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A severe weather event unfolded on Sunday across the Pacific Northwest, bringing large hail, damaging winds, and a full on Dust Storm across Spokane. This went without a Severe Thunderstorm Watch from NOAA, however TheWeatherSpace.com’s Severe Thunderstorm Watch was placed the morning of.
The ongoing battle with NOAA and this site continues with the alerts issued. Today is a prime example why this site issues watches for severe weather. NOAA did not issue anything for the people of Oregon and Washington State, yet TWS Severe Thunderstorm Watch 70 was issued here at TheWeatherSpace.com the morning of, giving ample time to prepare if in or around the watch area. This is why these products are issued. If they do not issue them, if warranted, this website will. Even the alert system for email alerts is in place for viewers and they can choose what sections of the states they want it from. It’s all there for viewer’s safety!
The day started off with Portland seeing thunderstorms move through. This quickly ended as the dynamics would be stronger both east and north of there, from Seattle to Spokane, and down through North-Central Oregon. Larger hail was reported in Olympia and Everett, Washington. The Seattle Seahawks home game was delayed due to these thunderstorms, but resumed without further delays from lightning.
During the later afternoon hours, a complex of storms dropped one-inch hail in Lexington, Oregon. This same storm brought 80 mph winds northward, producing a large dust storm from there, Kennewick, WA, and northward through the Spokane, WA forecast areas during the early night. TWS Severe Thunderstorm Watch 70 more than verified across the boxed area.
Now for the same areas hit from Kennewick to Spokane forecast areas … You may have thunderstorms yet again as another impulse rotates in on Tuesday. This is being tracked so if you live in the areas, the forecast here at TheWeatherSpace.com will focus there and the Facebook page will notify you of such. More on that soon so stay tuned!
RESULTS
Jim Milner I sat on the deck and watched the show. We had strong, steady wind for a while, with very bright lightning, but no nearby strikes (off Barrett Creek). There was quite a bit of rain too. While the wind sounded very threatening, we had no damage at all, and no loss of power. All in all, it was just the kind of storm I enjoy!Deanna Boyer Campbell We caught 3 emergency broadcast warnings on the TV 1/2hr - 20mins before the storm hit. We heard on the scanner of trees down in town. The wind was was strong here also, but thankfully we have no trees too close to the house. Friends of ours had a branch speared through their roof! Lots of lightning, but not directly over us like last time. Took some great video.
Picture by Ferry County Resident Steven Cole
We all know what comes out of the bottom of thunderstorms: bolts of lightning. Jagged columns of light plunge Earthward, heating the air to 50,000 degrees F, about five times hotter than the surface of the sun. Claps of thunder announce this process somewhere on Earth as often as 50 times a second.
Have you ever wondered, though, what comes out of the top?
Have you ever wondered, though, what comes out of the top?
In recent decades researchers have discovered some strange things happening in the cloud tops. High above ordinary lightning, exotic forms known as red sprites and blue elves shoot toward the heavens, cold cousins to the fiery bolts below. In some places jets of antimatter fly upwards, triggering the detectors on NASA's orbiting high-energy observatories. And as often as 500 times a day, Earth briefly mimics a supernova, producing a powerful blast of gamma-rays known as a Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash or TGF.
A new experiment called "Firestation" onboard the ISS aims to find out. Firestation is a package of sensors designed to explore the links between TGFs, ordinary lightning, and sprites.
“The space station's orbit will carry Firestation directly above thousands of active thunderstorms during the one-year lifetime of the experiment,” says principal investigator Doug Rowland at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. "The ISS is perfect for this kind of research.”
Unlike previous experiments in upper atmospheric lightning, Firestation has the unique ability to observe thunderstorms at multiple wavelengths simultaneously. It can record the radio static from lightning, measure its optical glow (including the red and blue light of sprites and elves), and detect the gamma-rays and electrons associated with TGFs and antimatter events.
“The space station's orbit will carry Firestation directly above thousands of active thunderstorms during the one-year lifetime of the experiment,” says principal investigator Doug Rowland at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. "The ISS is perfect for this kind of research.”
Unlike previous experiments in upper atmospheric lightning, Firestation has the unique ability to observe thunderstorms at multiple wavelengths simultaneously. It can record the radio static from lightning, measure its optical glow (including the red and blue light of sprites and elves), and detect the gamma-rays and electrons associated with TGFs and antimatter events.
Rowland expects Firestation to observe up to 50 lightning strokes per day, at least one TGF every few hours, and a large TGF every couple of days. Such a firehose of multi-wavelength data will allow researchers to sort out cause-and-effect connections impossible to see in previous studies.
"There are several different types of lightning," Rowland says. "At the moment, we don't even know which type produces a gamma-ray flash." Firestation could solve that decades-old mystery in its first few weeks of operation.
The thing that intrigues Rowland most about TGFs is their surprising energetics.
"Gamma-rays are thought to come from the most violent events in the cosmos like stars colliding or exploding," he points out. "What a surprise to find them shooting out of the cold upper atmosphere of our own planet."
Something up there is accelerating low-energy particles of air to nearly the speed of light, producing gamma-radiation and, sometimes, a cascade of antimatter. Rowland wants to find out what that strange, unknown "something" is. Firestation is poised to crack the mystery.
The experiment was delivered to the ISS on August 3, 2013, by the Japanese robotic cargo vessel "Kounotori-4." It has since been installed on the station's exterior by the station’s robotic arm. All of the sensors were checked out at the end of August and full-time science operations are slated to begin in early September 2013.
"There are several different types of lightning," Rowland says. "At the moment, we don't even know which type produces a gamma-ray flash." Firestation could solve that decades-old mystery in its first few weeks of operation.
The thing that intrigues Rowland most about TGFs is their surprising energetics.
"Gamma-rays are thought to come from the most violent events in the cosmos like stars colliding or exploding," he points out. "What a surprise to find them shooting out of the cold upper atmosphere of our own planet."
Something up there is accelerating low-energy particles of air to nearly the speed of light, producing gamma-radiation and, sometimes, a cascade of antimatter. Rowland wants to find out what that strange, unknown "something" is. Firestation is poised to crack the mystery.
The experiment was delivered to the ISS on August 3, 2013, by the Japanese robotic cargo vessel "Kounotori-4." It has since been installed on the station's exterior by the station’s robotic arm. All of the sensors were checked out at the end of August and full-time science operations are slated to begin in early September 2013.
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Newman Lake man killed in rollover accident on U.S. 95 in Idaho
A 28-year-old Newman Lake man was killed in a rollover accident Saturday evening on US 95 in North Idaho.
Dustin
J. Mundell is dead and Lora K. Morgan (KOCOL), 32, was injured and is
in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical Center today.
Officers
aren’t sure who was driving the Ford Explorer when it went off the
roadway traveling northbound, a news release said. The driver
over-corrected and the SUV rolled, the release said.
Neither of the occupants of the vehicle was wearing a seatbelt, the release said. The incident is still under investigation.
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