The Great Blizzard of '08
This is Steven Petrick posting.
Tomorrow, being the 27th day of March, and well into Spring, we are anticipating a blizzard with maybe a foot or more of snow.
This is somewhat unusual. I watch the Weather Channel (old Army habit, I like trying to keep tabs on weather or not I am going to be soaking wet, freezing, or frying so that I can dress appropriately). This is literally the first time that I can recall where an event has been forecast a week in advance (last Friday this "rain and snow mix" first appeared), and not changed. Sure, some details have changed. The predicted temperature ranges have gone up and down a little. The chance of precipitation falling from the sky has (once they started giving that data) has varied from a low of 60% to a high (today) of 90%. But they have never changed the predication that it would in fact happen on Friday, the 27th.
Just last night they changed a forecast once more. On Tuesday they said it would rain the next Tuesday, but last night they said it would not rain.
I have been watching the radars,and I just do not see where the moisture for this event is coming from. Usually you can track rainfall/snowfall across the country before it finally hits us (or more usually "misses" us), but all I have really seen this time is pretty normal cloud cover without a lot of precipitation hitting points west of us.
If this even really does hit, it is possible we may not make it to the office tomorrow. As is, we are "battening down the hatches" since this will be (if it in fact hits) the first major weather event since we occupied the new offices and warehouse. No matter how much everyone assures you that "The roof don't leak", it is best to be prepared (we are spreading tarps over exposed equipment and material).
We have very mixed feelings about things. On the plus side we really do need the water, but on the negative side we really do not need a blizzard.
Tomorrow, being the 27th day of March, and well into Spring, we are anticipating a blizzard with maybe a foot or more of snow.
This is somewhat unusual. I watch the Weather Channel (old Army habit, I like trying to keep tabs on weather or not I am going to be soaking wet, freezing, or frying so that I can dress appropriately). This is literally the first time that I can recall where an event has been forecast a week in advance (last Friday this "rain and snow mix" first appeared), and not changed. Sure, some details have changed. The predicted temperature ranges have gone up and down a little. The chance of precipitation falling from the sky has (once they started giving that data) has varied from a low of 60% to a high (today) of 90%. But they have never changed the predication that it would in fact happen on Friday, the 27th.
Just last night they changed a forecast once more. On Tuesday they said it would rain the next Tuesday, but last night they said it would not rain.
I have been watching the radars,and I just do not see where the moisture for this event is coming from. Usually you can track rainfall/snowfall across the country before it finally hits us (or more usually "misses" us), but all I have really seen this time is pretty normal cloud cover without a lot of precipitation hitting points west of us.
If this even really does hit, it is possible we may not make it to the office tomorrow. As is, we are "battening down the hatches" since this will be (if it in fact hits) the first major weather event since we occupied the new offices and warehouse. No matter how much everyone assures you that "The roof don't leak", it is best to be prepared (we are spreading tarps over exposed equipment and material).
We have very mixed feelings about things. On the plus side we really do need the water, but on the negative side we really do not need a blizzard.
posted by Federation Commander at 4:02 PM
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