We Could Talk About The Weather

[KG4CGC]

WV is still getting nailed.

WOWK 13 NEWS


‎Bryan Hughes is reporting the following: "Haddad River Front Park in Charleston, WV will be flooded by this afternoon and continue through Friday night."

We'll continue to monitor other rivers as they crest today through Saturday!

[N2NH]

WV is still getting nailed.

It was coming down almost as bad as Sandy last night. 55º right now, plunging to 25º tonight. Well, it's still winter but this letdown is as bad as wife #1.

[n2ize]

I was in Brooklyn earlier this evening and it was very bad. Extremely heavy winds, probably well in excess of 80 or 90 mph with intense blinding rain the likes of which even I have never seen along with strong thunderstorms.. I think the worst is over but Brooklyn is going to get hit hard again when the cold northwest wind starts ushering in the next bout of frigid air. I remember when I lived in Brooklyn, that northwest winter wind was severe. Never felt it that bad anywhere else, even in the far north.

[kb2vxa]

That's a big probably, with wind that strong you'd see flying debris. Heh, you've never seen blinding rain like I have, just as I pulled the car off the road I lost ALL visibility like I parked under a waterfall. Poor Brooklyn, they get the worst of everything including tornadoes like this one filmed from Gerritsen Beach.

Hey wait a minute... GERRITSEN Beach??? Not surprisingly across the Belt Parkway is Dead Horse Bay. (;->)

[n2ize]

That's a big probably, with wind that strong you'd see flying debris.

Oh there was flying debris. Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy. I nearly got hit twice with wind blown debris. Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather.

[N2NH]

Punxsutawney Phil or Staten Island Chuck?

The world's most famous furry forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, will pop out of his burrow Saturday morning to tell the nation what our weather will be like for the next six weeks. Will we have an early spring, or will winter dig in its heels until mid-March?According to folklore, if it's cloudy when the groundhog emerges from its burrow Saturday, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If, however, it's a sunny day, Phil will supposedly see his shadow and, frightened, retreat back into his burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
The current forecast from the National Weather Service is for a cloudy, snowy day, but Phil is a fickle fuzzball, so it's hard to know what he'll do.

Groundhog Day: What will unpredictable Phil forecast?

A famous Staten Island resident starts each day at 8 a.m. training for a yearly event that often draws hundreds of people from the five boroughs and New Jersey. To prepare for this program, he works out with a personal trainer and focuses on eating a healthy diet, rich in vegetables and protein.
After his work is done, he gets to spend some time with his girlfriend, with whom he'll share dinner and some quality R&R.
However, this Staten Island celebrity isn't human.
It's none other than Charles G. Hogg (aka Staten Island Chuck), an 8 1/2-pound groundhog who resides in a custom-built log cabin with a retractable roof and solar panels that power a functioning weather station at the Staten Island Zoo. The entire metropolitan area looks to Chuck's annual prediction.
Chuck and his galpal, Charlotte, are the only genuine groundhogs in any of the city's zoos.
Each year on Feb. 2, Chuck predicts whether spring will come early. "Over 31 years, he has been right 25 times," said Kenneth Mitchell, the Zoo's executive director. That's an 80 percent success clip.
The prediction is simple: If Chuck sees his shadow, we'll have six more weeks of winter. If not, we'll have an early spring.

I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?

Take that Phil. SI Chuck raring to go.

Then there's Groundhog Day: The Movie.

And 12 Things You Probably Don't Know About Groundhog Day The Movie.

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Punxsutawney Phil or Staten Island Chuck?

Punxsutawney Jerry.

2 Feb, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ – Commemorating Groundhog Day: The Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Groundhog Day special event station on or near 14.330, 7.138, and 3.845 as well 147.390 PL 173.8 if you’re close by. QSL for certificate via Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Website: www.punxyclub.com

[N2NH]

Punxsutawney Jerry.

2 Feb, 1400Z-2100Z, K3HWJ – Commemorating Groundhog Day: The Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club will be operating a Groundhog Day special event station on or near 14.330, 7.138, and 3.845 as well 147.390 PL 173.8 if you’re close by. QSL for certificate via Punxsutawney Area Amateur Radio Club, PO Box 3, Punxsutawney, PA 15767. Website: www.punxyclub.com

I'm looking at the live feed from PA, it's pretty hokey. A guy in pajamas is MC'ing. Just before at 6:45 EST, two people were jumping around to "Stayin' Alive" while a third did CPR to a CPR training dummy.

7:20AM or so PA does its thing with the Phil.
7:30AM or so, SI does its thing with their Chuck.

EDIT: Both agree, Spring is here. Now would someone tell the weather that?

[KG4CGC]

The Scots-Irish side of my genes are apparently not dominant enough to make me feel that I can just ignore the cold. The Russian side of my genes are also not doing their job. I hate cold.

[kb2vxa]

"Some of the gusts were as bad or worst that Sandy."
Now is that wind in Brooklyn or Crestwood? Brooklyn got clobbered but not so bad inland to the north. It's like New Jersey, the shore was completely wiped out in places while where I sheltered in Burlington County there was very little damage.

"Brooklyn is well known for very severe weather."
Brooklyn is well known for severe, period.

"I wonder if he'll take the traditional bite out of Mayor Mikey?"
So Chuck doesn't like Mikey either, I remember when Phil bit the mayor of Punxsutawney. He's worn heavy leather gloves ever since, could be Mikey's a slow learner? They're big, have powerful rodent teeth and are mean tempered and don't like to be messed with especially by the likes of Manic Mikey.