Thursday, March 01, 2007
CONVERGENCE ZONE!
Our house is located directly under the Puget Sound Convergence Zone. We have the Olympic Mountains to the west of us with Puget Sound in between. The Cascades are to the east of us. When marine air from the ocean flows around either end of the Olympic Mountains and then crashes into the Cascades, weird things happen in the sky over Mukilteo. For a more scientific explanation and a map, see the following link:
http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/northwest/specialreport/stories/NW_022807WABconvergencezoneSW.aa4ecb23.html
The gigantic understatement in the article, "It's just part of what makes weather interesting in the Puget Sound area."
Yesterday afternoon at 4 PM, I called Dave at the University and wondered whether he was thinking about heading home. "Why? What's wrong?"
"Uh, I know tomorrow is March first but it is snowing---like a blizzard, like crazy."
"What? It's not even raining here in Seattle. What do you mean it is snowing--some flakes mixed a little with rain?" he wondered.
"Uh, no, more like three inches on the ground at our house and about five inches up at QFC," I replied dryly.
All together children: CONVERGENCE ZONE! And yes, Snow Day number six for the Mukilteo kids this winter. Never in the 28 years we have lived here has it ever snowed this much on March 1. Never in the four years we have lived in this house has it snowed six inches. WE HAVE 6 INCHES OF SNOW ON MARINE VIEW DRIVE.....in Mukilteo. And in Seattle 2o minutes down I-5, there is none--nada. Seattle students are in school this morning but the UW is missing one professor who lives under the Puget Sound Convergence Zone.
Usually, the Convergence Zone gives us wild winds and sideways rain and occasionally more snow than other areas but today is an extreme example of what it can do. So here is what a Convergence Zone looks like.
Taken yesterday at 4 PM February 28. 32.2 degrees.
Taken just a while ago at 7 AM March 1--six inches of snow.
Those darn Olympics!
I simply cannot believe I was worried about sunburn in the Bahamas two weeks ago.
10 Comments:
SPU is also open and also missing a professor this morning. Sheesh. This was serious snow.
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8:33 AM
Your pictures show exactly what it looks like right now in Montana. The snow this year is more like what I remember as a kid. (you too!)
By , at
9:04 AM
Not in Missoula! It never snows here. We have not had more than 3 or 4 inches on the ground this entire year as far as I have seen. I'm envious!Although right now it is snowing lightly and 29--feels more like January
By , at
10:36 AM
Brrrr....but beautiful.
By , at
11:53 AM
Bet you wish you were back in the Bahamas!!!!
By , at
1:01 PM
"Anonymous" up there was me. Sorry. All this snow has frozen my brain.
By , at
1:08 PM
Your pictures of the snow are great! It's more snow than I have had to take a picture of this entire winter. Mom
By , at
8:08 AM
Janet, I can't seem to find a direct address by which to ask you this question, so will bury it here in your comments in case you want to delete for any reason. The story you wrote about Lucas' young friend Bobby, the Marine, has been lingering in my mind. I've been away from blog reading for a month, but have just scrolled back a bit through your posts to see if I missed any update. Could you let us know how he's doing?
We too were someplace warm, and I can't imagine having to transition back to SIX INCHES of snow! What a shock. Sounds like you had an altogether great trip though. Spring is just around the corner :-)
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9:30 PM
carroll, I have been trying to decide how to write about what has happened to Bobby. His parents do not want much if any publicity now because of his sentence which is subject to reduction for good behavior. I think I will write about it on my church's blog and I will post a link. Thanks for asking.
Oh and carroll, Chuck wrote about him in the Mukilteo Beacon a couple of weeks ago and I see he will have links to his articles on his blog.
He did a superb job of writing about it!!!
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