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Errant Wind
By: Jonathan Greene
Tags: Nature, Mindfulness, Poetry, Weather, Self

Errant wind blows past me

to leave me love notes

of breaths passed

A gentle breeze

that acts as a whisper

and tells me

everything I need to hear

It’s unexpected when it comes

a surprise of small force

and a light touch

that wakes me up

from my malaise

and tells me

everything I need to hear

Errant wind dotes on me

as air to lift my wings

when they were clipped

and I was left grounded

until I opened my mouth

so it could tell me

everything I needed to hear

Small gusts and bursts

rustle my hair as a reminder

that life is messy

and wind is errant

and I am ok

It tells me

everything I need to hear
Be A Cloud
By: Jessica Milliner
Tags: Nature, Cloud, Outdoors, Weather, Acrostic

Be a cloud watching everything below.

Embrace the power of Mother Nature.

A cloud may resemble a softer texture.

Centered around the clear blue skies.

Letting it move around the sun.

Outdoors can make the clouds as a picture perfect view.

Using it as a way to visualize more about the clouds.

Discover something more in an entirely different way.
Weather rambling — Snow carpets and Jack Frost castles
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: Snow, Christmas, Weather, Lake Champlain

The early December snow of 1872 in Glens Falls quickly lost its luster, like a cheap fabric that cannot withstand wear.

“Winter promptly put down her carpet of snow, but it is already worn quite threadbare and needs patching in places,” The Glen’s Falls Republican reported on Dec. 10, 1872.

Winter Wonderland had a more enduring quality in 1874.

“Jack Frost has begun to build his castles upon the window panes,” the Republican reported on Dec. 8.

Snow had been on the ground since before Thanksgiving.

“The snow called on the 20th, apparently with the intention of making only a brief visit, but from present appearances it has concluded to remain all winter,” the Republican reported on Dec. 1.

Granville had snow, and a frigid 14 below zero temperature, for Christmas in 1876.

“About twelve inches of snow fell on Monday and the sleighing is said to be excellent,” The Granville Sentinel reported on Dec. 22. “Now is the time to go around and chase the wolves from your poor neighbor’s door.”

Young people were skating on the frozen surface of the Feeder Canal in early December of 1883, and Sandy Hill, now Hudson Falls, had its first snow fall on Dec. 10, an indication of weather to follow.

“It looked like winter and felt like winter yesterday,” The Morning Star of Glens Falls reported on Dec. 13.

On Dec. 20, The Morning Star reported that Lake Champlain was frozen between Whitehall and Port Henry.

“Sufficient snow fell yesterday morning to furnish poor sleighing. Many horsemen were out speeding their nags. The scene was enlivening and presented a wintry aspect.”

Click here to read the most recent previous Weather Rambling post.
NCAA CAUTIONS PILOTS, OTHERS OVER ADVERSE WEATHER IN NIGERIAN AIRPORTS
By: Government Of Nigeria
Tags: NCAA, Weather, Aviation, Nigeria

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued Advisory Circular to caution Pilots, Airline Operators and others on severe dust haze/fog phenomenon prevalent in Nigerian airports.

This adverse weather condition expected occurrence is to subsist from October in the far North; November over the North Central; and December over the Southern part of the country. In addition, early morning fog may also be experienced in the months ahead especially along the coastal areas in the South.

With the issuance of this circular signed by the Director General, Capt Musa Nuhu, the NCAA-AEROMET-29 of August 2020 is accordingly cancelled.

This weather advisory circular is necessary to bring forth the evolving weather information to the attention of all stakeholders who need to perform their roles.

Therefore, to ensure safe and efficient flight operations during this period, Pilots, Operators and Air Traffic Controllers Pilots are directed to observe series of responsibilities enumerated below forthwith:

(I.) Flight Crews/Operators and Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) shall be conversant with each aerodrome weather minima and ensure strict adherence to the requirements;

(II) Air Traffic Controllers may temporarily close airspace when hazardous weather conditions such as heavy fog or severe dust haze reducing the visibility to below airport operating minimal are observed or forecasted by Nimet;

(III.) Pilots/Flight Crew Members shall obtain adequate departure, en-route and destination weather information and briefing from Nimet Aerodrome Offices prior to flight operations; and

(IV.) Pilots shall exercise maximum restraint whenever adverse weather is observed or forecast by Nimet and briefed passengers accordingly. Travelling public are however urged to exercise restraint and show understanding in this yuletide month as flights may be delayed or cancelled on account of weather situations.

From the foregoing, the regulatory authority will expect strict compliance to this Advisory Circular as violation would be viewed seriously

Signed:

Sam Adurogboye

GM, Public Relations.
Desert Hot Sands
By: Darrin Atkins
Tags: Nature, Weather, Desert, Warmth, Heat

I think

Some hot desert sand

Would be welcome

About right now

Because

In our next of the woods

It is really cold
There are two reasons I don’t live in the midwest anymore: one is summer and the other is winter.
By: Michael Lee Squires
Tags: Weather

There are two reasons I don’t live in the midwest anymore: one is summer and the other is winter.
Weather rambling — Snow for Thanksgiving
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: Adirondacks, History, Thanksgiving, Weather, Newspapers

Glens Falls had a white Thanksgiving in 1884.

