The MTNCLIM Year: Western Climate in Perspective
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1 The MTNCLIM Year: Western Climate in Perspective Kelly T. Redmond Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute Reno Nevada HJ Andrews LTER, Blue River OR 7-10 June 2010
2 Spring 2009 June 2009
3 July 2009 August 2009
4 Summer 2009
5 19 August 2009
6 La Canada 2009 August 28 1:35 pm
7 2009 August 29 Genero Molina, Los Angeles Times
8 2009 August 29 Tivor the Browncoat
9 Station Fire 2009 August 29
10 2009 August 30 Jonathan Alcorn
11 Station Fire 2009 August 30
12 2009 August 31 Ken Hively Los Angeles Times
13 2009 August 31 Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
14 2009 August 31 Mel Melcon, Los Angeles Times
15 2009 Sep GMT Water Vapor Station Fire Plume
16 Jimena 2009 Sep kt 931 mb
17 Historic Mount Wilson 2009 September 2 Saved. Yay!
18 September 2009 October 2009
19 Water Year 2009 Oct 2008 Thru Sep 2009
20 Water Year Oct-Sep Precip California Statewide 1895/96 thru 2008/09
21 November 2007 Autumn 2009
22 Reno 2009 Nov 20
23 December 2009 January 2010
24 Western United States (11 states) Annual Jan-Dec Temperature Provisional data from NCDC / CPC. Blue: 11-year running mean. Units: Deg F. Data source NOAA cooperative network, thru Dec Annual Mean Temperature ( F ) Year Western Regional Climate Center
25 Thru Dec 2009 NOAA National Climatic Data Center
26 United States Annual Temperature Departure from Mean NOAA Divisional Data, Western Regional Climate Center, Plotted by ESRL PSD
27 United States Annual Temperature Departure from Mean Absolute units (Degrees F) Standardized units (std deviations) NOAA Divisional Data, Western Regional Climate Center, Plotted by ESRL PSD
28 Number of U.S. Wildland Fires through 2009 (numbers after 1990 adjusted by NIFC in 2007) Number of Fires Year Western Regional Climate Center Source: National Interagency Fire Center
29 Acres burned U.S. Fires through December 31, Values after 1990 adjusted by NIFC in Number of acres Year Western Regional Climate Center Source: National Interagency Fire Center
30 Five-day total Ending 2010 Jan 22 Burned late Aug And early Sept 2009
31 February 2010 Winter 2010
32 Mt Waterman From Victorville 2010 February 04 Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times
33 Snow in all Continental states But Not Mauna Kea 2010 Feb 13
34 March 2010 April 2010
35 May 2010 Spring 2010
36 Water Year Temperature Departure 2009 October 1 thru 2010 June 3
37 Last 30 days thru 2010 June 3
38 Select: Blue River area, 12 months ending in Dec, Temperature 0 C, 9-year running mean.
39 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Annual through 2009.
40 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Winter thru 2010.
41 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Spring thru 2010.
42 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. May thru 2010.
43 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. April-May thru 2010.
44 Elevation of Freezing Level over Blue River. Summer thru 2009.
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46 Mountain Snowpack Percent of Average 2010 Mar 1 and May 1 NRCS
47 Streamflow forecasts from NRCS March May 1
48 Lake Powell Storage Through June 3, 2010 Currently 60 % full (June 3, 2010) Minimum: 33 % full on April 8, 2005
49 Lake Powell Elevation Through June 3, 2010 Water level on June 3, 2010 was ft, ft below full. Minimum level on April 8, 2005 was 3555 ft, -145 ft below full. Source:
50 Mount Hood, Oregon 5400 ft
51 Wallowa Mountains, Northeast Oregon 7410 feet
52 San Juan Mountains, Southwest Colorado 11,200 feet
53 White Mountains, Mogollon Rim, Northeast Arizona 9020 feet
54 Through May 2010 El Nino La Nina NOAA ESRL ( CDC ), Wolter and Timlin
55 Global Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies ( C ) 2010 May NOAA ESRL ( CDC )
56 Recent Evolution of Equatorial Pacific SST Departures Updated through 2010 May 23-29
57 Reno Wind Storm 2009 Nov 20
58 Bango Nevada 2009 Nov 20
59 Mount Warren 2009 Nov 20
60 Mount Warren 2009 Nov 20
61 Mt Warren Summit Station 12,327 ft
62 Mt. Warren ft / 3757 m 10-Minute Wind Gusts 2009 Sep Jun 5
63 Mt. Warren ft / 3757 m 10-Minute Mean Temperature 2009 Sep Jun 5
64 Pt Reyes Lighthouse Rock Elev 526 ft
65 Point Reyes Loading up on Wind 2010 Feb 04
66 Point Reyes 2010 Feb 04 Wind Rise Then Drop
67 Highlands Big Sur 2470 ft Wind Oscillation
68 90-day Average winds 250 mb 2009 Nov Feb 11
