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Memorable Presidents' Day Weekend Snowstorms
February 16th, 2012 | Bill KirkTired of a warm winter? This weekend brings the most promising chance of a snowstorm along the East Coast since the Halloween 2011 storm. Looking back on previous Presidents' Day weekend storms, we find that they can be quite impressive this time of year. Will this weekend's storm live up to past storms' ferocity?
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Santa meets USAF Captain Scrooge - uh oh!
December 15th, 2011 | Bill KirkTwas 10 day before Christmas when all through the sky, Not a thing was stirring, not even a fly, When what to my wondering eyes should appear, But Santa’s sleigh and his 8 reindeer, They flew through the sky on wind with grace, But the clear air turbulence, the sleigh’s radar could not trace, THE REST OF THE STORY HERE...
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Black Friday Weather Forecast - You Don't Have to Wake Up Early or Wait in Line for This
November 18th, 2011 | Bill KirkThe season for travel headaches, gorged stomachs, and shopping hysteria is upon us. In a little under a week we’ll be working off our Thanksgiving Day meal in the great Black Friday rush to snag the best deal in town. While foot traffic is mainly driven by who has the most enticing sales, the weather will also play an important role in driving traffic.
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2011 Global Temperatures are in...WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!
November 8th, 2011 | Bill KirkThought we'd use a little media hysteria with the headline to get your attention, but sleep easy as the 2011 year-to-date global temperature is a not so whopping +0.15°C above average and cooling quickly (October came in at +0.11°C). One day scientists will look back on the bad science, bad data collection, data manipulation to prove a point (aka fraud) and outright corruption around Global Warming research. Rather than try and prove all that right now, I thought we'd just show you how bad our own government is at collecting weather data that we all use for research. The scary thing? The U.S. has the best weather reporting network in the world but as we'll show - we can't accurately measure yesterday's temperature let alone the pulse of the planet.
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Funny Weather We're Having
October 16th, 2011 | Bill KirkEverywhere you turn its all gloom and doom from the weather to the economy to protests to wars to Steve Jobs to lack of jobs and to top things off I can barely type tonight as I think I broke a wrist...so we'll lighten things up with some weather humor...OK...a lot of weather humor and a lot of cartoons so I don't have to type! Enjoy
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