Significant Weather in the Near Future
Hello and happy Wednesday everyone, hope all is well on this 22nd of February… HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!! Happy birthday to everyone else who is celebrating their birthday’s today as well.
National Headlines
Here is a look national weather headlines for the nation, it looks very active with more winter weather headlines being posted across the Upper Mississippi Valley
Pounding in the Pacific Northwest
There have been reports of nearly 5″ of rain along the coastal locations of the Pacific Northwest along with heavy winds in the higher elevations of the Intermountain West. Unfortunately, heavy snow of up to 30″ in spots is leading to more avalanche danger and another life was recently claimed in Montana due to the unsettled snowpack.
“A northwest Montana avalanche apparently triggered by a snowmobiler left him dead while a companion was able to escape, authorities said Tuesday.“
Here is the full story from CNN.com
Glacier National Park, MT
The webcam below is from Apgar Mountain, see other webcams HERE:
Anchorage Alaska
This is kind of a crazy story… There has been so much snow this winter season in Anchorage that snow removal crews are running out of spots to put the snow!
“ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Plow operators are running out of room to deposit the massive amounts of snow they’re collecting this winter and now the Anchorage Assembly is considering a plan to open up more dump space.”
Here is the full story from KTUU.com
Here is another story with a news story from KTVA
Shipping Lanes From Space?
This is neat, you can actually seen shipping lanes from space, see the full story here from the National Weather Service NY’s Facebook Page
“Take a look at what we can see off the West Coast today on visible satellite! Notice the streaks of low clouds? They were created by ships traveling on the Pacific Ocean. If conditions are right, cloud droplets form on the particles found in ship exhaust, creating low clouds such as in this image!“
Big Bug Problem??
Warm weather in Texas this early in the season is causing a big bug problem. Typically, the bugs don’t appear until March, but they’re out in February.
“They’re never really a welcome sight: the creepy, crawly critters that sneak into your home and invade your lawn. And thanks to the warm weather this year, they may be showing up earlier than expected.“
See the full story from NBCDFW.com here:
Severe Weather Potential
These are the convective outlooks for today and tomorrow. This is where storms could be severe with hail, high winds and isolated tornadoes.
Wednesday
Thursday
Active Snow Forecast Ahead
The extended forecast shows fairly heavy snow amounts across the norther tier of the nation through the weekend. Some folks will have to shovel and plow once again.
Thanks for checking in on this Wednesday, have a great rest of your week.
-Meteorologist Todd Nelson-