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Crazy weather

By now we have all seen the pictures of the devastating tornadoes that have ravaged the Ohio Valley. Lives lost and entire towns wiped away in minutes as the swath of tornadoes raced northward, fueled by some extremely warm moist and unusual December air.Most tornadoes have a path of about five ...

Where’s the snow and cold?

Meteorological winter began on December 1 and usually by this time we have had one or two measurable snows. Winter seems to be holding back and while we have had a cold day here and there, two days later temperatures are back in the 60s.The lack of snow and sustained cold is evident over much ...

The Good Old Days

Middle age folks may remember as a kid the Thanksgiving weekend storm that brought much of our area to its knees.The Sunday after Thanksgiving was a windy day with strong southeasterly winds blowing down the mountains. A mixture of rain, sleet and snow danced around all day. Just as it got dark ...

Where the Polar Vortex hangs out

It is now dark in Barrow, Alaska and will remain dark until Jan. 24 when the sun will rise above the horizon and continue to increase its daily appearance until May 10 when it will stay above the horizon for 24 hours each day until Aug. 2 when the dark cycle will return.From 1901 until 2016 it ...

Where the Polar Vortex hangs out

It is now dark in Barrow, Alaska and will remain dark until Jan. 24 when the sun will rise above the horizon and continue to increase its daily appearance until May 10 when it will stay above the horizon for 24 hours each day until Aug. 2 when the dark cycle will return.From 1901 until 2016 it ...

Lake Effect

Cold dry air from Canada moving across the relativity warmer waters of the Great Lakes produce a fair amount of our precipitation over Southwestern Pennsylvania at this time of the year.We also get an occasional shower in our warmer months as a result of Lake Effect but its wintertime that can ...