69 Reno Sunrise 2010 Mar 27
70 11 February 2010 Folks, if you look out the left side of the plane Montserrat Mary Jo Penkala
71 2010 February 11
72 2010 April Z Wave Clouds
73 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Zuma Press
74 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard
75 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard
76 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 14 Iceland Coast Guard
77 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15
78 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15
79 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15
80 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15
81 Eyjafjallajokull 2010 April 15
82 San Juan Mountains April 2010
83 Orographic Clouds GOES Visible 2010 May GMT
84 Mackenzie Pass 2010 May feet of snow At summit
85 Central Cascade Range, Western Oregon 4770 feet Max depth 95
86 Percent of Average Precipitation Water Year To Date 01 Oct 2009 thru 13 Apr 2010
87 Temperature Departure Water Year To Date 01 Oct 2009 thru 13 Apr 2010
88 Temperature Departure April to Date 01 Apr 2010 thru 13 Apr 2010
89 Tmin Ranks May 2010 Tmax Ranks John Abatzoglou
90 Temperature Departure from Climatology 700 mb (10,000 ft) Apr Sep 2009 Oct Mar
91 Oct 2009 Nov 2009 Dec 2009 Jan 2010 Feb 2010 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 May 2010 Temperature Departure from Climatology 700 mb / 10,000 feet Winter
92 Winter Dec-Jan-Feb Temperature Departure at 700 mb ( 10,000 feet)
93 500 mb (18,000 ft) Height Departure from Average. 180 days ending 12 April 2010
94 Global Surface Temperature Departure (C) 180 Days Ending 12 April 2010
95 Sea Ice Extent 2010 June 3 NSIDC
96 As of 3 June 2010
97 April Lowest North American Snow Cover for April
98 Apr-May 2010 Temperature Departure at 700 mb ( 10,000 feet)
99 Daily Global Temperature from Microwave Sounding Unit, Ch 5, 4.4 km. University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer
100 Daily Global Temperature from Microwave Sounding Unit, Ch 5, 4.4 km. University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer
101 Jan-May C Jan-May C (same within error) University of Alabama Huntsville. Roy Spencer
102 Surface Observations Thru April 2010 NCDC
103 In the news Sub-Sea Blow Out Preventer (BOP)
104 Mt. St. Helens May 17. Harry Glicken (USGS) * * Killed by pyroclastic flow, Mt Unzen, 1991, along with Katja and Maurice Krafft.
105
106
107
108
109 0845 am 0915 am 0945 am 1335 pm
110 Spirit Lake. Before.
111 Spirit Lake. After.
112 Apollo 8, Christmas Eve, 1968.
113 Change happens. LANDSAT
114 Change happens some more. In 2010, tallest trees about 70 feet. Nothing is constant except change.
115 Mount Everest. The Highest Spot on Earth.
116 Hubble Space Telescope Supernova 1987a Eta Carina
117 Earth and Moon taken by Galileo Spacecraft on the way to Jupiter 1992 December 30
118 Annual Tmax Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou
119 Annual Tmin Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou
120 Annual Tmax Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou
121 Annual Tmin Trend from from PRISM (recent, not latest version). Thanks to John Abatzoglou
122 Cold air pooling and inversions. Colored terrain above typical inversion depth. PRISM input. PRISM Overview Courtesy Chris Daly
123 MTNCLIM America s Largest Rain Gauge
124
125 Drainage Divide Radius 4.64 km Ring width 530 m Crater Lake Radius 4.11 km 78.5 % of basin Ring area is 27.4 % of lake area
126 Munson Valley. Park HQ Climate Station
127 100 Crater Lake Annual Water Level Change, Cleetwood Cove. Park Headquarters Oct-Sept Precipitation, Lake Level Change ( cm ) LLC = * P HQ N = 42 r = r 2 = Mean = Park Headquarters Precipitation ( cm )
128 Surface Water Elevation (cm above 6175') Crater Lake Water Elevation (Adjusted to Sept 30) Referenced to Nominal Elevation of 6175 feet MSL Year Western Regional Climate Center
129 Level (cm above m / 6175 ft ) Crater Lake Water Level, Observed and Reconstructed Sep 30. Reconstruction using 2004 coefficients from 1931 onward, coefficients from 1990 prior. Prospect infill. Fixed point Observed Reconstructed Year Western Regional Climate Center
130 Water Level 60 hours ending June 5, 2020 Noon
131 Daily midnight water level from 2009 Sep 01 thru 2010 June 4
132 Crater Lake Buoy Station days ending 2010 Jun 5 Water Temp ( F ) Air Temp ( F )
133
134 Thank You Crater Lake, Oregon
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