Saturday morning

It is partly foggy this morning, and it will become partly sunny with highs in the mid 40's. We will have light and variable winds.

It will be sunny today with highs in the 40's and we'll have light and variable winds.

Tonight it will become mostly cloudy with temps dropping to the mid 30's. Winds will  remain light and variable.

The readings outside right now are:

a relative humidity of 84% with a Dew Point of 36.9ºF.

The temperature is 41.6ºF, with very little wind chill at this time.

The wind velocity is presently between 3.4 mph and 7.0 mph out of the West.

Our Barometric pressure is 30.01 and rising.

Yesterday we had NO precipitation

Visibility is 10.0 miles with clouds, and a ceiling of 5,500 feet.

 

The storm of November 23, 2011 might seem brutal to many, but one need only google the "worst 10 snowstorms" to find out what really brutal winter storms are like.

Below is a sampling from that search.

*The Great Snow of 1717

Any era would have been hard hit by the severity of the snowfall experienced in New England, United States in February and March of 1717. But at a time when transportation consisted of horseback or by foot these harsh series of snowstorms were particularly devastating.

Boston and Philadelphia got hit the hardest, but it is uncertain how widespread the effects were as record-keeping in colonial New England was rather sketchy.

With snow drifts of 25 feet high, entire houses were buried rapping people in their homes for days. Those fortunate enough exited from second story windows.

*Lhunze County

It may come as a surprise that Tibet's climate is generally quite arid with low snowfall rates experienced during the winter months. For that reason, the snow storm that hit Lhzune County in October 2008 was particularly shocking. Officials reported snow depth of up to six feet as villages experienced continuous snow fall for 36 hours. The severe blizzard caused many buildings to collapse, resulting in seven deaths. Rescue crews fought to clear roads and bring food and aid to those trapped by the storm. The unforgiving storm had detrimental economic effects as local farmers were forced to sell or slaughter large parts of their livestock.

*The Storm of the Century

Not only did this storm produce 60 inches of snow in some areas, it created torrential rains, winds and tornadoes. In early March 1993, a storm surged up on the east coast of the United States unleashing snow and wind on a wider area than any other storm in history.  The storm spread as far north as Canada to as far south as Central America. But the eye of the storm was focused on Cuba and the eastern states of the US where high winds were compared to that of a hurricane which ultimately created tornadoes. The storm claimed over 300 lives.