[STORMREPORTS] Wild temp swings in VA; Tsunami info; Christmas snow from space
Winchester (nw) VA
WILD TEMP SWINGS
In the first 4 days of 2005, my mean temperature has been 52.2º, or
Last Friday night, First Night Winchester revellers enjoyed one of the
On Saturday, I had a high of 66, but it was not a record. About 3
The front sagged south of the region Sunday and temps fell into the 40s
It returned north Monday, and the temp rebounded to 65º. Monday night,
On Tuesday, it reached 66.6 about noon before the front pushed south. By
I thought the low 60s overnight was unusual, until checking the data
The NWS wrote the following in the 4am Tuesday AFD:
As the cold air oozed south, some wild swings in the temperatures were
We have not been below freezing since Dec 28th.
While we fell far from the record, others did tie or break records in
Record warm low: Blacksburg VA 51 (old record was 50 in 2004)
Record Tying Highs:
Today, it's fallen thru the 40's, and at 6pm it's 39º. We have had
We were under a Winter Storm Watch for a time from 11pm Tueday for
It is forecast to return into the 60s by early next week.
MD/VA 3pm Tue Wx conditions
Temps & Precip 24 hours ending 8am Tue & Wed for Baltimore/ Washington
Orchardists: Let It Snow
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For those that are interested in contributing to relief efforts, the
http://www.give.org/news/tsunami.asp
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(All Times Eastern)
1) Mega Tsunami (1st aired on 2/19/01)
((I watched this program before. In describes how the tsunami warning
2) Tsunami, Killer Wave
(No info available)
3) NEW program from Discovery Channel
Then it moves to Discovery Times (digital cable, satellite) on Mon Jan
4) NBC Universal is having a benefit - telethon at 8pm Sat Jan 15th on
Link to Discovery Channel's tsunami coverage:
And I found this at www.weather.gov earlier this week. It's about the
NOAA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI
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SNOW FROM SPACE
South Texas Event, Dec 25th, 2004
Delmarva, Tidewater VA; Coastal NC, Dec 26th 2004
Steve Minghini
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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Wed Jan 05 2005 - 18:35:30 EST
typical of mid April. Typical early Jan temperatures here are a low of
20 and a high of 40.
warmest New Year Eve's in recent memory. Temperatures were near 60 that
evening.
stations did set records in VA, but I did not take notes & they are no
longer in the NWS queue.
in the afternoon.
it stayed in the low 60's overnight!
late evening it had fallen to 48.
from the same date a year ago. On Jan 4th, 2004 it was in the low 60s
overnight, and a midday high of 74 ( a record) then colder later in the
day.
" JAN 4..1 AM..62 DEGS OUTSIDE. UTTERLY INCREDIBLE. ACCORDING TO OUR
CLIMATE PROGRAM THE HIGHEST OVERNIGHT LOW TEMP AT IAD IN THE 1ST 5 DAYS
OF ANY JAN IS 55 (1/3/00). IN FACT THE MAX LOW FOR 1/4 IS 51 ('97) SO
THAT SHOULD BE SMASHED. DCA AND BWI...W/ MUCH LONGER PDS OF RECORD...WL
NOT BE ECLIPSED. "
noted.
At 3pm Frederick MD (40 miles NW of Washington DC) was 54. In
Fredericksburg VA (55 miles south of Washington) it was 75. That's a
21º difference in 70 miles distance!
the mid Atlantic on Tue 1/04:
Danville VA 74 (tie from 1950)
Elizabeth City NC 75 (tie from 2004 & 1950)
Richmond VA 76 (tie from 1950)
.23" of rain & drizzle since midday Tuesday, mostly overnight last
night.
tonight in elevations above 1000', then 1500'. It has since been
dropped. It was for the threat of freezing rain.
MD/VA 6am Tue wx conditions
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43209
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43210
CWA.
http://wxmatrix-membersonly/group/VA_StormNet/message/43220
Warm Temperatures Could Confuse Apple, Peach Crops
http://winchesterstar.com/TheWinchesterStar/050105/Area_snow.asp
TSUNAMI aftermath
Better Business Bureau has collected information on organizations
working in the region. The information is from a previously established
database.
There are a few programs on tsunamis on tv in the next 2 weeks:
Discovery 3pm & 9pm Sat 1/08;
12am & 5pm Sun 1/09
system is far from perfect. In several cases, a tsunami warning is
followed by the wave, of a few inches. ))
National Geographic Channel, 7pm Wed 1-12
The Next Wave: Science of Tsunamis
10pm Wed (Tonight) 1am Thur;
4pm & 10pm Sat Jan 8th;
1am Sun 1-09, 2am Mon Jan Jan 10th
10th for multiple showings there.
ALL of it's stations. That will include NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo,
Telumondo)
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tsunami/tsunami.html
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Hawaii Tsunami Warning Center and it attempt to make notifications to
the affected area.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2004/s2358.htm
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Snow/US_Plains/2004/SNtexas360_G12L.jpg
(Snow extends south into very northeastern Mexico.)
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/akq/wx_events/winter/snowdec2620042.jpg
(Can you spot the Dismal Swamp? Hint: it's southwest of the mouth of the
Chesapeake Bay.)
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