The death toll from Ernesto, which first made landfall earlier this week as a low-level hurricane, has risen to seven after five more fatalities were reported in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Three members of a family riding in their car in the town of Rio Blanco were killed when a tree fell on the vehicle, the spokesman for Veracruz's emergency management office, Manuel Escalera, told Efe Friday.
Two other people drowned when they were swept away by a river in the Veracruz town of Tihuatlan, Gov. Javier Duarte said.
Another individual perished Thursday in the port city of Coatzacoalcos before Ernesto made landfall a second time as a tropical storm. That victim slipped and fell while doing repair work on his home, but local authorities determined the death was not related to the weather system.
Ernesto, since further downgraded to a remnant low-pressure area over southern Mexico, dumped torrential rain on 212 municipalities in Veracruz, where the emergency management office ordered at least 1,000 people to evacuate homes located along several river banks.
The storm caused damage to homes and road infrastructure and triggered some power outages and mudslides.
Duarte told a local radio station that Ernesto damaged roughly 600 homes and three bridges and that 11 municipalities were partially cut off when two mudslides forced the closure of a federal highway.
The storm first made landfall Tuesday night near Mahahual, a fishing town in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, as a Category 1 hurricane packing winds of up to 165 kph (103 mph).
Ernesto crossed the Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday without causing any casualties or serious damage and then moved back over water.
Early Thursday afternoon, it made landfall near Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, bringing winds of 96 kph (60 mph) and causing two deaths in the neighboring state of Tabasco.
One of the fatalities was a fisherman in the town of Centla who fell into a river and drowned while trying to secure his boat, a state emergency services official told Efe.
Meteorologists said the remnants of Ernesto will continue to drop heavy rain over the next couple of days in the central states of Puebla, Hidalgo and Queretaro.
The weakening system, which is forecast to continue moving west and exit land near Acapulco, could regain strength once again over the Pacific. EFE


Vietnam is evacuating nearly 300,000 people from northern coastal areas as Tropical Storm Nock-ten approaches after leaving a path of destruction in the Philippines.
Disaster official Nguyen Xuan Hung of central Nghe An province says provincial authorities have begun evacuating 13,500 people from coastal villages, while more than 30,000 are being moved in neighboring Thanh Hoa province.
Weather forecasters say the storm is expected to hit northern Vietnam on Saturday evening packed with sustained winds of up to 63 miles (102 kilometers) per hour.
Nock-ten left 41 people dead and 26 missing when it hit the Philippines earlier this week.
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The first surveys of 2019 revealed the basin snowpack is below normal, especially on the North and East shores of Lake Tahoe with the Mount Rose SNOTEL site at 57 percent of the median for the season, writes Bill Rozak for the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
Natural Resources Conservation Service hydrologist Jeff Anderson took four samples Wednesday, Jan. 2, from the “snow pillow” that measured the snow level being 30 inches deep at 8,800-feet.
“It’s not very good, 57 percent is not good on a report card — it’s a failing grade,” Anderson said. “We’re not quite where we want to be, but the snowpack overall is much better than last year. The East and North shores have missed some of the storms that have come through.”
The Mount Rose area had a deeper snow depth last year (35 inches), was at 80 percent of median and was enjoying the most snow in the basin. At the same time, lower elevations were bare with most of those storms delivering rain at lake level. Kirkwood Mountain Resort remains the only ski and riding area 100 percent open with Sierra-at-Tahoe nearly there.
“This area does not reflect other areas which are close or above normal, so it’s a little misleading,” Anderson said. “But we’re still very early, about one-third of the way through the snow season.”
On 3rd Jan, the Sierra snowpack was measured at 25.5 inches deep, 80 percent of normal with a snow water equivalent (SWE) of nine inches. These figures are 36 percent of the April 1 average, the date used as the maximum snowpack that will be received in the mountains. In January of 2018, water officials found just three inches of snow to measure in the same spot they measured today. A year ago the snow depth was just 3 percent of average with a SWE of 0.4 inches.
“A stark contrast with last year,” said John King, DWR water resource engineer. “The season is still early, anything is possible between now and May.”
Statewide, the snowpack is at 67 percent of normal based on data supplied by the snow sensor network. About half of the annual precipitation for the state comes between December and February.
The State Climatologist Dr. Michael Anderson told those gathered at the official measurement reading that temperatures are running two to four degrees Fahrenheit warmer than average, which is what they had forecast.


(Reuters) – A major winter storm moving across the eastern half of the United States on Tuesday knocked out power to more than 418,000 homes and businesses in 12 states ahead of a deep freeze expected to blanket the region starting this weekend. There has occurred.
The worst-affected states so far were Florida with more than 102,000 outages, Georgia with more than 62,000 outages and North Carolina with more than 44,000 outages, according to data from PowerOutage.us.
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The largest electric utilities in these states are NextEra Energy in Florida, Southern Co. in Georgia, and Duke Energy in North Carolina.
The extreme weather events include the February 2021 freeze, which left millions of people in Texas and other central U.S. states without power, water and heat for days, and the 2022 freeze, known in the energy industry as Elliott. It reminds me of a winter storm in December. Electricity and natural gas systems collapsed in parts of the eastern half of the country.
According to AccuWeather.com, the current storm covers much of the country east of the Mississippi River. It is moving toward the northeastern United States.
Daniel Henderson clears snow from his driveway after a winter storm in Waukee, Iowa, USA on January 9, 2024.Reuters/Scott Morgan


Monday Exact Weather forecast
Updated On: May 13 2013 09:48:55 AM CDT
Today: Sunny and fair. High: 80. Wind: East-northeast 5 – 10 mph.
Tonight: Clear and mild. Low: 60. Wind: Light and variable.
Tomorrow: Sunny, warm and breezy. High: 83. Wind: Southeast 10 mph.
Discussion: High pressure will maintain control, keeping the work week mostly dry. A few showers are possible on Thursday as an upper air impulse moves through the region under mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. In the meantime, temperatures will stay in the low to mid-80s in the afternoon, with morning lows mainly in the 60s.
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Ventura County growers breathed a collective sigh of relief in the early morning hours Thursday as winds and moisture tempered freezing conditions that threatened crops.
Growers in frigid Ojai said wind machines didn't have to run as long as expected in their orchards and irrigation water didn't have to flow all night to prevent frost damage. Among the crops most at risk are citrus, avocados and strawberries.
"There was a nice, northeast wind that brought temperatures up — that was great, because it got very cold in the evening and it seemed like we were going to be in for a long evening," said Will Terry, chief operating officer of Terry Farms in Oxnard and Santa Paula.
While temperatures did get down to 35 degrees within his strawberry crops in Santa Paula, the warmer air pushed temperatures toward the high 30s around midnight and above 40 by 3 a.m., Terry said.
He expected colder conditions Thursday night because there's no cloud cover, and he will again wait and watch for the frost alarm to go off if it drops to 35 degrees.
The National Weather Services continued its hard-freeze warning Thursday night for the county's interior valleys and the Santa Paula, Fillmore, Ojai and Piru areas until 10 a.m. Friday, with clear skies and lows expected in the mid-20s to mid-30s. Frost is likely in those areas, the agency said.
Friday night also is expected to be clear in the evening, but clouds should form and bring a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Lows are predicted to be in the 30s to 40s, according to the agency.
Moisture that came in after midnight at Friend's Ranches in Ojai helped prevent damage, said Emily Ayala, vice president and co-owner. Temperatures did drop to 30 or 31 degrees and the frost alarms went off, she said, so the wind machines stayed on all night, just to be safe.
"We need any moisture we can get — moisture keeps it from getting terribly cold, and we need rain because it's horribly dry," Ayala said.
Well-watered trees and plants are in better shape to withstand the sudden cold spells of the past couple of nights, growers say. That has been hard, though, with the ongoing drought conditions.
At Leavens Ranches in Santa Paula and Moorpark, co-owner Link Leavens only had to keep his wind machines idling, thanks to a down valley drift that warmed the air.
Chris Sayer, who was optimistic Wednesday that the freezing conditions wouldn't last, said he didn't have to engage his frost protection tactics to safeguard his lemon and avocado trees.
On Thursday, though, he planned to turn on the irrigation water about 4 p.m. to warm his new avocado trees.
"For tonight, we're still set, and think it might be a little colder," Sayer said.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A tornado that ripped roofs from buildings and injured five people in a tiny New Mexico town has left a trail of debris that authorities said Wednesday they would wait to clear because of high winds still sweeping through the region.
The tornado touched down outside of Dexter on Tuesday evening before quickly barrelling into the town about 18 miles (or 29 kilometres) south of Roswell, where the injured were taken to a hospital. They had suffered non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
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Chaves County Sheriff Mike Herrington said the tornado “took out” about 10 homes on one street in the town of about 5,000 people. A dairy was forced to put down about 150 cows that were injured, he added.
Schools are expected to be closed for the remainder of the week, and all entries into the town have been closed as 60 to 70 mph winds continue to stir scrap and other tornado wreckage.


