EXTREME WEATHER: Unseasonably Cold - Invasion Of Arctic Air May Set Stage For Eastern United States Snowstorm Next Week, As Cold, Wind To Sweep Through DC To NYC, Boston!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 08, 2013 - UNITED STATES </span></b>- A cold blast of air, driving into the Eastern states, may set the table for a swath of snow next week from the Ohio Valley to New England.<br /><br />A few temperature swings are likely through the weekend from the Upper Midwest to the Southeast before a large zone of cold air builds into the area next week.<br /><br /><div style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Arctic Cold May Set Stage For Eastern Snowstorm Next Week.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u8iKHWM7u8E/UnxC28CH8dI/AAAAAAABNaI/FL3eY_g0kCM/s1600/usacold01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u8iKHWM7u8E/UnxC28CH8dI/AAAAAAABNaI/FL3eY_g0kCM/s1600/usacold01.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />As the mild air is squeezed south toward the Gulf Coast, a sharp contrast in temperature should be found along the Mason-Dixon Line, westward through the Ohio and Tennessee valleys.<br /><br />It is this difference in temperatures that may help a storm form by the middle of the week.<br /><br />Although the exact track of a potential storm system and impacts will need to be ironed out over the next several days, it is likely that the coldest air of the season will dive into the Midwest Monday, followed by the Ohio Valley and potentially East Coast by midweek.<br /><br />A few storm scenarios exist. One is that a coastal low develops near the Carolinas and slides up the East Coast, bringing coastal rain, inland snow and gusty winds.<br /><br />Another possible option is that this low does not make the turn up the coast and slides out to sea instead. This track would favor a rain and snow mix for the central Appalachians with dry, cold conditions in New England.<br /><br />A third scenario depicts an unusually strong storm that moves up the coast then backs into the Northeast. This type of setup would lead to heavy snow well inland but rain in the big cities of the I-95 corridor.<br /><br />ABC 7 New York's Chief Meteorologist Lee Goldberg noted, "climatology does not favor major snow in along the I-95 corridor in mid-November. Snow is more likely in the higher ground north and west of the cities."<br /><br />Goldberg added that this era of improved weather forecasting technology is a double-edged sword. He said the ability to predict a potential snowstorm a week in advance is great but leaves meteorologists with several days where it's hard to pinpoint specifics.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EUmTqsusLYo/UnxDHQ1zkNI/AAAAAAABNaQ/S8qEWFXlznI/s1600/usacold02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EUmTqsusLYo/UnxDHQ1zkNI/AAAAAAABNaQ/S8qEWFXlznI/s1600/usacold02.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Even if a large snowstorm fails to unfold, residents from Minneapolis to Boston will need to break out the hats and gloves. Daytime highs may struggle to climb out of the 20s Monday and Tuesday in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes while 30s and 40s will make it feel more like December in the Northeast.<br /><br />As with any big weather event a week away, the ingredients must come together at the right moment for a large snowstorm to occur. AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Mark Paquette explained, "while the arrival of cold air is likely, the evolution of a storm and eventual track is still up in the air."<br /><br />In addition, AccuWeather.com meteorologists look at the weather elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere for clues about what may happen in the Eastern states.<br /><br />One of these clues is the position of the jet stream, a fast-moving channel of air near the altitude where planes fly. According to AccuWeather.com Lead Long-Range Forecast Paul Pastelok, the pattern of the jet stream seems to favor a storm in the east next week.<br /><br />Interestingly, if measurable snow were to fall in New York City, it would be the third year in a row that the city recorded accumulating snow before Thanksgiving.<br /><br />"Snowtober" brought almost 3 inches of snow in late October 2011, and nearly 5 inches fell last year a week after Sandy battered the region.<br /><br /><br /><div style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;"><b>Cold, Wind To Sweep Through DC To NYC, Boston.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MiGlmzTH2dA/UnxEBj1TxiI/AAAAAAABNac/LZ0hLXxe5Ak/s1600/usacold03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MiGlmzTH2dA/UnxEBj1TxiI/AAAAAAABNac/LZ0hLXxe5Ak/s1600/usacold03.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />Temperatures in the East will slide downhill into Friday and the chill will hang around this weekend.<br /><br />After a front brings clouds and a few hours of rain to the Atlantic Seaboard and Appalachians on Thursday, blustery and colder conditions are in store for the region Friday.<br /><br />Recent temperatures in the 60s will soon be erased by highs in the upper 30s, 40s and low 50s.<br /><br />Winds will not be quite as strong as last week's damaging gusts, but west to northwest blusters will average 15 to 30 mph with gusts around 40 mph in most areas.<br /><br />Power outages and downed trees are not expected, but there may be some minor flight delays due to crosswinds. Fallen leaves will be scattered and blown about the neighborhoods.<br /><br />When combined with air temperatures, wind and other atmospheric conditions, RealFeel® temperatures will be in the 20s and lower 30s at times.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dDUSPIH7nS4/UnxEQX7ubOI/AAAAAAABNak/n_EixYIcYgQ/s1600/usacold04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dDUSPIH7nS4/UnxEQX7ubOI/AAAAAAABNak/n_EixYIcYgQ/s1600/usacold04.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />The air will be cold enough to produce a few bands of lake-effect snow or mixed rain and snow downwind of lakes Erie, Huron and Ontario.<br /><br />Over the weekend, the wind is forecast to ease a bit but will be far from silent. Folks spending time outdoors at football games or doing yard work will want to layer their clothes.<br /><br />By the book, the air coming in Friday into Sunday is not quite as cold as last weekend's chill.<br /><br />However, a reinforcing push of cold air is likely to follow next week that could set new seasonal marks for cold so far.<br /><br />The waves of chilly weather may coincide with a couple of storms near and just beyond the middle of the month to bring scattered areas of snow and a wintry mix to part of the region, before warmth begins to build and expand northward in the eastern part of the nation late in the month. - <a href="http://www.accuweather.com/"><span style="color: orange;"><b>AccuWeather</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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EXTREME WEATHER: Windstorm In Seattle Rocks Floating Bridge - Knocks Out Power To 135,000 And Hurts Two!

