Hello Erin!

[miraje]

I'm experiencing my first tropical depression! Who would have imagined I could have tornadoes, ice storms, AND tropical systems in one place? Being in the southern plains is certainly interesting.

This is definitely a tropical airmass. Dewpoints are in the low to mid 70s across the state, so the rain isn't cooling us off much. I'm easily amused, so I've been watching the barometric pressure plummet at Jeremy's weather station in the backyard as the center approaches. It's getting windier too. Squee!

Oh, and BTW, it was like Night of the Toads on the way home tonight. For some reason a BUNCH of them decided that they'd be safer sitting in the middle of the highway than risking drowning in a puddle. I think I ran over at least one for sure, but they're hard to avoid with all their hopping around. :(

Comments

[lala2.livejournal.com]

Sounds exciting...


Stay safe though!!

[dolphingirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, how weird!

[tidesong.livejournal.com]

I've only been through tropical remnants once, and it certainly did feel different!

And man, what I wouldn't give to have a weather station like that. Or even something manual I could set up. I should start doing research!

Thanks for sharing the station page. I actually looked at the pictures of some of the chasing events, and was enthralled :)

[miraje.livejournal.com]

The automated weather station Jeremy bought is one of the higher end ones, and it ended up costing him about $700. He paid a couple hundred extra for a few bells and whistles that don't come with the standard model, like fan aspiration on the temperature sensor and a wireless connection for data transmission into the house. So I think that would make the standard one around $500 or so. I know there are some other stations out there that you can get a lot cheaper than that even. It's kind of cool to have sometimes!