Possible Tornado Damages Homes In San Antonio AreaA severe storm system spawned a possible tornado that caused minor injuries and damaged more than 100 homes in the San Antonio area late Sunday night and early Monday.
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"According to 'Good Morning, Arizona,' the monsoon season officially begins tomorrow. What is monsoon season? It's when the tropical rains arrive, bringing welcome relief from the desert heat.
Here in the Sonoran Desert, we call these thunderstorms “monsoons”...a misnomer, since the term refers "to a seasonal shift in wind direction." But that simple definition doesn't do justice to the spectacle of Arizona’s summer monsoon season.
Every year, sometime between mid-June and mid-July, the prevailing winds, which come from the west most of the year, change direction and flow from the south and southeast. This seasonal shift of winds brings tropical moisture from the Sea of Cortez and the Gulf of Mexico into Arizona.
When this moist tropical air collides with the desert heat, monsoon thunderstorms--one of the most spectacular and thrilling of nature’s displays--are born.
We desert dwellers yearn for the crack of thunder, the brilliant flashes of lightning and the deafening downpour of rain that cools the sweltering desert heat and makes the creosote bushes release their aromatic, herbal fragrance...if only for a few hours.
And when a monsoon moves in, temperatures may drop from 105°F to 60°F in a matter of minutes.


Cyclone Mora: Bad weather to linger today
Published : 30 May 2017, 15:05
- At least 12 more hours of bad weather
- Mora to move north and reduce to a depression
- Highest wind speed in Teknaf at 135 kmph
Cyclone Mora that made landfall in Bangladesh this morning plunging the coastal areas in gusty winds and heavy rain is likely to linger for at least 12 more hours, the Met office says.
The “severe cyclonic storm”, that prompted the highest alert in the coastal regions, was still not proving as devastating as feared. Five people said to have died so far. No mass destruction was reported.
“Bad weather under the cyclone’s influence will persist for at least 12 hours,” Shamsuddin Ahmed, director for Bangladesh Meteorological Department, said in a televised brief around 11:30am.
“Then, the weather is likely to improve gradually,” he said.
Under Mora’s influence, Chittagong, the last known position of the cyclone’s eye at 11:30am, saw the highest wind speed of 128 kmph. It is likely to advance further north and reduce to a depression.
The cyclone made landfall near Kutubdia around 6:00am with heavy winds of 114 kmph at St Martin’s Island, 85 kmph at Cox’s Bazar, and 135 kmph in Teknaf.
Latest weather forecast said, the cyclone would influence rain accompanied by temporary gusty winds at most places of Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rangpur & Rajshahi divisions.
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Snow was falling around the Northeast on Friday, ushering in what’s predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard, and sending residents scurrying to stock up on food and gas up their cars ahead of the storm poised to dump up to 3 feet of snow from New York City to Boston and beyond.
Even before the first snowflake had fallen, Boston, Providence, R.I., Hartford, Conn., and other towns and cities in New England and upstate New York towns canceled school Friday, and airlines scratched more than 3,700 flights through Saturday, with the disruptions from the blizzard certain to ripple across the U.S.
“This one doesn’t come along every day. This is going to be a dangerous winter storm,” said Alan Dunham, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass. “Wherever you need to get to, get there by Friday afternoon and don’t plan on leaving.”
The heaviest snowfall was expected Friday night and into Saturday. Wind gusts could reach 75 mph. Widespread power failures were feared, along with flooding in coastal areas still recovering from Superstorm Sandy in October.
Boston could get 2 to 3 feet of snow, while New York City was expecting 10 to 14 inches. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said plows and 250,000 tons of salt were being put on standby. To the south, Philadelphia was looking at a possible 2 to 5 inches.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick banned all traffic from roads after 4 p.m., believed to be the state’s first such ban since the blizzard of 1978.
In the southeast Massachusetts town of Whitman, where up to 30 inches of snow is forecast, public works crews were clearing crosswalk signs, trash barrels and anything else that might impede plows later in the day.
“We’ve had instances where they have predicted something big and it’s petered out,” said Dennis Smith, a DPW worker. “I don’t think this is going to be one of those times.”
Smith’s partner, Bob Trumbull, sounded a note of optimism, saying the relative lack of snow earlier this winter would make this storm easier to clean up.
“At least there is room for this snow. There are no snow banks so we will have a place to put it,” Trumbull said.
Snow was being blamed for a 19-car pileup in Maine Friday morning in Cumberland, as 6 inches blanketed the area.
A New Jersey town hit hard by Superstorm Sandy issued a voluntary evacuation order for areas that are still recovering from that storm. Residents in flood-prone sections of Brick Township were also urged to move their cars to higher ground by 5 p.m. Friday.
Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor service will be suspended between New York and Boston at 1:15 p.m. EST.
The organizers of New York’s Fashion Week — a closely watched series of fashion shows held under a big tent — said they will have extra crews to help with snow removal and will turn up the heat and add an extra layer to the venue.
Airlines have cancelled 3,775 flights in preparation for the Northeast storm, according to airline tracking website FlightAware. At New York City’s three main airports, most domestic carriers planned to cease operations between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Friday, resuming after noon on Saturday, FlightAware said. At Boston’s Logan and other New England airports, most airlines were to cease operations between noon and 4 p.m., and would restart Saturday afternoon.
This is a storm of major proportions,” Boston Mayor Thomas Menino said Friday. “Stay off the roads. Stay home.”
Blizzard warnings were posted for parts of New Jersey and New York’s Long Island, as well as portions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, including Hartford, New Haven, Conn., and Providence. The warnings extended into New Hampshire and Maine.
In New England, it could prove to be among the top 10 snowstorms in history, and perhaps even break Boston’s record of 27.6 inches, set in 2003, the National Weather Service said. The last major snowfall in southern New England was well over a year ago — the Halloween storm of 2011.
Dunham said southern New England has seen less than half its normal snowfall this season, but “we’re going to catch up in a heck of a hurry.” He added: “Everybody’s going to get plastered with snow.”
Some gas stations in Connecticut ran out of fuel Thursday night during the rush to prepare for the storm. Motorists in Torrington, West Hartford, Vernon, East Lyme and other towns ran out of fuel as people filled their cars and trucks as well as containers for generators and snow blowers. Long lines were reported at many stations.


But probably only one clear day as the forecast calls for a weekend storm
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, February 22, 1996
1996-02-22 04:00:00 PDT NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- Northern California's latest winter storm blustered its way out of the state Thursday morning, leaving behind icy roads, frigid temperatures and, for a change, a promise of a dry and sunny day on Friday.
It even snowed in Oakland. A California Highway Patrol dispatcher reported snow flurries near the Coliseum about 2 a.m.
Snow, hail, torrential rains and standing water on roadways contributed to hundreds of fender-bender accidents in the state on Wednesday and early Thursday, the CHP said.
Rain on already-saturated hillsides created an extreme danger of mudslides, officials said. Slides forced the evacuation of two homes in Orinda and closed Highway 1 south of Big Sur and Highway 84 in San Mateo County. Caltrans said it had no prediction on when the Coast Highway, closed since the weekend, would be reopened.
Snow fell on 4,062-foot Mount Hamilton east of San Jose and 2,608-foot Mount Tamalpais and other Coast Range mountains both north and south of San Francisco.
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Rivers run high
Rivers and streams remained high and fast-running with heavy runoff from saturated watershed. Storm-related spills from a sewage plant on Pilarcitos Creek fouled the ocean with raw sewage off the San Mateo Coast and prompted the county to post warnings along beaches and at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach.
Flooding also was reported in the San Lorenzo River lowlands in Santa Cruz County.
Oroville received 5 inches of rain, and as many as 30 homes were flooded.
Two Sonoma County cousins canoeing in the rain-swollen Laguna de Santa Rosa were stranded in the water for 30 minutes Wednesday when they capsized and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Things were no better in the mountains, where more than 2 yards of snow have fallen since the weekend. U.S. 50 was closed from Kyburz to Meyers for several hours Thursday morning because of avalanche controls and chains were required on that route as low as four miles east of Placerville.
Chains also were required on Interstate 80 over Donner Summit, on U.S. 395 in California and Nevada and on most other mountain roads. I-80 was closed at intervals Wednesday because of blowing snow, slick roadways and numerous accidents and spinouts. High wind warnings remained posted along U.S. 395 where blowing snow reduced visibility to near zero in some areas.
Avalanche warnings, hail, black ice
A winter storm watch for the Sierra Nevada was downgraded to a snow advisory, but officials said driving in the mountains would remain extremely hazardous.
Warnings of extreme avalanche danger remained between Yuba Pass and Sonora Pass, the U.S. Forest Service said.
In the Bay Area, hail pounded various areas, causing some accidents but causing no major damage. To the north, hail covered Humboldt Hill south of Eureka to a depth of nearly an inch.
Temperatures dropped into the 30s and 40s in the Bay Area overnight, creating still another hazard - black ice. The CHP said numerous accidents were caused by the ice, which is difficult to detect because it has no reflection.
A CHP spokeswoman said black ice on southbound I-280 caused as many as 10 accidents above Millbrae during the night.
Near record low, power outages
San Francisco's overnight low was 43 degrees, 3 degrees below the normal low for the date and only 5 degrees warmer than the 106-year-old record low.
Some 68,000 customers lost power during the the five-day string of Pacific storms, a PG&E official said. Almost all of had service restored by Thursday.
Along with the hail, there were thunderstorms and gusty winds throughout the state. Heavy rains frequently accompanied the thunderstorms, created by a collision of warm air from the subtropics and cold air from the Arctic. Winds gusted to 47 mph at San Francisco International Airport during the day but did not appreciably affect flight operations.
Funnel cloud threatens
A funnel cloud was spotted nearly Salinas early Wednesday but did not touch down. A tornado a day earlier did minor damage in Sonoma County.
Rainfall amounts from the departing storm were more modest than earlier in the week. San Francisco had .58 inches in the 24 hours ending at 4 a.m., San Rafael had .41, Oakland .38 and Alameda .36.
Elsewhere, Blue Canyon reported 1.69 inches, Monterey 1.18, Fresno, .46, Eureka .44, Paso Robles .33 and Mount Shasta .03.
Scattered showers were expected to diminish during the day Thursday, giving way to a day of dry weather before the next storm from the Gulf of Alaska was due to arrive on Saturday, the National Weather Service said.<


