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Koushirou

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Not really known for tornadoes where I live, but with the 5% risk in my area today, I got a hunch and decided to try and go for my first storm chase today.

Got a hunch on a cell that was pulling ahead of a line of storms coming from western MD. Was on a track pretty much straight towards Winchester, VA so I hauled down there and setup just south of where it was tracking. 5min later, it got warned and was confirmed. I wish I’d picked a better spot, though. If I had pulled off the ramp at the next exit north, I would have had a crystal clear view for it, but oh well.

Got some nice pictures of the rotation and a bit of the structure and the inflow and a little bit of green. Pretty stoked that my hunch paid off and I got to see a tornado producing storm for the first time in my life. Wish I could have seen the funnel, but I think it was rain wrapped anyway.

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BrutulTM

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I saw a funnel cloud the other day. According to Facebook and Gemini it was a "cold air funnel" which happen on clouds that are too small to produce a real tornado. I thought it was pretty cool though.


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Borzak

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Extreme heat warning has officially lost all meaning. It's 89 and 55% humidity. For this time of the year that's a cold front. If the storm keeps coming and get rain it will be even cooler. Last week it was 103 but now 89 is extreme heat. Also 55% humidity this time of the year is not bad at all.
 
Kharzette

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Borzak said:
Extreme heat warning has officially lost all meaning. It's 89 and 55% humidity. For this time of the year that's a cold front. If the storm keeps coming and get rain it will be even cooler. Last week it was 103 but now 89 is extreme heat. Also 55% humidity this time of the year is not bad at all.
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We have that warning but it is a bit hotter. I'd call this normal for July:
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I'd say extreme is realtemp > 105 maybe
 
lurkingdirk

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When I got up this morning it was 60 degrees and very low humidity. It was glorious. It didn’t get above 73 today with bright sunshine, a cool breeze, and negligible humidity. It was so glorious I just said fuck everything and worked on outdoor projects all day.
 
Borzak

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No doubt they will go in the opposite direction too far. The US for a long time built fire towers to watch and report all fires and fight them and on top of that fire was "bad" and we stopped presribed fires. Then it didn't do prescribed fires in a lot of places because people who lived close to it didn't like them because it made it hard to drive, they didn't like the smell and such. So no more fires, until bam an out of control forest fire.

It rains a lot here, but in 1996 we had a very bad drought and a 20,000 acre fire from a moron with a flat trying to drive on a rim for a distance because they were too stupid to pull over. So a spark started a fire and it went for 20,000 acres. If you have bad forest health aronist don't help, but someone or something will start the fire.
 
ToeMissile

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BrutulTM said:
I used to live just down the road from there. It gets very dry in the summertime.
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I was in the San Jose area as a kid then up in the foothills past Sacramento. Same deal, quite a bit of greenery but can bake and dry out in the summer
 
Gutterflesh

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BrutulTM said:
I used to live just down the road from there. It gets very dry in the summertime.
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I worked at Oracle in Pleasanton for a number of years back in the day. I really liked the vibe of Pleasanton in comparison to the broader bay area and almost moved there at one point, but at the time my wife was working in Sunnyvale and as you likely know fuck commuting into the bay area.

Anyways sounds like the 1K acre fire is mostly contained now.
 
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