Still interesting how NAO and PNA is so.....

[ColdFront77]

... readily understood by most.

[yoda]

Well, the PNA for me I don't really understand much.... I just know the basics. The NAO I have done enough research on that I know a lot about it.

[ColdFront77]

It's just seems that every single weather enthusiast in the weather community knows about such things. I have been interested in meteorology for nearly 20 years (or so) and seems like I will never know what the majority knows.

Sounds like a high level of stupidity on my part.


Knowing and not knowing what the positive and negative NAO and PNA mean -- I seem to know it, but something seems lacking. Ugh!

[yoda]

It's just seems that every single weather enthusiast in the weather community knows about such things. I have been interested in meteorology for nearly 20 years (or so) and seems like I will never know what the majority knows.

Sounds like a high level of stupidity on my part.


Knowing and not knowing what the positive and negative NAO and PNA mean -- I seem to know it, but something seems lacking. Ugh!

Always ask Tom... you will learn many things when you ask!

[ColdFront77]

That's another, annoying thing, if I ask such things I will look like I am not as interested in the subject as I have been for this long.

[Wnghs2007]

Im learning most of this stuff from the great mets around here but I believe the additions to this map the high and low and text box features show what a PNA Positive is. Atleast....I got it from the Map from the CPC




wxguy25 or any other of the mets could probally verify.

[yoda]

That's another, annoying thing, if I ask such things I will look like I am not as interested in the subject as I have been for this long.

How is that annoying Tom? I still don't get the QBO west or east shifts, but I still ask. That's not true Tom. When you ask questions about thiings, it makes it thatyou wantto learn it or understand it. It does not look like you are uninterested.

[ColdFront77]

I know what I mean.

My frequent time I spend online doesn't include learning what I already know and the more complex meteorological information.

[yoda]

I know what I mean.

My frequent time I spend online doesn't include learning what I already know and the more complex meteorological information.

Ah ok Tom. I understand now.

[ColdFront77]

i want to learn more and even may already know more than I think I do.... but at that same time, I rather not have to spend less time among the weather and non-weather forums.

[vbhoutex]

Tom, don't feel alone on understanding and/or not understanding different things about the weather, especially the PNA and NAO and their different effects on the weather, etc. I certainly don't come anywhere near completely understanding them. I don't have enough time to research these things deeply and probably can't cram enough into my pea brain anyway to really "know" what I need to about them, but I do what a lot of others do. I rely on the others that do truly understand them and post about them. And no matter what you think, there is no level of stupidity involved in your understanding or not understanding. You have proven that over and over. Meteorology is VERY COMPLEX and VERY INVOLVED. It takes years of school, research and practice and lots of good mentors to get to the levels we see with the Pro and some of the "amatuer" mets on this site. I've been interestd in and/or studied the weather for at least 40 years and it will take me at least another 40 to reach the level I would like to reach, unless I stop doing everything else in my life except studying and researching the weather and meteorology.

[ColdFront77]

Indeed, getting a degree in meteorology is one thing. But there are a lot of weather enthusiasts that understand quite a bit of things that are touched upon and everyone follows right along as if they went to school to become a meteorologist.

[vbhoutex]

Indeed, getting a degree in meteorology is one thing. But there are a lot of weather enthusiasts that understand quite a bit of things that are touched upon and everyone follows right along as if they went to school to become a meteorologist.

Many I am sure do understand and there are probably just as many not willing to admit they really don't understand it all like some others do, so they act like it. I think you know as well as I do that there are many on many different weather boards that use others posts from other sites and change things around some to make it look like they know more than they really do. I've seen it over and over on several different sites.