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The WIND!

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:37 am
by azsnowman
This should probably be posted in the USA Weather Forum, but it's *kinda* Off Topic so........

We've had "23 STRAIGHT DAYS" of winds in excess of 40-50 MPH, do you know just how much the wind REALLY gets on peoples nerves :grr: and how GROUCHY they get? With this being the biggest holiday weekend of the summer tourist season, there are some REAL BUTTHEADS up here, thank GOD I'm NOT in retail anymore, I'd be in jail for murder :lol: Seriously, we went to the store yesterday evening for a bottle of wine/beer and the PEOPLE are SO RUDE, they were ALL complaining about the wind, as if we can do anything about it up here :roll:

Dennis :roll:

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 7:40 am
by azskyman
Should have a couple more days of it at least too, Dennis. Already breezy down here in the valley this morning, and that usually means plenty for you folks.

Hopefully as the temps go up next week the winds will go down.

Welcome to Spring

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 3:49 pm
by Aslkahuna
in the High Country of AZ. The winds are expected to drop off for a while as the temperatures go up, but by the end of next week the MR models have a postive tilt trough extending off shore with a ridge east of us and good old AZ in a hot dry SW flow for more winds-this time the June variety which are hot and dry instead of cooler and dry like the May winds.

Steve

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:01 pm
by rainstorm
at least you dont have skeeters

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 4:14 pm
by Aquawind
:eek: That kinda wind would definately get on my nerves..

there are some REAL BUTTHEADS up here, thank GOD I'm NOT in retail anymore, I'd be in jail for murder


:hehe: ditto that.. :hehe:

Posted: Sat May 29, 2004 6:34 pm
by azsnowman
[quote="rainstorm"]at least you dont have skeeters[/quote

We get them thar "TEXAS SIZED" skeeters up here Helen, I mean "BIG UN'S!" (quote from Ted Bundy 8-) )

Gee Steve, your just FULL O' GOOD NEWS, "Thanks!" :lol:

Dennis

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:26 am
by rainstorm
yikes, i thought it was too dry for skeeters there

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:33 am
by streetsoldier
Ah heard tell thet Arizona skeeters fight with eagles fer "table scraps"... :eek:

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 7:34 am
by azsnowman
rainstorm wrote:yikes, i thought it was too dry for skeeters there


Yes....it's true, we're are entering into the 8th year of an Exceptional drought but....there's still plenty of water. We have over 22 man made lakes up here, rivers, streams etc., while Phoenix has HUNDREDS of miles of irrigation canals from the Salt River chain of reserviors, in fact, the second case of human Niles Virus has been reported in Maricopa County.

Dennis

Plus

Posted: Sun May 30, 2004 3:40 pm
by Aslkahuna
we have this minor seasonal windflow pattern called the monsoon during which the humidity values approach those found in Miami in the Summer and we can get 2-4 inches of rain in 30 minutes time.

Steve