List of Atlantic hurricanes before 1600
This is a list of all known or suspected Atlantic hurricanes before 1600. Although most storms likely went unrecorded, and many records have been lost, recollections of hurricane occurrences survive from some sufficiently populated coastal areas, and rarely, ships at sea that survived the tempests.
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Observation data for years before 1492 is completely unavailable because most natives of North America lacked written languages to keep records in the pre-Columbian era, and most records in written Mesoamerican languages either do not survive or have not been deciphered and translated. Scientists now regard even data from the early years of the Columbian era as suspicious because Renaissance scientists and sailors made no distinction between tropical cyclones and extratropical systems, and incomplete because European exploration of North America and European colonization of the Americas reached only scattered areas in the 16th century. However, palaeotempestological research allows reconstruction of pre-historic hurricane activity trends on timescales of centuries to millennia. A theory has been postulated that an anti-phase pattern exists between the Gulf of Mexico coast and the East Coast of the United States. During the quiescent periods, a more northeasterly position of the Azores High would result in more hurricanes being steered towards the Atlantic coast. During the hyperactive period, more hurricanes were steered towards the Gulf coast as the Azores High—controlled by the North Atlantic oscillation—was shifted to a more southwesterly position near the Caribbean.
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Irish Rail has closed several train lines around the country and there are delays across all DART services as Storm Ali rages.
Rail crews are working to clear fallen trees and debris but delays of at least 20 minutes on the DART are expected.
The Carrick on Shannon to Boyle, Malahide to Clongriffin and Clara to Tullamore lines are all currently closed.
Iarnrod Eireann wrote on Twitter: "Crews are on route to clear lines, expect delays. Update to follow.
"Delays of up to 20 minutes on all DART services due to weather related signalling difficulties."
"Due to an obstruction on the line near Balbriggan, southbound commuter services delayed by 20 minutes, northbound commuter services delayed at Balbriggan pending line clearance.
"Due to an obstruction on the line near Balbriggan, southbound commuter services delayed by 20 minutes, northbound commuter services delayed at Balbriggan pending line clearance."
All bus services have been cancelled in Galway city until further notice and the South West Route 350 is currently not operating via the Cliffs of Moher.
Bus Eireann is also experiencing disruption in the East - check out the list here.
It reads: "Storm Ali will track close to the west and northwest coast this morning. South to southwest winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds between 65 and 80 km/h and gusts between 110km/h and 130 km/h for a time. Gusts in excess of 130 km/h are possible in coastal regions of the west and northwest.
"The core of strong winds will be along Atlantic coasts at first, before transferring quickly eastwards during the morning."
A yellow warning is in place for the rest of the country until 5pm.
There are fears that weather warnings could be upgraded to status red as wind speeds threaten to exceed 130km/h.


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[5:05 a.m. SUN] U.S. 231 from Walmart to the courthouse in Jasper is icy. Plows have been through, however, the ice is packed down on the roadway so it's still very slow going.
From the courthouse to Huntingburg, U.S. 231 is a solid sheet of packed down snow and ice. It's not impassable, however, you need to really slow down out there.
A TRAVEL WATCH remains in effect for Orange, Lawrence, Daviess and Pike Counties.
A TRAVEL ADVISORY remains in effect for Dubois, Crawford and Warrick Counties.
[4:13 a.m. SUN] Special Weather Statement issued January 20 at 4:11AM EST by NWS Louisville KY
Areas Affected: Casey; Clark; Orange; Harrison; Marion; Hart; Shelby; Crawford; Warren; Bullitt; Russell; Washington; Adair; Taylor; Jessamine; Larue; Jefferson; Edmonson; Henry; Hardin; Meade; Perry; Harrison; Bourbon; Logan; Cumberland; Nelson; Madison; Barren; Woodford; Metcalfe; Breckinridge; Butler; Grayson; Trimble; Scott; Spencer; Washington; Green; Nicholas; Garrard; Allen; Clinton; Floyd; Hancock; Fayette; Boyle; Oldham; Ohio; Monroe; Jefferson; Scott; Mercer; Simpson; Clark; Franklin; Anderson; Dubois; Lincoln
Roads will remain slick this morning, and some roads may remain snow covered.
Temperatures continue to drop, and wind chill readings through the mid to late morning hours will be in the single digits.
Temperatures won't improve much this afternoon, though winds will gradually diminish.
Bundle up, and take it slow on slick roads.
[9:00 p.m.] From police in Martin County --
We are currently experiencing White-Out conditions in the county with multiple accidents and slide-offs reported on Highways 50, 231 and 450, as well county roads. We are suggesting motorists stay off the roadways at this time unless it is an emergency.
[7:20 p.m.] A number of slide-offs are being reported all over the county. Stay home if you can. DO NOT call 911 for road conditions. Call 1(800) 261 - 7623.
[6:22 p.m.] Daviess County Sheriff’s Office and Washington Police Department reporting accidents starting. Roads conditions are deteriorating.
[6:14 p.m.] Conditions will start going down hill starting now and going into tonight. If you must travel, the NWS says keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
[6:00 p.m.] I am seeing a moderate mix of rain, sleet and snow near the Jasper Walmart. -----
[5:53 p.m.] Chris Eckstein reports heavy sleet on Jasper’s North side
[5:42 p.m.] Tom Vogler reports heavy sleet in Ireland. Other followers report sleet in Loogootee. The transition will happen fast now. Be prepared!
[4:30 p.m.] From Dubois County EMA......Please do not call the Dispatch Centers to check on road conditions. Call 1-800-261-7623 Thank you!!
[1:07 p.m.] From INDOT..... Drivers often aren’t prepared for winter driving - especially since this is the first major snow so far this winter- and forget to take it slow.
The first snow events of the season typically bring higher rates of crashes and slide-offs as motorists get re-accustomed to driving in winter weather. Reduce speeds. Remember, "ice and snow, take it slow."
- Nobody should be driving summer interstate speeds in winter weather.
- Plan plenty of time to reach your destination safely and be patient.
- Don't put yourself and others in a dangerous situation by being in a rush.Keep a safe distance.
- Make sure your vehicle is following at a safe distance to stop. Do not tailgate, especially around snow plows, and try not to pass.
- Give snowplows room to work, and "don't crowd the plow."Pay attention. Avoid all distractions and focus only on the task of driving safely.
- Be aware of your surroundings, drive defensively and be alert for others who are not driving safely.
[11:50 A.M.] All local games set to air tonight have been postponed. No word yet on make-up dates yet.
You can see our complete list of closings and cancellations HERE: https://www.witzamfm.com/news/our-complete-list-of-closings-and-cancellations-saturday-and-sunday
[10:04 A.M.] Indiana State Police Captain Dave Bursten reminds to you to exercise caution as you travel today and that even if you have four-wheel drive you are still just as likely to slide of the road as a vehicle with two-wheel drive.
.Meteorologist Jason Puma expects most of the rain/snow mix from this morning to change over to snow once an area of low pressure pushes past Indiana through Kentucky. This will bring colder temperatures by Sunday with wind chills expected to hit the single digits.
If you are traveling today, Puma says this will result in some ice to build up on roadways in areas to the north of the I-70 corridor.
[7:25 A.M.] Here is the latest snow map from the National Weather Service. It puts most of our area in the 4-6+ inch range for snow.
[6:30 A.M.] INDOT will have about 100 drivers reporting at about 4 p.m. local time in each sub district. Crews will be at full callout until late in the evening and overnight hours and then reduced as needed. Winds are expected to reach 30+ miles per hour. This could cause road temperatures to drop more rapidly. It also creates concerns about drifting, or snow blowing into the roadway and creating slick spots. Crews will be on the look out for this as well.
Before deciding to drive, check road and traffic conditions at http://indot.carsprogram.org, 800-261-ROAD (7623) or our INDOT mobile app. County governments post color-coded travel advisories on the Homeland Security website at http://in.gov/dhs/traveladvisory. For regular updates, find links to INDOT’s Facebook and Twitter pages at http://bit.ly/INDOTsocial.
[5:00 A.M.] A WINTER STORM WARNING in effect for the entire WITZ listening area, including Dubois, Martin, Orange, Crawford, Perry, Pike, Daviess, Warrick and Spencer Counties.
* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches expected. Localized higher snowfall amounts are possible. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph leading to reduced visibilities and blowing and drifting of snow.
* WHERE...All of southern Indiana and portions of north central Kentucky.
* WHEN...From 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ this afternoon to 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ Sunday..
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel this evening and overnight will become extremely hazardous. Due to the heavy snowfall expected over a rather short period of time, some roads may become impassable for a time.
A Winter Storm Warning for snow means severe winter weather conditions will make travel very hazardous or impossible.
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
Listen to NOAA Weather Radio or your local media for the latest updates on this situation.


