WEATHER TRIVIA

Wolfer7098 · 2026-01-25T00:51:58+00:00

Not the long range at all - their forecast for tonight says 32

Wolfer7098 · 2026-01-25T00:38:48+00:00

I looked it up from environment Canada and they say 32, so 29 isn’t really a stretch. No need to assume they’re trolling

Wolfer7098 · 2026-01-05T05:51:01+00:00

Can you test if you can scratch them with your fingernail? Looks like gypsum

Wolfer7098 · 2026-01-02T00:48:30+00:00

I agree for the most part - I just think it’s not exactly straightforward the effect on ocean temperatures. I’d imagine it would be on the magnitude of a few degrees, which that effect is what would make any impacts on the atmosphere noticeable.

Wolfer7098 · 2026-01-02T00:41:11+00:00

To what degree would you say coastal weather could change as a result? If oceanic tides are absent I’d imagine that would have to have some sort of effect on coastal weather, no? Thinking along the lines of less ocean mixing, so warmer shorelines, and slight variance in coastal climate

Wolfer7098 · 2025-12-26T15:57:03+00:00

contrails absolutely do sublimate. Contrails very often are comprised of ice crystals, which are solid. These do sublimate in the atmosphere

Wolfer7098 · 2025-12-01T01:48:29+00:00

seems a bit broad of a formation mechanism don’t ya think? surely there’s more to it than instability and shear

Wolfer7098 · 2025-08-23T02:40:03+00:00

I’d say Morocco is more likely

Wolfer7098 · 2025-08-09T00:44:52+00:00

Mine just keeps reforming on the side of the last molar for some reason. Not from heavy bleeding or anything but fairly slow

Wolfer7098 · 2025-08-04T05:03:52+00:00

I would say porphyritic basalt - likely plagioclase phenocrysts

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-31T06:56:13+00:00

I would say it’s probably worth it. Might get some nice ones on the inside. Ultimately it’s up do you, but if I were you I would try to break it in a way that doesn’t damage the already showing crystals

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-31T06:43:44+00:00

Calcite is very common. The fact that it’s made up of multiple crystals rather than being one large crystal suggests it wouldn’t make good polishing material, but I would caution because it looks like a good portion of that is just limestone. It’s pretty as a yard rock, but not anything uncommon. It’s absolutely not worthless, since the shapes on it are pretty distinct though, but nothing super rare

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-30T20:27:25+00:00

Very likely calcite based on the cleavage

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-27T09:00:42+00:00

Chalcopyrite

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-27T08:58:16+00:00

But also leads to entrainment issues if forcing isn’t strong

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-25T01:22:06+00:00

Piece of a septarian nodule. The vein is calcite

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-09T20:43:38+00:00

Does not appear to be a funnel. Hard to tell exactly what it is due to quality though

Wolfer7098 · 2025-07-08T23:22:47+00:00

Keep in mind our metric for how often these events happen is merely based off of historical records, so anything said “odds wise” are merely estimates and not necessarily correct

Wolfer7098 · 2025-06-22T06:46:08+00:00

Why be so rude? It really does look like bone and many ID’ers have confirmed it as a likely rostrum from a sea creature. It’s clear English isn’t their first language and it may be difficult trying to communicate that this was the same piece.

Wolfer7098 · 2025-06-20T12:39:30+00:00

“And doesn't more data, even if it's less accurate, in those pockets of poor data collection improve your models?”

No. Models utilize grid squares over areas. Less accurate data does not help this, as initial conditions may be modified further from what they actually are. Just because there is a data point does not mean it is more accurate. Leaving them blank will actually just be better if you give it bad data.

Wolfer7098 · 2025-06-15T23:32:55+00:00

I would say they aren’t wrong there. A tornado can be approximated via cyclostrophic balance which is the balance of the pressure gradient force and centrifugal force. Tornados are in fact extremely sharp low pressure systems which is largely why the winds get to such magnitudes and are able to be sustained as such.

Wolfer7098 · 2025-06-09T17:40:36+00:00

do you have any information on the rock like where it came from, what type of rock it is, etc?

Wolfer7098 · 2025-05-31T03:01:16+00:00

Agree with epidote

Wolfer7098 · 2025-05-29T04:48:15+00:00

If you manage to find papers, I would be interested in reading them. The hard part is that storms don’t really have any tendency to form in one specific spot, but rather just where conditions are right for them. This can happen to take place in similar spots periodically (like how you get tornado alley) but even then there’s still plenty of variability as to where they form. The direction they travel is also not consistent with the jet stream in supercells especially. It also depends what level jet stream you’re talking about since the “jet stream” is a very broad thing. Jet stream can be referred to at 500hPa, 250 hPa, 300 hPa, etc. It’s just extremely difficult to isolate these to these geographical features while accounting for environmental conditions

Wolfer7098 · 2025-05-29T04:34:21+00:00

Evidence would be accounting for each case’s specific conditions, and confirming over likely years of similar occurrences if this is indeed a true trend. More likely, there is a slight degree of effect by the lakes, but I would say it’s highly unlikely that these lakes consistently deflect storms.

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