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Offline Pinhead

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The view out west
« on: June 26, 2009, 08:09:16 PM »
My parents are in the middle of wheat harvest right now and, as such, are concerned about the weather on a minute-by-minute basis. Since I'm stuck in KC and can't help with harvest, they text/call me asking me to look up the radar, weather forcast, part numbers, etc. online.

Tonight while running the combines, they noticed a cloud front on the horizon to the West. Being worried about hail and wanting to get as much cut as possible before it rains, my mom sent me a text asking when they're going to get rained on.

Here's a pic of what they were looking at.



So I looked up the radar and told them they'll be safe since the clouds are almost 200 miles west of them, heading to the northeast. :D

They're in the middle of the map under the crosshairs.

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Re: The view out west
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2009, 08:13:20 PM »
Being a Texas boy (even though I now have the mountains to look at) I really miss that sky. :)
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2009, 08:18:51 PM »
It's even more fantastic on a cloudless, moonless night when the stars stretch out forever...... 8)
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2009, 08:22:50 PM »
Quote from: Schmthaus on June 26, 2009, 08:18:51 PM
It's even more fantastic on a cloudless, moonless night when the stars stretch out forever...... 8)

Quote from: Gordon on June 26, 2009, 08:13:20 PM
Being a Texas boy (even though I now have the mountains to look at) I really miss that sky. :)

Which is one of the reasons I started loving motorcycles... I'd ride to the top of the hill in the middle of the night on my SL175 and just stare off into space.
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2009, 08:41:51 PM »
Quote from: Pinhead on June 26, 2009, 08:22:50 PM
Which is one of the reasons I started loving motorcycles... I'd ride to the top of the hill in the middle of the night on my SL175 and
just stare off into space.

Some of us can do that without leaving our desk! ;) :D ;D
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2009, 04:01:08 AM »
always good to see a beautiful sky
hope i never get bored with looking up
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2009, 05:01:33 PM »
Nice view.
Somehow I think I would be scared of it, having pretty much grown up in the mountains/hills of New ENgland.
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2009, 05:38:17 AM »
Quote from: 74cb750 on June 27, 2009, 05:01:33 PM
Nice view.
Somehow I think I would be scared of it, having pretty much grown up in the mountains/hills of New ENgland.

I completely understand.  It's the opposite for me.  I've been known to feel a little claustrophobic when I look West and see that huge wall of mountains.  I can always look East, though, and see the plains, but it's not the same as a sunset with an endless horizon.   
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2009, 08:23:23 AM »
Nice!
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Re: The view out west
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2009, 11:06:03 AM »
Quote from: Pinhead on June 26, 2009, 08:09:16 PM
So I looked up the radar and told them they'll be safe since the clouds are almost 200 miles west of them, heading to the northeast. :D


Keep in mind that the radar display is depicting precipitation, not clouds.
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