Avg. days with t'storms

http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html

Looking at that map, it kind of makes you wonder how all those flight
schools in Florida get thier students flight time!

Great map though!

Dan Luke wrote:
http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html

Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut, Florida,
Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live in
Seattle.

Bob Gardner

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut,
Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live
in Seattle.



There is no free lunch. :-)

On a list of 285 USA cities (including possessions such as Puerto Rico),
Seattle ranks 38th on the list of AVERAGE number of
days-with-precipitation... and a lot of those are Alaskan mountain stations,
or tropical (Hawaii, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, etc.).
If I pull out the tropicals (leaving Alaska in), you are 25th out of 272.

155 days a year with measurable precipitation. That means days in which it
did more than a few spits. It had to at least wet the ground.

Oh, and how about number of hours of sunshine as a percentage of total
possible?
How about 160th out of the 174 USA stations who report such things. A
pitiful 47-percent of possible vs. Miami's 70-percent (25th overall).

NWS data based on Sea-Tac airport records.

No thunderstorms, but no sun either. :-)

You're right. "Wet the ground" is the standard. Unlike those days back in
the midwest, gulf, and east coasts, we seldom see downpours that require
drivers to pull over and stop until the rain ends. I don't own an umbrella,
and while I have a waterproof jacket, it stays in the car just in case. The
OP's map talks of thunderstorms, however, and in addition to precip that
means high winds and lightning. I do not miss those components of TRWs. A
lightning storm makes headlines in the papers and brings out the worst in
local TV folks: "I have Dave from Lynnwood on the line...what are the
conditions out there, Dave?" "Oh, lightning struck a tree and the power is
out?? Keep us informed, Dave. Now to Sharon in Federal Way...how is the
storm affecting your area, Sharon??" "Stay with us for the latest on the
lightning storm."

Days without sunshine? Have you heard about melanoma? When we go east or
south to where the skies are an unrelieved blue, we can hardly wait to see
the clouds peek over the mountains as we return.

Bob Gardner


"Icebound" wrote in message
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut,
Florida, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to
live in Seattle.



There is no free lunch. :-)

On a list of 285 USA cities (including possessions such as Puerto Rico),
Seattle ranks 38th on the list of AVERAGE number of
days-with-precipitation... and a lot of those are Alaskan mountain
stations, or tropical (Hawaii, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Puerto
Rico, etc.). If I pull out the tropicals (leaving Alaska in), you are 25th
out of 272.

155 days a year with measurable precipitation. That means days in which it
did more than a few spits. It had to at least wet the ground.

Oh, and how about number of hours of sunshine as a percentage of total
possible?
How about 160th out of the 174 USA stations who report such things. A
pitiful 47-percent of possible vs. Miami's 70-percent (25th overall).

NWS data based on Sea-Tac airport records.

No thunderstorms, but no sun either. :-)

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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....snip...

Days without sunshine? Have you heard about melanoma? When we go east or
south to where the skies are an unrelieved blue, we can hardly wait to see
the clouds peek over the mountains as we return.


Yeah, but then I'd have to increase my PROZAC dosage :-)

http://www.thehealthierlife.co.uk/ar...-disorder.html

But you get the long dreary wet days. How boring is that. Atleast
give me a little thunder and lighting to make things interesting.



Scott D.


On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:19:26 -0700, "Bob Gardner"
wrote:

Compared to all of the places I have lived...Indiana, Connecticut, Florida,
Texas, Virginia, and Maryland, the map confirms my choice to live in
Seattle.

Bob Gardner

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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http://www.weatherpages.com/variety/thunderstorms.html

Scott D wrote in message
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But you get the long dreary wet days. How boring is that. Atleast
give me a little thunder and lighting to make things interesting.

We had plenty of thunderstorms this year, thank you very much. As for long
dreary wet days, well...December is pretty dark, but this time of the year,
we're getting more sunlight than just about anyone in the US except those in
Alaska.

That said, the more folks who think the way you do, the better, as far as
I'm concerned. The weather here sucks. You don't want to live here. No
one does. Stay away.

Pete

That said, the more folks who think the way you do, the better, as far as
I'm concerned. The weather here sucks. You don't want to live here. No
one does. Stay away.

Pete


Actually, I have relatives that live there and on the dryer east side
of the state. I have made that trip many times, in fact, I will be up
there the end of July. It does amaze me how the mountains affect the
climate so much that on the west side you get all the rain and on the
east side its like a desert.

But, you dont have to worry about me moving up there. I like my
climate just where I am, having lived in MD, FL, TX, and CA, I like
the state of Colorado just fine.

Scott D.

Scott D wrote in message
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Actually, I have relatives that live there and on the dryer east side
of the state. I have made that trip many times, in fact, I will be up
there the end of July.

Odd...and yet, you seem to think that we only have one kind of weather:
rainy.

Were you awake when you were here?

It does amaze me how the mountains affect the
climate so much that on the west side you get all the rain and on the
east side its like a desert.

It's not "like a desert". It IS a desert.

But, you dont have to worry about me moving up there. I like my
climate just where I am, having lived in MD, FL, TX, and CA, I like
the state of Colorado just fine.

Good for you. There's nothing worse than someone who doesn't like it where
they actually live.

Still, it boggles my mind that people see a need to criticize the weather
where they aren't, as if they require that so that they can feel good about
where they do live. Pick any place in the world, and there's someone who
would hate the weather there. Even Colorado.

Pete