Per the Weather Guessers, this May was the
wettest ever across the country. For Colorado
it was the wettest May in 121 years. It may be that is as far back as their
records go.
States downstream of Colorado
have been complaining for decades about Colorado
hogging all the water. This year the state gave them all their back claims.
Surprisingly, they haven’t said, “Thank you”.
The area from Trinidad,
CO East to Syracuse, KS
has suffered a decade long drought. The Army’s Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site is East
of Trinidad. This picture was on the Army’s Facebook page. In rancher jargon,
that grass is belly deep to a horse.
#USArmy Soldiers, assigned to 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry
Division, conduct air assault operations at the Pinon Canyon
Maneuver Site during Exercise Raider Focus, Pinon Canyon, Colo.,
June 5, 2015.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William J. Howard
Looking at the weather map, you can see the
traditional Front Range rain shadow stretching
from Ft Morgan to Limon and beyond (temperature gradients). When you are flying
across the Plains westbound you can see the ground going from green to brown
(or brown to browner) right along that line. You will also enjoy some
interesting turbulence and virga for a few minutes. The combination of a strong mountain wave
mixed with summer convection updrafts makes for busy bars at DIA as arriving
passengers sooth their nerves.
According to Ami’s blog the Pacific Northwest is having a heat wave. Having once lived
in the Seattle
area for several years I find hot days there to be very uncomfortable.
As usual, people complain about the
weather but nobody does anything about it. Today we can say the econazis are
trying. Too bad they have their heads up their asses. Their agenda is people
control, not weather control IMO.
4 comments:
What, pray tell, would you like us to do about the weather? LOL. The only thing we can do is complain or cheer. If you think my fairy dust or rain dance will change Mother Nature's mind, let me introduce you to my pet chinchlla. :D kiss kiss
Ah yes, that Rocky Mtns. turbulence... Also known as Lenticular roll turbulence... it WILL bounce your ass around!
Act like farmers and complain endlessly.
I try for early am departures and late pm arrivals. In a light aircraft, try to stay at 500'AGl. Lots of times that virga is hail above 1,000' AGL.
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