Comments on: Atlantic Storminess and Minnesota Weather Woes https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/ Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:55:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525444 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:55:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525444 I would guess some very high wind speeds could be found over the larger lakes, towards the lee side, because the water surface will offer less friction than the slightly hilly parkland or forest (or built landscape).

]]> By: Brad https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525443 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 21:44:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525443 I heard on the radio this morning that the central pressure in this low was 972 mbar, corresponding to about a cat II hurricane, but the winds are lower due to being over land. Lots of wind set-up on Lake Winnipeg, levels in the south basin are probably a meter above what they were two days ago.

And still blowing from the north.

Brad

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525442 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 18:30:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525442 Ahcuah: Correct! Cool word.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525441 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:45:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525441 Yeah, but the thing in the road, the second, big thing, is something I’ve not seen before and I’ve lived most of my life in snow country.

We were expecting to see an ice berg a mile or two down the road!

]]> By: Eric Lund https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525440 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:22:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525440 I’ve never seen the phenomenon you describe of snow falling off a vehicle undercarriage in a place where it isn’t snowing, but it probably happens a fair amount in the Seattle area, where my mother lives. Mom is very close to Puget Sound, so snow almost never accumulates there (and on the rare occasions when it does, the region is paralyzed). But often, as you go inland and gain elevation, you will come to a place where it is snowing, and when it snows in western Washington the snow is usually heavy. So I can see how a car coming from an area that’s getting snow will drop one of those snowballs on the road somewhere that isn’t seeing snow. The related phenomenon of seeing vehicles with snow on the roof in a place where it isn’t snowing is common, and something I have observed when I have visited around Christmas. It sounds from your description that the parts of MSP that got snow yesterday were getting lots of it, so you would see something like what you saw. The isobars on that storm looked impressive yesterday, and they still do today.

]]> By: Ahcuah https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525439 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:16:39 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525439 I just learned a word for the development of that kind of storm: bombogenesis.

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525438 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:14:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/27/atlantic-storminess-and-minnes/#comment-525438 In downtown Minneapolis, at least, it’s definitely snow, albeit easily melted. The rain doesn’t eddy in your face the same way when you manage to get your back turned to whichever direction the wind is blowing from in that particular location.

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