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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 8:58 pm
About 6 inches of snow came out of nowhere today
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 9:33 pm
13F and falling, snow and wicked, wicked winds. Uggh.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:31 am
Bracing for a ground blizzard. Um, never heard of a ground blizzard before. I thought a blizzard was a blizzard.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:35 am
Ew on the snow and blizzards! It is cold, windy, and cloudy here today (rained for a couple hours yesterday.)
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:50 am
I have never heard of a ground blizzard either Serete. What is it? (and I live in New England and we have Nor'easters)
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Landileigh
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:02 am
i moved to the frigging tundra, i'm sure of it!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:53 am
Uh I dunno Dfennessey. When it starts I'll tell ya!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:55 am
From Wiki: Ground blizzard refers to a weather condition where loose snow or ice on the ground is lifted and blown by strong winds. The primary difference between a ground blizzard as opposed to a regular blizzard is that in a ground blizzard no precipitation is produced at the time, but rather all the precipitation is already present in the form of snow or ice at the surface So I guess we're gonna get the snow tonight and tomorrow early, then tomorrow afternoon the ground blizzard is supposed to start. Um, ok.
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 12:47 pm
it sounds to me that it is just going to be very windy tomorrow. why don't they say that instead of calling it a ground blizzard
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 10:44 pm
Oh crap, in Central Texas were are under a severe thurnderstorm watch. Wind is howling and getting cooler which will collide with the daytime humid warm air we had earlier. That's never a good combination. Tomorrow night we are suppose to have another freeze. We've been having "roller coaster" weather. Mild to cold, then mild, windy, then cold windy. Make up your mind and just let it be winter already!
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:02 pm
Now we are under a tornado watch until 6:00 am tomorrow morning! How much you wanna bet my power goes out? Dang tree limbs!
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, December 08, 2008 - 11:28 pm
Ground blizzards are no joke. Basically, everything is a whiteout, you cannot see your hand in front of your face. I remember once while in college, being stuck at a friends house due to a ground blizzard and another time having to turn around and go back home instead of taking a weekend trip as it was too dangerous to drive. All the snow just whips and blows around with the howling wind and it is always really cold (wind chill) as well.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 6:18 am
Yesterday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 27. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming north northeast. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 7 inches. Today: Periods of snow and areas of blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 31. North northeast wind between 13 and 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 5 inches. Tonight: Areas of blowing snow and a chance of snow before midnight, then a chance for flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. North northwest wind between 9 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. This is early this year for this much snow.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 7:49 am
Oldtex, your weather is reaching here (far south Texas) tonight. Today it is quite warm, 74 at dawn, but very windy. We tried to walk on the beach but gave up, too windy, and came back covered in sand, LOL.
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Kc103
Member
07-13-2004
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 6:29 pm
It was pouring buckets of rain this morning when I walked to work. Now it is back down to 30 and some light, glittery snow was falling on my walk home. Don't mind walking in the snow too much... when it's not too cold at least.
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Oldtex
Member
03-06-2006
| Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 10:07 pm
JuJu-bundle up for that wind! It blew constantly today with falling temps. Around 9:00 pm tonight, we had sleet for about an hour, but temp is just above freezing for now. More may come later tonight. Sure hope not. I need to run a few errands tomorrow that I put off doing today...dang I'm lazy!
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:41 pm
It snowed here for the last 24hrs and we got about 20 to 30 cm. The forcast for today was warm temps and rain. So the city did not clear the snow or salt the streets. Unfortunately the forcast was wrong and everything is like a sheet of ice. My satalite went out, company said it is because of the snow. Had to explain to the girl in India that we get lots of snow and it does not usually go out. She really did not get it. She freaked out when I told her we got oven 7 feet of snow last year. Finally agreed to send a tech to check it out.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:45 pm
It's 52 here today and the sun is out for the first time in a long time. We've been London fogged for weeks it seems. it's going to rain this weekend. It's been down to 30 degrees at night. Pray we get some snow on the valley floor!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:00 pm
Boy Escapee Boston is warmer than you. we hit 63 today.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:02 pm
It's 52 here today and the sun is out for the first time in a long time. We've been London fogged for weeks it seems. it's going to rain this weekend. It's been down to 30 degrees at night. Pray we get some snow on the valley floor! i absolutely love the valley fog. and it hasn't been bad here for a few years...this year...it actually got pretty bad.
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Debra
Member
11-20-2003
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:17 pm
Hoping for snow in Sacramento this weekend
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 5:54 pm
IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not sticking but big fluffy white flakes have been coming down for almost 3 hours now!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 5:56 pm
Wow--it's snowing in Texas and balmy as heck in NYC. People at work were complaining to have the A/C turned on it was so bad. I think the planet turned upside down or something....
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 6:13 pm
Oldtex, it was a really cruddy day here, overcast and very high winds. Pool chairs galore in the swimming pools. Tonight it is going to get down into the upper 30's. Yikes!!!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 6:15 pm
Oh, well see there, Annie, that's why you have snow. Juju's in Texas!
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