Hurricane Irma is pummeling Florida with powerful winds and rain after making landfall in the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm this morning. The hurricane, which this afternoon was downgraded to a Category 3, has left at least three people dead in the state, including a sheriff’s deputy, and over 1.5 million households and businesses without power.
In Miami, winds whipped around high-rise buildings at speeds approaching 100 mph, the National Weather Service said. A 94 mph wind gust was recorded at Miami International Airport.
A tower crane slammed by the high winds collapsed on top of a high-rise under construction in Miami this morning, city officials said.
The Miami-Dade Police Department tweeted that its officers are sheltered for their safety and cannot respond to calls for help, warning residents, “DO NOT venture out!”
In Pembroke Pines north of Miami, a 109 mph wind gust was reported.
Irma this morning also brought wind gusts of 120 mph to the National Key Deer Refuge on the Florida Keys and 89 mph winds to Key West.
Florida Keys officials said today that residents who evacuated should not return until further notice.
By 11 a.m., the storm had moved away from the Keys and up toward Naples on Florida’s west coast.
Irma is forecast to move up the western coastline of Florida this afternoon, with another landfall possible later today near Fort Myers and Naples, with winds of up to 115 mph expected this afternoon in the western part of Collier County.
At 2 p.m., Irma was 35 miles south of Naples.
Wind gusts of 75 mph were recorded at the Naples Airport early today, and officials were warning people to stay indoors and away from windows.
Some now sheltered in Naples had fled from the eastern side of Florida when it was first forecast that Irma would hit the eastern coastline. The mayor of Naples said those in hotels around the city are being ordered out of common areas and into their rooms.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott warned residents of dangerous storm surges that could reach 10 to 15 feet above sea level in the Naples area.
“Do not think the storm is over when the wind slows down,” Scott said Saturday. The dangerous storm surge “will rush in and could kill you.”
“You need to stay in a safe place,” the governor said. “Be prepared, listen to local evacuation advisories.”
The National Weather Service warned Florida residents that being in the eye of a hurricane can lead to a false sense of security: “IF winds go calm, you’re in the eye. Stay inside! Winds dramatically shift and will do so violently! STAY INSIDE!”
Fatalities in Florida
As Irma bore down on Florida this morning, at least three deaths were reported in the state.
A man in Monroe County, which encompasses Key West, was killed after he lost control of a truck that carried a generator as winds whipped at tropical-storm strength, officials said.
Two other people, a sheriff’s deputy and a corrections officer, died from a two-car crash in the rain in Hardee County, which is about 60 miles inland from Sarasota, officials said.
The deputy, identified as Julie Bridges, was a 13-year veteran of the county force, said Hardee County Sheriff Arnold Lanier. She was heading home after a night shift, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
The second victim was a sergeant at the Hardee Correctional Institute who had been on his way to work, the highway patrol said.
Meanwhile, in the Caribbean, the death toll from the hurricane has risen to 22, bringing the total number in Irma’s path who have died to at least 25.
Millions ordered to evacuate
As the monster storm neared, about 6.5 million Floridians were under mandatory and voluntarily evacuation orders. Evacuations were ordered in Georgia and South Carolina as well.
Over 116,000 people are in 530 shelters across Florida to ride out the storm, while others decided to hunker down at home bracing for Irma’s impact.
Widespread power outages
By noon today, over 1,500,000 customers were without power in Florida.
A tornado watch is in effect today for Fort Myers, Tampa, Melbourne, Daytona Beach and Jacksonville. One tornado was confirmed this morning in Hardee County.
Governor vows to take care of Floridians
Scott said at a news conference today that he “requested a major disaster declaration from President [Donald] Trump to help bring important federal resources and aid to Florida.”
Scott said hours earlier on ABC News’ “This Week” that “we’re going to make sure every person in the state is taken care of to the extent we can. It’s hard to do it during a storm, but as soon as that storm passes, our first responders will be out there doing everything they can to take care of every person in the state.”
Scott said Trump has “offered every resource there is of the federal government.”
“He said he’ll be praying for us,” Scott added.
Georgia’s governor expands state of emergency to all counties
Irma’s heavy rain and wind is expected to reach Georgia, too, and Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal today expanded his emergency declaration so all Georgia counties are under states of emergency.


Almanac forecasts ‘kinder’ winter
LEWISTON, Maine — Good news, winter haters: After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a “kinder and gentler” winter.
After eyeing the skies, tidal action and sunspots, the folks at the 194-year-old publication say in their 2011 edition going on sale today that it’ll be cold but nothing like last winter, when 49 states saw snow and it got so cold in Florida that iguanas fell out of trees. “Overall, it looks like it’s going to be a kinder and gentler winter, especially in the areas that had a rough winter last year,” managing editor Sandi Duncan said.
But don’t put away your hat and gloves just yet. It’ll still be colder than normal for much of the country, the almanac says, and New England will get a “cold slap in the face” after missing last winter’s misery. Finally, residents of the upper Midwest and Great Lakes are expected to get the piles of snow.
The Farmers’ Almanac, which claims 80 to 85 percent accuracy, bases its predictions on a secret mathematical formula using the position of the planets, tidal action of the moon and sunspots.
Ed O’Lenic from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center said the scientific community doesn’t accept tides, planetary alignment and sunspots as effective predictors of temperature or precipitation, but he stopped short of calling the almanac’s meteorological methods a bunch of hooey.
“In science you have to have an open mind. Someday, someone could conceivably find some scintilla of evidence that it’s useful,” O’Lenic said of the almanac’s methodology.
For the record, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center anticipates a warmer-than-normal winter for the mid-Atlantic and Southeast and colder-than-normal weather in the Northwest. That puts it at odds with the almanac, which calls for mild temperatures in the Northwest and cold in the Southeast.
— News service reports


Batten down the hatches as they say, a storm's a brewin'! In all seriousness, the National Weather Service tells us Tuesday that Northern Virginia is likely to see 8 to 10 inches of snow this week, starting Wednesday night. More snow.
Need a little something to warm your heart? You'll find it in: One Cop, One Act of Kindness, One Viral Photo to Warm You Up.
Read that and our other top headlines from around Northern Virginia and DC. And get ready to bundle up!


