Posted by Dave Gorham on February 1, 2011
It’s all coming together in dramatic fashion today as record snowfall threatens not only such places as Chicago who are accustomed to heavy snowfall, but places like Houston and perhaps even Corpus Christi where measurable snowfall is a rarity. Accompanying the snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures where in the South especially, temperatures will not just dip low, they dip low and stay there for several days. Wind chill readings of -20 and colder will be common.
Posted by Dave Gorham on March 25, 2010
On the heels of Monday’s YWB post about the deteriorating conditions of the ice roads in Canada, comes this: the Lake Winnipesaukee, NH "Ice Out" is a record-breaker, occurring four days prior to the previous record of March 28th, 1921. Last year’s Ice Out was April 12. What’s going on? I’ll bet you thought New [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on March 22, 2010
Heat, as they say, is relative: whether it’s the salsa or the temperature, what’s hot for one is not necessarily hot for another. Even in science, heat is a process involving the transfer of energy, not a specific number as it relates to temperature. And so this story from the Great White North about the [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 26, 2010
Oh, come on! Icebergs on Lake Michigan? Really? So says the email that landed in my Inbox this morning. The icebergs were big and white and some were even streaked with blue. Quite pretty, but Lake Michigan?? Purported Lake Michigan icebergs. Photo: Who knows? (Snopes actually attributes the photo to Oyvind Tangend, a Norwegian sailor.) [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 25, 2010
Harbin, China has a city made of ice – 5.6 million cubic feet of it to be exact. The city of ice comes around once a year, from January through mid-March for the International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival. The Festival started back in 1985, is one of the largest of its kind in the [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 17, 2010
The snow has come to an end for now, the temperatures are warming up and you need to be on the lookout for falling ice. Most cities have signs in place warning of falling ice on sidewalks around the area but many people don’t pay much attention to them. In Chicago, ice is falling off [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 4, 2010
While many areas in the Plains are still without power from last week’s snow and ice storm, the next storm is already marching through the Plains and heading toward the Mid-Atlantic with more ice and more snow. Our forecast remains much as it did yesterday: upwards of 16 inches of snow across the Cumberland Gap [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 3, 2010
Today’s winter storm outlook takes the area of highest accumulations from the Shenandoah Valley (as mentioned yesterday) northward to Hagerstown, MD, the Cumberland Gap and into south-central Pennsylvania. This, by the way, is home to the Catoctin Mountains and Camp David, the Presidential Retreat (doubtful that Marine One will attempt the trip this weekend). With [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on February 3, 2010
If it’s Tuesday, it must be time to let you know about another snow and ice storm. Riding on the coattails of last week’s storm, the next storm is taking aim on the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states this weekend. While eastern Virginia continues to lie under several inches of snow today, the next storm promises [...]
Posted by Dave Gorham on January 28, 2010
I’m sure I’m the only one to think up “The ice storm cometh,” but as a major snow and ice storm takes aim on Oklahoma today and then moves eastward over the next 48-60 hours, I thought it appropriate and helpful to review some tips for best getting through an ice storm. First, your [...]