“Another foretaste of winter came yesterday afternoon in the shape of a snowstorm which was succeeded last night by chilling blasts that seemed to have been wafted from the North Pole,” The Morning Star reported on Nov. 6.

Nine days before Thanksgiving, another cold front moved in, and Lake Luzerne residents awoke to find the Hudson River frozen over.

“Yesterday was ushered in with full-fledged January weather, contrasting with that of the day previous, necessitating the resurrection of mid-winter wraps, and rendering the vicinity of coal fires desirable.”

The next day it snowed — about six inches at French Mountain, about five inches at Lake Luzerne, and left “the ground covered with a carpet of white” at Glens Falls.

Two days before Thanksgiving it snowed again, continuing into the wee hours of the next morning.

“A snowstorm set in about noon yesterday and continues without signs of abating at this writing — 1 a.m.,” The Morning Star reported on Nov. 26. “The prospects are encouraging for those who hoped for a Thanksgiving sleigh ride.”

Indeed, there was good sleighing weather on Thanksgiving and beyond.

“The weather has been quite wintry for two or three days past and overcoats and mittens are again in fashion,” The Morning Star reported on Nov. 29. “About four inches of snow fell (at Lake Luzerne) on Tuesday evening, which has been used by some who are anxious for a sleigh ride.”

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Incoming Storm
By: Lucy Dan 蛋小姐, She Her 她
Tags: Poetry, Weather, Paper Poetry, Poem, Snow

Incoming Storm

Photo by Jaime Dantas on Unsplash

“storm”

gives it a harsh sound,

as if we’re about

to be hit with

something violent

when today

all that’s arriving

is winter’s first

blanket of snow,

ready to melt

by next morning

in fluctuating warmth.
Desert Hot Cactus
By: Darrin Atkins
Tags: Desert, Heat, Weather

writer and novelist. traveler and adventurer. looking for fun in the sun. chasing the dream. can't stop the feeling that time is going faster.
Change In The Weather
By: Sarah E Sturgis
Tags: Writing, Change, Poetry, Weather, Life

Change In The Weather

Photo by Tom Barrett on Unsplash

Chattering teeth

A cold that speaks

Through the wind and rain

Feel its breath

Take what’s left

And slowly go insane

Breathe in, breathe out

This dream’s about

To take a turn for the better

Just watch your step

And don’t regret

The change in the weather
Weather rambling — Thanksgiving in July
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: History, Thanksgiving, Weather, Farming, Newspapers

Editor J. L. McArthur of The Granville Sentinel couldn’t be more grateful for the weather of July 1877 and the potential of a bountiful harvest.

“The annual click of the mowing machine is heard round about us. The hay crop is much better this year than last,” he mused on July 12. “The world jogs on, vegetation vegetates, and for a wonder, no one complains about the condition of the crops.”

It was a rare quality of weather that made the curmudgeonly kind.

“This is the kind of weather that impels the gruff, crusty old city relative to write affectionate letters to his country cousins,” he remarked on July 19.

“Everything in the vegetable or grain line is just jumping right along towards an early harvest,” he gushed on July 26. “We have had rain enough, and hot weather enough to make crops grow splendidly, and we are a blessed people.”

The Hampton correspondent concurred.

“Your correspondent, among many others, is duly thankful for a few days of fine weather, which is being well improved in the town, at least, as the farmers may be found in their fields until sundown.”

The thankfulness continued in August.

“No people on the face of the earth were ever blessed with finer weather than we have seen for the past week,” McArthur wrote on Aug. 19. “Not unbearably hot during the day, and deliciously cool nights. It is really Elysian.”

The early harvest was bountiful.

“A good crop of of hay and an unprecedented growth of oats has been harvested. Many are stacked out for want of storage room.”

The fall apple crop, however, did not look promising.

“Apple crop a failure: … few farmers will have enough for their own use, leaving out cider.”

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Desert Heat
By: Darrin Atkins
Tags: Winter, Nature, Weather, Warmth, Heat

writer and novelist. traveler and adventurer. looking for fun in the sun. chasing the dream. can't stop the feeling that time is going faster.
The Weather Won’t Decide Itself — A UX Case Study for the App I Wish I Had
By: Autumn Basinger
Tags: Case Study, Mobile, Design, Weather, UX

“Can summer start already?” “It better not rain tomorrow…” “I wish it would snow for just one hour”

Any of these thoughts sound familiar? Whether you want the weather to be perfect, or you’re just looking for a change of pace, you never seem to have any say in the matter!

But what if you did?

1. The Challenge

For fun, I wanted to explore what the experience might be like if humans were able to decide the weather. For the sake of practicing mobile app design, I set out to create an app that brings the power of weather to our pockets.

