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While we suffered through a historic snow storm last week, our neighbors in Tennessee went through something much worse… an ice storm. This brings back bad memories from what we experienced back in 2009: The following video from Tom-Robin Boles shows just how bad the storm got with this footage of the aftermath. This footage […]
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Saturday Evening Update
Real-time BG radar: Tonight: Rain ending, and becoming mostly cloudy, with fog. A low of 24ºF. The past 24 hours have been an insane whirlwind in the meteorology world. I feel like I have been running, running, and running with very little stop over the past week. We saw heavy precipitation move into the region […]
Winter Storm Warning in Effect
Real Time Bowling Green Weather Radar: **Winter Storm Warning in effect from February 20, 3:00 PM CST until February 21, 6:00 AM CST for Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson and Warren County ** This Afternoon – PM Snow Showers – High 26° / Tonight – Snow to Wintry Mix – Low 26↑° 3pm 25°– 6pm […]
Great Lakes Ice Cover
The current ice cover across the Great Lakes is 63.4%. That looks like it will only continue to increase over the next couple of weeks as the Arctic air remains firmly established across the Great Lakes region. How does the current ice cover stack up with the ice cover from this time last […]
Your Guide to Precip Types
For anyone who has lived in this state for more than 5 years, they understand how insane the weather is here. We live in one of the most difficult states to forecast weather in, and normal weather here is almost something of a gift. This is especially true when it comes to winter weather around […]
Major Ice Storm Impacts Austria
Here in the United States, we’re somewhat used to seeing significant ice storms. An ice storm occurs when there is a shallow pool of cold air at the surface, but the temperatures a couple thousand feet above the surface are above freezing. This causes the precipitation to fall as rain into the below freezing air […]
New Winter Forecasts Issued
NOAA and AccuWeather have issued their winter weather forecasts. It is always interesting to see what the big weather names are thinking winter will bring this far out. Here is what they had to say: NOAA’s Winter Forecast: NOAA is showing equal chances of above or below precipitation and temperatures across south central Kentucky. However, […]
Mysterious Crater in Siberia
This story takes us to a remote location of the world in Siberia. The Yamal Peninsula is located on the northern edge of Russia and a very strange discovery was made there recently. A crater has been found that is estimated to be 260 feet in diameter. Russian officials will be sending out scientists to […]
Too Hot For You?
Is the heat starting to get to you? Head north and take a dip in ice-filled Lake Superior! @spann To hot down south? How about a dip in STILL ICY #LakeSuperior @PureMichigan @JimCantore pic.twitter.com/ZQQ0KHwAfH — Jake Dunne (@JakeDunneWLNS) May 26, 2014 Post by I Love Upper Michigan.
Sao Paulo Covered In Hail
Sao Paulo, Brazil was slammed by a hailstorm on Sunday afternoon. Although hail has impacted Sao Paulo in the past, they’ve not grown accustomed to receiving quite this much. To make matters worse, they’ve been suffering through a significant drought. “Residents in Sao Paulo wondered at the ice balls that decorated their yards and gardens […]