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Entries from December 2008

White Caps on Lake Erie

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

White Caps on Lake Erie, originally uploaded by Brian.Neudorff. I’m in Erie for a wedding on New Years Eve. We are staying with some friends in Lake City this morning there was a little snow. More snow back in Rochester. Here is a pic of white caps on Lake Erie. Sphere: Related Content Bookmark to: [...]

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Tags: Weather News

Hold Onto Your Hats & Your Frosty & Santa Decorations

December 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As of Noon the NWS in Buffalo, NY issued a High Wind Warning. The image is from our Storm Predictor for wind speeds at 1 a.m. Christmas morning. Winds could be sustained from the west-southwest at 30 to 40 mph. Gust could reach 50 to even 60 mph. If you are like many who have [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Holidays · NY Weather · Rochester Weather · Weather News · Winter Weather

NORAD Tracks Santa 2008

December 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s Christmas Eve and time for Santa’s big ride. If you want to track Santa on is journey just click the image… I love this site. I have worked every Christmas eve since I have been in TV. I use this site to show where Santa is. I remember being a Kid and watching the [...]

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Tags: Christmas · Holidays · Tracking Santa

Winter Begins… Tale of 2 Winters

December 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Across most of the United States people have already pulled out their shovels and snow blowers as winter weather storms returned for another season. Winter is here, and it began right on schedule–December 1. That’s right. That’s the official start of the winter season and how official weather records are kept. Weather-wise, winter does not [...]

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Tags: Blizzard · Cold Weather · Ice · Lake Effect Snow · Misc Weather · Snow · Space News · Winter 2008/2009 · Winter Storms · Winter Weather

December’s Cold Full Moon, Bigger & Brighter. No, Really it is.

December 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

If we see some clearing, which might be tough for some of us, and you look at this month’s full moon. You will see the biggest and brightest full moon of 2008. Although a full moon happens every month, the one that rises tonight will appear about 30 percent brighter and 14 percent larger than [...]

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Tags: Full moon · Non Weather · Space News