First, I decided on a few parameters in order to narrow down my scope:

The app will randomly appear on users’ smartphones, and then later vanish into thin pixels. It can only exist on one phone at a time — we wouldn’t want to give the weather conflicting instructions. Let’s start simple: Users get to decide the weather for ONE DAY only. Plus, I can’t imagine anyone wanting that responsibility all the time.

Alright, let’s get to it!

Brainstorm

I typically like to begin new projects with a stream-of-consciousness style writing/sketching session. This helps me frame my most important research questions and uncover any assumptions I may already be making. In this case, it’s also where I defined the parameters listed above.

Brain weather-storm

2. Research & Discovery

To the best of my knowledge, there are no products as of yet that let anyone make their own weather — so if you are secretly developing this fascinating technology, you know who to add to your design team. :-)

Weather creation being a new and unusual experience, I made the goal of my research to discover what type(s) of weather users want, and their general attitudes toward the idea of creating it themselves.

User Interviews

To discover this, I not-so-small-talked with 5 potential users (between the ages of 25 and 56) about the weather.

I structured the interviews loosely around the following questions:
Golfing May Be Over For The Winter
By: Floyd Mori
Tags: Winter, Poetry, Weather, Covid 19, Golf

Golfing May Be Over For The Winter

Golfing may be over for the season

now that the snow has come.

Won’t be able to get outdoors

as much with cold weather.

Staying indoors and away from crowds

is safer during COVID,

but getting outside is good.

Maybe good weather will come,

and golfing will still be possible.

The snow will fall but will melt.

As long as there is no snow on the course,

we can be out there golfing.
Rain, Rain, Wherefore Art Thou?
By: Darrin Atkins
Tags: Global Warming, Rain, Weather

I miss the rain

Don’t get me wrong

We had a little this week

But it was like

A little morsel of food

When you are famished

Really?

One short day of a little rain

In dusty California

I know

Of course

That there are big storms

Around the world

And I pray for those affected

I just wish

There was a way

For us to get some rain too

And not just a little bit
追風
Tags: Cyclone, Weather, Typhoon

Lots of words in mind but found difficult to write on paper…
Remote Sensing Technology Market Size Worth $29.61 Billion By 2027
By: Gaurav Shah
Tags: Weather, Disaster, Agriculture, Management, Military

The global remote sensing technology market size is expected to reach USD 29.61 billion by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 11.6% from 2020 to 2027, according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc. Remote sensing technology is used to detect and monitor land and weather characteristics by measuring the reflected sunlight and emitted radiation from a satellite or an aircraft. Cameras fitted on the satellite and the aircraft to collect the remotely sensed images, which help organizations observe and analyze the land and forecast weather accordingly. The market is primarily driven by rising investments in earth observation projects. For instance, in August 2020, Indian earth observation startup Pixxel announced it raised investments worth USD 5 million for a constellation of Earth observation satellites.

The growing adoption of precision farming is expected to augment the market growth over the forecast period. The technology is used to identify crop conditions, determine the soil content such as moisture, and estimate the crop production. The health of crops is determined using remote sensing technology to reduce fertilizer usage, which reduces additional costs incurred by farmers. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has led to the demand for remote sensing technology to monitor and curb the spread of the virus. The technology also helps to keep track of population concentration, determine mobility patterns, and document environmental changes.

The market comprises a high degree of competition due to the presence of numerous companies operating at the global level. These companies are focusing on enhancing their product portfolio to maintain and increase their market share. For instance, in October 2019, Hexagon AB announced the launch of its Power Portfolio which includes the latest version of remote sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS), and cartography products. The new versions have machine learning capabilities that help users address big data management issues.

Click the link below:

https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/remote-sensing-technologies-market

Further key findings from the report suggest:
Why does the sun show itself, in its raw, fantastical, entity, to light so lambently, yet after a transitory phase, hastily descends, for its integrants once shone on so luminescent, be besieged in…
By: Daniel A. Teo
Tags: Writing, Poetry, Photography, Weather, Sun

Photo by Vivek Doshi on Unsplash

Why does the sun show itself,

in its raw,

fantastical,

entity,

to light so lambently,

yet after a transitory phase,

hastily descends,

for its integrants

once shone on so

luminescent,

be besieged in tenebrosity?

Daniel A. Teo
Live Location and Address Finder
By: Sahil Surani
Tags: Photos, Apps, Weather, Location, Android

Live Location helps user find the address of your neighbourhood; user can also locate the places by using longitude and latitude. User can search for location; save them as a favourite. User can add images of their favourite location. User can share their current location with their friends and family. User can check the history of places the user has visited. The app lets user know the weather of the place user want to visit along with the air quality of the place user is visiting. User can use the inbuilt speedometer to track the speed of their journey and also set the alarm for safe speed. If a user is going above the safe limit user will get the alarm. User can set distance alarm so that when a user is near their destination they will be made aware of it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.livelocation.addressfinder

Live address:

==>Provide live address where you are standing and you can post to any social media.

