HockeyTx82 wrote:Ok so with a front this cold moving in would it be considered a blue norther'? With that in mind has anyone ever really seen one move in? I have heard stories from people who claim that the sky is a darker shade of blue off to the north due to the air being very dense and cold. Is this true? Does anyone have some pictures or videos of this? To bad this front is moving in overnight........
I remember one from the early 90's (don't remember the year...sorry). I knew it was coming and was waiting for it. I grabbed all 6 children, and we stood on the back patio to wait for it. It was a nice 70 degree day, and in the North, it was such a deep, dark blue you would have thought a thunderstorm was coming. The first thing we noticed was the wind (obviously), but what was odd, is that we started hearing the wind before a blade of grass ever moved. Then, from about 1/4 mile away, the trees began to bow over, and the grass in the fields began to wave. It took a couple of minutes, but we could literally "see" the blue norther as it approached, then WHAM! The force of the wind was amazing when it finally hit our bodies! One of the wonderful miracles of nature that my kids got to experience. I've waited for years for another experience like that, but it's never happened. Even with the front coming through today, it will probably be dark before it reaches us here in Denton. I hope you get to experience one!