Wind

[orezok]

" The rain is Tess - the fire's Joe - and they call the wind - Maria".

Paint your wagon!

 

[Blue Mule]

When I was in my college days studying meteorology/climatology I had a professor who always said "people have short memories". Often times it seems that it's hotter, colder, stormier, windier, drier this year that it's ever been before but when you sit down and look through actual records you discover that it's been like this many years in the past.

 

[MossRoad]

Born in deadwood SD, Raised in Fargo , Valley City, Minot ND and Aberdeen SD.

You don't have a clue about wind until you have walked two miles to school in January

Uphill both ways, as I recall.

 

[JethroB]

I’m not too far from former Hurricane Debby as it passes through. Just a little windy today.

 

[oosik]

I seldom get strong winds here. 35 to 40 mph would be max. And my house and all outbuildings are protected by a semi-circle of gigantic Ponderosa pines.

In the strongest winds I will get - dead limbs, pine cones, dust and volcanic ash. The dust & volcanic ash come up out of the Palouse wheat fields - to my south.

 

[orezok]

Well the wind continues, but it seems to have a secondary effect. It’s almost the end of August and we haven’t had a single drop of rain this month. August typically is our monsoon month, but it seems the monsoons went North thru New Mexico into Colorado.

 

[scootr]

I’ve lived in the Mojave for over 30 years and this has been the windiest summer ever. Wind is 15 to 20 steady every day with higher gusts. Typically, when the temps go over 100 in July the wind stops.

If I had a wind turbine I could be rich. LOL.

I lived 20 yrs in the Mojave, Joshua Tree specifically. Finally moved down off the hill and all I could say was good riddance to the wind! That move was 24 yrs ago. 57º and still this AM. A light fog has burned off and high temp today will be 93º just 90 miles south of my old stomping grounds.

 

[orezok]

Our high today will be 98 with single digit humidity. Just as comfortable as Temecula. Hmmm…. Humidity there now is 78%

 

[Quaffer]

I lived 20 yrs in the Mojave, Joshua Tree specifically.

High school friend lived out in Lancaster, CA forever. Wind always blew, only ranged from moderate to strong.

 

[scootr]

High school friend lived out in Lancaster, CA forever. Wind always blew, only ranged from moderate to strong.

They call it the red wind, I know I was seeing red after a couple of decades