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Geeezus..the CV conversation has gone on since Nov last year. It will occur.But not this week,nor the next .
But beating it to death every day wont make it happen any sooner.
Climatology rules that roost.
All the Humans do is cluck it to death like chickens in a Yard fighting over corn feed.

Can someone please explain what the Pressure Risng/falling means? What's good, whats bad. Lamens terms please! lol thanks

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In the most basic sense:

Falling pressure = inclement weather
Rising = improving weather

Rising air provides lift for storms and also drops the air pressure- low pressure system

Sinking air inhibits storm development and rises the pressure- high pressure

205. StormW 8:47 AM EDT on June 26, 2008

THANK YOU!!!! For once I can actually understand something about the weather without it looking like this when i read it....KJDSFHLSJKDFLISDKJFHLKF E^&R(WQ#&*$HF*(#$

Thanks again Storm!!!!

203. Littleninjagrl 12:43 PM GMT on June 26, 2008
Can someone please explain what the Pressure Risng/falling means? What's good, whats bad. Lamens terms please! lol thanks

When pressure is falling it means eiether an area of low pressure is geting closer or is forming. when pressure is rising it means eiether an area of high pressure is nearing you or is forming over you.

200.
456, I beleive this is the output of a script written by wu blogger KarenRei to display press/press trends

Cool!

203. Littleninjagrl 8:43 AM AST on June 26, 2008
Can someone please explain what the Pressure Risng/falling means? What's good, whats bad. Lamens terms please! lol thanks

Pressure rising means air is sinking (excerting more force on the Earth's surface) - normally fine weather.

Pressure falling means air is rising (excerting less pressure on the Earth's surface) - normally bad weather.

The passage of snynoptic features cause pressure to rise and fall.

There is natural tide in the atmopshere that cause pressure to rise around 10am LT and 10 pm LT and fall around 4pm LT and 4am LT.

Thanks to everyone else for the answers as well. You all are great.

Bass Pro might if you have one around or else maybe try a Radio Shack.

If any of you get the Tampa Tribune you should read the most ridiculous article that has ever been posted in the paper. "How global warming may lead to higher illegal immigration rates"

You'll laugh I promise

211. Littleninjagrl 12:51 PM GMT on June 26, 2008
Thanks to everyone else for the answers as well. You all are great.

your welcome.

185. jphurricane2006

Make sure you get one that you can designate which county you live in. Check the features for the Standbye option.

So, If i'm looking at post 197. correctly, Nothing will form becuase pressure is rising all around florida with the exception of that one spot where presure is falling....right?

#217

You're right... It's highly unlikely that anything will form there today

If any of you get the Tampa Tribune you should read the most ridiculous article that has ever been posted in the paper. "How global warming may lead to higher illegal immigration rates"

You'll laugh I promise

I'm already laughing without even reading it.

Good morning everyone! Just popped in to see what's going on. Seems the GOM Blob is trying but has little support so hopefully just a rain event. Still bone dry here in the FL Panhandle. Rain chances have lowered to 60% today and tomorrow, so far we've gotten the other 40%. Ok, have to run to an offsite location for work, back around lunchtime to check on the GOM Blob.

wether or not the gom blob develops someone is going to get slamed by heavy rain.

other than the gulf the carribean and atlantic look really quiet,which is to be expected this time of year

I would gladly take some heavy rain around here!!

But it looks as if there is NO chance it's comnig to Texas :(

Does anyone know when the ULL in the GOM is suppose to move out? Until that happens there will be very little chance of anything happening out there.

atlanta is in a drought because it gets alot of its rain from tropical systems that make landfall in florida,alabama,and louisiana.And we havent had any in 2 years.

Morning folks...Lurking, perusing forecast soundings, maps, sats...lol.

NE!! ROFL ...I had to google that and I am laughing, shaking my head.

