Everyone except greedy polluters, Republicans, and other idiots realize that man-made climate change is reaching catastrophic proportions, bringing us weather conditions that are often dangerous. When that happens over a four day holiday weekend, I can’t help feeling concern for your safety, if you will be in its path.
Hurricane-force winds, blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall — and a “bomb cyclone” on the West Coast: Those are the dire predictions of weather forecasters, who are warning Thanksgiving travelers to be cautious and prepare for delays as two powerful back-to-back storms hit the western and central U.S. this week.
The National Weather Service’s U.S. forecast map is draped in alarming shades of pink, purple and red, reflecting winter storm warnings that are in effect from California to Michigan. And the bad weather is expected to last: The winter storm warning posted by the NWS office in Las Vegas will remain in effect from 5 p.m. PT Tuesday through 4 a.m. PT Friday.
The warnings come as Denver and other cities are already coping with heavy snowfall from a winter storm that is hitting the southern and central Plains region. The NWS office in Cheyenne, Wyo., reported getting more than 12 inches of snow by midday on Tuesday. But elevated areas west of Fort Collins, Colo., reported more than 30 inches.
That storm is still developing and is expected to dump up to a foot of snow in a broad region by Thursday as it moves from the Plains to the upper Mississippi Valley, across the upper Great Lakes and into northern Maine, the NWS says. It adds that heavy snow could affect travelers at airports from Denver to Minneapolis-St. Paul…
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Here’s more from one of my local forecasters.
So my friends, if you’re thinking of travelling into the paths of either of these storms, please take extreme care, or better yet, stay home, You are far too valuable to waste!
RESIST!!
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Thanks TC. I had to drive through snow on Friday, but I was going from heavy to light, and the next day the roads were dry. Yesterday we had some snow (which we knew was coming, mostly over Monday night.) It didn’t thaw much, so there was still some on the ground and a little on the roads this morning, but I took my vehicle in to get the windshield wipers and wiper fluid nozzles foxed, and it only took a little under 45 minutes from arrival to completion – and I’ll be staying home now probably for at least a week or two.
Everyone else, I echo TC’s words of warning as well as his reasoning: ” You are far too valuable to waste! “
We are going but a few miles this Thanksgiving.
We are not slated for weather like up North East and West. Just a little rain.
I echo your concerns though, as the areas are asking for caution and issuing warnings.
Y’all be safe out there, and heed the meteorologists calls and alerts.
Meanwhile, prayers for Santa Barbara as it is burning, So sad.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/us/cave-fire-santa-barbara/index.html
Looks as if a lot of people are going to have to do T-Giving by themselves, or just whoever is nearby. Or hope the take-out people have access to snowmobiles.
Those weather charts look disastrous. Please take heed of TomCat’s word and those in comments: take utmost care on the roads, or rather stay home if you can avoid driving.
Fortunately my relatives live just a short distance away (walking distance – although it’d be a healthy hike).
As I shared earlier, we’re celebrating on Friday. But here in KCMO we’re going to get rain both Thursday AND Friday – but NOT the dreaded (and deadly) freezing rain … just rain.
Like you mentioned TomCat, it’s going to be crazy and very unsafe this holiday with all of the wild weather, happening all over our country.
We are expecting lots of rain which started today and will last till Saturday. Plus it’s been so cold all day long. So I’m just planning on staying home where it’s safe.
I send my prayers out to everyone who is suffering in Santa Barbara because of the fires.
Thanks TomCat
Thankful hugs to all.
Here in Portland, the lows will be in the 20°s for the next three days. BRRR!!
Same here, for the next ten days actually, with exceptions for 17 Saturday and 31 Monday. Triple BRRR!!
That’s normal for Colorado Springs, but very rare for Portland.
It would be normal if we still had a normal, though even then the real lows came in January and February. But I take your point.