Webberweather53
Meteorologist
I can’t wait to do a big composite analysis of winter storms around here with this
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I can’t wait to do a big composite analysis of winter storms around here with this
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
I think you’ll really like this @Ollie Williams. Tracking blocking highs and anticyclones!
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Would be really cool to see what the differences are in the track and evolution of something like surface highs (which have a longer more reliable record than mid-upper air data) between specific types winter storms and even how they contrast in different types of enso, mjo, etc.
Wow!!! It's finally ready! Get ready for some nice maps from big winter storms going forward! @Webberweather53
Hey guys what winter storms, particularly from the 70s, 60s, and 50s do you want me to plot first?
Does 1980 count?
Yeah, you can put it in there, but I wanted to use the new data (1950-1978) in particular.
Oh gotcha, doh I just realized that haha...
Were you the only board member alive in the 50s, 60s, 70s?
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Lotsa good ones like the blizzard of late Nov 1950, Jan 18-19 1955, Dec 11-12 1958, Mar 2-4 & 9-10 1960, the New Years Eve blockbuster event in 1963-64 (esp for AL & TN), Jan 16-17 1965, Jan 25-27 1966 (blizzard of 66), Feb 9-10 1967, Feb 15-17 1969 (insane snowstorm in the SW Piedmont of NC very much like Feb 2004), of course who could forget about Feb 9-11 1973, and Jan 19 1977 (snowed in Florida).
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I was finally able to plot 500mb height anomalies! Truly a bomb of a storm!
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Yeah, I like this a lot better ngl, how did you get that colortable? Did you have to create it from scratch?
I created it from scratch. I used the ColorPick Eyedropped to get all the hex codes for the map and used manually entered it, which I have examples of how I implemented it on my Github page.
However, I did want to ask you, since I decided to plot it for March 1960, and since it's from a different dataset, I got this error:
Python:
TypeError: Length of x (481) must match number of columns in z (421)Nevermind, I figured it out, and am working on a gif of March 1960, but fun fact, there was actually was a SER at the beginning of that month.
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Ahh okay lol I had a feeling, well once you save it, it's there with you forever lol
The SE Canada low was a common theme in March of 1960, I'll get excited if we see this look again at some point in the winter. SE Canada ridge isn't going to do it.
The only real difference is the SE Ridge didn't push the SE Canada vortex away in March 1960.
Yeah SER is a powerhouse now when allowed breathing room
Great News @Webberweather53 I managed to plot those Miller A/B composites w/ ERA-5 thanks to the Excel file you posted. I downloaded all of the 500mb heights so far from 1950-1978 (others later), to match the storms to the NETCDF file. One great thing I plan to do is create a lag of days to show pattern recognition with really only one extra line of code.
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Webberweather53
Meteorologist
This looks fantastic, very much looking forward to what you find
Have anyone of you guys worked with Adobe Illustrator? I have a course on it coming up.
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I may have used it once a long time ago, but I don't know much about it.
Here's the April 1974 MSLP map. I tried to base the colormap off the original Weatherbell one. @Myfrotho704_ 
How's this for SBCAPE?
Perfect
Here's the Gif.
Guess which one is WSV3 vs the 3D map I made.
A little project I’ve been working on.