In A Few Days Time
Astronomy lovers have the opportunity to feast their eyes on one of the most beautiful astronomical phenomena of the month of April.
The discovery of this star which has been nicknamed 'Earendel' sets a new benchmark for NASA as the star was formed in the first billion years after the Universe was formed.
As Always Coinciding With
the start of spring, and the Easter festivities, the annual Lyrids meteor showers will occur.
According To The
National Geographic Institute (IGN), the Lyrid meteor shower – the second meteor shower of the year – will take place between April 16 and 25.
This Astronomical Spectacle
can be seen both from the northern hemisphere, as well as from the south, although in our part of the world they will be observed travelling at a slower rate.
As IGN Explain
“The Lyrids have an average activity rate of 20 meteors per hour, and a speed of 49km per second for several days.
Despite Being A Dicreet
Meteor shower, some years the rate of activity increases to more than 100 meteors per hour, but it is difficult to predict in which year these outbursts will occur”


Aug 2, 2013 5:43 AM by Meteorologist Juan Acuña
CORPUS CHRISTI - We neared 100 degrees yesterday afternoon under mostly sunny skies and we will do much of the same for today as the stubborn dome of high pressure continues to stay right over us and keep any chance of relief at bay.
Your Friday is going to continue to be very hot with highs nearing the triple digits again this afternoon with heat index values around 105-111. Winds: SSE 10-20
Tonight will be muggy and warm, but pleasant, under mostly clear skies and an overnight low falling into the upper 70s.
There will be a few showers that form off in the Gulf over the weekend and some of that activity will try to push into the area along the seabreeze. However with so much dry air in place, the majority of the light rainfall will stay offshore and dissipate before reaching the coast. Tropics remain quiet.
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Louisville taxi driver drowns after flash floods sink car
A Louisville cab driver was killed late Saturday night when his car was submerged in high water during flash floods caused by heavy rains.
The Yellow Cab taxi driver was driving on Oak Street at about 11 p.m. Saturday when he got stuck in high water near the railroad underpass at 13th Street, according to Louisville Metro Police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley.
Rising water killed the taxi's engine, and the car was submerged quickly. The driver was found dead soon after.
At 9th and Oak streets, at least six cars were stranded in high water near the Highway 60 overpass at about 10:30 p.m.
A MetroSafe supervisor said Saturday evening that the agency had received 44 calls for water rescues to save people stranded in vehicles.
The Louisville area was under a flash flood warning until 12:15 a.m. Sunday morning. That came after a severe thunderstorm warning for east central Jefferson County that ended at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Louisville International Airport recorded 3.02 inches of rain Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service. It set a new daily rainfall record, breaking the record of 1.67 inches, which occurred Sept. 8, 1876.
The heavy rains wreaked havoc around the city Saturday night, including forcing the postponement of FC Louisville's soccer match and multiple delays of the University of Louisville football home opener at Cardinal Stadium.


In Balmy Europe, Feverish Choruses of 'Let It Snow'
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
MOSCOW, Dec. 19 -- Scattered flurries teased Moscow on Tuesday afternoon with the promise of a real winter, the birthright of a city whose people take pride in trudging through snow and in ice fishing and cross-country skiing in white countryside beyond the outer beltway.
The winter of 2006 has yet to arrive, however, and Muscovites are deeply discombobulated. "I want snow. I want the New Year's feeling," said Viktoria Makhovskaya, a street vendor who sells gloves and mittens. "This is a disgusting winter. I don't like it at all."
Moscow is not alone in the unexpected warmth -- it stretches across the continent.
Preliminary data from the Met Office, Britain's national weather service, and the University of East Anglia indicate that 2006 has been the warmest year in Britain since record-keeping concerning weather conditions began in central England in 1659.
Trees are sprouting leaves in Switzerland. And low-altitude ski resorts across the Alps look more like springtime meadows. "We are currently experiencing the warmest period in the Alpine region in 1,300 years," Reinhard Boehm, a climatologist at Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics, told the Associated Press in Vienna.
Boehm was one of the authors of a European Union-funded climate study that found similar warming periods in the 10th and 12th centuries. But, he said, it's warmer now, and "it will undoubtedly get warmer in the future."
The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warns in a report this month "that climate change poses serious risks to the snow reliability of Alpine ski areas, and consequently to the regional economies that depend upon winter tourism."
Up to 80 million people visit Alpine resorts each year, and they are a key contributor to the local economies, the report says.
"The Alps are particularly sensitive to climate change and recent warming there has been roughly three times the global average," the report says. On average, 90 percent of 666 medium to large Alpine ski areas now have adequate snow cover for at least 100 days a year. The remaining 10 percent are already operating under marginal conditions.
A rise in average temperature of 1 degree Celsius (about 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) could reduce the number of what the report calls "snow-reliable" ski areas to about 500. A rise of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) would cut that number to 400.
The Washington area has logged record high temperatures recently as well, which meteorologists attribute to atmospheric and oceanic disruptions in the tropical Pacific Ocean known as El Niño.
In Moscow, the streets have been stubbornly dry and gray in recent weeks. Parks, fields and forests are carpeted in alien hues of green and sprouting mushrooms. At the Moscow Zoo, the brown bears are awake and moody. And some birds, according to zoo spokeswoman Elena Mendosa, "are making love in ponds because they apparently believe spring has come."


NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Khanun on July 18, 19 and 20 and tracked the northeastern progression of the tropical cyclone after it made landfall. On Wednesday, July 18 at 1659 UTC (12:59 p.m. EDT/U.S.), Tropical Depression Khanun's center was still in the Yellow Sea (west of South Korea).
... of the time series of infrared imagery from the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite showing the progress of Tropical Depression Khanun before, during and after landfall on July 18, 19 and 20. Purple areas indicate coldest cloud top temperatures, strongest storms and heaviest rainfall.
Credit: Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen
At that time, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument onboard NASA's Aqua satellite saw a band of thunderstorms with cloud top temperatures colder than 220 kelvin (-63.6 F/-53.1C) over western South Korea, bringing heavy rainfall. A larger area of thunderstorms with cloud top temperatures as cold as -63F/-53C were over western North Korea at that time, dropping moderate rainfall.
Tropical Depression Khanun came ashore in western South Korea, bringing heavy rainfall with it on Thursday, July 19 as it moved in a north-northeasterly direction toward North Korea and northeastern China. On July 19 at 0405 UTC (12:05 a.m. EDT/U.S.), the heaviest rainfall and strongest thunderstorms appeared to be over the Kangnam Mountains in northern North Korea that also border eastern China. The Kangnam Mountains lie west of the Rangrim Mountains.
Although the center of Khanun's remnants moved into the Sea of Japan, it was bringing some scattered showers and thunderstorms to a few areas in northeastern China on July 20. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the region on July 20 at 0447 UTC (12:47 a.m. EDT) and showed some scattered showers moving east into Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, a federal subject of Russia. Khunan's remnants are expected to dissipate today.
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A fix is in the works on Long Island to stop ice and snow from damaging cars at county parking lots.
By Giorgio Panetta, CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist/Weather Producer Good Morning Everyone! You might be seeing a few flurries overhead as you head out the door today. And with the colder temps to start off your […]
A steady band of light, but blowing snow has set up from Western New Jersey all the way out to the far end of Long Island.
The bent, bashed and battered victims of Tuesday morning’s ice are on display where rain met plummeting temperatures before dawn in Woodbury.
The balmy spring temperatures that climbed into the 60s will feel like ancient history Thursday, as a biting wind blows in and the high will fall short of the freezing mark.
Fifteen stories above a Bronx apartment building stands, ice cascades downward from a frozen rooftop water tank. The scene is pretty from above, but dangerous to those down below.
The National Weather Service says flooding may be exacerbated by clogged road drains that have been blocked by snow and ice.
The Tri-State Area experienced a meltdown as the temperatures rose Thursday, leaving sidewalks sloppy and slushy – and creating dangerous conditions.
Sidewalks around many buildings have been cordoned because of falling icicles and rock-hard chunks of frozen snow, a situation that experts warn could get worse over the next few days as a thaw sets in.
The New York area is in line for another round of winter weather that could make for a messy morning commute.
If you are exhausted from all the cold and snow, you are not alone. Many have said enough is enough, and are dreaming about spring.
Snow, sleet and ice took down trees, left intersections flooded with slushy muck, and had residents fit to be tied on Long Island Wednesday.
A winter storm warning is in effect until 6 p.m. Wednesday for all of Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Snow is expected to fall through the morning before changing to a wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain.
The icy weather coming Wednesday could make for some treacherous footing, and everyone in the Tri-State Area was advised to make sure they tread carefully.
Authorities say most of the knockoffs were manufactured overseas. They say once the makers learned the Broncos and Seahawks made the Super Bowl, they rushed to make the goods with the teams’ logos. Then the goods were smuggled into the U.S. using overnight shipping.


Dozens of homes and businesses suffered damage described as minor to major in parts of Pinellas and Pasco counties from strong storms and two tornadoes this morning.
One twister touched down in Port Richey, not only damages structures but downing trees and power lines.
That line of damage runs from the Gulf of Mexico to U.S. 19.
The other tornado did much the same in Clearwater.
Areas most affected in Clearwater are near the Eddie Moore Recreation Complex on Drew Street.
The good news is, no one was injured in all that rough weather.


