For those of you interested in the science of snow here ya go: Snow cover is a part of the cryosphere, (where water is in solid form), which traces its origins to the Greek word kryos for frost. Snow is precipitation in the form of ice crystals. It originates in clouds when temperatures are…
For those loyal customers of the Weather Coffee Shoppe if you haven’t noticed I closed it down December 1st – if you try to go there it automatically reverts to this site. I am still moving content from there to here – it is a time consuming process but most of the weather data is…
Today I am going to stray from the talk of snow and cold to bring more fascinating delvings into unnatural phenomenon which you may or may not have seen over the years. Since at least the 19th century, people have periodically claimed to see giant snowflakes falling from the sky — big ones…
Wow – another month has rushed on by. Where does the time go? We rush forward in the present towards the future as we leave the past in our wake. We must take care of what we leave in our wake. Enough of the philosophy, just something to think about aside from the weather. I…
I look at a lot of models every day but mostly I use the Hi Res, Nam and GFS for my forecasts. Once one begins mixing in the European forecast models things take a turn towards more head scratching in long range forecasting. The Atmospheric and Environmental Research graphic above for December-January-February is what is…