Mountain West Weather Thread - Page 2

delts145 · #21 Posted: **Oct 20, 2010, 7:30 PM**

Frost on the lawn this morning, but incredible outside right now.

Projects, you need to get the RSL thread going. REAL is on fire! And how bout them JAZZ!!

Sawtooth · #22 Posted: **Oct 20, 2010, 7:35 PM**

Been a beautiful day in Boise with our typical deep blue Autumn sky's until the last hour or so and now the air is smokey because there is a prescribed burn taking place in the Boise National Forest up in the mountains behind the city and the Boise Ridge.

There is nothing like the smell of burning Ponderosa Pines to clear the head!

SnyderBock · #23 Posted: **Oct 20, 2010, 8:21 PM**

Pueblo has Gnats. I don't think I've ever seen lawns without Gnats on them. Or houseplants brought in for winter without some gnats on them. Gnats practically populate the entire face of the Earth.

s.p.hansen · #24 Posted: **Oct 20, 2010, 11:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by SnyderBock

Pueblo has Gnats. I don't think I've ever seen lawns without Gnats on them. Or houseplants brought in for winter without some gnats on them. Gnats practically populate the entire face of the Earth.

Usually they are only really bad at the beginning of spring, but because of all the rain and cooler weather in the early summer we've had a few major bursts of them. This fall is the worst for gnats here that I can remember in my 22 years of being on this earth.

Also, strangely enough, I've been seeing Ladybug larva in many places this fall (also usually only a Spring experience).

The Dirt · #25 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 12:01 AM**

It was friggin' hot today. That is all.

Eeyore · #26 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 2:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by SnyderBock

Pueblo has Gnats. I don't think I've ever seen lawns without Gnats on them. Or houseplants brought in for winter without some gnats on them. Gnats practically populate the entire face of the Earth.

Good point. I just have not seen them as much as the poster had in the grass. Although to be honest I don't cut my own grass so maybe that is why.

Eeyore · #27 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 2:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by s.p.hansen

Usually they are only really bad at the beginning of spring, but because of all the rain and cooler weather in the early summer we've had a few major bursts of them. This fall is the worst for gnats here that I can remember in my 22 years of being on this earth.

Also, strangely enough, I've been seeing Ladybug larva in many places this fall (also usually only a Spring experience).

Where do you live? How much rain do you get? Its been to dry here. Since August, before the state fair, since we had any real rain.

Eeyore · #28 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 2:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by The Dirt

It was friggin' hot today. That is all.

Same in Pueblo. In fact my suv said it was around 80 today. I am so over summer.

Eeyore · #29 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 2:20 AM**

This is what I want, a major snow storm.

These pictures are from a snow storm last winter.

Front_Range_Guy · #30 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 2:28 AM**

I don't hate this idea, Eeyore.

Sunny and 72 today. The warm weather is about to come to an end. Next Wednesday looks to be the coldest day of the season so far.

from www.krdo.com

Eeyore · #31 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 3:01 AM**

^

Thanks! Wednesday looks fun but that is the day I am flying to London so watch me get my blizzard that day.

Front_Range_Guy · #32 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 4:11 AM**

At least we'll actually have some weather over the next couple of weeks. It has been a BORING fall weather-wise. I've thought about doing a weather-photo of the day type thing in the current events section weather thread. I haven't, because I don't want to make a commitment I can't keep. Maybe I should do it here instead.

s.p.hansen · #33 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 4:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Eeyore

Where do you live? How much rain do you get? Its been to dry here. Since August, before the state fair, since we had any real rain.

I live in the city of Bountiful located in Davis County (outlined in red in the image below) which is right above Salt Lake County and right below Weber County (Weber County is where Ogden is located). Davis County is the smallest county in the state of Utah when you factor in how much of it is covered by the Great Salt Lake and associated marshlands. However, the population of the county exceeds 300,000 making it the third most populated County in the Sate (after Salt Lake County and Utah County).

I live on the much greener side of this mountain (hill) just north of Salt Lake City.

SDC12016 by downtown_slc, on Flickr

Bountiful sits in the southern end of the county with about a 16 minute drive into Salt Lake City by either I-15 or US Highway 89. The commuter train can get you there in 14 minutes.

We have some unique factors that lead to some wild weather.

We get the lake effect which amplifies the amount of precipitation (many times in the winter we get much bigger snow storms than the rest of the SLC Metropolitan area). Bountiful averages 22.4 inches of precipitation a year making it a semi-arid climate.

It seems like once a year we get these epic wind gusts from the canyons. This specific type of intense wind will often take out the power in a few areas and cause some structural damage (damaged fences and roofs). Winds faster than 100 miles per hour have been measured during these epic (somewhat annual) canyon winds.

Image by T-Mac

Image by T-Mac

Here are some not so impressive images that I took on my cell phone 2 months ago when I was enjoying a trail further up the mountains to the east (behind Bountiful).

We have a mixture of many different trees and other plants, many spruces of the blue and green variety and lots of indigenous maple and oak trees.

Front_Range_Guy · #34 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 4:46 AM**

Interesting stuff s.p.hansen! Especially that you guy's get lake effect snow! I love hearing about Utah because my best friend from high school lives there, and because I'd seriously consider it as a next step in my career.

s.p.hansen · #35 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 4:59 AM**

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Interesting stuff s.p.hansen! Especially that you guy's get lake effect snow! I love hearing about Utah because my best friend from high school lives there, and because I'd seriously consider it as a next step in my career.

Thank you. Well, if you choose to stay where you're at or to move to Utah, its a win win because both states are weathering the recession better than most and both are gorgeous.

Front_Range_Guy · #36 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 5:22 AM**

Yeah. I don't plan to go anywhere soon, but long term Denver, Salt Lake City, Portland, and Albuquerque are all on my radar. I've worked at the same place for 8 years. I can't imagine I'll have this job forever, and I have a non-compete... so when I do change jobs, I'll probably have to change towns too.

Eeyore · #37 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 5:54 AM**

Great pictures hansen. I never heard of your city before but it looks like a great place to live and I love the downtown shots. I can't wait to see some of the lake effect snow you guys get this winter. Hopefully you post some pictures of it.

SLC Projects · #38 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 6:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by delts145

Frost on the lawn this morning, but incredible outside right now.

Projects, you need to get the RSL thread going. REAL is on fire! And how bout them JAZZ!!

Heck yea. While this is a bit off subject I could smell another championship for RSL! I guess I could keep this on subject by saying that I hope for good WEATHER with no snow or rain on the pitch during the playoffs.

Eeyore · #39 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 6:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Front_Range_Guy

At least we'll actually have some weather over the next couple of weeks. It has been a BORING fall weather-wise. I've thought about doing a weather-photo of the day type thing in the current events section weather thread. I haven't, because I don't want to make a commitment I can't keep. Maybe I should do it here instead.

If you do I will do one as well!

Front_Range_Guy · #40 Posted: **Oct 21, 2010, 6:38 AM**

We'll see. The thing is, I live in a suburban area... so doing it my neighborhood would be lame. I work about 1/4 mile southwest of downtown. Not far at all... just across the bridge... but do I really have the motivation to go slightly out of my way and take a picture every day? Well... I'm not so sure that I do. Also, what happens on my days off?