Satellite Meteorology talk by Prof. Steven Ackerman (CIMSS)

Steven Ackerman from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies gave this talk:

Video part 1

Video part 2

Mystery of Hole in the Clouds

This was several days ago, but a fun read. There was a funny clear streak in the clouds over San Antonio, Texas. What caused this? An airplane!

Read an explanation of why these form here, here, and here.

Also, check out the Cloud Appreciation Society website: http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

Wind Rose by hour

Remember my wind rose for my personal weather station? Well, I took a look at the wind rose for the station at the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon and made a comparison.

This is ten minute wind data from January 1, 2014 thru March 24, 2015.

There strongest winds occur most frequently in the early morning hours, between midnight through 9:00 AM. Then the winds begin to weaken after 9:00 AM and remain weak throughout the daytime hours until 9:00 PM when the winds begin to strengthen again.

Compare this with my personal weather station. Notice the change in color scale which reveals that the winds at the canyon mouth are stronger than at my house. Still, the transition times between weak and strong winds at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM exist.

Plum Blossoms

Skew-T Visualization

Check out this new web based Skew-T visualization tool from MesoWest's above surface network: http://asn.mesowest.net/vis/skew-t/?p=aS1dat%3A1%7C1%7CN%7CR72572%3AR72572%3A-1%2Ct%3A-2%2Cdd%3A-3%2Cws%3A-4%2Cwd%7C%7Ctm%3AL