Ryan said: The Capital Weather Gang provides background and context for this weekend's ridiculously massive winter storm in the DC area, explaining their forecast, their method, and the outcome. Plus, the obligatory satellite photo of the damage. Quote:
Like most big storms around here, Snowmageddon arrived with only a brief period of lighter snows before it quickly started piling up. Unlike many storms in these parts, it began producing multi-hour snowfall rates of up to 2-3" per hour prior to midnight on the 5th. These continual super bands ejecting north around the strengthening low pressure off the coast contained whiteout conditions and instances of thundersnow, both typically associated with the most powerful winter storms on the East Coast.Added: February 8, 2010 at 10:04AM EST
Ryan said: A great technical, meteorologist-friendly explanation of what caused this weekend's ridiculous winter storm in the midatlantic. Quote:
Let's start up north -- way north. Over the past few weeks, a pattern has been developing over the Arctic Circle region that flushes cold air away from the North Pole and toward the midlatitudes (where we live). Added: December 21, 2009 at 10:50AM EST
Ryan said: Check out the related links at the bottom of this story, powered by the Northwest News collaborative journalism effort and Publish2. Added: July 30, 2009 at 6:33AM EDT
Ryan said: Video from Saturday's tornado touchdown near Corfu, in Western New York between Buffalo and Rochester. Howard Owens has been all over this story at http://thebatavian.com, and I found this video in a roundup post there. Added: July 28, 2009 at 8:35AM EDT