Mark Ingalls

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Hermiston, Oregon based meteorologist working with weather balloons. Tooting about weather in and around my region as well as some geology, my thoughts on rural and […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://m.ai6yr.org/@ingalls, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

A chart showing CPU usage spiking to near 100% for about 20 minutes when I set up the reoccurring image generation.
A map of the Pacific Northwest showing numerous air quality, heat, and fire weather alerts.
A map of Hermiston, Oregon showing four PurpleAir sensors reporting an AQI from 175 to 195.
Jars of the jalapeños described sitting on a green cloth on a counter. A cookbook and a bag of flour are dutifully watching the jars.
The 850 mb temperature chart for Portland, Oregon, showing temperatures cooling over the next few days.
The CPC 6-10 day precipitation outlook signaling strong monsoon rainfall in the Desert Southwest.
The SPC severe weather outlook today with a slight risk in Arizona.
A seven day forecast graphic for Portland, Oregon.
A map of the Northwestern U.S. showing a few patches where extreme fire outlooks have been issued before. These are around Salem, Eastern Washington, and Central Montana down into Wyoming and East Idaho.
A screen shot of the test page on my website showing the seven day forecast for the Tri-Cities, Washington and recent blog posts.
A low quality picture of the sun with a spot at about 2 o’clock near the center of the disc representing a sunspot.
A signpost in the woods marking the Oregon Trail.
Red Flag Warning Breezy diurnally driven westerly winds coupled with low relative humidity is expected to continue through the Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon each afternoon and evening through Saturday. Relative humidity will be above critical thresholds overnight. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 691 Lower Columbia Basin of Oregon. * TIMING...Until 10 PM PDT this evening. * WINDS... West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 185 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fire that develops will catch and spread quickly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
A map showing wildfires in the greater Northwest showing dozens of new fire starts mainly in Oregon over the last 24 hours.
A map of the US and Canada showing states/provinces I have geocached in. The ones marked 100 or more are: Washington (1244) Oregon (548) British Columbia (500) Nevada (137) Nebraska (134) Idaho (106) California (100)
A camper trailer destroyed laying across a freeway with other vehicles and a state patrol officer. Blowing dust is visible in the distance.
A gaggle of goats in a small pasture.
The cover of the Wager which shows a 18th Century ship in heavy seas.
An animation showing satellite imagery of Typhoon Bavi with the location of a WindBorne weather balloon as it intercepted the storm.
Five green tomatoes at the end of a vine.
A map showing the current location of Bavi at 15.4N, 142.7E with wind speeds of 260 km/h and a minimum central pressure of 918 mb. The forecast track has it passing between Taipei and Okinawa before making landfall between Shanghai and Fuzhou in China.
Small green fruit near a stem. The fruit are about 1 cm diameter at most.
A map showing fire weather watches for The Dalles, Condon, Boardman, Hermiston, and Pendleton plus Wenatchee, WA.
A map of the United States showing freezing levels below 12,000 feet in the Rockies region with parts of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho above the freezing level.
A hand holding a book with the spine facing the camera. The title is the Oregon Trail by Parkman and it has Viking ship art. Behind the book is a carpeted floor and bookshelves with other books on them.
A miniature “garden” with a tree, sand, rocks, and a rake.
A grassy alpine meadow surrounded by evergreen trees.
A map of the Portland area showing a couple dozen Meshtastic nodes.
A chart showing wind gusts and sea level pressure once a minute from 13:10 to 13:20 PT Thursday. Wind gusts peaked at 23 km/h when air pressure dropped by 0.2 mb.
A map of Hermiston, Oregon showing several nodes around town and one across the river in Washington.
A map showing Tropical Storm Amanda at 10.6 N, 128.2 W with winds at 65 km/h. Both forecasts have the storm moving northwest but WM-6 has it curving south earlier than the NHC does.
A chart showing wind speeds in Pasco, Washington on Saturday. Bottom wind speed is 10 km/h at 05:00 and highest is 23 km/h at 23:00.
A map of the Western U.S. and Canada showing above average soil moisture in Montana and Alberta and the Desert Southwest. The Upper Midwest is very dry, as are Washington and Oregon west of the Cascades.
A map of Cabo Verde from RadarScope that is trying to pull data from CASHR in Newfoundland.
A map of Africa showing geocache finds in Morocco and Cabo Verde.
A white man in front of a tourist sign in Casablanca with a clock tower in the background.
A skew-t profile for Chico, California showing skinny CAPE, an indicator of possible thunderstorm development.
A map of the US highlighting areas where tornadoes are possible. There is also a low risk of tornadoes in NE Kansas.
A map showing my geocache finds by QTH grid square in and around California. The most in this view is DM09 (Reno).
A 500 mb analysis showing lows in Alaska, Wyoming, and Greenland with a strong high near Bermuda.
