Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
949 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2007
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...
.A STRONG ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL DIVE SOUTH ACROSS THE MIDWEST
TONIGHT. TWO PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
MAINLY IN THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS. WINDS
WILL GUST TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER AT TIMES AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE
AND LOCALLY CREATE NEAR- BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY.
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM
CST SATURDAY...
A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST
SATURDAY. THIS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE
MILE AND LOCALLY CAUSE NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND
SATURDAY...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN A STRONG AND GUSTY WIND
WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING SNOW TO PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
THAT WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE OR LESS
AT TIMES. SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS WILL LIKELY BLOW OVER ROADWAYS...
PARTIALLY COVERING OR FURTHER BLANKETING THE PAVEMENT. SNOW
DRIFTS WILL LIKELY FORM NEAR STRUCTURES SUCH AS HOMES...CARS...OR
TREES AND COULD BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY DEEPER THAN IN AREAS EXPOSED
TO THE WIND AND AWAY FROM STRUCTURES. IN ADDITION...MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL RESULT. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRIP...AND BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SUDDEN DROPS IN VISIBILITY AS WELL AS DRIFTING
SNOW THAT MAY IMPEDE TRAVEL.
It's going to be a WHITE AND COLD Chinese New Year ¶ 2/16/2007 10:24:00 PM 0 Comments
I've been getting a lot of snow the last 2 days. Been snowing since last night. It was rather cold over the weekend, it started to rain non stop on Sunday night, became freezing rain on Monday, before snowing non stop since Monday. The whole place is really filled with snow.
What I don't like is having to walk near roads. The cars just drive by and splash up dirty snow on you. I got my shoes really wet and dirty through crossing roads. Snow on the roads are black and dirty as a result of all the cars driving through it. Yucks!
I've not had so much snow since I came. There was a news report on CNN about the north being covered in snow till chest high. I don't think I'll have that much snow. The airport at Chicago is closed too due to the snow storm.
Oh... and my electricity was cut last night around 11pm. It was crazy. I was rushing an assignment to be handed in today and gosh ... I had to work in the dark. Thank goodness my laptop's battery was able to last me until I finished my assignment!
Anyway, power was restored this evening. Thank goodness! In fact, I was prepared to live in darkness for tonight.
This is the Casino where my Dad won some money during his trip here. Anyway, not too sure if I've mentioned this before but it's very interesting why Casinos here are on "boats" over the Mississippi River. Apparently Missouri has a rule that no casinos are allowed on land. So the best way round it? Have casino on water loh .... When I heard about it, it's like so DUH ....¶ 2/12/2007 12:06:00 AM 0 Comments
This is my house's therometer which is conneted to the gas heaters. Can you believe it? It fell even below the lowest reading.
And this is the reading on my alarm clock which has a thermometer as well. You look at the bottom right and it reads zero deg celsius in room temperature!!! I think it cannot read any lower temperature.
This is the first time I've ever seen such readings since I came. The temp now ... -17 deg. Gosh ... it's really freezing.
Anyway, if you notice the top of my alarm clock, you'll see it's a little deformed. This was the result of putting my alarm clock in front of my heaters. Imagine the shock when I got up the next morning? I was really thankful it was not my glasses or my handphone. I better becareful of what goes in front of my heaters.
You know, it so cold that one of my clasmate was describing an incident where he left hhis waterbottle in his car and after a few hours when he returned, he wanted to drink from it and he got a shock that it was all ice. It was so funny hearing him narrate about it.
Anyway it's so cold that I have to put on many layers. This is I (and everyone else!!!) look these days ... 
Don't you think I look like an astronaut?
Anyway, I like fresh snow. It really makes the place look beautiful. Whenever it snows, I always like to take a walk, kick the snow or drag my feet in the snow! = )
