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On 1/16/2017 11:50 AM, PAUL MALEY (Redacted sender pdmaley for DMARC) wrote:
I drove 510 miles round trip yesterday/today to observe an asteroid occultation from Hoover Dam. All the cloud forecasts indicated it would be clear or I never would have gone. Two hours before the event a huge cloud bank showed up on satellite and moved into the area and it was only a stroke of lucky that I was able to see and video record the occultation through a gap. The weather this year has so far skunked 6 of my planned events and likely 2 more this weekend.
Paul
Paul D. Maley email: pdmaley@xxxxxxxxx
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*From:* Leah S <lphxaz@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Monday, January 16, 2017 11:43 AM
*Subject:* [pasmembers] Re: Clouds
what a perfect name for a tropical storm! I think that is the name of the tropical storm that causes *all* of our problems.
in the meantime there's a major ice storm across most of the northern US, there's a tornado alert in Texas, and OMG we have *clouds*!!!!! call Car 54!
let's just take into consideration that even in a desert, there are sometimes clouds and rain, and let's hope that our skies will clear in time for the next star party. :)
On 1/16/2017 11:27 AM, William Finch wrote:
I think it's leftover from Tropical Storm Paine.
On Jan 16, 2017 11:23 AM, "Peter Turner" <peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
It turns out that we aren’t the only ones that feel the weather
has been weird lately. This is something of a global phenomenon
primarily due to the buildup in pollutants in the atmosphere. Locally we can expect more cloudy weather than normal on a
long-term basis. “One study published recently in Nature Climate
Change predicted more extreme-rainfall events as a result of the
projected warming. The researchers predicted that extreme
precipitation will increase by 1 to 2 percent every decade in dry
regions like the Southwest, based on 60 years of measurements
from 11,000 weather stations throughout the world.
The weather we are getting over the past couple of months is due
to a greater than normal El Nino, which has also lasted longer
than normal. This coupled with a strong Arctic oscillation has
resulted in us being wetter than normal and the arctic warmer
than normal. At one point last month the arctic was recording
temperatures above freezing.
/Pete Turner/
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<mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Howard
Moneta
*Sent:* Monday, January 16, 2017 10:43 AM
*To:* pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [pasmembers] Re: Clouds
Does anyone have an idea of why we are getting so much rain and
so many clouds? How long will it last?
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:54 AM Don Boyd <azphotog@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:azphotog@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I ordered a couple of things as well in the past 2
weeks...between the 3 of us I think thgat meanbs 6 more weeks
of this! Just kidding.
Don
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Peter Turner
<peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:peteturner@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Don’t feel bad Earl. I ordered two things last week and
they just arrived. Maybe my order and yours will cancel
things out.
/Pete Turner/
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<mailto:pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of
*Earl DeLong
*Sent:* Monday, January 16, 2017 8:58 AM
*To:* pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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*Subject:* [pasmembers] Clouds
Since it has been cloudy for so long, I decided to order
some astronomy toys to give the clouds reason to be
here. I hope it doesn't mean six more weeks of dreary
days. Seems like I'm back in the Midwest.
Earl
-- PAStimes Editor
