Model for Prediction Across Scales

This is a new way of thinking about weather modeling: Model for Prediction Across Scales. I'm pretty fascinated with how well this modeling method will work. The most interesting thing here is the change in grid convention. Notice the hexagonal shapes in the grid over the earth. The grid resolution is course for most of the globe, but is much higher over the United States. I'm currently playing with WRF models, but this model looks like something I'd like to look into. http://mpas-dev.github.io/

Patricia

Patricia, a category 5 hurricane, is about to make landfall in Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says this is the strongest hurricane in the eastern north Pacific ever. Intense rain, floods, and winds at 200 mph will cause catastrophic damage.

Updated Wasatch Front Aerial Imagery (June 2015)

Click here for imagery of Utah at high resolution. Portions of the state where updated this year including the Wasatch Front.

https://discover.agrc.utah.gov/login/path/viva-shave-antenna-slow/tiles/utah/preview

Flying home with hopefully without delays

Flying home this evening, hopefully without delays. Here's the HRRR simulated radar for the time we'll be in the air...

Update: Getting a little closer to our flight... In the short term, it doesn't look like any thunderstorms will affect our flight. We have been delayed. Must for some other reasons.

In the mean time, I'm announcing my Simple Weather maps. It uses recent weather observations collected by MesoWest and plots the temperatures on a map. When you load the webpage you it will locate where you are at and show you a map of current temperatures. You can also move the map around and click a new area to populate the map with more weather stations. Check it out here: http://home.chpc.utah.edu/~u0553130/Brian_Blaylock/map.html

Flight to Denver

I'm on my way to Boulder Colorado for a workshop and conference for the SONGNEX campaign. I'm going to give a presentation on weather conditions in the Uintah Basin during their study period.

Our flight was delayed because our plane coming from Las Vegas was help up by the thunderstorms. It should be here soon to take us to Denver. Looks like we'll fly around some thunderstorms in the Colorado.

The storms seemed to miss us on our drive to Boulder. The Front Range welcomed us with this pretty sunset...