==>You can find any place.

==>You can mark places as favourite, inorder to reduce time to search it everytime.

==>App will save you last 10 search so you don’t have to search every time.

Photo:

==>Take photo and video with time stamp , place, temperature and date.

==>you can also add description to you photo.

Compass:

==>Use compass with place, temperature, wind speed.

==>You can also take photo with compass.

Speedometer:

==>No need to worry to take photo when you drive vehicle just add limit and it will take photo and video automatically.

==>Both analog and digital speedo meter available.

Distance alarm:

==>No need to worry while travelling just set destination and when you will reach near to your destination app will automatically notify you.

Weather:

==>App will give you current temperature, Wind speed,humidity

==>App will also give you sunrise and sunset timing.

==>App will also give you prediction of weather of upcoming days.

==>You can search any city in world and app will give weather for that area.

AQI:

==>Air quality index of your current location also provide O2, PM, SO2,NO2,CO.

==>You can search any place and app will give AQI of that place.

==>You can also compare AQI of 3 cities
Morning Frost
By: William J Spirdione
Tags: Nature, Sonnet, Poetry, Weather, Seasons

The chill consumes and it’s unrelenting.

And still it brings about a knowing smile.

Soon to feel winters firm grip, lamenting

Autumns end, it will only last a while.
Century-old Ti: Funeral of Earl Wilkinson
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: Adirondacks, History, World War I, Weather, Ticonderoga

This is the latest in a series of posts about news reported a century ago in the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

Earl Wilkinson, a local World War I soldier who died in France in 2018, was buried Nov. 7, 1920 with full military honors at Mount Hope Cemetery.

“Ticonderoga on Sunday afternoon paid full and solemn tribute to another of her gallant sons who fell in the fields of France,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on Nov. 11, 1920.

Wilkinson, who served in the Whitehall National Guard unit with the 105th Infantry, was wounded July 14, 1918, and died on either Aug. 24 or 25, 1918.

The Ticonderoga American Legion post was in charge of funeral activities, which began with a 2:30 p.m. prayer service at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leman Wilkinson, parents of the deceased.

The Ticonderoga Community Band and more than 30 veterans were in the line of march escorting Wilkinson’s body to First Baptist Church, where the main funeral was held prior to burial.

“A young man of excellent habits, industrious and altogether likable, he held a high place in the esteem of all who knew him and his name, and the sacrifice he made will forever linger in the minds of his friends and a community that will honor him.”

In other Nov. 11, 1920 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

An inch of snow was reported in the vicinity of Newcomb.

The Ticonderoga High School senior class food sale on Nov. 6 raised $21 — the equivalent of $276 in 2020 dollars.

Stephen Hayes of North Ticonderoga began supplying milk to Silver Bay School.

E.W. Delong of Crown Point still had some ”nice cabbage” for sale.

Mrs. Joseph Thibault won a perfume atomizer and Elmer Burke a fountain pen at the Knights of Columbus card party on Nov. 9. Florence Fuller entertained with a violin solo and Miss Rox sang “My Laddie.”

Edward Hurtibus of Whitehall donated a quantity of paper pads to Moses Hospital.

Click here to read the most recent previous post in the series.
How Can We Learn From Our Favourite Weather?
By: Terence C.
Tags: Heart, Japan, Weather, Sea Breeze, Ordinaryterence

There is a fine line between fishing and doing nothing. We would like to think that we’re fishing, but the truth is we don’t have the line.
One-Lined Poem: Happiness (№ 16)
By: Jay Krasnow
Tags: Luck, Poetry, Happiness, Weather, Cars

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Weather bonanza — CLI all the way
By: Bill Clarke
Tags: Alias, Weather, Terminal, Forecasting, Cli

Everybody loves checking weather forecasts and talking about the weather, this guide gives you three alternatives to quickly look up the weather from the terminal.

AnsiWeather

AnsiWeather gives you the current weather condition of selected locations and the output only occupies one line in the terminal, making this a very compact alternative.

ansiweather -l "los angeles,us" -s true -i false -d false -h false -p false; \

ansiweather -l london,uk -s true -i false -d false -h false -p false; \

ansiweather -l paris,fr -s true -i false -d false -h false -p false; \

ansiweather -l "new york,us" -s true -i false -d false -h false -p false; \

ansiweather -l papeete,pf -s true -i false -d false -h false -p false

wttr.in

If you want a cool alternative for weather forecasts wttr.in is for you. The current and the following two days are presented. It is very colourful making it easy to read its output.

curl wttr.in/Eastbourne

graph.no

Relying heavy on graphics is the idea behind graph.no. This choice creates a presentation that is very quick to read. So if you want the weather forecast for the following hours this is a good solution.

finger oslo@graph.no

Alias, all together now

An alias that combines the above commands is perfect for a quick look at the weather, no need to go to the browser or outside. This alias I created for Ubuntu 20.04.
Locations and Widgets
By: Airwolf Space
Tags: App Store, Apple, Weather, Mac, Big Sur

Since the launch of the Mac version back in Mar 2020, we were thinking about multiple locations support. Wouldn’t it be great if you can switch between locations with just one click?

