Well folks before I embark on what may be a long trip (Winter Storm Warning for my first stop in PHL, then Freezing Rain for my destination GSO) here's one last important NetNews update. Also, a White Christmas looks likely for much of the Mid-Atlantic. Member Rick Hudson wrote this morning: "Merry Christmas to all from chilly Boston. Yesterday morning's temperature 56 deg.F. Today - 19 deg.F with a dusting of snow at Logan airport!" The following maps are online indicating the climatological and actual chance for a White Xmas: http://www.weather.com/seasonal/holidays/white_xmas.html http://www.accuweather.com/iwxpage/santapaw/graphic2.htm http://www.rap.ucar.edu/~gthompsn/xmas.html Just a quickie NetNews for Radar/Severe Weather Fans: In moves sure to stun its competitors in the world of Pay Radar/Lightning Services on the Internet, WeatherTap (www.weathertap.com) today began offering additional products including 3 local NEXRAD products (Echo Tops, Storm Total Precipitation, and Base Velocity) in addition to their Base Reflectivity and BR Loops for all US NEXRAD sites. They also have added a Radar Users Tutorial and a huge 2700x2000 pixel US Radar Composite with counties overlaid. And, becoming the first company that is not the source of the data to offer it, they are offering Real-Time Lightning Maps with Pos/Neg Strokes and Age, for the US and 6 regions. The lightning maps can also be combined with a US Satellite. All this is in combination with other weather and satellite maps that they offer (details at their site). WeatherTap's service is $5.35-$5.95 per month. -- ============================================================== Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist/Web Dev. - j{at}weatherwatchers.org Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org "A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136832 ||