Saturday, November 28, 2009
HD Video Of The First Snow Fall Of The Season
A portion of this video did not render properly during editing. Editing HD video is time consuming and it doesn't always do what you want it to do. In any case I hope it's still enjoyable. :)
Friday, November 27, 2009
First Snow
We got our first snow of the season this morning as eager shoppers pushed each other down to get the last of the mechanical hamsters. I got some incredible footage that I will start uploading tomorrow.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Tropical Storm Ida
It looks like Hurricane Ida will be effecting the Gulf of Mexico soon, but will likely die down to a Tropical Storm by the time it reaches land according to the National Hurricane Center's five day forecast model.
Update November 8, 2009 10:00PM EDT: I may have spoken too soon. According to the latest models, Ida will effect US soil as a Hurricane, but is still likely to be a Tropical Storm by the time it makes landfall. The governor of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency and there is currently a Hurricane Watch extending from Grand Isle in Louisiana to Pascagoula Mississippi and a Hurricane Warning extending from Pascagoula Mississippi to Indian Pass in the Florida panhandle.
Update November 9, 2009 5:00PM EDT: Even though Ida has weakened to a Tropical Storm, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi have all declared a state of emergency. The center of the storm looks like it may move over the coast of Alabama or even the far west side of the Florida panhandle. Tropical Storm warnings currently extend from Grand Isle in Louisiana all the way to the Aucilla River in Florida.
Update November 9, 2009 6:20PM EDT: Here is one of the current radar images from Mobile, Alabama.
This storm is being blasted by winds from the east so it's a bit lopsided. All the real convection is to the west which is why Louisiana has been experiencing some flooding.
Update November 9, 2009 11:45 PM EDT: A flash flood warning was just issued by The National Weather Service for parts of Alabama and Florida that has some valuable information attached to it:
Update November 10, 2009 1:30AM EDT: The center of circulation (if you can call it that) seems to be making it's way on to land at the moment. It's really hard to tell from the radar where the circulation actually is or even that this is a Tropical Storm.
This is made worse by the fact that information from tropical systems generally seem to be far and few between during the night hours. In any event, there's no doubt that the worst of the storm has made it's presence felt by now.
Update November 8, 2009 10:00PM EDT: I may have spoken too soon. According to the latest models, Ida will effect US soil as a Hurricane, but is still likely to be a Tropical Storm by the time it makes landfall. The governor of Louisiana has declared a state of emergency and there is currently a Hurricane Watch extending from Grand Isle in Louisiana to Pascagoula Mississippi and a Hurricane Warning extending from Pascagoula Mississippi to Indian Pass in the Florida panhandle.
Update November 9, 2009 5:00PM EDT: Even though Ida has weakened to a Tropical Storm, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi have all declared a state of emergency. The center of the storm looks like it may move over the coast of Alabama or even the far west side of the Florida panhandle. Tropical Storm warnings currently extend from Grand Isle in Louisiana all the way to the Aucilla River in Florida.
Update November 9, 2009 6:20PM EDT: Here is one of the current radar images from Mobile, Alabama.
This storm is being blasted by winds from the east so it's a bit lopsided. All the real convection is to the west which is why Louisiana has been experiencing some flooding.
Update November 9, 2009 11:45 PM EDT: A flash flood warning was just issued by The National Weather Service for parts of Alabama and Florida that has some valuable information attached to it:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 130 AM CST
* AT 1023 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A RAIN BAND
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM IDA...NEARLY STATIONARY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY AND EXTREME
SOUTHWEST SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA. DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE
POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS TUESDAY MORNING
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BON
SECOUR...TURKEY BRANCH...SUMMERDALE...SILVERHILL...SEMINOLE...
ROBERTSDALE...POINT CLEAR...OAK...MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...MONTROSE...
MIFLIN...MARLOW...MAGNOLIA SPRINGS...LILLIAN...HOUSTONVILLE...
FOLEY...FAIRHOPE...ELSANOR...ELBERTA...CLAY CITY...BATTLES WHARF...
WEST PENSACOLA...WARRINGTON...PENSACOLA REGIONAL A/P...PENSACOLA
NAVAL BASE...PACE...MYRTLE GROVE...GULF BREEZE...GOULDING...
GONZALEZ...FERRY PASS...ENSLEY...EAST PENSACOLA HEIGHTS...COTTAGE
HILL...CANTONMENT...BROWNSVILLE...BRENT...BEULAH AND BELLVIEW
DOPPLER WEATHER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SUGGEST THAT UPWARDS OF 2 TO
3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
BALDWIN COUNTY...SOUTHEAST OF FOLEY SINCE 7 PM THIS EVENING. AMOUNTS
OF JUST UNDER 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 130 AM TUESDAY MORNING.
Update November 10, 2009 1:30AM EDT: The center of circulation (if you can call it that) seems to be making it's way on to land at the moment. It's really hard to tell from the radar where the circulation actually is or even that this is a Tropical Storm.
This is made worse by the fact that information from tropical systems generally seem to be far and few between during the night hours. In any event, there's no doubt that the worst of the storm has made it's presence felt by now.
Monday, November 2, 2009
First Real Frost Of The Season
Those waking up this Monday morning in central Ohio will have some windshield scraping to do. It got below freezing last night and conditions were just right to introduce the first real frost of the season.
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