- Signed: Matthew Hartman
- Filed under storm chasing , weather , work .
Hi folks,
This is pretty rare, but I'm sitting here at work, with literally, nothing to do! Since high pressure is suppressing any type of precip over Montana this morning, I practically have my 6am forecast done already and it's only a quarter after 4:00! Still gotta do my sites, of course, but otherwise, I don't have much to do.
Nothing's new up here - and I haven't been doing a whole lot. With the exception of working and sleeping, I haven't really done much around the apartment or done anything outdoors. Our temperatures have taken a slide, unfortunately; and we're back to our "average" temperatures in the 50's and 60's the past couple days, with lows at night well into the 30s. I even had frost on my car yesterday morning, when I left work. And likely, it'll be there again this morning! Especially, considering it's even cooler this morning. Tonight will be even worse, with lows expected in the mid/upper 20s! Brrr... Oh, well, at least we won't see any chances of snow like in other parts of the country! It's looking like parts of the Great Lakes may see a decent chance for some snow, mostly over the northern parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. I just thought we were done with this cold weather for good. I guess I was a little premature in thinking that! The 88 degrees we hit here just a few short days ago (on Monday) was very nice and even made it out storm chasing that day. If you haven't seen the chase log and/or gallery, you can visit it on my storm chasing page on the main site. I didn't really see much,since there wasn't much support in the mid and upper-levels for severe weather, but I was in position to observe a couple thunderstorms that did earn Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. At least I got to see and hear my first lightning and thunder since like, last September... That was exciting enough to make it all worth it. I quickly found out, as well, there is a lot of beautiful chase country up here. I ended up northwest of Grand Forks, up near Grafton and that area, with the exception of trees has a lot of open space and surprisingly has many places to pull off and watch the skies. Now, I can't wait to have "real" storms to chase up here! ;)
Anyhow, since this post is getting a bit long, think I'll hop off here for now. Take care everyone... Have a great day and a great weekend!
Cheers!
This is pretty rare, but I'm sitting here at work, with literally, nothing to do! Since high pressure is suppressing any type of precip over Montana this morning, I practically have my 6am forecast done already and it's only a quarter after 4:00! Still gotta do my sites, of course, but otherwise, I don't have much to do.
Nothing's new up here - and I haven't been doing a whole lot. With the exception of working and sleeping, I haven't really done much around the apartment or done anything outdoors. Our temperatures have taken a slide, unfortunately; and we're back to our "average" temperatures in the 50's and 60's the past couple days, with lows at night well into the 30s. I even had frost on my car yesterday morning, when I left work. And likely, it'll be there again this morning! Especially, considering it's even cooler this morning. Tonight will be even worse, with lows expected in the mid/upper 20s! Brrr... Oh, well, at least we won't see any chances of snow like in other parts of the country! It's looking like parts of the Great Lakes may see a decent chance for some snow, mostly over the northern parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. I just thought we were done with this cold weather for good. I guess I was a little premature in thinking that! The 88 degrees we hit here just a few short days ago (on Monday) was very nice and even made it out storm chasing that day. If you haven't seen the chase log and/or gallery, you can visit it on my storm chasing page on the main site. I didn't really see much,since there wasn't much support in the mid and upper-levels for severe weather, but I was in position to observe a couple thunderstorms that did earn Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. At least I got to see and hear my first lightning and thunder since like, last September... That was exciting enough to make it all worth it. I quickly found out, as well, there is a lot of beautiful chase country up here. I ended up northwest of Grand Forks, up near Grafton and that area, with the exception of trees has a lot of open space and surprisingly has many places to pull off and watch the skies. Now, I can't wait to have "real" storms to chase up here! ;)
Anyhow, since this post is getting a bit long, think I'll hop off here for now. Take care everyone... Have a great day and a great weekend!
Cheers!
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