Saturday, April 30, 2016

Chaos Theory?



April 30, 2016
Early Saturday, AM

The ‘typical’ signals seemed significantly weakened early this morning.  Odd because I would have thought they would have been stronger, if what the weather-gal said on the Friday morning news was accurate.  Nevertheless, I will go and check from a better listening spot this evening, if I’m able.  Maybe the weather report was incorrect, the conditions changed, or I misheard the report as seems to be indicated by the weather-underground link below.    

More odd because, whether I blogged about it or not, the last few weekends that I was able to listen also had weakened/odd combinations of signals.  Then tornadic storms subsequently appeared in the heartland a couple-few days later.

Early this morning, the signals were about a weak as I have heard in a long time.  But then the singing of SB started to eek its way through to being heard – at least for a little while.  Weird, what with the reported high-pressure system arriving on shore from the Pacific Ocean - or maybe that is only what I had thought the weather person reported.  Again, I hope to go listen from a better spot Saturday night.  

Sometimes I don’t blog on the matter because I am unsure if I am merely reinventing the wheel, so to speak.  And lately I am not able to listen as much as I would like and I have no sophisticated or automated equipment to listen for me.  Regardless, sometimes I also wonder if I am merely studying/observing some atmospheric manifestation of chaos theory. 

Adam Trotter, PE

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Sunday, April 10, 2016

Cause for Alarm?




April 10, 2016

Last night at the preferred listening spot, SD was about as weak as I have heard in a long time.  But other signals were creeping into fill that void, to some odd extent.  So I don’t really know if it all is a matter of the passing storm(s) or a directional-type thing (as SB basically could be heard albeit weakened as well).  All I know is that SD was abnormally weak in its strongest location.  Historically, that usually meant that trouble was brewing.  Again, however, I am still unsure how to account for local storms in my model – and I don’t quite get as many opportunities to listen in general of late, as I have in the past. Nevertheless, I again will be able to listen to a lesser extent later today.

AVT

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See also:
Surf Board Sledding – Local Storms Discounted