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January 2008 Blue Duck Weather News
A new year, and as everything is changing, so does the weather. Like some people (and ducks) the weather is entirely unpredictable. It is for that very reason your brilliant Editor in Chief reports the weather after the fact.
This exciting issue of Blue Duck Weather News will be aptly titled the Blue Duck Express, just like the frigid air that moved in from Alaska and Canada to make us all appreciate the warmth of a shelter. Also in this exciting issue you will find an inspirational quote under the song of the month. This month's contributing freelance journalist is Sean Broaduck. The staff at Blue Duck Weather News are sure you will be inspired by his deep thinking. As always Blue Duck Weather is expanding its horizons and offering you the most intellectual stimulation available without a drug.
The average temperature at The Land was 49.22 degrees. The average at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 26.88 degrees.
The average humidity at The Land was 50.77 percent and the average dewpoint was 28.87 degrees. There were two fog mornings in January. There were four days in which the humidity was so high the sensitive weather recording instruments measured .01 inches of rain for four consecutive days. ( We will take every blessed drop of Nature Dew as percpitation.
The average wind speed was 2.31 m.p.h. There were four wind chills recorded.
In late January the Blue Duck Weather Team took to the remote hills below Young, Arizona in Northern Gila County. Your fine Editor in Chief was joined by Flyin' Ryan Duck. We exhaustively recorded weather data for five days. On Jaunuary 27th we recorded an ass soaking 1.54 inches of rain in twelve hours! The Land received .61 inches on that day. By nightfall we could hear the rain swollen washes far below our sequestered nest high on a ridge overlooking Roosevelt Lake. The Commanche moon observed the night before was obscurred by clouds and violent rain. The wind blew so hard Sunday night we feared our nests would blow deep into the canyons to be gulped up by the torrential waters running wickedly down the canyon. With that said, the total rain for The Land in January was 1.02 inches of rain. (Speaking as Blue Duck's wife...I am sure that the great Blue Duck and his handy ace, Flyin' Ryan not only measured weather, but may have had just a few beers during this experience!)
Below are the end of the month lake levels. Don't get too excited as you see Roosevelt and Pleasant rising. Until Mead and Powell show levels above sixty percent this fucking drought ain't over. Besides, as soon as the parched months of summer arrive, the millions of "average" water users will flush away the precious silt in our largest lakes; Lake Mead, 47 percent. Lake Powell, 45%. Roosevelt Lake 62%. Lake Pleasant, 71%.
1-1-08. Foot of snow in portions of Michigan by fast moving storms. Malibu winds topple trucks. High particulate advisory for Phx. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS THE LFESTYLE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIANS. (What the f*$% does this mean, Get over it!.) Georgia resivoir rising with recent rains.(Good to see with what we observed in the Fall of last year.) First day above normal temps. in Phoenix in twenty four days. Fourteen degrees below zero in North Dakota. Heavy snow in TN.
1-2-08. Six inches of snow in Cleveland. Cold Artic air moving south. Florida citrus growers concerned as temps. drop into the mid twenties. Fort Lauderdelle records eighteen degrees. Body recovered from avalanche in Washington state. Two major brush fires in Florida. Arizona and California sues EPA over acceptable greenhouse gas emission levels. (wah, wah, wah.) Twelve below zero in Maine. Deep freeze in the Eastern U.S.
1-3-08. Louisianna strawberry fields threatened by freeze. Resident of S. Calfornia bracing for "worst storm ever" fearing mud slides from recent fires and lack of ground cover. "Flood Teams" deployed. Orlando brush fire shuts down portions of I-95. Wildfires in Australia burning out of control. Blizzard warnings for Northern Calfornia.
1-4-08. Lake Tahoe blizzard warnings. Up to ten feet of snow expected at levels above 6500 feet. Sixty to eighty mile per hour winds slam San Francisco. Nine hundred thousand people without power in Northern Calfornia. Extremely rare snow flurries at Daytona Beach. Six to twelve inches of snow above seven thousand feet in Az. Both ends of Australia scorched by fire with high winds and low humidity.
