Hello and happy Thursday everyone – hope all is going well. Did you know that this Saturday will feature “Earth Hour”?
What is Earth Hour – Want to Participate?
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Did You Know the Earth Glows
Take a look at the image below, this is what the earth would look at night on a clear night:
Have you found it hard to see the stars at night in your backyard? Light Pollution is the reason why… you’ll find it easier to see the night sky by traveling away from the major sources of night light (major cities or metropolitan areas).
Meteorologist Todd Nelson – WeatherNation LLC
Hello and happy Tuesday everyone – hope all is well. Have you heard about the yellow dust in Asia? It looks quite impressive from space, check it out:
Authorities actually had to issue a rare level 5 pollution warning, signaling hazardous conditions, urging people to stay indoors. Interestingly, this is a seasonal meteorological phenomenon. However, it recent years, the Asian deserts are growing, so these conditions may be worsening – see here for more information on the Asian Yellow Dust:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Dust
Back Home – More Wintry Weather
Winter Storm Warnings have been issued for the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies for the potential of 7″ to 16″ of snow through Wednesday - read more about the warnings from the NWS:
Forecast Today
Look at the wet weather in the Northeast – some spots have seen nearly 2″ of rain in the past 24 hours. In fact, so much rain has been coming down that some people have had to evacuated out of their homes near the east branch of the Delaware River, see the reports below:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
810 AM EDT TUE MAR 23 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 AM FLOOD 2 WNW FLEISCHMANNS 42.17N 74.57W
03/23/2010 DELAWARE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
DELAWARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED
THAT 2 HOMES WERE EVACUATED BY THE ARKVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. THESE APPEAR TO BE LOCATED ALONG THE BUSH
KILL OR ONE OF ITS TRIBUTARY STREAMS. THE BUSH KILL USGS
STREAM GAGE CRESTED OVERNIGHT AT 9.95 FEET AT 430 WHICH
IS 0.05 FOOT BELOW MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 10.00 FEET.
LOCATION ESTIMATED.
0700 AM FLOOD MARGARETVILLE 42.14N 74.65W
03/23/2010 DELAWARE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
PARKING LOT OF SUPER-MAKET IN MARGARETVILLE COVERED WITH
WATER FROM THE EAST BANCH OF THE DELAWARE RIVER BEING OUT
OF ITS BANKS. THE EAST BRANCH AT MARGARETVILL HAD CRESTED
AT 530 AM AT 11.70 FEET WHICH IS 0.70 FEET ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE OF 11.00 FEET.
Soggy Bean Town
Here’s the scene from Boston, MA this morning where heavy rain, low clouds and fog have been common:
Weather Envy
I couldn’t leave you on such a sour note this Tuesday, so how about some beautiful weather? Here’s Ft. Lauderdale, FL in the morning sun. Spring breakers are enjoying some sunshine and mild temperatures – enjoy!
That’s all for now – enjoy the rest of your Tuesday. Come again real soon, won’t you?!
Meteorologist Todd Nelson – WeatherNation LLC
Two main concerns this morning: large area of low pressure in the Mid-Atlantic region and the ongoing flooding situation in the midwest.
First, the low in the mid-atlantic: This week is getting off to a wet start for many places in the eastern half of the country. Over the weekend a broad area of low pressure has been moving from the south central region into the mid atlantic region. This same system brought snow to Dallas this weekend! Spring offically started on Saturday with the vernal equinox but it sure didn’t feel like spring with cooler temperatures and areas of snow in Texas. Here is look at a scene in Dallas this weekend.
Offically Dallas picked up 1.2 inches of snow but some places in the surrounding area had up to 5 inches. Of course, this quickly melted as temperatures rose yesterday and once again today temperagures will be in the 60s and the 70s for tomorrow. Now low is centered over Kentucky. Its going to be moving into the Northeast today.
As far as the flooding situation in the midwest is concerned, for some the worst is most likely over. The Red River in Fargo crested this weekend at 36.99 feet. The record level was at 40.8 feet. The folks in Fargo pulled together to pack and place 1,000,000 sandbags and, for now, it looks like the sandbags are doing their job. The river is gradually receding but the sandbags will still have to remain in place for the next several days. For St. Paul, MN it looks like the worst is yet to come. The Mississippi River at Harriet Island will be cresting most likely on Wednesday. It is possible that Harriet Island will become completely submerged. For more information, you can check out the spring flood monitoring page that is published by the National Weather Service office.
Welcome everyone and hope you are enjoying this Sunday! Warm temperatures and plenty of sunshine dominate the Northeast where many cities yesterday reported record highs including the city of New York. This will only last until today because an area of low pressure centered over the southern plains will move to the Northeast by the afternoon commute on Monday. The first major storm of the Spring season has brought major impacts into cities such as Kansas City, Bentonville and many others in the southern plains with heavy snow for Benton Co., AR reporting up to 9 inches of snowfall and Southwestern corners of Missouri got up to .10″/hour of freezing rain, yeah! Not a great way to start this season. The Kansas City International Airport had record snowfall on Saturday March 20th with 7.3″ and the previous record was 2.8″ set in 1892 so clearly over a 100 years ago and residents of the state aren’t used to something like this… especially if we are celebrating the arrival of Spring.
Behind this storm, we will have temperatures running almost 10 degrees below average but with the warm sun of March temperatures will rise on Tuesday once again.
Everything is looking pretty quiet right now in the Midwest, but a low moving into British Columbia today will bring a chance for a few showers and maybe even some snow to the Upper Midwest on Tuesday and this won’t help with the efforts of trying to battle the water level rise of the Red River, Minnesota River and Mississippi River in the states of North Dakota and Minnesota.
Here is a look at the forecast for Tuesday:
Tuesday Forecast
Northern Plains Flood Threat
Well amigos, may you have a great end to your weekend and enjoy the first full day of Spring!
Denise Isaac
Meteorologist- WeatherNation LLC
Just when we thought winter was over with… Mother Nature throws another major winter storm at the midsection of the United States, all on the official start of Spring.
This very potent winter storm has a combination of cold Canadian Air combined with rich Gulf Moisture, all of it meeting up over the Sooner State.
Having forecasted winter storms for the last 10 years of my professional career, I know how challenging they can be.
Hands down, this storm is going to lay down some heavy snow across the Plains, but How Much?
Well, pick your pony! Here are a few solutions for snow fall totals, the first being the GFS Model:
Or, how about the NAM?
And that is why we have human forecasters…. to decide which model is going to have the best solution and which one is going to be a bust.
Here is what the local NWS forecasters out of Nornan, Oklahoma think:
With over 5″ of snow in OKC today, that would push them over the edge for a record breaking winter. The snowiest winter for OKC was back in 1947 to 1948 with a grand total of 25.2″ of the white stuff. So far this year, OKC has had 20.7″, compared to an average year, where they would expect about 9″.
That part of the country does not have the resources in place for immediate snow removal like the MN or CO would have. It’s a good thing the days are a little bit longer then they are in December, or that snow would be sticking around for a while and shutting down the area.
After this big storm system moves off to the east, I do not see a major winter storm for the county in the next 5 days.
WeatherNation Meteorologist Jonathan Conder
