On January the 23rd, the National Weather Service began to advertise the possibility of a snow or ice event within a week’s time. At that juncture I began to pay a little more attention and as the days unfolded, the possibility became more and more a certainty. That doesn’t mean they have a clue as … Continue reading
Whenever winters conditions are just right, Mother Nature can really dish out a problem in the form of an ice storm. Accumulating ice on raised structures can literally wreck havoc over large swaths of landscape and affect the lives of hundreds of thousands. Chief among the problems are sudden loss of electrical power as the … Continue reading
As this the first month of a New Year comes to a close, I though it might be appropriate to include some of the local as well as international events that unfolded for this, my most humble of blogs. Hey! This is a kind of diary after all! I live in southwest Missouri near a … Continue reading
Record Cold spells that last longer than a few days are like some relatives and all fish. The longer they hang around the more uncomfortable you can become. The current spell of cold weather has just entered its third week. Major bummer. The chart at right shows the actual daily highs and lows compared to … Continue reading
Only a couple of days into the new year and already the Forsyth area has been hit with a pretty decent snowfall that started in the late hours on Saturday and then persisted through the morning hours of Sunday. I measured just less than three inches of the good packing snow at 4AM on my … Continue reading
Some of my friends have been inquiring as to what they might expect in the way of weather for Springfield and places south of the I-44 corridor. I’ve been listening to the weather service and while we can definitely expect some rain to fall on Thursday, December 24, I think any snow that will fall … Continue reading
Note: for the 2011-12 forecast, click here! I always like to take a look right before December to see what the Farmer’s Almanac has to say about the coming winter and this year the predictions are somewhat interesting. The Almanac’s weather prediction feature has always been a major interest to me and the company which … Continue reading
