George McLean where are you?

rudyredneck · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 3

I've never met George McLean, but I miss him.
Has the weather changed that much (too many babies producing CO2) or did he just have a extraordinary knowledge of the subtleties of the Gorge micro climates? It seems I have to wait until Saturday morning these days to decide whether to go East to the Gorge or West to the Coast.
Argh!

andymc4610 · Joined: 19 May 2000 Posts: 684

yes George is gone to a place he get's paid real $$$, must have signed a no compete clause. The east-coast iw newbie forecasters leave much to be desired.

Why would MikeG. be doing the bay when he is in the gorge, to much pressure? or isobars?

jota · Joined: 28 Feb 2001 Posts: 205

George is working out of Portland for the Spanish company that owns a large percentage of the wind turbines in the gorge and thereabouts. They rely on forecasters like George to anticipate and plan for power production, as I understand it.

wooot · Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 199

Ya, I miss the G-man too

Interesting thing about the daily is that the 7:00 am will forcast maybe 15 mph ave. out east but it will have been blowing 25+ since 5 am.... then it will STILL say the same thing at the 11:30 update. I think a lot of these (at least the daily) are made up the day before and just set up to post at a specific time. Either that, or the don't actually check the windspeeds or pressures on thier own service.