Live and Learn
This morning's DOW deployment at the mouth of Weber Canyon was both windy and cold.
We learned that the radar is not very useful at this short range and that the boundary layer was perhaps too clean for good clear air returns. As I like to say, an expert is someone who makes all the mistakes, so this was a good experience.
We're running out the door shortly to see if we can get some data on these snow/rain showers that are moving across the Wasatch range from the north-northeast.
Yes, from the north-northeast. We're on the back side of a deep trough and that's where the flow aloft is coming from and we're seeing some weak convection pop up in the cold air.
This won't be a case to write home about, but we'll get more experience using the polarimetric capabilities of the radar in complex terrain.
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| Photo Credit: John McMillen |
We're running out the door shortly to see if we can get some data on these snow/rain showers that are moving across the Wasatch range from the north-northeast.
Yes, from the north-northeast. We're on the back side of a deep trough and that's where the flow aloft is coming from and we're seeing some weak convection pop up in the cold air.
This won't be a case to write home about, but we'll get more experience using the polarimetric capabilities of the radar in complex terrain.
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