Warming Back Up
Our first real taste of Autumn will be with us for the end of the week, with the higher hilltops not getting much above 50 on Thursday. The good news is (Read More)
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About a month or two ago, we redesigned our weather page at wjactv.com along with our header bars. Now, you can get weather information on every page you visit at our website. I’ll be honest, I don’t visit our website a lot (mainly because I get all of the information while I’m here). While [...] Here’s the video from our latest WeatherKid, Catherine. She was on Friday morning, September 26th! To see the video, click below! Just a quick post here about the annual ‘Rally at the Rock’ event that’s going on at Rock Run Recreation Park near Patton… I had the chance to head up there today and check out some of the festivities at the park and it looks like it’s going to be a good weekend for [...] Rain Cometh Again! It looks like we’ll pick up some decent amounts of rain later this week, and again it’s thanks to the tropics. A tropical-type system will develop along the east coast and sling some rain our way by late (Read More) I hate to say it, but the weather is changing. Fall (or Autumn) officially begins tomorrow. On tonight’s 6 PM newscast, I posed the following weather trivia question…  Click on the continue reading link for the answer! There’s been some talk recently about hurricanes, especially because of the F, G, H, and I hurricanes this year. Fay, Gustav, Hanna, and Ike caused significant problems for the United States and the damage is still being tallied today. There’s been some talk that those four hurricane names could all be retired. That got me thinking about retired hurricane names and prompted me to make up a short quiz about them… Try to answer these 5 questions. You will find the answer by clicking on the link below. Question 1: Which of the following letters has never had a hurricane retired? a) P Question 2: It makes sense that the letters in the beginning of the alphabet have more retired hurricane names. Which letter has the most retirees? a) A Question 3: When a hurricane causes major damages, that name is retired. In 1966, there was a hurricane name retired for no apparant reason. What was the name? a) Ficus Question 4: Which of the following years did not have any hurricane names retired? a) 2005 Question 5: Since 1954, how many hurricane names have been retired due to destruction? a) 20 It’s becoming more and more apparant that Fall is on the way. We’re losing daylight quick, fast, and in a hurry. The sunrise and sunset times for August, September, October, and November are below… August 1st Sunrise: 6:13 AM September 1st Sunrise: 6:42 AM October 1st Sunrise: 7:12 AM November 1st Sunrise: 7:45 AM Continue reading to see just how much time we’ll lose over those months… Here’s our latest Weather Kid, Brett. Brett did a great job this morning on WJAC-TV News at Sunrise. Here’s the video… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IygQxE5aK4] I had a few days to burn before the end of the year, so I figured I’d take last Friday and Saturday off. On Thursday, a friend and I made plans to go quad riding Friday afternoon. Now, I should also note that I don’t really pay much attention to the weather when I’m off. I didn’t expect the monsoon that came on Thursday night and through Friday, but we decided to go riding anyways. I should also note that I am an amateur in every sense of the word when it comes to riding quads. As a matter of fact, I just learned how to ride them for my appearance at Rock Run ATV Park back in June. Click in to continue reading about my misadventures in quad riding… Here’s a quick wrap-up of the wind event from Sunday night. This information comes from the National Weather Service… High winds associated with a strong low pressure system that was once Hurricane Ike knocked down numerous trees and power lines across central Pennsylvania late Sunday night (9/14) and early Monday morning (9/15). Below is [...] Here’s our latest Weather Kid, Jillian. She was in on September 12th! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9deGaIv4zfg] Day of Remembrance I can remember where I was 7 years ago today like it was yesterday. I was sleeping in that Tuesday morning, just starting my vacation. The weather was perfect, but the good feelings didn’t last long. I woke up and was watching the Today show and that’s when everything of course went wrong around 8:30am. (Read More) Joann Bozich asks: i am writing to try to find the answer to the question, WHAT exactly is indian summer?, and WHEN is indian summer? i have searched many websites and they all give a different answer. thank you for your time and help with this question Here’s the answer:
Here’s the latest on Hurricane Ike from the National Hurricane Center.
Latest Track / Details on Ike …IKE BACK OVER WATER…RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY APPROACHING… AT 200 PM EDT…1800 UTC…THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICA HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THAT ISLAND. A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO… [...] A while back, I posted about songs with weather lyrics. I recall I was inspired by a Jimmy Eat World song at the time. I know there are a lot of weather songs out there and our sister station, WTOV, created a list of his top 5 weather songs. Read on and see the post by clicking below… No graphic with this one because the storm has only moved to the west a little bit. Here’s the latest public advisory from the National Hurricane Center. (Link Here) Ike… …MAJOR HURRICANE IKE APPROACHING THE NORTH COAST OF EASTERN CUBA… A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF GUANTANAMO… SANTIAGO DE [...] Well, the tropics have died down a little bit. Maybe Ike’s been taking all of the energy for itself and not sharing with the other little boys and girls out there looking to grow up to be big storms. (kidding). Either way, it has slowed down, with the exception of Ike. Click the link below for graphics and the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center. Everyone is talking about how dry they think it’s been. To a point, I’ll agree. The last 30 days have been relatively dry across the Alleghenies. The question is… Just how dry has it been? We’ll examine that in detail with a few graphics. Continue reading by clicking the link below. Here the latest installment of the Weather Kid: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAS4HNNGMJY] |
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