near Newport

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 4:14 pm

hurricane norbert on it's way to upper baja and possibly southern arizona/sonora.

probably a fair chance that next wednesday-friday there could be some really heavy rain in southern california/colorado river delta/southern arizona.

Chicat · Post by **Chicat** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:00 pm

Too bad it won't get to central cali.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 6:19 pm

Chicat wrote:Too bad it won't get to central cali.

Sadly true.

My daughter in San Diego said that there is a 60% chance of rain there Sunday.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 4:53 am

Phoenix is getting clobbered with tropical rain. We received over 2" of rain in a couple of hours. I'm watching cars driving through flooded freeways. Some freeways are closed in sections. I-10 is a lake in places.

Sky Harbor has received 2 inches of rain all year. They received more than that in 2 hours.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:27 am

Now 2.55 inches of rain at Sky Harbor, the fifth wettest day ever and it's only a little after 6 am. Plus the rain is expected to continue until noon and later today.

This is crazy and I have to drive to work now. I left myself an extra 20 minutes. At least the freeways I take aren't flooded.

Longhorned · Post by **Longhorned** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:17 am

I just got an automated message from I don't know what entity, warning me of the extreme weather in Phoenix now. Weird. I have a Chicago phone number.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:47 am

Longhorned wrote:I just got an automated message from I don't know what entity, warning me of the extreme weather in Phoenix now. Weird. I have a Chicago phone number.

Machina just sent me the same message.

Post by **UAdevil** » Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:49 am

Hopefully Arcadia Tavern is unscathed.

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