Category: General
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The rain *is* coming… and other weather news.
So it’s really been a fairly boring start to 2010 so far. Especially considering what we went last year, this year just seems downright normal! (It actually feels pretty normal to me, this is what I remember winters being like growing up). But, do not despair last week the models were saying we’d get a…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! Well, not a whiff of snow around here. But hey, at least we don’t have a blizzard like most of the US. It’s going to stay pretty much as it has been the past week. I think the weather is taking a holiday too. Nothing really exciting happening though there is…
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An Unexpected Snowfall?
Don’t you just get that feeling that it might just maybe just might might have a snowflake in the air? Nick and Eve asked in the comments of the last post if maybe there might be some snow tonight. I don’t know honestly! It sure is *close* to being cold enough, but we really haven’t…
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El Nino Revs Up… and what happens with Arctic Melts?
So I figured since the forecast was pretty…. predictable… I’d focus on something else. Namely. El Nino. The NOAA Prediction center updated its advisory on Nov 5. Quote: Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue strengthening and last through at least the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010. Expected El Niño impacts during November 2009-January 2010 include…
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Eve gets her wish! Had to call in a report today
So we got up to 70kph this evening (18:20). That’s the point where I have to call in to Environment Canada as a Severe Weather Watcher. Which I did. The forecaster on the other end of the line sounded reasonably impressed. Obviously since they didn’t issue a warning for our area, they weren’t looking for…