long range...cold storm Nov 10/11 weekend
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:14 pm
Heads up for those interested in fall leaf or storm landscape photography.
Hanford NWS long range forecast is showing likelyhood of a signficant storm the following Nov 10-11 weekend:
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THURSDAY WILL DEEPEN AND BECOME A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM ACROSS
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STRONG COOLING WILL TAKE
PLACE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING 20-25
DEGREES FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH IT. THERE ARE STILL TIMING AND
STRENGTH DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF...BUT THE 12Z MODEL
RUNS WERE IN CLOSER AGREEMENT. SHOWERS COULD START AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SIERRA NEVADA...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
DISTRICT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HANG AROUND THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND FOR ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING RAPIDLY...EXPECT SNOW
LEVELS TO LOWER TO 4500 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
This current weekend will be mostly sunny or partly cloudy as was the last couple weekends. I've been waiting for some more stormy and or cloudy weather in order to get in some late understory fall leaf photography day hiking in the lower western southern Sierra areas. Areas with black oak, Pacific dogwood, and bigleaf maple. Such work absolutely requires diffuse light. I'm nearly hitting the ceiling with my accrued PTO so may take off at short notice at least Friday too. And there may be some opportunity for storm landscapes too. Definetly time to check my foul weather gear.
Hanford NWS long range forecast is showing likelyhood of a signficant storm the following Nov 10-11 weekend:
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN QUITE WARM WEDNESDAY ALTHOUGH THE RIDGE WILL
BEGIN TO WEAKEN. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THURSDAY WILL DEEPEN AND BECOME A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM ACROSS
CALIFORNIA FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. STRONG COOLING WILL TAKE
PLACE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING 20-25
DEGREES FROM WEDNESDAY TO FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WITH IT. THERE ARE STILL TIMING AND
STRENGTH DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF...BUT THE 12Z MODEL
RUNS WERE IN CLOSER AGREEMENT. SHOWERS COULD START AS EARLY AS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE SIERRA NEVADA...AND THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
DISTRICT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL HANG AROUND THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND FOR ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION. WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING RAPIDLY...EXPECT SNOW
LEVELS TO LOWER TO 4500 FEET BY FRIDAY NIGHT.
This current weekend will be mostly sunny or partly cloudy as was the last couple weekends. I've been waiting for some more stormy and or cloudy weather in order to get in some late understory fall leaf photography day hiking in the lower western southern Sierra areas. Areas with black oak, Pacific dogwood, and bigleaf maple. Such work absolutely requires diffuse light. I'm nearly hitting the ceiling with my accrued PTO so may take off at short notice at least Friday too. And there may be some opportunity for storm landscapes too. Definetly time to check my foul weather gear.