Posted on 08/15/2009 10:37:06 AM PDT by UB355
Winter Weather Advisory valid until August 15 6:00pm MDT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY 309 AM MDT SAT AUG 15 2009
...LATE SUMMER SNOWSTORM EXPECTED FOR THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS TODAY...
.AN UNSEASONABLY EARLY SNOWSTORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET TODAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE AREA...
WYZ008-009-151800- /O.NEW.KRIW.WW.Y.0030.090815T1500Z-090816T0000Z/ BIGHORN MOUNTAINS WEST-BIGHORN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST- 309 AM MDT SAT AUG 15 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RIVERTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
RAINFALL ALONG WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW ABOVE 9000 FEET BY 9 AM. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AT 9000 FEET ALONG WITH UP TO 6 TO 7 INCHES AT 10000 FEET. ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES WHILE DRIVING OVER GRANITE AND POWDER RIVER PASSES TODAY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DRAMATICALLY COLDER AND WET WEATHER TODAY.
Snow in August???????????
Where’s Al Gore?????????
Snow in August — YUCK! So much for global warming!
Anyone got Al’s # to see what has gone wrong?
Even Algore doesn’t believe in global warming, but his utterances keep him in the limelight and even got him a Nobel prize.
This is the coolest Summer in SoCal I can remember in years. Right now, it’s approaching 11:00AM and the outside temp. is about 72 F. Been this way for the past 2 weeks. Usually, in mid-August it’s much warmer.
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Winter weather advisory VALID UNTIL august 15 6:00PM mdt urgent - winter weather message national weather service riverton wy 309 am mdt sat aug 15 2009
...late summer snowstorm expected for the big horn mountains today...
.an unseasonably early snowstorm is expected to affect the big horn mountains above 9000 feet today as a strong pacific trough of low pressure tracks east across the area...
Wyz008-009-151800- /o.new.kriw.ww.y.0030.090815t1500z-090816t0000z/ bighorn mountains west-bighorn mountains southeast- 309 am mdt sat aug 15 2009
...winter weather advisory in effect from 9 am this morning to 6 pm mdt this evening for elevations above 9000 feet...
The national weather service in riverton has issued a winter weather advisory for the big horn mountains above 9000 feet which is in effect from 9 am this morning to 6 pm mdt this evening.
Rainfall along with a few embedded thunderstorms will occur this morning before changing over to snow above 9000 feet by 9 am. Snow will continue through the afternoon along with accumulations of 3 to 4 inches at 9000 feet along with up to 6 to 7 inches at 10000 feet. Isolated embedded thunderstorms are expected throughout the day which could cause locally higher amounts of snowfall.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A winter weather advisory for snow means that periods of snow will cause primarily travel difficulties. Be prepared for snow covered roads and limited visibilities while driving over granite and powder river passes today...and use caution while driving. Campers and hikers should prepare for dramatically colder and wet weather today.
LOL
Headed up there the end of September .. yikes.
Heck! That can happen at any time actually.... LOL...
I’ve driven through Cheyenne, Wyoming before during July and have driven through a snow storm... :-) At the time it happened with me, it was during the 70s.
Then, at Crater Lake, Oregon, they’ve got snow, on record, for every month of the year...
It happens....
That he does! :)
Here in the Colorado mountains, the leaves on the native ground cover started turning red and yellow a few days ago. Looks like an early winter for us, too.
I live at the foot of the Big Horns in Big Horn Wyoming. It is about 50 degrees right now with lots of rain. It has been a very cool and wet summer here, regardless of global warming. The ranchers are loving all the alfalfa, but I think it is going to be a long tough winter.
Read on some news site (been trying to find it) but the article said the sun was going through a phase of reduced output and a mini-ice age could happen ....
Prayers up for the hikers and campers caught unaware.
You said — I live at the foot of the Big Horns in Big Horn Wyoming. It is about 50 degrees right now with lots of rain. It has been a very cool and wet summer here, regardless of global warming. The ranchers are loving all the alfalfa, but I think it is going to be a long tough winter.
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That’s a wonderful place up there, I’ve been driving around up in that part of the country many times before, all over the place... :-) There’s a lot to see in the general area...
And for the general topic of “global warming”, I should include my standard post here... :-)
It’s one thing to gripe and complain about these things and disagree with it, but it’s quite *another* to convince your friends and neighbors and relatives and coworkers...
THEREFORE..., it’s also absolutely necessary for people to know the information in the following documentary. If there were simply *one* video that you could see and/or show people you know... this would be the *one*...
The following is an *excellent* video documentary on the so-called “Global Warming” I would recommend it to all FReepers. It’s a very well-made documentary.
“The Great Global Warming Swindle”
If you want to download it, via a BitTorrent site (using a BitTorrent client), you can get it at the following link.
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3635222/The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle
[this is a high-quality copy, of about a gigabyte in size...]
It’s worth seeing and having for relatives, friends, neighbors and coworkers to see.
Also, see it online here...
http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/great_global_warming_swindle.php
[this one is considerably lower quality, is a flash video and viewable online, of course...]
Buy it here...
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000WLUXZE
[this one would be the very highest quality version, on a DVD disk, of several gigabytes in size...]
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Also, in split parts on YouTube...
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 1 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMA6sszChwQ
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 2 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERisgJ3QWjk
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 3 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HLVYwmZoxc
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 4 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr-AG3BA1Go
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 5 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbllTsBHuxk
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 6 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyK7C1OrAAo
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 7 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIX8LcAuMQ
The Great Global Warming Swindle (Part 8 of 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZmCDOZbtM
One of the worst storms I ever saw was at the end of May here in Colorado. Early in the day I was sitting on the deck wearing a swimsuit. Within 45 minutes, we had at least 6 inches of snow.
I’ve seen snow during every month of the year in Colorado. It’s just how things are out west.
You said — Read on some news site (been trying to find it) but the article said the sun was going through a phase of reduced output and a mini-ice age could happen ....
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It’s a sort of “convoluted process” that is going for the why and how the sun affects the weather here on earth. It’s not as straightforward as you might think. Take a look at that video in Post #17 and that will give you some idea about it. It may *surprise you* for the reason why things warm up and then cool down ... on earth.
It doesn’t have to do with the sun (necessarily) heating up and cooling off, but rather with the sunspot activity. But, the sunspot activity actually affects *something else* and *not* directly the weather on earth... surprise, surprise... LOL...
Anyway, when there is a sunspot minimum for a long period of time, then you’re going to get cooler weather. But, when there is increased sunspot activity over a longer period of time, then you’re going to have things warm up.
We’re in what is similar to a “Dalton Minimum” right now...., and that will probably mean colder weather for another decade, a shift in the grow zones, to the south, by one grow zone (across this country) and then about a 30% loss in crop output in the U.S. over the next decade because of that...
Dalton Minimum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_Minimum
And then for the “Little Ice Age” we had a few hundred years ago, look at...
Maunder Minimum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum
Little Ice Age
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
You said — I’ve seen snow during every month of the year in Colorado. It’s just how things are out west.
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Absolutely... and people just need to know that it does happen so, even though it may be unusual, it’s not unknown... :-)
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