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Bill ♥️

@billwx.bsky.social

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Into meteorology and storm spotting, photography, aviation, cooking, music of all genres, and love the Pacific Northwest and being close to the ocean. #CertifiedStormSpotter #Photography #AviationGeek #MusicLover #PacificNorthwestCoastLover #Mossback

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · Dec 17

I just tried the Bluesky digital persona and it returned a result that I like and agree with

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Champ and myself chilling to a Thursday morning playlist.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 2h

a brown bear and a white bear are kissing each other on the cheeks .

ALT: a brown bear and a white bear are kissing each other on the cheeks .

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 2h

When this song came out I thought it described my parents perfectly.

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Your Mama Don't Dance

YouTube video by Loggins & Messina - Topic

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 2h

I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your husband. Sending prayers and condolences to you and your family and friends.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 2h

This is today's weather briefing by Ryan Hall. The big story is tropical moisture heading towards the southwest with heavy rains and flooding and also a nor'easter along the east coast bringing heavy rains and winds.

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Two Major Storms Will Impact Both Coasts…

YouTube video by Ryan Hall, Y'all

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 2h

This is the excessive rainfall forecast map for today.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 3h

This is the thunderstorm outlook for today.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 3h

This is the convective storm outlook for today. Severe storms are not forecast today or tonight.

Severe storms are not forecast today or tonight.

...Discussion...
Upper ridging will be prevalent over the Rockies/Plains, with
surface high pressure over the Midwest and much of the East. While
severe storms are not expected, thunderstorms will occur across the
coastal Southeast, and across the Upper Midwest and portions of the
middle/lower Missouri Valley tonight near/ahead of an advancing
front.

In the West, persistent southwesterly flow between the upper ridging
centered over west Texas and cyclone off the Pacific Northwest will
continue to advect seasonally high moisture content associated with
Tropical Storm Priscilla into the Southwest and Great Basin. Modest
boundary-layer heating will contribute to adequate destabilization
for lightning within deeper convective updrafts, but overall storm
intensity will likely be limited by poor lapse rates.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 3h

Seeing the name Rivet Joint got my attention since between 1982 and 1984 I worked on the computer system and associated electronics on Rivet Joint jets. This was where I got my first exposure to real time data acquisition programming.

Featured flight alert
This RAF Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft is at 8+ hours and counting flying along NATO's eastern flank today.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 3h

Happy Leif Erikson Day, in honor of my Mom’s Norwegian heritage.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 3h

In addition to the remnants of Hurricane Priscilla moving towards Arizona there is a new tropical depression in the Pacific that likely will become Tropical Storm Raymond and the remnants of this storm likely will move towards Arizona as well.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 4h

Been there, did this often with my Commodore 64.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, computer magazines printed full program listings. Readers spent hours manually typing pages of BASIC into their home computers to run new games or utilities-then saved them to tape or disk.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 5h

Beautiful souls recognize beautiful souls. Keep being genuine, your people will find you!

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 5h

Have a wonderful Thursday.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 5h

Have a great Thursday

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 5h

Sending prayers and healing vibes

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 5h

Starting this Thursday morning with a chilly 41 degrees in Salem, Oregon.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 15h

Have a good night of sleep and sweet dreams

Good night, friends!
I hope the day was good to you! May your rest be peaceful and your dreams, sweet!

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 16h

So cute.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 18h

Have a good night with sweet dreams that bring smiles to you tomorrow morning.

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 18h

This is an interesting video on the new Seattle Waterfront Park. I like what they have done with this waterfront area.

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CityStream: Seattle’s new Waterfront Park reconnects the city with the sea

YouTube video by Seattle Channel

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Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 19h

The Chicago Cubs get the win to play another game in the playoffs.

Bill ♥️ @billwx.bsky.social · 19h

As a child growing up in the Denver, Colorado area I was fascinated with watching Weatherman Bowman and his detailed forecasting and drawing his maps in real time. He is responsible for myself being a weather geek.

Denver, Ed became
"Weatherman" Bowman and the rest is history. He was the first Weatherman on KOA-TV Channel 4 and stayed there for 12 years.
Being a Weatherman in the 50's was much different than today. There were no computer graphics so common today.
Fortunately, Weatherman Bowman was an artist. He created weather maps in front of your eyes nightly.
Maps filled with marvelous clouds and "troughs aloft" that were real works of art.
His hand-drawn weather maps became collectors' items.

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