Sustained tropical storm force winds occuring.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:37 pm
OK, sure, it is in parts of Nebraska and Kansas. I've never even been to Nebraska. But we get all excited about a minimal tropical storm like Edouard, and we got really exciting weather to look at, including a blizzard warning, for parts of Kansas and Nebraska!
5 to 12 inches of snow tonight and near zero visibility in blowing snow with 40 mph winds.
I know tropical cyclones are exciting, and the big ones can be awe inspiring. I won't forget Allison, or Ike, or almost seeing my first "R" rated movie because we evacuated our home in coastal Massapequa to my dad's co-workers house a few miles inland during Hurricane Belle, and they had cable, and the lights went out right at the blue MPAA screen, and when we went home the next day, a weeping willow tree had punched a hole in the roof of the Smith's house.
By the same token, I won't forget the glorious 5 missed days of school in February 1978 during the blizzard. And not just any school. Catholic school, St. Martin of Tours in Amityville, with nuns. Sour tempered nuns. Actually, I had several very nice nuns as teachers. But not Sister Grace Edward. No, sir.
So, expand the horizons, you tropical people still posting about 91L. And it is even more rare, and thus as exciting, for snow to fall in some places hit by hurricanes. I think the rareness factor is about equal here in Houston, but if it were to snow in Tampa Bay this winter, that would rock.
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CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS
MC COOK LGT RAIN 40 34 79 NW45G53 30.14R WCI 26
AINSWORTH LGT SNOW 36 36 100 N40G47 30.10F WCI 21
GOODLAND CLOUDY 41 26 55 N41G56 30.21S
5 to 12 inches of snow tonight and near zero visibility in blowing snow with 40 mph winds.
I know tropical cyclones are exciting, and the big ones can be awe inspiring. I won't forget Allison, or Ike, or almost seeing my first "R" rated movie because we evacuated our home in coastal Massapequa to my dad's co-workers house a few miles inland during Hurricane Belle, and they had cable, and the lights went out right at the blue MPAA screen, and when we went home the next day, a weeping willow tree had punched a hole in the roof of the Smith's house.
By the same token, I won't forget the glorious 5 missed days of school in February 1978 during the blizzard. And not just any school. Catholic school, St. Martin of Tours in Amityville, with nuns. Sour tempered nuns. Actually, I had several very nice nuns as teachers. But not Sister Grace Edward. No, sir.
So, expand the horizons, you tropical people still posting about 91L. And it is even more rare, and thus as exciting, for snow to fall in some places hit by hurricanes. I think the rareness factor is about equal here in Houston, but if it were to snow in Tampa Bay this winter, that would rock.