The snow amounts we forecasted for this past winter storm were very close and I have to say it was a successful forecast. My Chief Meteorologist at WROC has a great write up on our stations blog about the past storm here. You can also see some of the snow amounts for locations around Rochester [...]
Entries from February 2008
Butt Kicking Cold = More Snow
February 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Cold Weather · Discussion · Erie Weather · Forecasting · Rochester Weather · Winter Storms · Winter Weather
Winter Storm Feb 26-27
February 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
(Image from WROC Weather Blog, “Tight Rope Between Snow and Ice“)
The main storm track for January and most of February has been like the one above. Storm systems would develop either in the southern plains or near the Gulf of Mexico then move either right over us here in the eastern Great Lakes or [...]
Tags: Weather News
UPDATE: Feb. 20th Celestial Events
February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
With the lunar eclipse and a shot down spy-satellite a lot took place in the heavens Wednesday night. I will first admit that I did not get out to see the lunar eclipse and for two good reasons. One, I have to get up very early these days (2:30 a.m. EST) for work and I [...]
Tags: Eclipse · Space News · Space Weather
Lunar Eclipse February 20th
February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
(Some Information found at Sky & Telescope.com & SpaceWeather.com)
Last August we only got to see the start of a total lunar eclipse, because it took place right before sunrise. This Wednesday, February 20th 2008, we will get to see the entire lunar eclipse which will start at 8:43pm EST and go until 12:09am EST. With [...]
Tags: Eclipse · Space News
Meteor over the Pacific Northwest
February 19th, 2008 · 5 Comments
After posting the information on Wednesday Night’s lunar eclipse I noticed a lot of keyword searches for meteor in Washington and Idaho. Doing my own research, apparently a meteor streaked across the Pacific Northwest this morning causing alarm to many residence from Montana, Idaho, Washington State, Oregon and parts of Canada. You can get [...]
Tags: Space News
