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*WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA* Our next storm system is almost upon us, and it looks like freezing rain and sleet will be the primary forms of precipitation. Some light snow will start things off around midnight or so, but quickly change to sleet and then freezing rain later [...]
Those of you who live in, or travel through the West End of Johnstown, know all too well that the winds seem to follow the channel of the river. For the most part, the winds will race down the Eastern face of the Laurel Mountains, then roll through the community of the [...]
Jan. 30 2008 High wind warning issued. I clocked the wind at 63.3 on top of Chickoree summit. I feel the winds were much higher, but I was a little late in getting to my look out point. Here’s how I see it… there is tons of moisture to work with, the question is will there be enough cold air in place to prevent a full change over to rain? I think not! The models never take into consideration the mountains, the valleys and all the cold air that’s locked in. I’m [...] I am in downtown State College, and thought I would drop a quick post to see if any one experienced damage from the winds so far today. At my wife and I’s home in Port Matilda, we have avoided damage outside of a lot of branches in the yard. Hey, if Old Man Winter [...] I’m not in the Alleghenies right now… I’m actually home, just southwest of Pittsburgh. It’s now 1:51 in the morning and I’m listening to the howling winds. It sounds like it is getting pretty active out there. I’m able to see AND hear the sheets of rain pounding my house. (My room is on [...] My goal was to stay awake and film the front as it passes by, but it looks like we are 3 hours away yet. The line to the west of Pittsburgh is looking really great, lots of high clouds with a few strikes of lightning showing up in Ohio just to the west of [...] Lots of Changes A powerful cold front will slide across the state Wednesday morning, bringing quite a few changes to the area. The first and foremost will be strong, damaging winds. Winds will gust to as high as 60 mph during Wednesday. The second will be temperature drops. We’ll go from about 50 early [...] Okay, in my initial post, I mentioned that it didn’t appear like we had any interesting winter storms on the horizon. Apparently I spoke too soon. It appears like we have a potentially disruptive winter storm on the way for Thursday night – Friday. Earlier, it seemed this would be more of a rainy [...] I was hoping, as a snow lover, that my first post would be about an upcoming snowstorm this week. Alas, that is not going to be the case, so I thought I would write about why I am interested in meteorology and weather. The title of this blog post is a frequent response I [...]
Morning sunrise above Johnstown… This video showcases a 1 hour sunrise in just a couple of minutes, like time-lapse video.
Johnstown Incline Plane – If you have any stories please share with us.
Jesse Ferrell from AccuWeather.Com makes comments on Johnstown.
The world famous Horseshoe curve, located just to the west of Altoona. Do you have any stories to share about the Curve? Hey gang, You’ll be noticing a few changes to the Severe Weather Team Blog over the next couple of days. Namely, you’ll probably notice a couple of new names… Ron Shawley and Jamie Oberdick! Both of these gentlemen have volunteered to write for the blog. Ron works with accuweather.com and is a West-Central Pennsylvania [...]
Please fell free to give us your stories as you remember from past floods in Johnstown. History has recorded 3 major floods, but I’m sure prior to 1889 Johnstown had seen it’s share of floods. The summer of 2007 will be long remembered as one of the best summers to view lightning. Here you can see a variety of massive lightning bolts. These shots were all filmed in western Pennsylvania.
This is a rare event. While storm chasing the summer of 2007 one evening I was lucky enough to get this on film. Heres the facts of what and how it happened. That type of fog is called upslope fog!!! It happens when T (temperature) equals Td (dewpoint). Since it [...] Forecasters will tell you, it is very difficult to call the weather right on 100%, moreso when you live in Western Pennsylvania. No matter the season, storms roll in from the west and soon they run into the Laurel Mountains. A example of something that really brings this home is a video I did [...] Hello Everyone… For the past few months I have been working on a proposal for accuweather.com and would love to invite you to join. Their parent company, AccuWeather, provides weather forecasts for local television stations, the Associated Press, and 350,000 businesses across the world. They are a very highly respected company and I have [...] |
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