In this update you can do that :)
The NFL — Mother Nature, and the journey to find out how much weather has affected the game of…
By: Aaron Huizenga
Tags: NFL, Nfl Football, Weather

The NFL — Mother Nature, and the journey to find out how much weather has affected the game of football over the past 50 years.

From the beginning I have always wanted to know how the weather affected the total score in a game of football. As luck would have it, a dataset existed that would give me all the information that I needed. What happens next is where the story begins. I will post a link to the notebook at the end so you are able to read along.

NFL Dataset on weather conditions from 1960 -2013

This is the dataset that I exported from an excel spreadsheet and was able to save in the necessary file type. The unnoticeable is the almost 12,000 rows that this dataset holds. To start off I had to make sure that dataset was read in correctly, so that I was able to read, clean and create some visual stimulation.

While there aren’t as many columns as there are rows, I ended up removing ‘wind_chill’ and ‘weather’. I would rename those columns using all capital letters, and at the end added an additional column titled ‘TOTAL_SCORE’.

Updated columns plus addition of ‘TOTAL_SCORE’

Once I was able to remove the columns and rename them, I checked for missing values. I replaced those missing values with 0, so that I was able to create the visualization at the end of my notebook. After double checking my work and with insight from my peers, the following three graphs were the culmination of my work.

With Temperature, the effect of the total score of the game is not as drastic as I would have imagined. Looking closer you find that as the temperature increases between 40* and 70*, the score is significantly higher. As it approaches 80* plus, you will find that the total score of the game is significantly lower, with it dropping off completely as it hits 95*.

With Humidity, again it’s not as extreme as one would think. Look close and you will see that the total score peaks between the ranges of 60% and 80%. As the humidity approaches 100%, you see a gradual decline in the total score.

With WMPH(wind miles per hour), you most certainly cannot disregard it. This is the one graph that has the most consistent data. At 8 mph, there is a peak of almost 100 total points scored in a game. As it reaches 15 mph, the score drops off as the wind increases.

The game of football is just like a game of risk, it has its normal everyday challenges. Whether you are talking about it being too hot or too cold, verses the level of humidity from the rain or just living right on the ocean, weather will ALWAYS have an affect on the total score of the game.

As promised, I will post a link to the notebook with the work I created.

https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1zz94ZSYN6Fc5jNWYeZqcPfJoSiRepZiu
Minnesota Weather: Quick-Hitting, Narrow Band Of Snow Thursday, Whiteout Conditions Expected
By: Dilan Tech
Tags: Weather, Médiá, Minnesota, Minnesotaweather, Thursday

The crash scene around 9:30 a.m.

Credit: Minnesota Department of Transportation

A fiery crash on Interstate 94 in Monticello has backed up traffic on the snowy interstate Thursday morning.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s website says the crash happened between Wright County Road 19 and County Road 18 that blocked the westbound lanes of the interstate.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol’s report, the “large crash” happened at 9:10 a.m. on westbound I-94 at Flenning Avenue Northeast. State Patrol Sgt. Jesse Grabow says I-94 westbound at exit 201 in Albertville is closed due to “several crashes” on I-94 near Monticello.

MnDOT traffic cameras show several vehicles, including semi-trucks, near the crash site, including a semi-truck that is on fire and producing a large amount of black smoke.

The crash scene at 10:30 a.m.

Credit: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Grabow says the driver of that truck is OK. The State Patrol says other injuries of those involved in the pileup have not yet been determined.

Traffic cameras showed several emergency vehicles at the scene.

The crash scene at 10:27 a.m.

Credit: Minnesota Department of Transportation

At the time of the crash, I-94 was covered in snow and ice, Grabow said.

Early Wednesday, The National Weather Service said a narrow band of snow would move across the area in the morning, dropping 1–2 inches of snow.

Shortly after the crash, the National Weather Service issued a snow squall warning for east-central Wright County and north-central Hennepin County until 10:30 a.m., noting the impact could include “dangerous life-threatening travel.”

The weather service warned that “a dangerous snow squall was located over Albertville, or 10 miles northeast of Buffalo, moving southeast at 15 mph,” and it was creating “extremely poor visibility” on I-94.

According to the National Weather Service, snow squalls move in and out quickly, typically lasting less than an hour, and may only produce minor amounts of snow accumulations.

Squalls produce sudden white-out conditions, which combined with falling temperatures produce icy roads “in just a few minutes,” and can happen when there’s no winter storm in progress.
Hurricane Eta gains strength in Gulf of Mexico as Florida braces for second hit
By: Top Most Popular
Tags: Flight Tickets, Schools, Today Match Prediction, Rain, Weather

regained hurricane strength Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm. The storm’s maximum sustained winds increased to around 75 mph off Florida’s southwest coast.

Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a hurricane watch for a 120-mile stretch that includes Tampa and St. Petersburg. The storm has been in the Gulf of Mexico since crossing over South Florida on Sunday.

The latest hurricane watch extends from Anna Maria Island, which is south of St. Petersburg, to Yankeetown.

On Wednesday morning, Eta was about 115 miles west-southwest of Port Charlotte, between Sarasota and Fort Myers, and about 145 miles south-southwest of Tampa. The storm was moving north-northeast at 10 mph.

The hurricane center said “life-threatening storm surge” is possible early Thursday, and forecasters advised residents to heed warnings from local officials. Tropical storm-force winds are expected in the area by late Wednesday.

Forecasts call for more rain from the storm system over parts of already drenched South Florida.

“Never seen this, never, not this deep,” said Anthony Lyas, who has lived in his now-waterlogged Fort Lauderdale neighborhood since 1996. He described hearing water and debris slamming against his shuttered home overnight as the storm crossed Florida.

The storm first hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane and killed nearly 70 people from Mexico to Panama, before moving into the Gulf of Mexico early Monday near where the Everglades meet the sea, with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph.

“It was far worse than we could’ve ever imagined, and we were prepared,” said Arbie Walker, a 27-year-old student whose Fort Lauderdale apartment was filled with 5 or 6 inches of water.

There was nowhere for the water to go across much of South Florida, which had already experienced nearly 14 inches of rain in October.

As much as 16 inches of rain damaged one of the state’s largest COVID-19 testing sites, at Miami-Dade County’s Hard Rock Stadium, officials said. Throughout the , it has been among the busiest places to get a coronavirus diagnosis. The site was expected to be closed until Wednesday or Thursday.

Eta hit land late Sunday as it blew over Lower Matecumbe, in the middle of the chain of small islands that form the Keys, but the heavily populated areas of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties bore the brunt of the fury.

Earlier this year, CBSN Originals explored how climate gentrification was threatening Miami’s last pockets of affordable housing in the documentary “ Rising Tide: Priced Out in Miami.”

Eta was the 28th named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. And late Monday, it was followed by the 29th storm — .

The hurricane center said Theta broke the record of 28 named storms in 2005. Theta was centered Wednesday morning about 740 miles southwest of the Azores, bearing top sustained winds of 65 mph as that system moved east-northeast at 8 mph.
Winter
By: Vinitha Dileep
Tags: Haiku, Winter, Poetry, Weather, Snow

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19th century Ti — Strawberry socials and picnics
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: History, Politics, Weather, Gardening, Ticonderoga

This is the latest in an occasional series of posts about news reported in 19th century weekly issues of the Ticonderoga Sentinel.

“Strawberries and cream are now in order,” the Ticonderoga Sentinel reported on June 27, 1874. “Excursions and picnics are now on the program.”

Ladies of the Baptist Church raised about $80 — the equivalent of $1,820 in 2020 dollars — at a festival at Field’s Hall on June 24.

“The ladies served ice cream and deliscious strawberries in a pleasing way.”

Strawberries were on the menu at the Roman Catholic picnic at Black Point on June 20.

Charles Starks won the $2 prize for first place in the foot race.

John McDonald came in second, and William O’Neill third.

The picnic raised $85 — the equivalent of $1,940 in 2020 dollars.

Ticonderoga beer and soft drink sellers were doing a robust early summer business, and gardeners were boasting that peas were in blossom.

“The warm weather is sending the thirsty to Weed and Fleming’s soda fountain,” which was storing its riches in a new one-ton, fire proof safe.

In other June 27, 1874 Ticonderoga Sentinel news:

Owners of the Central House repainted the building’s exterior.

Railroad tracks were laid over the trestle at the mouth of Ti Creek, and the first locomotive passed through the new rail road tunnel.

Editors longed for an enlightened era in politics.

“The time is also coming when qualifications will be considered before party, qualifications before locality, qualifications first and always, by the majority,” an editorial mused.

Politics then sounds a lot like politics now.

“There are several things which are very disgusting about the present American system of politics. Party spirit is carried too far; local jealousy is carried too far,” the editorial chided. “Today we find two great American parties fighting over the same principles which divided them ten years ago and the principles have been settled forever. Why continue the combat? There are living issues, but the parties do not divide upon them.”

And an optimistic thought about opportunity: “It is not rank, nor birth, nor style, but the ‘get up and go’ that makes man great.”

The editors announced they would be taking a week off from publication to relax and celebrate Independence Day.

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Seasons
Tags: Haiku, Change, Poetry, Weather, Seasons

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Soulful House With Good TLC Business
Tags: Lounge, Weather, Soulful House Music, TLC, Music

31:25 — Yeah man, head noddin’. Male vocals, “Stay with me, won’t you stay with me,” steady tempo. The sax bit turns this joint on. 39:15 — Female croon, electric piano. 42:30 — Classic. All truth female vocals and lyrics. 48:00 — GROOVIN’. Male vocals, catchy lead guitar \\0// \\0//. 54:30 — Deep groove this. Male vocals, got that 1:30 a.m. on the dancefloor vibez. 59:40 — YEP. Female vocals, “It’s just the way I see ya,” ZAPPY buttons \\0// \\0//.