From February to October, 30-year-old Lavinia Lynrah’s children reach their classrooms almost entirely drenched. It’s not like they can’t help it; their umbrellas and raincoats just can’t withstand the incessant rains that lash the region, at times for 15-21 days.
Cherrapuni, 65km southwest of Shillong, was once believed to be the world’s wettest place before reports based on questionable meteorological inputs bestowed the honour upon Mawsynram village, which is situated 10km as the crow flies from the town.
Both town and village, separated by hills, are in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district, which borders Bangladesh. But if the rainfall records maintained by the Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) are anything to go by, Cherrapunji, perhaps, retains its distinction as the wettest place in the world.
IMD data suggests that the traditional capital of a Khasi tribal chieftain received more rainfall than that of Mawsynram over the last few years.
“Mawsynram did receive excessive rainfall (not compared to Cherrapunji) in the last six to seven years but that doesn’t mean it is the wettest place. To declare that scientifically, you need long-term data. Climatological studies have not been done for Mawsynram because of non-availability of data of last 20 years,” said MK Gupta, IMD deputy director general.
From 2006-2010, the average annual rainfall recorded at Cherrapunjee was 873cm, 1,265cm, 1,141cm, 897cm and 1,347cm respectively compared to 795cm, 1,311cm, 1,082cm, 875cm and 1,159 cm at Mawsynram. In 2011 and 2012, the average annual rainfall recorded at Cherrapunjee was 1,147cm and 872cm.
The figures for Mawsynram during this time has ‘gaps’ as a part-time observatory set up there remained non-functional. Cherrapunjee, has a well-equipped departmental observatory.
Is Cherrapunjee the wettest place? “One cannot conclusively say if Mawsynram or Cherrapunjee is the world's wettest place.
There might be other villages in areas around that are receiving more rainfall. Unless we have rain-measuring gadgets everywhere, it is very difficult to pinpoint,” Gupta argued. Another meteorologist says that there has not been any major slide in the average annual rainfall at Cherrapunjee over the last few years.
“We can come to a conclusion only after scientific analysis of the data,” he said.
Splitting hair on wetness aside, what makes Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram attract rainfall more than anywhere else in South Asia?
Meteorologist Sunit Das said: “Winds blowing in from the Bay of Bengal toward Meghalaya drive the moisture up where it condenses, causing rainfall at the periphery of the ridge; the plains of Bangladesh begin where the slopes of the hills housing Mawsynram and Cherrapunjee end.
The funnel-shaped catchment opening to the south on either side of where Cherrapunjee and Mawsynram are located seems to increase the convergence in air rushing in from the Bay of Bengal.” The science behind the soaking is lost to the likes of Acacius Tding, a resident of Cherrapunjee’s Pdengshnong area.
“We don’t think of centimetres whenit rains. All we understand is it should keep raining here but the rate at which trees are being felled and the slopes scraped for limestone, we fear Cherrapunjee might get drier,” he said.
The IMD says significant changes in the rainfall pattern in the two places will take place only when there is a major drop in the flow of moisture from the Bay of Bengal.


Roads being described as lethal, as bus services cancelled
Unfavourable weather conditions are causing travel disruptions this morning.
Gardaí are advising motorists to slow down and to remember that stopping distances are up to ten times longer on icy roads.
Take primary roads where possible as they are more likely to be gritted than secondary routes.
There are already a number of accidents being reported across the county this morning owing to the weather conditions.
While a number of bus services have been effected as a result.
Farranree, Knocknaheeny, Fountainstown, Camden, Coachford / Dripsey cannot be served by buses this morning
The 8am 236 Glengarriff to Corkis also cancelled due to snow.
Meanwhile, A weather alert for wet and windy weather comes into force from 5 o'clock this evening.
Met Eireann's issued a Status Yellow warning as a spell of thundery downpours sweeps eastwards tonight.
Gusts of up to 110km/h are expected in coastal areas.
The alert will remain in place until 6 tomorrow morning.


On Tuesday the lowest temperatures will range from 4°C to 9°C, for Sofia- around 4°C. Significant cloudiness is in the forecast for March 21. It will start raining in the western parts of the country in the afternoon hours. Daytime highs will reach 15°C -20°C, for Sofia around 17°C.
It will be cloudy over the Black Sea coast, with no precipitation. Maximum temperatures will range from 9°C to 13°C. The seawater temperature is 8°C-9°C. Sea swell-1-2.
It will be cloudy over the mountains, with a chance of rain over the western massifs. It will snow above 1,800 meters. Maximum temperature at an altitude of 1,200 m. 9°C, at 2,000 m.- minus 2°C.
On Wednesday it will be cloudy with local showers. On Thursday precipitation will stop.
It will be cloudy and rainy in Europe. No precipitation is in the forecast for the Iberian Peninsula, the Apennines and the Western Balkans. In London daytime highs will reach 14°C, in Moscow-6°C, Berlin-13°C, Paris-15°C. In Madrid daytime highs will reach 22°C, In Rome, Belgrade and Bucharest-18°C, in Athens and Istanbul- 19°C and 15°C respectively.
In New York and Montreal daytime highs will reach 8°C and 5°C respectively, in Vancouver and Chicago- 11°C and 9°C respectively. In Los Angeles maximum temperatures will reach 16° C, in Miami-26°C, in Mexico City 24°C, in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro 24°C and 30°C respectively. In Dubai daytime highs will reach 29°C, in Jerusalem and Tehran-13°C and 22°C respectively.
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Stop dreaming of a White Christmas.
“You couldn’t ask for a more bland Christmas Day in terms of weather,” said Ken Reeves, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.com.
Instead of snowfall, expect a partly sunny day with a high of 42-degrees, Reeves said.
Kids with sleds “won’t be able to use them Christmas Day or anytime soon,” he said, “unless they’re planning on taking them someplace else.”
Still, tonight will drop to a low of 31 degrees – and that seasonal chill could enhance the holiday feel.
“This is the kind of weather you would expect for Christmas Eve,” Reeves said.
“They’ll be enough of a chill in the air that the normal Christmas Eve festivities will seem appropriate.”
Meanwhile, those seeking snow will have to wait a while.
No snow is expected “at least through Saturday of this week,” he said.


Tropical Storm Odile, which made landfall as Category 3 hurricane, weakened as it made its way up Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, after causing major damage to homes, roads and the area's airports and leaving 30,000 tourists stranded.
Officials reported that 135 people were treated for minor injuries in Baja California Sur, where Odile made landfall. At least 239,000 people there were left without electricity, and several communities had no potable water.
Baja California Sur is known for its seaside luxury resorts peppered among small fishing communities.
Of the 30,000 tourists that were stranded in temporary shelters in hotels, 26,000 are foreigners. On Monday, federal authorities announced that army and commercial planes would be flying them out from the La Paz and Los Cabos airports. Several airports in the area, including the latter, were damaged by Odile.
Footage from El Universal, a national daily, showed hotels with broken windows and surrounded by debris. Highways and roads were blocked by downed trees and cables. Some houses appeared flattened.
Photographs published by Reforma newspaper showed people looting convenience stores as soldiers looked on.
No deaths were reported.
Mexico's National Meteorologic Service said Odile, downgraded to a tropical storm on Monday night, had maximum sustained winds of nearly 60 miles per hour Tuesday morning. At the same time, Tropical Storm Polo was dumping water on Guerrero State, on the Mexican Pacific coast, and Hurricane Edouard strengthened to a Category 1 as it made its way northwest along the central Atlantic.
President Enrique Pena Nieto is expected to fly to Baja California Sur on Tuesday after a military parade commemorating Mexico's independence.
Odile is the eighth hurricane of the season. According to AccuWeather.com, Odile ties a record for the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Baja California Sur since Hurricane Olivia in 1967.


It will be sunny but windy today with a high of 41. A blast of cold air comes in tomorrow, though (we’ll only see a high of 28). It’s a holiday today, so all government offices and public schools are closed. Enjoy the day! We’ll be back tomorrow ready to take on 2012 on the LES!


Typhoon-weary Philippines prepares for 3rd storm
Officials told residents still reeling from mudslides that recently buried hundreds in the northern Philippine mountains to be ready to abandon their homes again if a storm approaching Friday becomes the third typhoon in a month to hit the country.
The warning came after back-to-back storms since Sept. 26 caused the worst flooding in 40 years in and around the capital Manila and unleashed landslides in the Cordillera Mountains in the north of the country, killing 773 people and affecting more than seven million.
Tropical storm Lupit may intensify into a super typhoon by the time it makes landfall next week with winds up to 230 km/h, forecasters said. It was expected to enter Philippine waters late Friday.
"We are still retrieving our dead and here comes [Lupit]," Gov. Nestor Fongwan of Benguet province said in a radio interview. "I hope it does not hit us."
At least 288 people were killed in last week's landslides in Benguet province.
The new storm may spare the saturated northern Philippines and veer toward Taiwan early next week, or may track the same devastating path as Typhoon Parma, which made landfall Oct. 3 then lingered for a week while battering the main northern island of Luzon, said chief weather forecaster Nathaniel Cruz.
Disaster-relief officials in the Cordillera region advised thousands of residents to be prepared to move to safer ground to avoid the threat of mudslides that last week buried dozens of mountainside houses with entire families, blocked roads and isolated towns for days.
"We are informing them that there's an incoming typhoon and that we must be aware of the necessity for pre-emptive evacuation once we know that we will be hit," said Olive Luces, head of the Office of Civil Defence in Baguio city, 210 kilometres north of Manila.
With the jagged terrain in the region of more than 1.2 million people, Luces said that large swathes of land may be considered danger zones. Residents living in low-lying areas, near cliffs and mountain slopes will be priority targets for evacuation, she said.
The Joint Typhoon Warning Center, operated by the U.S. navy in Hawaii, projected the storm may make landfall Wednesday in northeastern Isabela or Cagayan provinces and exit the Philippines through northwestern Illocos provinces the same day.
Health officials warned there has been an upsurge in leptospirosis, a disease spread through exposure to water contaminated with the urine of infected animals, in parts of the country still submerged in flood water.
Health Secretary Francisco Duque said 1,027 leptospirosis cases and 89 deaths were recorded in Manila alone from Oct. 1-15.
More cases were expected because up to 1.7 million people were still exposed to floods, he said. Last year, about 800 cases were treated nationwide and about 60 people died.


