Warmest January on Record in U.S… Weekend Blizzard? Happy B-day NWS! Where are the Birds (Part 2)

Brian Neudorff @ 8:38 am February 9th, 2006 · No Comments

WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD IN US:
The country’s average temperature for the month was 39.5 degrees Fahrenheit, 8.5 degrees above average for January, the National Climatic Data Center said Tuesday. The old record for January warmth was 37.3 degrees set in 1953. Here is a past post on Erie’s Warm January…
Story from the Washington Post: January Was America’s Warmest on Record

WEEKEND EAST COAST BLIZZARD?

Some forecasters are talking about the possibility of a major East Coast storm this weekend, including AccuWeather, CapitalWeather & Northeast NWS Offices

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:
U.S. Army establishes U.S. National Weather Service February 9, 1870…
A Joint Congressional Resolution requiring the Secretary of War “to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories…and for giving notice on the northern (Great) Lakes and on the seacoast by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms” was introduced. The Resolution was passed by Congress and signed into law on February 9, 1870, by President Ulysses S. Grant. An agency had been born which would affect the daily lives of most of the citizens of the United States through its forecasts and warnings.
Evolution of the National Weather Service

WHERE ARE THE BIRDS? (PART 2):
Thanks to Dennis at Erieblogs.com, he sent me this link to Trumbull County Birding Blog where this young man went birding at Presque Isle He saw quite a few birds… That may answer the question…