Photo via raleigh-durham.archadeck.com (CC0)

65:20 — VOCALS. Angelo Draetta’s lyric, “Feels 100 Miles Away” has a similar tone to Linda Ronstadt. 70:05 — YES, YES!!!!!!!!!! Tango GAIT instrumental \\0// \\0// \\0//.

Painting by Christopher Clark via fineartamerica.com (CC0)

74:40 — Female vocals, “I can’t do without your love,” nice little groove ere. 79:00 — Coda….male vocals, digital orchestral strings. Mature sound ere….cuddle bizz.

OVERVIEW — This is a NICE one. TLC business. All lounge vibez on this soulful house set. Its groove and solid mixing keep you satisfied all the way through. This fits really well on a nice weather day. It’s got that playful, cuddly vibe that lifts your spirits. Nothing heavy Headz, it just hits the spot. (1 hr 21 mins — Lounge TLC Business)

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Previsão do tempo de Natal-RN utilizando LSTM — Parte 1/3
By: Álvaro Ferreira Pires De Paiva
Tags: Lstm, Python, Weather, Deep Learning

Undergraduate student of Information Technology (IT) at UFRN. Computer Technician by the IFRN. GitHub: https://github.com/alvarofpp
Гидрометцентр предупредил о резком и затяжном похолодании
Tags: Nature, Winter, News, Weather, Russia

in The New York Times
The smell of the earth after the rain
By: Chloe Hill
Tags: Poetry, Weather, Poems On Medium, Poem, Poetry On Medium

the howling of the wind

dissipates, it hides behind the

bedrock and drifts away

the sodden earth releases

that dewy petrichor

and damp soil sits quietly

soaking in a sweet scent

it’s the only evidence that

you’ve visited here before.
A Kimi No Nawa Fan Reviews “Weathering With You”
By: Rayek Reviews
Tags: Weather, Weathering With You, Makoto Shinkai, Movie Review, Anime

Full Review: Makoto Shinkai’s movies are known for three things — his stories will leave your eyes foggy, his visuals will reignite your imagination, his music will make you remember moments you don’t want to. Be it “5 Centimetre Per Second” or the beloved “Kimi No Nawa”, you always traded your time for those three things. Then came “Weathering With You”, which only got the visuals. That’s it. It’s like going out to have fuchka, but Mama only serves you the tok pani and nothing else. You want, no, you NEED the fuchka (the story), and the ghugni (the music)!

I don’t want to spoil the story for you, so I’ll just say this — you won’t be able to relate with the main characters. They supposedly have sad backstories (which anime main characters don’t?! 😑), but you never get to see the stories properly on screen! So, it kind of feels like they’re having a grand time despite everything! There are no character development, there are no redemption, there are no making a full circle, so the characters feel terribly 2D (pun absolutely intended)! Hell even some of the side characters got more fleshed out background and character development and I’d actually love to see their story!

One of the major things about Eastern Philosophy is that you must pay the price for your choices. No matter what, you have to suffer the consequences. The movie touches on that initially, but Makoto-san probably got tired of that and made others pay the prices for his main characters’ choices………. Again, grand!

Now let’s talk about music. Ah, Kimi No Nawa, you spoiled us with your soundtracks! Radwimps (the band that sang the songs) came back for this one and they did; how to say this, an ok job? It’s passable. You probably won’t loop the music and listen to it for hours like you did with Kimi No Nawa’s. And that just saddens you a bit, doesn’t it?

From all I said, you’re probably thinking — wow! Makoto-san really effed up this one! Honestly, I’ve seen worse anime movies. If you can forget that it’s his film, or if you never experienced his previous works, you’ll probably enjoy this. But as a Makoto Shainkai movie, it falls short.

Final Score: You Aren’t Missing Anything/10
The Rain
By: Amritha Nair
Tags: Nature, Beauty, Poetry, Rain, Weather

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熱帶氣旋艾莎尼進南海後將減弱
By: C Y S
Tags: Hong Kong, Weather

A columnist in political development in Greater China region, technology and gadgets, media industry, parenting and other interesting topics.
Weather rambling — Sleigh bells in November
By: Maury Thompson
Tags: Adirondacks, History, Weather, Snow, Glens Falls

November typically is a turning point in the weather.

“The last month of autumn has arrived, bringing with it an ice-cool atmosphere and imparting a shiver and a blue nose to the chap whose necessities compel him to still wear the airy garments of summer,” The Glen’s Falls Republican reported on Nov. 8, 1870. “Simultaneously with its arrival, buckwheat cakes adorned many a breakfast table, and the head of the family began to wonder whether the overcoat would stand the vicissitudes of another winter.”

November is the month when snow still seems enchanting.