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: yellow;">November 04, 2013 - UNITED STATES </span></b>- More than 135,000 people were without power, two were injured and motorists abandoned their cars on a floating bridge Saturday as a fast-moving windstorm swept the Seattle area, officials said.<br /><br />Puget Sound Energy, which serves counties around Seattle, told NBC News that 95,000 customers were without electricity in the afternoon. The storm knocked down several distribution lines early Saturday.<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XRjt5FeB-Xc/UngOw4e4YdI/AAAAAAABM7w/ierAyIzW5TQ/s1600/seattlewindstorm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XRjt5FeB-Xc/UngOw4e4YdI/AAAAAAABM7w/ierAyIzW5TQ/s1600/seattlewindstorm.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windblown waves coming in off Puget Sound close to high tide batter waterfront homes in<br />Seattle's West Seattle neighborhood on Saturday.<b>  </b>Elaine Thompson / AP</td></tr></tbody></table><br />"We expect the situation to worsen in the next few hours," Ray Lane of Puget's communications department said.<br /><br />Gusts in Seattle and the region around it hit 60 mph or more. <br /><br />The Washington State Department of Transportation closed the State Route 520 floating bridge across Lake Washington for two hours because of high winds and large waves.<br /><br />Troopers said as many as 50 cars were abandoned on the westbound lanes of the bridge. Troopers on foot escorted the people back to their vehicles.<br /><br />A 48-year-old man was seriously injured when a tree fell on his car and a 2-year-old was hurt when a branch broke from a tree and hit her near the University of Washington, <a href="http://www.king5.com/news/local/Windstorm-causes-downed-trees-power-outages-230345401.html">NBC station KING 5 of Seattle reported</a>.<br /><br />Seattle City Light, another main energy distributor, said that 40,000 customers suffered power failures in its service territory within Seattle and suburbs around it.<br /><br />As the storm moves through the area, elevations above 2,500 feet were expected to get between 6 and 11 inches of snow in a 12-hour period.<br /><br />The National Weather Service issued a wind warning for much of Saturday covering coastal areas in Washington and Oregon. - <a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/02/21289798-windstorm-in-seattle-rocks-floating-bridge-hurts-two-knocks-out-power-to-135000"><span style="color: orange;"><b>NBC News</b></span></a>.<br /><br /><br /></div>

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9:45 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... White House evacuated

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMMOmhkvRnupGJIvFtURwbh7w7ph09MbUO-Z8OZxsQDDevpUKvvy7cai-bJldj5NaUsqo4DMXJi81LTkgvdpXtjs5HqoYcfLHcxzMIZ0VFMKGe7LRJAFOb28D8lEjHlibHGfceMqDiU8J/s1600/White+House+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMMOmhkvRnupGJIvFtURwbh7w7ph09MbUO-Z8OZxsQDDevpUKvvy7cai-bJldj5NaUsqo4DMXJi81LTkgvdpXtjs5HqoYcfLHcxzMIZ0VFMKGe7LRJAFOb28D8lEjHlibHGfceMqDiU8J/s400/White+House+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The Twin Towers had been attacked by airplanes an hour earlier ... Pan Am Flight 77 had flown into the Pentagon ... and now <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2008/09/heroes-of-flight-93-lets-roll.html">United Flight 93</a> was being followed on radar flying toward Washington, D.C. No one was aware of the struggle going on inside that aircraft as passengers, aware of terrorism attacks earlier that morning, vowed to storm the cockpit and avoid whatever disaster the terrorist pilots had in mind.<br /><br />The White House was evacuated at 9:45. Employees were urgently directed by Secret Service to leave the building and, as the evacuation was under way, it was stepped up as shouts told them to get away from the White House and Old Executive Office Building as fast as they could. Women took off their shoes and ran in their stocking feet out the White House grounds and onto the street and down the sidewalk. One of them was my sister.<br /><br />Flight 93 would go down at 10:06 a.m. taking the brave souls with it who prevented further national tragedy. May we <a href="http://swacgirl.blogspot.com/2008/09/heroes-of-flight-93-lets-roll.html">never forget the herorism</a> of those on Flight 93.<br /><br />9/11/2001 ... may we never forget.

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The Twin Towers had been attacked by airplanes an hour earlier ... Pan Am Flight 77 had flown into the Pentagon ... and now United Flight 93...

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