Warnings of downed tree limbs, power outages and collapsing roofs.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM WEDNESDAY…
THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SANDY WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TO PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… BECKLEY… OAK HILL… FAYETTEVILLE… MONTGOMERY… SUMMERSVILLE… RICHWOOD… CRAIGSVILLE… COWEN… MARLINTON… ELKINS
* LOCATIONS…VERY ELEVATION DEPENDENT WITH THE BEST CHANCES ACROSS HIGH TERRAIN… BUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT IN THE VALLEYS.
* HAZARD TYPES… HEAVY WET SNOW… AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS… RANGING FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES BELOW 2000 FEET… TO 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 3000 FEET.
* WINDS…INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SOME OF THE HIGHEST RIDGES COULD GUST TO NEAR 50 MPH.
* TIMING… PERIODS OF SNOW… MIXED WITH RAIN FOR THE VALLEYS… WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BRUNT OF THE STORM OCCURS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS…THE HEAVY WET SNOW MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS… CAUSING POWER OUTAGES OR FLUCTUATIONS. SNOW LOADING…OR THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW…MAY CAUSE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE… INCLUDING COLLAPSING ROOFS. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WIND WOULD LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
Oh, for the good old days of global warming
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/rlx/
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link
“Yeaugh and they told us 14 years ago that snow was going to be a thing of the past !!! LOL !!” says Kenneth. “Is Al Gore hiding under his blanket ??????????????”
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I think the thing about Sandy is its size and the fact it cannot move out to sea because of a blocking high over Greenland.
That’s a breather for us in Scotland though as if there wasn’t and it did turn out to the Atlantic we’d be next in the firing line. We usually get the remnants of hurricanes this time of year.
See what Stu Ostro is saying about it:
Andrew,
Can’t resist giving a shout out to all my relatives in Scotland. Someday I hope to make it back to my ancestoral home. So, Hello from West Virginia as we watch for the coming of the first snow of the winter.
On this historic event, someone should sell a t-shirt stating: “I survived the Blizzard of Hurricane Sandy!”
Sugar Mt. resort in NC is scheduled to open 10/31, the earliest opening in its history, by a full week!
Cooling is warming…cooling is warming…cooling is warming…
reminds me of George Orwell’s “1984″ novel.
HERE WE GO AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!
Hmmm. This weather DOES seem a little atypical, i.e. the time of year, and the size and type of storm.
Irene was similar, and there was also another massive cyclonic storm, one called a “snowicane,” in western Alaska last year around the same time. You can read about it on AccuWeather here: http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/alaska-snowicane-to-rev-up-nor/57540
According to the article about the Alaska snowicane, “The powerful storm is unleashing damaging winds, blizzard conditions, huge waves and coastal flooding. A 7-foot storm surge hit Nome, Alaska with water reportedly reaching the base of buildings.”
Sounds familiar doesn’t it.
The novelty this year is that it’s happening simultaneously in America and Europe.
It’s a novelty but not a coincidence.
The climate is evidently cooling, with oscillations, but also showing a very well defined trend.