counterfeitfake Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Does anyone know what happened to NOAA's Cascade mountain forecast page? I used to go to Seattle and click "mountains" on the sidebar, and be able to navigate to a standard 5-day forecast for the north or central Cascades. Now I get this which leads to this crappy picture that I can't interpret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
counterfeitfake Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 Classically, I figured it out seconds after posting. Just click that brown map again for the forecast. Actually pretty cool. Man, if this is how I react to change now, I can't wait to be elderly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Classically, I figured it out seconds after posting. Just click that brown map again for the forecast. Actually pretty cool. Man, if this is how I react to change now, I can't wait to be elderly... the only thing missing is the freezing levels...you can kind of interpolate what they would be, but I can't say that I prefer this new format Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 The reason for the new format is that they are trying to get to a forecast by each of the 5KM pixels. They will give forecasts for precipitation by each of those pixels in the future. Seriously, I was told this last year by the national weather service (NWS). NOAA doesn't actually do the forecasts, it is officially the NWS. The NWS is a subsidiary department of NOAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucK Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Cool then I'll be able to tell if Breakfast of Champions or Davis-Holland are better choices for that iffy day in May. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To_The_Top Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 They must have switched the site around. I had to reset the link for NOAA in Ncascades and Alpine lakes forum a few weeks ago, you can go there too (I know you figured it out already). TTT Here's what I'm talking about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmace Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 The reason for the new format is that they are trying to get to a forecast by each of the 5KM pixels. They will give forecasts for precipitation by each of those pixels in the future. Seriously, I was told this last year by the national weather service (NWS). NOAA doesn't actually do the forecasts, it is officially the NWS. The NWS is a subsidiary department of NOAA. I highly doubt they would waste their time giving you a "new" forecast every 5 km..possibly I misunderstood you..however maybe you are thinking that they are planning on a running a finer grid model, a 5km grid, over the N cascades. there are finer such as 1.3 km..they just dont "look" out too far..need more power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 I highly doubt they would waste their time giving you a "new" forecast every 5 km..possibly I misunderstood you..however maybe you are thinking that they are planning on a running a finer grid model, a 5km grid, over the N cascades. there are finer such as 1.3 km..they just dont "look" out too far..need more power! It is a forecast for every 5KM square area. And yes it is true. For example, click on Stampede Pass and mark down the temperatures for the forecast. Then click on Lester, and notice the temperatures forecast. They will be different. They haven't done this before for locations that are so close together. It is just starting. In the future will be precipitation and wind too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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