Seattle, WAJanuary 31, 2011

Where is Seattle?

Lots of terrain and orography

Satellitehttp://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/

Some high clouds in the area, but they are to the north. There appears to be a ridge in the area for now.

Radarhttp://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=XSIhttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KATX&prod=bref1&bkgr=black&endDate=20110131&endTime=-1&duration=0

Not much on radar except for areas of heavy precip? Or is that something else? Hmm

METARShttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface/index.php?metarIds=KSEA&hoursStr=past+60+hours&std_trans=translated&num_metars=number&submit_metars=Retrieve

ZzZzZzZz Boring

Models500 mb height and vorticity:http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/18/index_500_m_loop.shtml700 mb moisture:http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/18/index_700_m_loop.shtmlMSLP, Precip, and 850mb T:http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/namer/nam/18/index_pcp_m_loop.shtmlSFC T:http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/displayMod.php?var=gfs_sfc_temp&loop=1

Long wave ridge patternStrong High pressure to the southStableSubsidenceTemperature gradient near the coast

MOShttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getall.pl?sta=KSEA

The MOS values are pretty similar to each other, so there is good agreement between models.

High 44North winds will be lightClouds look to be lingeringLow 31Clouds hanging around overnightLight winds so more cooling

Winds 7Winds might pick up if there is some clearing

Precip 0Longwave ridge patterHigh pressure

Forecast ComparisonMe44 31 7 0NWS44 32 light 0

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