“Friday the snow fell to the depth of nine inches, enveloping the hills and the valleys, the bare tree tops and the dirty streets in a mantle of pearly white,” The Glen’s Falls Republican reported on Nov. 14, 1871. “Several venturesome drivers displayed sleighs and cutters, and went so far as to give us the merry jingles of sleigh bells.”

“A slight covering of snow — the first of the season — fell Thursday morning, but it rapidly disappeared under the influence of one of those cold, uncomfortable, drizzling rains that have saturated the earth like a sponge,” The Glen’s Falls Republican reported on November 19, 1872.

In 1883, Gore Mountain was covered with snow by November 2, the day Glens Falls had its first flurry of snow of the season.

“The forerunner of real, right down winter — a flurry of snow — appeared yesterday, and those who had not put up their coal stoves bethought themselves of the coming struggle with stovepipes,” The Morning Star reported on Nov. 3.

“Another taste of winter yesterday,” The Morning Star reported on Nov. 14.

It hinted of a harsh winter ahead.

“Boatmen look upon the recent change in weather as indicating an early victory for Jack Frost over the waterways of the state.”

Mild weather in early November keeps a newspaper correspondent inspired.

“Lovely weather is the expression heard on every hand, and the local correspondent that does not fly off the handle and go into raptures over the appearance of the forest does not fulfill his destiny,” the Hampton correspondent to The Granville Sentinel mused in the Nov. 3, 1876 issue.

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El clima perfecto para tu foto perfecta
Tags: Shooting, Photography, Weather

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Best Cold-Weather Gear for 2020
By: Franklyn Michelin
Tags: Gear, Franklyn Michelin, Winter Weather, Weather

Even if you live in a mild climate, unexpected cold weather can be difficult to face. For people in northern climates who experience long winters, warm clothing can be a matter of life and death. Working outside in subzero temperatures can quickly lead to frostbite or hypothermia.

If you’re planning to enjoy the cold weather this winter, it’s important to have clothes that will support you. Some winter clothes are built for bulk and insulation, trapping your body heat inside. Others are built for fitness and athletic purposes, allowing a wider range of movement.

A Columbia Steens Mountain Fleece Jacket is a good choice for those who want a relaxed, casual jacket that provides good insulation. It’s not sports gear, but it comes with both thermal insulation and a built-in scarf. The elastic cuffs hug your wrists to keep air from getting inside, and there’s a lot of room in the side pockets.

When you’re looking for a balaclava, the N-Ferno Hinged Fleece option is a good choice. It sets itself apart from other balaclava options by having a hinged design. The hinges change the way you drape the fabric, making it suitable for more weather conditions.

The design is built with wind-resistant panels that keep your face from getting burned. There are also reflective accents for when you’re out in dim lighting conditions. You might struggle if you want to wear sunglasses, though.

The Wicking Thermal Pant from Duofold is a pair of pants that provides thermal insulation. It allows complete freedom in your movements and keeps you comfortable even in freezing weather. The secret is the two layers, which trap a barrier of air around your legs. At the same time, the knitted cuffs keep cold air from sliding underneath.

GI’s Extreme Cold Weather pants are available for people who will be in incredibly dangerous temperatures. These pants are more heavy-duty than most apparel, being military-grade in design. The Primaloft fabric provides maximum insulation, and the garment has been wrapped in a windproof shell. For athletes who might take a tumble, the reinforced knees can protect your legs from injury.

In addition to all of this, these pants have a high water resistance level, and there are side zippers up the full length of the pants.
When Walmart Predicted What Shoppers Would Buy Before a Hurricane
By: Daniel Ganninger
Tags: History, Innovation, Weather, Business, Data

When Hurricane Frances moved toward the Florida coast in 2004, Walmart employed one of its latest pieces of shopping tendency gadgetry, a data program it called “predictive technology.” Walmart wanted to find out what shoppers were going to buy before the big storm hit.

They first looked at what happened when Hurricane Charley struck the coast in August of 2004. The storm had landed just weeks before. Based on the shopper’s history from that time, Walmart began to try and predict what shoppers would do this time before Hurricane Frances struck.

They were able to pull from their data what the top-selling items ahead of a hurricane would be, and what they discovered was rather interesting. The top seller was beer (no surprise there), and strawberry Pop-Tarts, which sold seven times greater than normal. They used this information to ship extras of these items and other products to Walmarts in the storm’s path.

Getting the data to figure this out wasn’t difficult for Walmart. With about 100 million customers that graced the stores each week, the company sat on a treasure trove of information. Walmart was believed to have 460 terabytes of data on its databases in the corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, in 2004, which at the time, was enough data to double the amount of data on the Internet. The company paid a tidy sum for the technology, specifically a private system that tracked product sales called Retail Link, upwards to the tune of $1.4 billion. Today, Walmart is believed to be able to process 40 petabytes of data taken from transactions at their stores.

So essentially, your buying habits are being tracked anytime you check out from a store, but Walmart keeps the information secret because they don’t want the competition to know their next moves. Think about that when you buy that next bag of cheese puffs.

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