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Despite temperatures warming just a bit, icy and snow-drifted roads continued to be an issue Tuesday for drivers throughout the Fox Valley.
A portion of Randall Road was closed during the morning hours between Royal Boulevard and Big Timber Road when icy conditions made that portion of the road particularly hazardous, according to Elgin police.
At about the same time an accident at Randall and Big Timber about 9:20 a.m. resulted in that intersection being closed for about an hour. Police said no one was injured.
Rural roads west of Elgin continued to see the worst conditions with no protection from the winds which kept road crews from keeping the pavement clear.
With temperatures expected to climb starting Wednesday, local roads might finally get back to normal as crews can catch up after the recent brutal weather conditions.
According to AccuWeather, Wednesday's high will be 16 degrees, 29 on Thursday and 37 Friday. Saturday and Sunday highs are expected to be near 40 degrees, and temperatures in the low 30s are predicted through much of next week.


Most of central, eastern Kansas under flood watches
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Several Kansas communities are closing roads as rain-swollen creeks and rivers begin to overflow their banks.
The National Weather Service says up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) of rain has fallen since Friday and up to 3 inches (8 centimeters) more are possible through Wednesday morning.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says flooding will close the train’s route between Hutchinson and Topeka through Wednesday morning. He says Amtrak will run buses for customers at the stop in Newton.
Flood watches have been issued for most of central and eastern Kansas as forecasts call for several rivers and creeks to crest above flood stage Tuesday and Wednesday. Water is expected to inundate farmland near Wichita and some homes in the Hutchinson area. Roads also are closing in the Salina and Emporia area.


The consequences of a heavy storm are being liquidated in Belarus. It crossed Belarus from west to east on Wednesday. Minsk, Mahilou and Vicuebsk Provinces were affected most of all. The hurricane was accompanied by downpours and hail. Hundreds of houses were left without roofs, walls were broken and more than 1300 trees were uprooted. 8 airplanes were damaged at the National Airport Minsk. Over 600 inhabited localities were left without power, BELTA reports. The trains could not arrive on time due to a blackout in Asipovichy and Baranavichy Districts. Diesel locomotives had to be used. 17 people were injured, some of them are in a serious condition.
Adverse weather conditions and lightning storms will be also be observed in Belarus on Thursday. Minsk driving inspectorate is urging people to avoid driving.


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GILGIT/PESHAWAR/QUETTA: Heavy snowfall and rain have brought life to a standstill in Gilgit-Baltistan, many parts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with Karakoram Highway and other thoroughfares rendered impassable due to landslides and flashfloods.
Adverse weather has led to the cancellation of PIA flights between Islamabad and the cities of Gilgit and Skardu.
Heavy rains and snowfall continue to lash large swathes of KP for a second day on Saturday, resulting in the deaths of at least 22 people and injuries to 25 others.
Similarly, rains also wreaked havoc in Gwadar and Kech districts of Makran, where hundreds of houses have collapsed during the current spell of rains, rendering a large number of families homeless.
Heavy rains also lashed Noshki and Chagai districts, while several districts in Balochistan were completely cut off from other parts of the province due to damaged or flooded roads.
Moreover, thousands of travellers, including families, patients, and children, heading to or from Gilgit-Baltistan are stranded in several areas. Not only Baltistan Road but also Ghizer-Shandur Road have been rendered impassable due to landslides at some points.
According to the GB Disaster Management Authority (GBDMA), heavy rain and snowfall in upper areas of the region started on Friday evening. Landslides triggered by rains have blocked the Karakoram Highway at several points, including at the Kohistan, Gilgit-Diamer, Gilgit-Hunza and Nagar sections.
Disruptions were also reported on Baltistan Road due to rockfalls and Astore Valley Road after heavy snowfall and rain.
Districts including Skardu, Ghizer, Astore, Ghanche, Shigar, Nagar, Kharmang, Hunza and Gilgit are now cut off, leaving residents isolated and halting daily activities.
However, despite the challenges, no casualties or significant damages have been reported thus far from any area of the region.
Officials said the ongoing inclement weather is hindering road restoration efforts. The Gilgit-Baltistan government has issued a weather alert, advising against travel until conditions improve.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Meteorological Department anticipates further rainfall and snowfall across the region until Sunday.
GB Chief Minister Haji Gulbar Khan has instructed the district administrations to speed up road restoration efforts and ensure the welfare of stranded travellers.
Besides, winter vacation for schools in the upper areas of Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Ghanche districts has been extended to March 10. These areas received up to six inches of snow and temperatures have dropped to sub-zero levels.
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Hurricane Raymond swirled off Mexico's Pacific coast Monday, forcing schools to close and more than 1,000 people to leave their homes in a region reeling from recent deadly floods and landslides.
The southwestern state of Guerrero, which was pummeled by Tropical Storm Manuel in September, closed schools for 35,000 children, shut down seaports and evacuated vulnerable residents, officials said.
Rain has already been drenching the resort of Acapulco since late Sunday, causing water to rise up to the knees in some neighborhoods where 40 people had to leave, just a month after floods trapped tourists there for almost a week.
West of Acapulco, several residents of the small town of Los Cimientos took refuge on the second floor of the elementary school.
"We are afraid that it will take us by surprise, so it was better to come here," said local resident Bernarda Garcia whose town was devastated by Manuel.
Soldiers evacuated some 500 people from Los Cimientos and Tierra Digna, which are part of the Coyuca de Benitez municipality, due to the risk of floods, Mayor Ramiro Avila told AFP.
Another 400 were evacuated from Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo further west while some 100 families were removed from at-risk areas in the municipality of Tecpan de Galeana, officials said.
Threatened by heavy rains, the neighboring state of Michoacan opened 34 shelters and closed schools in four municipalities, said state government secretary Jaime Mares Camarena.
Raymond was stationary after growing into a major hurricane overnight, reaching Category Three strength on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning that the system could strengthen further.
The storm gained some strength in the afternoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 125 miles (205 kilometers) per hour and bringing heavy rain to the south-central coast, threatening to produce large waves and flooding, the center said in its 2100 GMT bulletin.
The hurricane paused some 105 miles (170 kilometers) southwest of Zihuatanejo and 160 miles (255 kilometers) from the resort of Acapulco, both located in Guerrero.
The US forecasters said Raymond could move closer to the coast late Monday and Tuesday before gradually weakening. But it could avoid landfall and slowly move west on Wednesday.
Mexican National Water Commission director David Korenfeld said the hurricane could be pushed westward out to sea if it comes into contact with a cold front.
The region is still recovering from Tropical Storm Manuel, which struck Guerrero in mid-September while another system, Ingrid, slammed the opposite coast almost simultaneously.
The twin storms claimed 157 lives and damaged the homes of 1.7 million people.
Hardest hit was Guerrero, where 101 of the deaths were recorded and a massive landslide buried a mountain village.
The unusual double storm hit occurred during a holiday weekend, leaving thousands of tourists stranded in Acapulco due to closed airports and highways.
In Manuel's aftermath, some 5,000 people are still living in shelters in Guerrero and 5,000 other families may have to be relocated.
The National Water Commission said Raymond could also dump torrential rains in Michoacan and soak several other states, as well as Mexico City.
Korenfeld warned that soil across the region was already saturated with water, increasing the chances of flooding and landslides.
He said Mexico was on its way this year to breaking a record by being hit by eight named tropical storms or hurricanes -- four on each coast.


The aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Jasper may be felt for days with flooding the greatest concern for far north Queensland residents.
The cyclone threat is over for now after Jasper was downgraded to a tropical low.
But Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles issued a warning on Thursday that “we’re not out of the woods yet”.
People left in Cyclone Jasper’s destructive path are still being hit by heavy rain and bracing for damaging winds up to 90km/h.
Cyclone Jasper hit the coast as a category 2 storm near Wujal Wujal, north of Cairns, about 8pm AEST on Wednesday.
It produced winds of 115km/h and heavy rain, with almost half a metre recorded across far north Queensland in a 24-hour period.
The system has weakened as it slowly heads inland but is a moderate chance of re-intensifying into a tropical cyclone when it reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria at the weekend.
It appears there is no relief in sight with severe weather warnings for large parts of the north tropical coast and tablelands as well as the peninsula and gulf country.
Rain bringing 150 to 200mm are expected in the region with isolated falls of up to 400mm.
“And that’s on top of the rain that has already fallen,” a Bureau of Meteorology spokesperson told AAP.
“It’s not over yet. Even though it has been downgraded to an ex-tropical cyclone it is still expected to produce significant community impacts.”
There are major flooding warnings for the Daintree, Barron and Mossman rivers.
People have been told to avoid floodwaters and stay inside as emergency services clean up, with crocodiles and snakes adding to the potential danger.
“We expect crocodiles in the cyclone-affected area to be on the move as they search for a quieter place to wait until the floodwaters to recede,” Department of Environment and Science’s Lindsay Delzoppo said.
“Several years ago, a large crocodile found refuge on someone’s backyard during a flood event.
“Snakes are really good swimmers … they may appear in unexpected places.”
People were forced to flee their homes when the cyclone hit, upending trees, causing flash flooding and knocking down power lines.
At one stage more than 43,000 homes and businesses were without power.
More than 500 energy crew staff have seen sent north to assist.
A dozen people and a dog had to be rescued at Mossman early on Thursday with more than 100 people arriving at evacuation centres.
There are multiple road closures and some traffic lights affected by outages.
Cairns and surrounding areas copped the brunt of the cyclone with 25,000 homes and businesses without power at one stage amid reports of looting.
The Cairns airport has reopened and the hospital is back to full service.
But Cairns locals are expected to conserve drinking water for the rest of the week as authorities work to remove debris from a treatment plant.
“Trees down, power out – we are used to that,” Cairns mayor Terry James said.
Coles said additional deliveries were on their way to far north Queensland stores.
State-federal government disaster recovery funding has been made available for Cairns, Cook, Douglas, Yarrabah and Wujal Wujal regional councils.
Douglas and Wujal Wujal council residents can access personal hardship assistance totalling $180 for individuals and up to $900 for families.
Uninsured residents may be able to access up to $5,000 to reconnect damaged services.


Thankful for slow hurricane season, flood protection improvements
Our View - Nov 28, 2013
As we enter this Thanksgiving, the weather has been disagreeable. Although southeast Louisiana is generally blessed with mild temperatures at this time of the year, many of us have had to crank up our seldom used heaters as temperatures have plummeted and we have been kept damp by a steady mist.
Although this makes being outside unpleasant and driving hazardous, it is the least of Louisiana’s worries when it comes to weather.
In fact, we should all be very happy and thankful for this year’s hurricane season, which was the mildest since 1982. Although there were predictions that as many as 20 storms would form in 2013, there were only 13 named tropical storms and two hurricanes.
One of those storms, Tropical Storm Karen, seemed to be aimed in our direction in early October and was anticipated to become a category 1 hurricane, prompting St. Charles Parish President V.J. St. Pierre to issue a state of emergency.
However, the storm broke up before it struck and those in St. Charles Parish had a sunny weekend with a only few showers and nice breeze to cool us off.
Of course we should feel lucky for this as only last year Hurricane Isaac, a category 1, hovered over the area for a day and a half causing heavy wind damage, widespread and long lasting power outages and severe flooding to our neighbors in St. John the Baptist Parish. When it was all said and done, the storm caused $2.39 billion in damage in the region.
So while we were spared this year, we know it is only a matter of time before we are hit again. In fact, atmospheric scientists just this year said Louisiana should anticipate getting hit by a hurricane every three years rather than every four as was previously predicted. This makes the recent action on the West Bank Hurricane Protection Levee even more important.
So this Thanksgiving as we sit down to dinner with our families and friends, we should be thankful for a good year weather wise and developments in flood protection that should provide us a higher degree of safety for years to come.
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More heavy rain across the country could cause further flooding, the Environment Agency has warned.
The latest warning comes as agency chiefs are set to be quizzed by MPs on the parliamentary Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee about recent flooding which swamped around 16,000 homes in England.
Chairman Sir Philip Dilley, who faced criticism for holidaying in Barbados during the recent storms, will join chief executive Sir James Bevan and deputy chief executive David Rooke before the committee.
MPs are also hearing evidence from local representatives from Cumbria, parts of which were badly hit by repeated flooding as a series of storms and heavy bands of rain swept across the UK.
December ended up as the wettest month in records stretching back more than a hundred years for the UK, with almost double the normal amount of rainfall falling nationwide, causing flooding to homes and businesses and washing away cars, roads and bridges.
And there is still no let-up for some areas, with heavy rain and showers expected across England and Wales overnight and through tomorrow morning.
Falling on already saturated ground, the rain could cause more floods and disruption, compounding the misery for flood-affected communities.
The Environment Agency has warned of the potential for further flooding in parts of the south west, Midlands and north east of England, and has more than 20 flood warnings and more than 100 alerts in place across England.
The agency said it has teams on the ground, pumping away flood water, repairing damaged defences, clearing river blockages, monitoring water levels and sending out flood warnings.
Pumps are still being used in parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire to pump away flood water, while temporary flood barriers are still in place on the River Severn at Shrewsbury and Bewdley.
Clare Dinnis, flood risk manager at the Environment Agency, said: "Our thoughts are with all those who have been flooded during the last month. Environment Agency teams are working around the clock to protect communities, repairing flood defences, clearing blockages and pumping away flood water.
"The £26 million Morpeth flood alleviation scheme in Northumberland is being operated for the first time since its completion in August 2015."
And she urged people to stay away from flood water and never drive through it, warning just 30cm (1ft) of flowing water was enough to move a car.
The flooding has prompted renewed debate over funding for flood defences, the response by officials and the growing risk of extreme weather in the face of climate change.


If you’re not an avid star-gazer, chances are you’ve missed the Orionid Meteor Shower’s luminescent glow glittering above your head for the past couple days. If you’ve been more tethered to your smartphone than meteorology this week -- but love Harvest Moons -- don’t despair. Look towards the heavens tonight, as the grand finale of Orionid’s sublime display is set to reach its apex.
According to Mental Floss’ David W. Brown, the final shebang of the Orionid Meteor Shower is generated by Halley’s Comet, which returns to Earth’s orbit about every 75 years. Per Brown, we learn that when the comet enters Earth’s orbit, it leaves a trail of radiant orionids, or dust particles, in its wake. “When the Earth passes through that debris field, those particles slam into our atmosphere at tens of thousands of miles per hour, generating terrific streaks of light as they burn away,” he writes. This is much the same with any meteor shower, just for your future reference.


The weather is taking a turn for the better/warmer and next Monday looks like the best day with forecasts suggesting a high of 21 degrees possible.
Tomorrow, Friday, is expected to be a dry day with sunny spells and highest temperatures of 12 to 15 degrees. Winds will be light to moderate north to northeast.
Temperatures for Sunday through to next Thursday are expected to range from 18 to 21 degrees, with Monday the warmest day (at 21 degrees), but there may well be some rain showers at times, but you won’t rust!
So, time to get those walking shoes out again and enjoy this gorgeous county of ours...
Our picture from last weekend shows locals in Laghey making the most of the outdoors, regardless of the weather at the Laghey Blast Festival.
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Abstract : A.3
"Zadar calm" during severe Bora
Vanda Grubisic, Ivana Stiperski, Ming Xiao, Alica Bajic
Meteorological and Hydrological Service
Zadar is situated on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea in the region of northern Dalmatia. Due to the vicinity of the southern end of Velebit, the 145 km long coastal mountain range that forms part of the Dinaric Alps, the area less than 20 km inland from Zadar is known for high frequency of severe Bora. In contrast, in the city of Zadar Bora is considerably less frequent and weaker compared to its surroundings. In this study, we investigate small-scale characteristics and spatial variability of severe Bora flow in the wider Zadar area with the objective of identifying reasons for the “Zadar calm”.
A detailed analysis is undertaken of several severe Bora events that occurred in the winter-spring 2004/5 season, during which a new sodar system was deployed at Zadar-Zemunik. The Zadar sodar data provides continuous vertical soundings in the range from 40 to 700 m at temporal resolution of 10 minutes. They reveal a significant variability in the wind speed and direction during the severe Bora events. The maximum Bora speeds were observed in the layer between 300 and 700 m, while the low-level flow was characterized by weak winds. This observational analysis also includes surface data from Zadar and several automatic weather stations located inside the target area as well as the Zadar - Zemunik radio-sounding data.
The observations are compared with results of very high-resolution numerical simulation carried out with the NRL COAMPS model. Initial simulation results indicate that the Bora flow never fully penetrated to the surface near the coast in the Zadar area. The simulation results also suggest that the primary mountain wave could be responsible for low-level flow separation over the steep terrain, leading to weak surface winds over Zadar, downstream of Velebit.