http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/snow/ en-us Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:05:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414695/posts A White Christmas in Dallas. Never before in my 44 years. I have now seen everything. "Snow" (Irving Berlin, 1954) Snow It won't be long before we'll all be there with snow Snow I wanna wash my hands, my face and hair with snow Snow I long to clear a path, and lift a spade of snow Snow oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow Snow where it's snowing all winter through That's where I want to be Snowball throwing, that's what I'll do How I'm longing to ski through the Snow Those glist'ning houses that... Irving Berlin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414695/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:05:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414685/posts A winter storm bludgeoning Oklahoma today has been responsible for at least three deaths so far, and Gov. Brad Henry declared a state of emergency, officials said. Christmas Eve in OKC All interstates closed in Oklahoma City; H.E. Bailey... 12/24/2009 EL RENO — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed eastbound Interstate 40 at U.S. 81 in El Reno because of several weather-related wrecks. Troopers closed... One person died in a weather-related crash on Interstate 44 near Geronimo, Comanche County officials said. At least two people died in a weather-related crash on State Highway 51 near Sand Springs, Assistant Police Chief Mike... The Oklahoman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414685/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:35:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413563/posts BRITAIN faces months of cold weather disruption according to a leading American weather forecasting company yesterday. The UK and northern Europe are in line for a “colder than normal” January, February and March, said the firm, WSI, which provides forecasts for many top US corporations. Its prediction, which contrasts with the Met Office’s much more cautious winter forecast, came as Britain struggled in the grip of more Christmas travel chaos caused by days of ice and heavy snow. Temperatures were expected to plunge as low as -6C in many areas last night. “The Met Office had predicted when the snow... Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413563/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413244/posts Last night, the models were all in pretty good agreement with taking this storm system from north-central Texas up through western Missouri and then into Minnesota which lead me in the direction of providing you the information in the latest post. Things may be on the change again. Not a huge surprise to me, though. As I had previously mentioned until the storm system really moves into the U.S. the upper air data would not be that great and that would influence the model outputs. Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413244/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:19:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412730/posts It is appearing more likely that the heaviest snow, in excess of 6” and as much as 2 feet, will be falling Wednesday through Christmas Day from the Panhandles of Texas/Oklahoma to Wisconsin. Some cities that will be affected includes: Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412730/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:54:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412032/posts Need help identifying the following snow tracks: This is the third time I have found some strange animal tracks on my land. I live in western pa, 25 miles from Pittsburgh in the land of murrymom. The area is rural on the edge of suburban development. These tracks I photographed (iPhone) while snow blowing. The gate is 6 to 8 feet and the single track may be a double paw print. The single track is larger than my hand. The tracks entered my property near a wood pile (breaking a five wire electric fence) and traveled over two hundred feet... N/A http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412032/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:38:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411907/posts How Will It Impact Your Travel? Still watching the likely development of a BIG winter storm from the Southwestern US to the Heartland but details are still sketchy. To explain why I say this, I chose to provide you with another video blog post. I hope it helps clear some fuzziness up. Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411907/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:52:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411497/posts Still a lot of questions for the upcoming holiday week storm but things are becoming a bit clearer. However, I won't be comfortable nailing this one down until the storm moves on shore in the Pacific NW over the next day or two so the models have better initial data to use. I explain the very latest in today's video blog entry. Enjoy! Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2411497/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411398/posts Interstate 64 is shut down until further notice. CHARLESTON W.Va.-- Officials say that both Northbound and Southbound lanes of Interstate 64 between Charleston and Beckley are shut down until further notice. Road crews and the National Guard are working to clear the roadways and help stranded motorists along the Interstate and across the state. Keep clicking wowktv.com for further updates. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411398/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411143/posts For retailers, snow would pile on By Ylan Q. Mui Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, December 19, 2009; A11 Retailers can stop accusing the economy of holding back holiday sales. Now they can blame it on the weather. The mighty blizzard expected to descend on the Northeast today comes on the last Saturday before Christmas, typically the busiest day of the year for retailers. But with as much as a foot of snow forecast from North Carolina to New Jersey, retailers are worried that their customers will spend the Super Saturday shoveling rather than shopping. One meteorologist predicts that could... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411143/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:28:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411009/posts 1:54 a.m. The Wythe County Sheriff’s Office says Interstate 77 between Wytheville and West Virginia has been shut down due to the weather, and accidents blocking the highway. All other traffic on I-81 and I-77 is moving slowly with only one lane of traffic open. National Weather Service says Roanoke has received a foot of snow. Blacksburg at 11.2 inches. VDOT says multiple sections of Interstate 81 are not moving, on both the northbound and the southbound side from Rockbridge County through Wythe County . wsls.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411009/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:19:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410684/posts Go ahead, grumble about the snowstorm that socked the Anchorage area this week. Depending on your side of town, and not counting the Hillside, the official tally is between 5.5 and 20 inches. Now, put your ear to your freshly shoveled driveway, and you'll hear Valdez residents laughing. "My God, our people don't even get out of bed for that, and I'm not kiddin' ya," said longtime resident Tom McAlister. Snow started falling in Valdez early Monday morning and continued to fall like crazy. At one point on Tuesday, 4.8 inches fell in an hour. By Wednesday, 68.2 inches had... Anchorage Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410684/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:19:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410247/posts 4 to 8 inches of snow may blanket Washington, D.C., areaBy Sholnn Freeman Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, December 18, 2009 A winter storm is expected to dump significant amounts of snow across much of the Washington region this weekend, with the first flakes starting as early as Friday night. The storm, which developed along the Gulf Coast, is expected to bring four to eight inches or more of snow to the Washington region. Meteorologists said it will reach the area after hammering the western part of Virginia along the Blue Ridge Mountains. In Washington and along the East Coast,... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410247/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410028/posts Tempers boil as delegates wait in freezing weatherBy Michael Lim Ubac Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:43:00 12/18/2009 COPENHAGEN — Coffee or tea? Police officers serving warm drinks to civilians is definitely not part of the job description of the Philippine National Police, or police forces in other parts of the world. But Danish police officers known here as “politi” had to assume this rather odd role as delegates braced themselves for long queues just to get inside Bella Center, the site of the UN climate conference here. It’s like being public servants literally. Below zero On Monday, with the... Inquirer.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410028/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409792/posts Are you “Dreaming of a White Christmas”? Many of us each year dream of a white Christmas but we know it is just going to be a dream unless we head to the mountains or someplace else where we know snow will be. This year, though, many of us who normally have to just hold on to a dream of a white Christmas may actually get what we dream for as a present from Mother Nature. As I hinted to last week, the weather pattern setting up for Christmas week appears generally to be cold. Specifics were up in question... Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409792/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:29:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409731/posts Oh the weather in Copenhagen is insightful... But what being planned there is so frightful... And since that where they decided to go... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! They don’t show signs of stoppin... And it causing my head to start a poppin... It’s a hoax and more and more know... Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! When they finally kiss goodnight... How they'll hate going out in the storm... Cause if they’d got things right... They know outside it should have been warm... Their power is slowly dying... Because their e-mails prove... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409731/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:05:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409693/posts PARIS (AFP) – Early winter snows forced French authorities to close the Eiffel Tower on Thursday and disrupted transport as northwest Europe shuddered under a pre-Christmas cold snap. The French capital and much of the north of the country awoke to find a seven-centimetre (three inch) blanket of snow, which delayed flights from Charles de Gaulle airport by up to two hours. The iconic Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors, and train and bus services were delayed in many areas, as daytime temperatures dropped below zero for the first time in the year and black ice coated northern roads. Snow... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409693/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:24:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408286/posts MILWAUKEE – Cities around the country that have installed energy-efficient traffic lights are discovering a hazardous downside: The bulbs don't burn hot enough to melt snow and can become crusted over in a storm — a problem blamed for dozens of accidents and at least one death. "I've never had to put up with this in the past," said Duane Kassens, a driver from West Bend who got into a fender-bender recently because he couldn't see the lights. "The police officer told me the new lights weren't melting the snow. How is that safe?" Many communities have switched to LED... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408286/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:33:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407016/posts <p>Snow is expected later in the week, as forecasters have warned Britain should brace itself for more wintry weather with below-freezing temperatures.</p> <p>Gemma Plumb, a forecaster with MeteoGroup UK, the weather division of the Press Association, said: ''We might see some snow on Thursday, but it's too early to say for definite when it will occur and how much there will be.''</p> telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407016/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404780/posts A very fast and active weather pattern will continue across the United States for the next week or more. The pattern is definitely setting up as anticipated with El Nino in charge. The southern jet stream is very active with a quick flow across the southern tier of the U.S. This is bringing several quick-moving storm systems from the Pacific Coast through the southern Rockies and into the Southeast. In addition, several surges of cold-arctic airmasses have made it south through the Plains and eastward into the Ohio Valley and portions of New England. This has already set up to... Doppler Dale's Weather Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2404780/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404659/posts The pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas. While the overall PCB levels were quite low, the results show that these long-lasting contaminants, notorious for causing myriad health problems, can end up at altitudes as high as 20,340 feet (6,200 meters), making their way through the atmosphere to these remote areas. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, break down slowly, and as a result, can last for many years in the environment. They... LiveScience.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404659/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:59:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404343/posts CHICAGO (AFP) – A massive storm buried much of the central United States in dangerous ice and snow Wednesday, stranding scores of motorists with massive drifts that shut down major roads and defeated plows. Strong winds created drifts as high as 15 feet (4.6 meters) as the storm dropped as much as four feet of snow (1.2 meters) in some areas, said Pat Slattery, a spokesman for the National Weather Service. "This has been a really big season opening storm," Slattery said. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools were closed and the freezing rain that preceded the snow in many... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404343/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:27:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403213/posts Senate rejects Nelson amendment on abortion http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403213/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403170/posts A strong winter storm brought snow and traffic problems across Utah early Tuesday morning with the lake effect kicking in for some extra powder in parts of the Salt Lake Valley. Drivers, businesses and families from Wendover to Vernal and Tremonton to St. George were having varying degrees of success coping with snow that was feet-deep in places. Forecaster Eric Schoening of the National Weather Service's Salt Lake City office said he expected the storm to taper off Tuesday afternoon. Skies should clear for several days with another weaker storm expected to hit late Saturday and into Sunday. Temperatures will... The alt Lake Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403170/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:41:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402056/posts Snow continues to fall in the foothills and Sierra Nevada, even dusting valley communities, but the weather system will continue moving southeast, leaving the Sacramento region later today. Places such as Roseville, El Dorado Hills and even Galt got various amounts of snow, while it has piled up at higher elevations. .... "We actually had some (snow) here at the weather office at Watt and El Camino," said National Weather Service meteorologist Angus Barkhuff. "This is certainly an unusually cold weather system for California. It's not often we get to see some snowflakes here in the Sacramento area." Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402056/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 16:11:05 GMT