Atmosphere Comparison

[Jim]

The endless chatter of weather.

[PaleoRob]

Coconino County is now under a tornado watch until 5pm.

[Jim]

I hope this all clears out, I was planning to do Wilson Mt or the AB Young, now I just want to get in Elden before the day ends.

[Jim]

http://azdailysun.com/news/local/articl ... 002e0.html
The tornadoes found the Camping World. See, build any kind of mobile home park or retailer and you are just temping the weather gods and their disdain for cheaply constructed mobile living units.

[PaleoRob]

Tornado in Glen Canyon:

AT 1126 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BULLFROG...OR ABOUT 63 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESCALANTE...MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GLEN CANYON LAKE POWELL RECREATION
AREA.

Here's a good one for you Flagstaffites:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar_li ... R&loop=yes

[PaleoRob]

And another possible one on Ward Terrace, south of Tuba City:

AT 1046 AM MST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
CENTRAL COCONINO COUNTY...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF TUBA CITY...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 MPH.

[big_load]

Two tornadoes touched down in northern Arizona early Wednesday, derailing 28 cars of a parked freight train, blowing semis off the highway and smashing out the windows of dozens of homes.

I'm glad I missed this one.

[chumley]

More from Jean Gilbertson at the Blue Ridge Ranger Station:

As many of you already know we experienced a tornado here at Blue Ridge. We believe it's path ran from Forest Road 141, Forest Road 751, Little Springs Hill on Highway 87, Forest Road 211 and 82, and Forest Road 9726J. A very rough estimate of size is approximately 10-15 miles long and 100 yards wide. We believe that it is probably longer then that, but we are still patrolling and assessing the damage. A LOT of large Ponderosa Pines have been lost, well more then 100!

NOTICE: For residents in the Blue Ridge area, no homes or structures have been damaged or lost.

[PaleoRob]

Tornado in Glen Canyon:

AT 1126 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BULLFROG...OR ABOUT 63 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ESCALANTE...MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE GLEN CANYON LAKE POWELL RECREATION
AREA.

Here's a good one for you Flagstaffites:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar_li ... R&loop=yes

Doing a little bit of calculations with GoogleEarth, 63 miles SE of Escalante and 40 miles SW of Bullfrog is near the eastern edge of Cummins Mesa, near the headwaters of a tributary of Wetherill Canyon.
That's about here:
http://hikearizona.com/location_g.php?L ... =15&M=5&G=

[tibber]

More from Jean Gilbertson at the Blue Ridge Ranger Station:

A LOT of large Ponderosa Pines have been lost, well more then 100!

how sad.

[PaleoRob]

More oddities from me. I took some photos today (while trying not to get pelted by hail and hit by lightning). I came across this when I was developing RAWs this evening:
http://hikearizona.com/photoset.php?ID=12697

[hippiepunkpirate]

how sad.

It's nature working within itself. It's not logging or a human caused wildfire. Just a natural occurrence. I don't see it as sad. Heck, our ponderosa forests are so unnaturally overgrown, that thinning will probably create a healthy little patch of forest.

[joebartels]

Wonder how many Ponderosas fall on an average day. Wonder if the ones that fell were healthy. I wonder if one fell and bopped Jim in the head if he'd throw an "I love Flagstaff" party.

[JimmyLyding]

Wonder how many Ponderosas fall on an average day. Wonder if the ones that fell were healthy. I wonder if one fell and bopped Jim in the head if he'd throw an "I love Flagstaff" party.

I wonder how many make a sound if no one is around to hear

[azbackpackr]

Old cycling friends have come to town, and we are hiking Escudilla on Sunday. So I can get you the tourist leaf report if you want it. It is going to be crowded up there, I would guess we will see 30 to 50 hikers. UGH!!! But I am mainly going because I need something steep to walk up. And to hang with my very fit friends.

[chumley]

Wonder if the ones that fell were healthy.

The photos in the email looked very impressive. Some huge ... 2+ft diameter trunks, sure looked healthy to me.

[chumley]

SNOW!!!

Stolen from somebody's facebook page ... October 7, 2010 Snow capping the SF Peaks!

[azbackpackr]

Hope you're happy. I think I'll head for Oaxaca or Hawaii...

[Jim]

Wonder how many Ponderosas fall on an average day. Wonder if the ones that fell were healthy. I wonder if one fell and bopped Jim in the head if he'd throw an "I love Flagstaff" party.

No, probably not. Not when it is chilly and windy up here, as it is today.

[Jim]

how sad.

It's nature working within itself. It's not logging or a human caused wildfire. Just a natural occurrence. I don't see it as sad. Heck, our ponderosa forests are so unnaturally overgrown, that thinning will probably create a healthy little patch of forest.

Anyone have any pics of this? I wonder what it looks like. Maybe it will provide some openings for grass to take over. Be glad its a tornado and not a hurricane. Nothing like thousands of acres of blow down.

[azbackpackr]

My son was canoeing Boundary Waters in 1999 during the huge blow-down there on the 4th of July. 600 square miles of forest blew down. He (who is relatively fearless) said it was amazing. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerecho ... 99page.htm

Fewer trees, more wildlife.