""Logic suggests the conditions exacerbated by climate change would increase the pool of potential recruits for terrorism," said Tom Fingar, deputy director of national intelligence for analysis." No WONDER the intelligence (I use the term loosely) got it (Iraq) wrong. Good lord *shakes head*

Where is the blob in the GOM going???

... lightning safety week...
... indoor lightning safety...

The week of June 22-28... 2008 has been designated by the National
Weather Service as lightning safety week. During this week... the
National Weather Service in Slidell will issue lightning safety
information each day.

Todays topic is indoor lightning safety.

A house or other substantial structure offers the best protection
from lightning. For shelters to provide adequate protection... they
must be well grounded. A structure can be grounded on the outside...
within the walls... or a combination of both. Many small... open
shelters on athletic fields... Golf courses... roadside picnic areas...
school yards... and elsewhere are designed to protect people from
rain and sun... but not from lightning. Shelters that do not contain
plumbing or wiring throughout or some other mechanism for grounding
are not safe. Carports... patio covers... and wooden... vinyl... or
metal sheds provide no protection from lightning and should be
avoided during thunderstorms.

Once lightning enters a building... it can travel through electrical
lines... phone lines... plumbing... and radio and TV reception systems.
Phone use is the leading cause of indoor lightning injuries in the
United States. In addition... lightning can travel long distances
in both phone and electrical wires... particularly in rural areas.

To protect yourself and your family... stay away from windows and
outside doors as these can provide a path for a direct strike to
enter a building. Do not lie on the Concrete floor of a garage as
it is likely to contain a wire mesh that can conduct electricity.
Avoid contact with plumbing. This includes washing your hands...
taking a shower or Bath... washing dishes... or doing laundry.

In addition to a direct strike... lightning generates electrical
surges that can damage electronic equipment some distance from the
actual strike. To the extent possible... unplug any appliances or
electrical equipment well before the thunderstorm threatens.
If you plan to be away from your home when thunderstorms are
possible... be sure to unplug unneeded equipment before you leave.

Good morning friends. Gulf of Mexico continues to have lake like conditions. The very conditions keeping us flat here, make for some nice chest high waves on the East Coast of FL this weekend...if you have gas $/carpool and you are desperate for waves that's where they will be.

I'm anchored on the west coast kids, critters and job --so I'm stuck paddling the buoys and waiting.

229. saintsfan06 8:32 AM CDT on June 26, 2008
Where is the blob in the GOM going???

Most likely the northern GOM coast.

Thanks Ike

I am guessing that would mean NOLA will be getting lots of rain.

Good Morning......Tropics quiet and here's hoping that the rain in the Gomex will keep pushing North and bring some rain to the Panhandle.....Looks like the "creep" of the Madsen-Julian oscillation towards the tropical Atlantic will make for nice couple of wet months for the SE (regardless of TS development) so that we can avoid any drought issues this Summer (unlike the Western US.........Amazing really how these patterns set up in different geographical regions of the US (drought vs. rain, etc.).....

Patrap thanks for the review on lightening. Tuesday we had a young fisherman (28yrs) struck by lightening while fishing in the gulf. It was another what I call "out of the blue' situation. He is presently in a medically induced coma, was rescued by a passer-by.

The situation..I had been out that afternoon to get my paddling workout. I kept checking the skies east of me as I was watching an ominus build up of thunderheads to the east. My observation showed that those clouds were at 15-20 maybe more miles away. I heard no thunder. After my work out I sat for a while (not wanting to come home and be domestic) but I kept an eye on the build-up. Around 4:30 I just didn't like the build-up and thought the potential was there for a strike -so I left.

After losing a friend from a strike in similar conditions --I always error on the side of caution. This was another such event - now it happen at 9:00pm in the final light of the day. I don't know if there was a build-up of clouds from the gulf or this was from out east --never the less, If the set-up up is there, even with the sun shining you can get popped. It's never worth the extra hour in the sun, surfing, fishing or whatever. People really don't understand how far these bolts can and do travel.