A large LDS Temple structure. The foreground features a fountain with artificial stream lined with grass, planters, sidewalks, and palm trees.
A view of two large urban centers with a bay in between them. The sky is a milky white from thin high clouds and the distance is hazy.
A satellite map of the U.S. showing 4-character QTH grids I have found geocaches in. The vast majority are in the Pacific Northwest,
A white man smiling on the side of a highway in front of a Welcome to California sign.
A flooded river in a desert canyon.
A map of North America showing states and provinces that I have geocached in. Three have 500 or more finds, Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.
A 500 mb analysis showing the jet stream across CONUS, lows over Greenland, Vancouver Island, and New England, and a high over Alaska.
An urban street with people on the sidewalk and a fire truck parked.
Manhattan Project National Historic... You've probably heard of tornado damage being rated on an “F" or "EF" scale. But how did that scale come to be? What connection could a tornado damage rating scale have to the Manhattan Project? On August 9, 1945, young Japanese scientist Tetsuya “Ted” Fujita was at home near the cloud-covered city of Kokura, Japan when Bockscar, a B-29 Superfortress carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb, aborted dropping the bomb on Kokura and headed towards its secondary target, Nagasaki. At 11:02 AM local time, Fat Man detonated over Nagasaki, killing and wounding tens of thousands. Shortly after, Fujita joined a team of researchers to analyze the effects of the blast at both Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Studying the burn shadows on bamboo flutes placed in local cemeteries, Fujita was able to determine the trajectory of the blast and at what elevation the bomb exploded. With an interest in storms since childhood, Fujita took what he learned at Hiroshima and Nagasaki and applied it to storm damage assessments. His research on a particular severe thunderstorm in Japan in 1947 caught the eye of faculty at the University of Chicago, where he was invited to study in 1953. He ultimately devised the Fujita scale in 1971 (now the EF, or Enhanced Fujita scale), which measures tornado damage on a scale of 0 to 5. Image Caption: Ted Fujita later in life. Image Credit: US National Weather Service
4. A question about the economic benefits of universities ... the way to create a great city is to “create a great university and wait 200 years.” http://andrewgelman.com/2011/03/a_question_abou_10/ [Tren: At the time of statehood for Washington (1889), Seattle had the University of Washington, Olympia was given the capital, Walla Walla had the prison, and Pt. Townsend was closer to markets by sea. Tacoma was served by a railroad first. Bill Gates Senior left Bremerton for Seattle to attend the UW and never left. His son Bill Gates snuck into the UW to learn more about computers while in high school. Seattle “won” the economic development race because it had the UW. Full stop. If there is a better real world long term case study for the value of a university in economic development in a modern economy I'm not aware of it.] 5. Cliff Mass Weather Blog: Will we do anything about global warming? Should we? http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2012/02/will-we-do-anything-about-global. html Cliff Mass discusses the weather we have now in Puget Sound: http://cliffmass. blogspot.com/2012/02/unusual-ridge-that-wont-go-away.html 6. A proposal to solve High Frequency Trading problems without Tobin taxes: http://pointsandfigures.com/2012/02/11/speedy-trading-screws-up-the-market/ 7. The sheepskin effect http://modeledbehavior.com/2012/02/09/caplan-and-the-sheepskin-effect/
A decrepit concrete structure floating in a river near a cable bridge.
A highway sign in a rural canyon. Traveling to the left is Highway 37 which leads toward Holdman and Pasco. Going right leads to Helix and Athena. The sky is blue.
A map showing the Nooksack overflow upstream of Lynden creating a temporary island covering Delta, Surrey, White Rock, Abbotsford, Lynden, and Blaine.
Hello, | am reaching out because there is a beaver actively cutting down trees at the retention pond located at <censored> near <censored> in Surrey. About eight trees have been cut down and several more have teeth marks in them. | work nearby and walk in this area most weekdays. The water in the pond has been rising for the last three days and | suspect the beaver may be damming the outlet. As of Thursday morning the water remains within the fenced area. New trees seem to be coming down every couple of days. I don't know if this is the right point of contact for this issue. If there is a better department to contact, please let me know. Thanks, Mark Ingalls
An invoice showing the $80 bill for my ambulance ride in June.
A radar image of Northwest Washington and adjacent British Columbia showing widespread rain except northeast of the Olympics to around Mount Baker.
A map of the Northeast Pacific showing a cold front reaching the Pacific Northwest on Friday, an offshore low labeled as coming in on Saturday, and one well out to sea labeled as coming in on Sunday.
A map of Japan and Korea showing 29 finds in PM05 (Tokyo) and one in QM05 (Chiba).
A map of the west coast showing select cities and the date with the historical highest chance of precipitation. It ranges from October 10 for Juneau to November 18 for Vancouver and Seattle to December 18 for San Francisco.