White Christmas for New York

[bobblehead]

Maybe you should run off to Vegas where it's--never mind...

http://wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=1550392

Can you believe that!!

I'll be in Vegas end of May 2009, and I hope there is no snow then!!

Don't worry, it was gone by the next morning.

[MJZiggy]

I know, but the pictures were freaky.

[GBRulz]

No doubt we're having a white christmas here...at this rate, we'll have a white easter, too.

[MateoInMex]

Maybe you should run off to Vegas where it's--never mind...

http://wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=1550392

Can you believe that!!

I'll be in Vegas end of May 2009, and I hope there is no snow then!!

Average temp. for Vegas in May-June is 80.......slim chance of any snow.

Here in CT, everything has been cancelled for tomorrow. Other parts of the state have gotten snow/ice (last storm) but, so far, here on the coast we've had nothing.....this one is including us. Gotta admit....it's alittle exciting......been a long time since we've had a white Christmas.

I think the AVG. for Vegas in May-June is closer to 90+ right up to 100 in June. Early May, Vegans turn into dicks and start fighting for the 1 foot by 1 foot block of shade Palmetto trees give in store parking lots. Instead of parking in the normal parking spots at gas stations, right in early May starts the hoarding of parking in front of the gas pumps...just for the shade not for the gas, thus leaving lines of people waiting to fill up.

God do I miss that!

[bobblehead]

I'm not savvy enough to post a picture of a friends backyard in southern highlands....very white.

And I admit it, I'm one of the dicks who parks at the gas pumps for the shade even when I have a full tank.

[texaspackerbacker]

Even though it was in the 70s here yesterday, and will be again today, we even had a dusting of snow a couple of weeks ago, and it will be dropping to the 40s on Sunday and the 30s on Monday--then back to the 60s by Christmas.

We've had this roller coaster effect since the middle of November.

Harlan is right about more snow in southern Wisconsin back in the day. Arguably, though, that's because temperatures were actually warmer back then. You obviously don't get much snow when it's below 20 degrees.

[GBRulz]

Harlan is right about more snow in southern Wisconsin back in the day. Arguably, though, that's because temperatures were actually warmer back then. You obviously don't get much snow when it's below 20 degrees.

Southern WI set records for snowfall totals last year. Didn't Madison have the snowiest season on record? I know GB had the third highest with records going back to 1887...perhaps Harlan remembers that one? lol

Many places are already on pace for another record breaking winter. I remember having lots of snow last December, but I don't remember it being this cold so early in the season. So, you better stop talking about all those warm temps down in Texas....or you might get some Wisconsinites knocking at your door

[texaspackerbacker]

Ya'all come on down! Plenty of space here for all, and you (and your money) are more than welcome.

[MJZiggy]

Sorry, I'm poor. My money has to stay behind as we can't afford the plane fare for it.

[oregonpackfan]

The Pacific Northwest is currently being hit hard with snow. As I write this, the Portland Metro area has had about 8" with snow still coming down--a very rare snowfall for this part of the country.

Much of the northern half of the country is having inclement weather. The Sunday NFL games should be interesting...

Winter weather blasts nation from end to end
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Successive waves of wintry weather gripped much of the country Saturday, frustrating holiday travelers from coast to coast and keeping the lights off for thousands of people who lost power after ice storms just days ago.

Iowa public safety officials urged motorists not to travel as heavy snow began to fall in the morning. The state expected winds up to 35 miles per hour and wind chills of minus 25 just two days after being slammed with sleet, ice and snow.

Washington state braced for hurricane-force winds as a storm blew in from the Pacific. The temperature dipped to minus 18 Saturday in Spokane, which expected up to 6 inches of snow on top of the 25 that fell over the past three days, said Johnny Burg, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

In the Northeast, the aftermath of snow that fell Friday continued to snarl air traffic. And residents who still lacked power after an ice storm last week grew frustrated as officials warned that the storm now battering the Midwest would blow in Sunday, the official first day of winter.

But the wintry conditions weren't unwelcome everywhere. Megan Zarbano, manager of Kratz Hardware in Valley City, N.D., noted that the snow was helping to clear inventory from years of mild winters.

"We haven't had a blizzard-type storm in almost 10 years," she said. "A good storm really shakes people up; they freak out and realize they're not prepared for winter."

North Dakota's snowfall total for December nearly matches the 19.3 inches that fell all last winter, said meteorologist Joshua Scheck at the National Weather Service office in Bismarck.

"And it's not even the first day of winter yet," he said Saturday.

The cold was the major concern in Illinois, where the Weather Service canceled a storm watch in the north but warned that freezing temperatures could cause flooding from ice jams on rivers near the Quad Cities and Rockford.

Meteorologists also said the weekend's temperatures, expected to hit minus 5 by late Sunday with wind gusts of 30 mph, could again damage power lines serving those plunged into darkness by ice earlier in the week.

More than 77,000 customers in northern Indiana still had no power Saturday after Thursday night's ice storm, and Indiana Michigan Power said the power failures could last beyond Wednesday. The Weather Service warned that winds as high as 40 mph would "create havoc with trees and power lines" already covered or weakened by ice.

In New Hampshire, more than 20,000 homes and businesses awaited restoration of power after an ice storm last week but feared the worst as the next storm approached.

"The utilities have made significant progress in restoring power in what is an unprecedented outage," New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch said Saturday. "However, I continue to hear frustration from the local communities regarding communication with the utilities, and I share their frustration."

Sunday's storm could bring more power failures to southern New Hampshire, which was expected to get 10 to 16 inches of snow, forecasters said.

Boston's Logan International Airport reported about 60 canceled flights and about 215 delays Saturday as effects lingered from a storm the day before. In the New York City area, some arrivals were three hours late to Newark airport, and arrival delays at Kennedy Airport averaged 90 minutes, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Alaska Airlines, a major regional carrier in the Northwest, said it pre-emptively canceled 47 flights to and from Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, British Columbia. United Airlines also canceled some flights, said Perry Cooper, spokesman for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Blizzard warnings were posted for parts of Washington as high winds, snow and freezing rain began coating the state Saturday. Western Washington, including the Seattle area, could see wind gusts as high as 90 mph, meteorologist Burg said.

Up to 10 inches of snow was expected all along Interstate 5 in Oregon, the state's main north-south route, including Portland. The state braced for wind gusts up to 60 mph.

Freezing rain clattered to the ground Saturday in the agricultural Willamette Valley, meteorologist Jonathan Wolfe said.

"It'll be nasty well into Sunday evening," he said.

Accidents have been reported for days on the region's icy roads, including one Friday in which a charter bus slid down an icy hill and crashed through a barrier, slightly injuring several people and leaving the front of the bus dangling about 20 feet above Interstate 5 in Seattle.

Even an indoor ice skating rink in Seattle bowed to officials warning against travel, putting up a sign saying it was closed "because of snow."

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[GrnBay007]

Iowa public safety officials urged motorists not to travel as heavy snow began to fall in the morning. The state expected winds up to 35 miles per hour and wind chills of minus 25 just two days after being slammed with sleet, ice and snow.

Don't they know I have some Christmas shopping to finish up?

[MJZiggy]

All that and here only wind and rain.

[Joemailman]

Iowa public safety officials urged motorists not to travel as heavy snow began to fall in the morning. The state expected winds up to 35 miles per hour and wind chills of minus 25 just two days after being slammed with sleet, ice and snow.

Don't they know I have some Christmas shopping to finish up?

Might as well stay inside and make stuffed mushrooms.

[MJZiggy]

From a healthy recipe of course...

[Joemailman]

Sure. Take all the fun out of it.