Author Archives: J.B. Elliott
Ice Damage
David Black calls our attention to this report from Missouri: PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 1101 AM CST MON JAN 15 2007 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE…. ..REMARKS.. 0830 AM ICE … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS, 1/15/07
* 20 inches is how deep the ground is frozen at Great Falls, Mont. (That is almost two feet! How would you like to dig a post-hole there today?) * 1.89 inches is how much rain Little Rock got in … Continue reading
How Warm Have We Been?
This has been a remarkable January so far across Central Alabama. The first half of the month averaging 10 degrees above normal. Based on official data at Birmingham Airport which should be close to the same for all of Central … Continue reading
Plenty of Cold Air to Go Around
12-NOON TEMPERATURE CONTRAST IN TEXAS It was 15 degrees with strong north winds at Dalhart, in the Panhandle, while Dallas-Fort Worth had 68. It was near 80 in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. This is a bitter cold airmass. Some … Continue reading
Snow in East Tennessee Mountains
And that includes the higher elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains: * 2 inches on Newfound Gap with a low this morning off 11 above zero. * 3 inches atop Mt. Leconte with a low of 2 above. * Trace … Continue reading
Just To Make You Shake, Quiver and Shiver
NOTE: Unable to access the ABC 33/40 SkyWatcher Conference for the last two days so this list of Alabama lows in incomplete. That will be resolved later today as I await, like a little boy in a (toy) (candy) (poptart) … Continue reading
56 Below Zero in Alaska
Not a good day to hang out the wash or go on a picnic in our biggest state. 56 below zero at Chandalar Lake is the coldest I have noted so far this season in Alaska. OTHER LOWS 47 below … Continue reading
Colorado Situation–Hurricane Force Winds
That Rocky Mountain state has really caught it so far this season. Consider: * Still 15 inches of snow in the ground in the Denver area (not counting drifts) * 49 inches so far this season for Denver * 93 … Continue reading
WEATHER BY THE NUMBERS 1/8/07
* 75 below zero was the temperature today at Ojmjakon, in Northeast Russia. The temperature should linger close to that with an eventual low of 77 below by tomorrow morning. That is only 4 degrees above the coldest ever recorded … Continue reading
Money-back Guarantee–No Dust Storms Today
This is what I call a general across-the-landscape wetting down. The whole state got wet Sunday. Virtually no chance of blowing dust today. Not a square-inch of dry soil in the state today unless it is under a house. We … Continue reading
