A new record for a wind gust has been set (407 km/hr!). Read about it here.
On a related note, there have been discussions about having the next Geography Department field trip go to New Hamshire and visit Mount Washington (among other things). We would go in fine weather, of course! What do you think?
On a related note, there have been discussions about having the next Geography Department field trip go to New Hamshire and visit Mount Washington (among other things). We would go in fine weather, of course! What do you think?
We'll be starting to watch this in class on Monday, January 25. I would encourage you to watch the entire 45 minute film.
An excellent Cloud Tutorial from NASA: click here.
Take a look at the weather that is going on in western parts of Canada...
Weather Station on the Burke Building
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 3:22 PM.
I had mentioned in one of our first classes that there is a weather station on the top of the Burke Building. You can access the data from this site. Note that the weather conditions are only reported when the computer is turned on in the Community-Based Environmental Monitoring Network, something I am trying to remedy!
More snow on the way this Wednesday...
0 Comments Published by CBEMN on Monday, January 18, 2010 at 1:12 PM.
This is what Brett Anderson from Accuweather has to say about the snow on the way this coming Wednesday....I see a snow day in he near future (for the younger kids, that is...)
So...Environment Canada just issued a weather warning for southern NS, after they already had 23 cm on the ground! I still think we will get more than 2-4 cm this aft. in Halifax. There is already more than that on the ground where I live outside of the city.
The next morning I turned on the tv to see what the local news had to say about the "storm" (see last post). Take note of the "Severe Weather Team" on the screen, the amount of snow on the ground and the Colleges and University closures notice along the bottom.
A short walk from my hotel to the conference centre on the Emory Campus: there was slick ice on the roads and cars that had spun out abandoned at the bottom of the hill. For some, this was their first time driving in these conditions. Some children had never seen snow before!
Well, technically not the "floor", but it served it's purpose, I suppose. So laughable "severe weather" by our standards, but it is all a matter of perspective, what one is used to and how our different vulnerabilities come from our lived experiences. We will be talking about this very thing into the severe weather portion of the course in February.
A short walk from my hotel to the conference centre on the Emory Campus: there was slick ice on the roads and cars that had spun out abandoned at the bottom of the hill. For some, this was their first time driving in these conditions. Some children had never seen snow before!
Well, technically not the "floor", but it served it's purpose, I suppose. So laughable "severe weather" by our standards, but it is all a matter of perspective, what one is used to and how our different vulnerabilities come from our lived experiences. We will be talking about this very thing into the severe weather portion of the course in February.
So....the snow held off until about 8pm tonight, and it is so fine that only this much has fallen in an hour:
Schools were still closed early today in anticipation of the "severe weather". I'm not making fun...but it is amusing. It will be interesting to see what is on the ground in the morning. 
Schools were still closed early today in anticipation of the "severe weather". I'm not making fun...but it is amusing. It will be interesting to see what is on the ground in the morning. And it is interesting to see snow on the foliage that doesn't often have to feel such "extreme cold". I leave you with the uncommon scene of snow in Atlanta, Georgia.....
Well, one person's perspective of "severe weather" can be very different from anothers'. I'm in Atlanta, Georgia and wow are people freaking out about the cold and the potential snow for today. I arrived to temperatures of about -1 C and the hotel lobby clerk was wearing his coat. Indoors. "Don't worry, we turned the heat on in your room" he tells me. I'm not worried. Jeez, I was in Quebec City this time last year and the temps were -45 with the wind chill...
I get to my room and the thermostat reads 85 F...I keep my house at a comfortable 68. I think I must have been the only person in the state of Georgia with the air conditioning turned on.
So today....the forecast is for anywhere from a "sprinkling of snow" to an inch. Schools are closed in anticipation of this and there are water main breaks across the city (the pipes aren't buried as deep in the ground in southern states as ones where freezing is more normal, so the freeze and thaw near the surface is causing the pipes to break). The news last night was explaining to people that trucks were out spreading a combination of salt and "grit" and explaining what this does to help with the driving ;)...and that one shouldn't drive too close to them because their windshields could break from the grit hitting them if they drove too close....that's some grit! (Distinct from the grit that is consumed in this area, I assume).
The snow really isn't supposed to arrive until later today...so I am thinking I might not be able to photograph and record people's responses because they are saying likely 7-8pm, after then sun has gone down. I will do my best.
I get to my room and the thermostat reads 85 F...I keep my house at a comfortable 68. I think I must have been the only person in the state of Georgia with the air conditioning turned on.
So today....the forecast is for anywhere from a "sprinkling of snow" to an inch. Schools are closed in anticipation of this and there are water main breaks across the city (the pipes aren't buried as deep in the ground in southern states as ones where freezing is more normal, so the freeze and thaw near the surface is causing the pipes to break). The news last night was explaining to people that trucks were out spreading a combination of salt and "grit" and explaining what this does to help with the driving ;)...and that one shouldn't drive too close to them because their windshields could break from the grit hitting them if they drove too close....that's some grit! (Distinct from the grit that is consumed in this area, I assume).
The snow really isn't supposed to arrive until later today...so I am thinking I might not be able to photograph and record people's responses because they are saying likely 7-8pm, after then sun has gone down. I will do my best.
This is the site for the GEOG 3343 Weather and Climate course 2010.
