Science Fun

The first winter weather event has started here in New Hampshire as snow, sleet, and freezing rain began this afternoon.  As we enter the winter season, here are a few terms that the National Weather Service uses in their public statements regarding winter weather.

Outlook:  Winter storm conditions are possible in the next 2-5 days.  Stay tuned to local media for updates.

Watch:  Winter storm conditions are possible within the next 36-48 hours.  Prepare now!

Warning:  Life-threatening severe winter weather conditions have begun or will begin within 24 hours.  Act now!

Advisory:  Winter weather conditions are expected to cause significant inconveniences and may be hazardous.  If you are cautious, these situations should not be life threatening.

Winter weather travel is tricky, as I write this blog, the scanner is going off with numerous motor vehicle accidents throughout the region due to the slick roads.  Drive carefully if you must travel during winter weather.

Today’s weather almanac:  Sunrise at 6:59 am and sunset at 4:15 pm.  Today’s low was 20F and the high is 32F.

I managed to squeek in a hiking trip and nab a geocache before the snow started to all this afternoon - it was nice little park in Richmond, NH - a forest preserve that had some unusual rock formations.

On this day in 2001, there was wide spread flash flooding in parts of central North Carolina and Tennessee.  Numerous roads were closed.  In Stewart County, the only remaining wooden bridge was washed away (wonder how many previous rain events it survived?).  Schools and businesses were also closed due to the flooded roads.

Here in NH today, woke up and the mountain was covered with snow from the snow squals last night.  The sun came out and it was great day to go  for a hike and to do some geocaching.  What is geocaching - will save that one for another post, or you can visit www.geocaching.com to learn more.

Almanac for the day - sun rise 6:58, sun set is at 4:16.  The low today was 32 and the high temperature for the day is 37, which also is the present temperature.  Short range forecast is for increase in clouds and possibility of some precipitation.

As this blog develops, what would you like to see posted?  Do you like weather statistics, history?  I look forward to your comments….

Snowfall is a rare event in Florida!  The second earliest snowfall for Florida (and its only November snowfall) fell during the night across parts of the interior counties in the far NW, bordering GA.  Up to 1/2 inch was reported at Mt. Pleasant.  (from the Weather Channel archives).

Today, begins my blogging adventures at Today.com.  Intespersed through the blogs will be some history, adventure and some fun.   My interests in the sciences include weather, astronomy, geology, and geocaching.  I enjoy hiking and exploring the great outdoors, so sometime I might just write about one of my hiking adventures.

The weather here in NH, unlike FL, we get snow on a regular basis and on this day after Thanksgiving, woke up to light snowfall and about 1/2 inch total.  By the afternoon, the sun was out and then the clouds rolled back in by sunset.  Low temperature for today was 28F and the high was 40F.

Welcome to Sciencefun on Today.com.

Happy Thanksgiving!  On this Thanksgiving Day in 2008, I launch my first ‘blog’ adventure.  This is new to me and I am sure that over the coming days and months that I will learn much about the world of blogging.  I want my blogs and posts to be informative, educational, and fun.  Part of this process is to learn blogging myself as my employer has the desire to add a ‘business’ blog to its corporate website after the first of the year.  Therefore, I thought that since I will most likely be proctoring this ‘business’ blog, that I should jump in and run a blog myself and learn the ins and outs of what to do and what not to do.

I chose sciencefun for the name of my blog because I have a wide variety of interests from meteorology to astronomy to the world of electronic gadgets.  I am an amateur radio operator and I work with our local Red Cross chapter and the National Weather Service Skywarn program.  I also enjoy hiking and exploring the great outdoors and I do this global adventure game called - Geocaching.  History is a fun subject for me and I will occasionally throw in a history lesson or two into the blog.

I welcome your comments and suggestions to make my blogs informative and something that you will enjoy.  Visit often and again, welcome to Sciencefun!