White Rock, B.C. based meteorologist working in the energy industry. Tooting about weather in and around my region as well as some geology, my thoughts on urban and family life, and occasional references to my LDS faith.
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Last Notes npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Well, I went down the #meshtastic rabbit hole and now I want a million nodes to set up across Hermiston. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Yes, I need to decide also if I'm going to stay on this instance or move back to pdx.social or do something else. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls haven't actually chosen a dwelling yet, probably putting an offer in on a house today. That's a key consideration for us. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I was up in the Tri-Cities yesterday. Memorial Day BBQ at my grandma's house. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! It turns out I will be living in Eastern Oregon! I got remote work and we will be buying a house in Hermiston. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning from the Praia airport. Time for me to head to North Carolina to fly more balloons! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls good morning Virginia! Hope you have a pleasant weekend! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls My job title has been officially changed from flight control operator to flight control meteorologist. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Looking like a good profile for some thunderstorms between Sacramento and Redding today. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Non-zero chance of a brief landspout #tornado along and west of I-5 between Redding, California and Roseburg, Oregon today. Strong thunderstorms may also feature hail and gusty winds. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I like a good mix. I find it all to be fun and satisfying. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! No launches for me today, I'll be a desk jockey for the rest of the week. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! It's looking like I will be semi-close to you (probably between Raleigh and Richmond) next month! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls yes, they are! I love finding them and moving them along. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I have an EV! Probably still a lot, though. Not to mention the time commitment. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Only 2964 to go! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I have all Washington counties. I'm pretty close for Oregon (30/36) and Nevada (11/17). npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I haven't ever gotten into the DeLorme series but I am working on California counties. I think I added eight this weekend, which puts me at 23/58, but Project-GC hasn't updated for me yet. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls On my work trip to SoCal I was able to acquire four more 4-character QTH grid squares for #geocache finds, bringing my total to 130 and connecting the cluster including Los Angeles to the cluster including Seattle. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I have found them on me (pre bite) twice now and I’ve been here two weeks. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls There seem to be a lot more ticks in California than in the Pacific Northwest. Makes geocaching less fun. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I whole heartedly am! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls yeah that’s just to hold the balloon for convenience. Actually if you’re interested, I’ll be back up here doing more launches April 22-29 or so. I know it’s a bit of a drive for you but you’re welcome to come see! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Launching #weather balloons at Mount Pinos, California today. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls good morning Virginia! I am in Frazier Park, California at an elevation of 1750 m. I didn’t realize we would be this high up. Meeting with the town council today to get permission to launch at a park or something. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Well I am already using the balloon data in my forecasting! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! Heading out around 8, looking forward to launching balloons tomorrow! I'm already up to 200 flight hours on the balloons I've handled. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls One of these days I'll get one of these. Thanks for sharing! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning #SFBA! If you slept through last night's #earthquake, still feel out the USGS survey. "I slept through it" is still a useful data point. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I think it will handle both GPX and GeoJSON. I'm working pretty slowly, though, I just do this in my free time and I don't have much free time. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls We had a M4.6 #earthquake in the #BayArea last night. The emergency alert woke me up but my guess is it got to me after the shaking because I didn't feel anything. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls It is one I am developing and it isn't publicly available (yet). It uses a pocket query so if Open Caching produces one it should work. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls wow! I knew about the Salt Lake tornado but not this one, that's pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing, everyone. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Looks like a few isolated t-storms possible in the Central Valley around #Modesto tomorrow. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #SanMateo #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls And, of course, here’s the Oakland #LDS Temple. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Exploring the Bay Area today. Here’s the view of #Oakland and #SanFrancisco from the LDS Temple. Both the Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge are visible on the right. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Continuing my project to compile my #Geocaching stats. Today's task kind of evolved into adding functionality and doing cleanup on my QTH grid map while I charge up my car at the library. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good afternoon Virginia! Hope you're surviving temperature whiplash. I opted to not go to the beach today, I figured it would probably be backed with this sunny weather. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls this won’t be a problem for me when I’m at work at 4 am. There’s a charger there and I’ll get first dibs! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I forgot that sausage is spicy by default in California. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls There are not nearly enough public EV chargers in the Bay Area. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls good morning Virginia! Lodging secured for a few months but the real task was finding an open EV charger at 9 am. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I’m on my way to the Bay Area today and on Wednesday I start my new job operating weather balloons around the globe at Windborne Systems! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning! I won't leave for my new abode until Sunday. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Tonight we enjoyed chili on cornbread waffles. This stroke of genius came a few days ago when we were having waffles and the idea of cornbread waffles was mentioned. It exceeded expectations, which were already high. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls good morning! Stay safe in today’s severe weather! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Kia EV6 npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I remember being told growing up that the most efficient speed for ICE was 80 km/h but I assume that varies by model. It’s interesting for sure! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Been playing around with my new #EV and gathering some interesting information. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls The Walla Walla River is flooding. Here’s a look along Hwy 12 between Wallula and Touchet, Washington from around 11:00 today. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls good afternoon! Spending some time with family before making the final move. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: High wind warning for the Columbia Basin Wednesday and Thursday npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls coming soon to Oregon then in a few weeks to the unannounced locality. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls We have purchased an EV and will acquire it on Monday. I’m pretty excited, this is our first EV. I would rather not have a car but my new job’s location and hours are not in line with public transit options in that area. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls https://www.mapchart.net/usa-and-canada.html npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls 🗺️ Last weekend I reached 3000 total #geocache finds and today I made my 500th find in British Columbia! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning! Rain blobs return tomorrow! npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls We were settled in but it became clear that we needed to unsettle, so that's what we're doing. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: The Ingalls are leaving Canada npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls And how was it? npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I grew up with it being deep dish. That would be an interesting but very niche cultural study if it has changed. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls counter counterpoint - Altoona style pizza npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Detroit style pizza is better than Chicago style pizza. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Extremely disappointing. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls beatings will continue until morale improves. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! No rain here this morning. We might get a few showers but not much going on today or tomorrow. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls M3.0 #earthquake in the #Seattle area at 05:42 Tuesday. Epicenter between Bothell and Monroe. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Monday analysis: The strong #Noreaster is clearly visible on the map near New England. Here on the better coast, we're wet today thanks to a low coming into British Columbia. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Good morning Virginia! Heavy rain this morning, which is lovely. Work will be focused on the blizzard in and around NYC today. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I'm baaaaack npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls yeah that’s fair. As long as the passes are good I’m fine. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Yup, Sunnyside smells like Sunnyside tonight npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I hope not, I don’t like snow npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I will be mostly offline for the next week. Everything is fine, I just don’t want people to worry. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls It's raining. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: Wet weekend ahead for Pacific Northwest npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls looks live several other well known meteorologists made the cut, especially from The Weather Channel's coverage of various hurricanes that passed near the island. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Today in unexpected weather news: Cliff Mass is mentioned in the Epstein files. It's just his blog being sent to Epstein by former Microsoft employee Tren Griffin but still pretty wild. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: How Tillamook cheese creates snow in Oregon npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Went #geocaching today in Pitt Meadows and was surprised to come across the old 520 Floating Bridge just parked here in the river. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: M6.0 earthquake off Oregon Coast on Thursday npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls New article: Polar vortex disruption to bring colder weather to North America npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls thank you! We’re having a great visit. Did an escape room in Richland yesterday. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Spent the day #geocaching between Hermiston and Pendleton, traveling some back roads I had never been on before. It was a lot of fun and we found some neat old cemeteries. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Geocaching is awesome and I may or may not follow the hashtag here on Mastodon. Been doing it for years. I'll probably get out and do some tomorrow. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Well it's not AI in the sense that it's not an LLM but Machine Learning is AI so 🤷♂️ . I think it will bring improvements but in general it will still be outperformed by the ECMWF (including their AI products) because the ECMWF is just a better product due to better computing and higher resolution. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Nearly 30 stations set record highs in British Columbia yesterday. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls I am saddened to report that I lost Whamageddon 2025 and have entered Whamhalla. npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls https://water.noaa.gov/#@=-121.1865813,46.2164515,5.6843363&b=topographic&g=obsFcst,0!0!0!0!0!0!1!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0!0,0.5,1!1!1!1!0,0,0,true&ab=0,0,#D94B4A,1,1,1,#cccccc,1,0,0,#B243B1,1,0,0,#98E09A,1,false&a=hydrologic,0.35,false&s=0,0,0.9,0.9,false&n=false,#72afe9,0.9,0,0.9,0,0.9,false&p=true,0.75,0,7,0,1,2025,12,10,0,true&d=0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,#006EFF,1,#006EFF,1,#006EFF,false&q= npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Observed or forecast? npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls #Vancouver #weather npub19xyrd7uczslhqgeth5wqu9w76rx73z594mru7xfjywf47z8xpzaq6clkfq Mark Ingalls Hopefully something can be done to make FAIR financially solvent. Right now it sounds like it's in significant peril.
