Not so quiet weather in Maine

The opposite of High Pressure is Low Pressure. You can easily see that Maine is now covered in clouds (look to the center right of the picture, New Brunswick is visible in the center). This is associated with a weak cold front that extends from the Low Pressure. Interestingly enough, the low pressure center is located in Canada, near the Hudson Bay.

The cold front generates the weather for Maine. In this particular case, it brings the chance of showers. It also, brings cooler temperatures during the day and warmer temperatures at night. The temperature shift comes from the cloud cover. We will explore the effects of cloud cover on the Earth in a another post.

Quiet Weather in Maine

Although there were clouds out Sunday, they were well up high and left it a beautiful day outside. It kind of makes me jealous for a nice crisp fall day in Maine. Today's picture shows a clear day from New Hampshire to New York.

The clear day comes from what we call High Pressure and Ridging. High pressure is simply the atmosphere building a little dome or bubble over an area. High pressure is usually associated with good weather. The dome or bubble prevents the movement of wind into the center. Weather moves on the wind: no wind, no rain. This doesn't always hold true, but it is a good "rule of thumb".

Super Typhoon 15W Choi-Wan

It has been an exciting week at the office. Typhoon Choi-Wan (Chinese - colorful cloud) started out as a small storm 600 miles to the east of Guam and rapidly intensified. At first it was moving westerly towards the island of Saipan, so we were expecting strong winds for Guam. But eventually it turned northwest and went over the northern islands in the Central Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). Now the projected track will take it in close vicinity of Iwo-to, Japan. Bonus points if you can find out the significance of this island.

Tropical Storm Dujuan

Tropical Storm Dujuan is well northwest of Guam and not expected to impact any landmass directly at this time.

All tropical storms in the Pacific are named by multiple countries that submit a list to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This paticular storm was named by China and symbolizes the Azalea flower.

Welcome

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the Weather Whatnot blog. Here, I will focus on weather in the Pacific (primarily near Guam) and in Maine. Of course, there may be other places that are interesting at some point in time and I will comment on those too. I hope you find this interesting.