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Archive for February 3rd, 2010

Another Soaking Ahead

Another Soaking Ahead

| February 3, 2010 @ 3:07 pm | 7 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. RAIN SET TO RETURN: Clouds will thicken across Alabama tonight ahead of the next storm system rolling along in the southern branch of the jet […]

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Weather by the Numbers

Weather by the Numbers

| February 3, 2010 @ 10:48 am | 10 Replies

* 186 days is how many that the state of California had either the hottest in the USA or the lowest outside of Alaska. That was in 1992. They had the hottest on 148 days and the coldest on 38 days. On a few days, they had both extremes. * 2 times (in fact, over […]

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Cold Air Coming

Cold Air Coming

| February 3, 2010 @ 9:00 am | 6 Replies

James has discussed the Arctic Oscillation Index (AO) lately, as we did during late December in anticipation of the major cold outbreak in early January. Basically, a negative AO means that pressures are below normal in the Arctic, and generally above normal in midlatitudes (like the US and Europe), meaning cold air displaced southward from […]

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Brief Thoughts . . .

Brief Thoughts . . .

| February 3, 2010 @ 7:35 am | 6 Replies

It would be interesting to know what the total bill for this winter will be for all the damage to forests from freezing rain, the utility companies and also the municipal governments for snow and ice removal. I heard some press reports several weeks ago, that a number of the cities in the Midwest and […]

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Dry Today; Rain Returns Tomorrow

Dry Today; Rain Returns Tomorrow

| February 3, 2010 @ 6:01 am | 8 Replies

An all new edition of the ABC 33/40 Weather Xtreme video is available in the player below. You can subscribe to the Weather Xtreme video on iTunes by clicking here. MORE QUICK CHANGES: It is really hard to put together a string of sunny days in this kind of weather pattern. Today will be nice […]

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