Winter… Oh, I Remember That

A winter-like storm pushed through Nebraska today. This was my first time since leaving Fox61 to really use my cold weather skills. So far, so good.

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OMG. That’s slush in the photo above. You know what that means.

A winter-like storm pushed through Nebraska today. This was my first time since leaving Fox61 to really use my cold weather skills. So far, so good.

What has changed over the last few years is access to high res hourly model outputs and more local realtime observations. Nebraska has a well done network of highway cameras plus weather stations. I never feel disadvantaged. I always know and can see what’s going on.

My job continues to be interpreter and translator as much pure forecaster. All this data to curate and edit.

I know much more about the day’s weather than I can describe or you can absorb. I attempt to prioritize the data based on need. That part’s educated guesswork.

It will be quiet now for the next week. Good practice. Winter hasn’t officially begun. Don’t be fooled by the Christmas commercials.

2 thoughts on “Winter… Oh, I Remember That”

  1. I’m shivering already, just looking at that image. I shudder to think about the inevitable winter weather just poised on the weather horizon. I guess it’s about time to pack up our tents and head south to our FLA digs!!

  2. Although we too head south to be somewhere down on the Sunshine Coast (or so they now call the lower East Coast area from Myrtle Beach to Miami)…I think the northern USA might not see such a bad winter this year, and we in the Tri-State area might get off even easier: Remember, last Feb was a record cold month in much of the USA, and winter 2013/2014 was near record cold/snow in many areas. The chances of a 3rd (in a row) below normal cold winter would be really rare.

    In any event, I keep checking the surf temp off Ft. Lauderdale (84 F right now!). My bags and my map of I-95 are ready!

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