If you are looking for a weather radio? i found one a couple of years ago at home depot it has am/fm weather tv recharges when plugged in and if you dont have an inverter when the power is out you can hand crank it and get about five to ten minutes of play

233. saintsfan06 8:43 AM CDT on June 26, 2008
Thanks Ike

I am guessing that would mean NOLA will be getting lots of rain.

50% today...tomorrow....60% on Saturday.

still 17 inches under what we need in SWFL, considering sharing some of that weatherman?????

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235. surfmom 8:45 AM CDT on June 26, 2008
Patrap thanks for the review on lightening. Tuesday we had a young fisherman (28yrs) struck by lightening while fishing in the gulf. It was another what I call "out of the blue' situation. He is presently in a medically induced coma, was rescued by a passer-by.

The situation..I had been out that afternoon to get my paddling workout. I kept checking the skies east of me as I was watching an ominus build up of thunderheads to the east. My observation showed that those clouds were at 15-20 maybe more miles away. I heard no thunder. After my work out I sat for a while (not wanting to come home and be domestic) but I kept an eye on the build-up. Around 4:30 I just didn't like the build-up and thought the potential was there for a strike -so I left.

After losing a friend from a strike in similar conditions --I always error on the side of caution. This was another such event - now it happen at 9:00pm in the final light of the day. I don't know if there was a build-up of clouds from the gulf or this was from out east --never the less, If the set-up up is there, even with the sun shining you can get popped. It's never worth the extra hour in the sun, surfing, fishing or whatever. People really don't understand how far these bolts can and do travel.

Had a 21 and 17 year-old, brothers, fishing for snapper on Choctawhatchee Bay Sunday afternoon. Struck by lightning...it killed them. The 21 year-old was a father of a 2 month old baby.

235. surfmom 9:45 AM EDT on June 26, 2008...Ditto; we lost a six year old girl to a lighting strike last weekend at a State park west of Tallahassee (Toreya); she was with her grandparents, the lighting hit a large tree, and the "bolt" traveled through the root of the tree to where the little girl was standing....Quite the tragedy and people really need to "clear out" ASAP when they see the clouds approach or hear thunder in the distance.....Any delay can cost lives as this example shows............

re 202 - great illustration , especially since I have chickens

241...I remember reading that on WMBB.com

233. saintsfan06 8:43 AM EST on June 26, 2008
Thanks Ike

I am guessing that would mean NOLA will be getting lots of rain.

The GFS model shows some pretty nice rainfall along the northern gulf, with areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle getting close to 3 inches in the next 48 hours. Louisiana/NOLA is looking at about an inch through a two day period.

48-hour Precipitation

238. surfmom 1:47 PM GMT on June 26, 2008
still 17 inches under what we need in SWFL, considering sharing some of that weatherman?????

Sure, if it brings the price of orange juice down. jk. lol!

#205, great question Ninjagirl and great explanation, my weather lesson for the day - happy to say I understand that completely for a change

200. Weather456 7:42 AM EST on June 26, 2008
197. TerraNova 8:36 AM AST on June 26, 2008

Can I have a link to the web page where that map came from? TIA

Here 456: Link

It still amazes me how people still run under a tree for safety in a thunderstorm,no matter how much the warning is put out there.

what's the chances of anything forming in the BOC...are any of the models still saying if anything is going to form there??

On the lighting issue it is also good to see many athletic programs take it very seriously; I was at a Seminoles Football game last season and they did a "lightning delay of game" which lasted about 45 minutes; You could not see a cloud in the sky from the stadium, and, people were bitching, but, I'm certain that they were keeping an eye on local radar during the game and saw something that they did not like; Good for them in terms of the safety of the players and fans.......(one of the oldtimers in front of me was saying that he had been to every game for the last 10 years an he had never seen a lighting delay when it was not raining)....