1-5-08. Levee in Nevada breaks, town flooded. Rescues in Northern Ca. Coastal flood warnings. I-80 in Southern Ca. closed. Some areas receive ten inches of rain.
1-6-08. Emergency supplies being sent to Californians. Heavy flooding and five hundred miles of power lines knocked down. Flooding and mudslides force evacuations in Southern Calfornia. Six snowmobilers lost in Southern Colorado. Ten to eighteen inches of snow predicted for Northern Az. above seven thousand feet.
1-7-08. Eleven feet of snow in Northern Ca. from weekend storms. Snowmobilers rscued in Southern Colo., survived on popcorn and bullion. Avalanche warnings issued for San Francisco Peaks in Northern Az. Two snowboarding groups rescued out of Snowbowl. Will be fined under the "Stupid Idiot Law." Snow and rockslides close U.S. 60 north of Globe. One foot of snow in Flagstaff. 1.10'' of rain in Cave Creek.
1-8-08. Washington, D.C. twenty degrees warmer than Phx. Thirty seven tornados from Arkansas to Wisconsin. Three killed. Two snowmobilers missing since last week rescued in New Mexico. Bush declares disaster in North Nevada from levee break. Flash flooding in S.E. Australia. Several communities declared disaster areas. Seventy thousand still without power in San Francisco. Another foot of snow in Northern Ca. The most tornado occurences in the South ever for January.
1-9-08. Missouri tornado carries cow for one mile and it survived.! (We have heard of pigs with wings and chicken with lips but never, ever the big fat bovine taking sail!) Fog and smoke from fires causes 65 car pileup in Fl. Floodwaters recede in Indiana where three killed. "QUADRILLION" dollar law suit filed because of levee breaks from Katrina. (Give me a break!.)
1-10-08. Rare tornado in Vancouver, Wash. Twelve hundred without power. As floodwaters recede in Indiana thousands of homes damaged. Ten tornados reported in Western Georgia and Alabama, almost nonexistent this time of year.
1-11-08. Rare snow in Baghdad, Iraqu. Major fires still burning out of control in Australia. Temperatures above one hundred degrees for third day reported there. As of this date 650 reports of severe weather in U.S. and 91 tornados. Winters in N.E. warming quickly with much less snowfall according to study.
1-12-08. Heavy snow warnings in Conn. and N.Y.
1-13-08. New England schools close as one foot of snow falls. Scientists believe Tsunami waves created the Mary Bay crater in Yellowstone.
1-15-08. Crews face wind, snow and falling trees in search for Montana avalanche victim. Hikers missing on Oregon's Mnt. Hood from Blizzard.
1-16-08. Search suspended for victims of Montana avalanche. Wind chills drive temperature to zero in Northern Az. Twenty one degrees below zero at Grand Canyon as the Artic Express moves in. Much needed rain falls in Georgia.
1-17-08. Freeze warning for the Valley of the Sun. Eleven degrees below zero in Flagstaff. Crippling snowstorm in Midwest leaves Iowa at forty below zero. (ooshy.)
1-18-08. Another freeze warning issued for the Valley of the Sun. Seventh freeze warning this winter. International Falls fifty below zero. Winter storm warnings from Miss. to Maryland.
1-19-08. Two inches of rare snow at Atlanta, Georgia. Duck flights cancelled. Rain and snow in S.C. Alabama snow just as rare. One degree below zero in Chcago.
1-20-08. Sub freezing weather chills the South after unusual snow. Severe storms in Florida. Sixty mile an hour winds in Tampa. Five inches of snow in Alabama. Snow falling in the Sierra Nevadas.
1-21-08. Forty below in Butte, Montana. Thirty below in Maine. (No wonder ducks fly south for the winter.) Ten deaths blamed from snow in China. Upstate New York declares state of emergency with three feet of snow. Iowa ice climbers use side of silo to perfect skills. Twelve degrees below zero in Denver. Snow from Michigan to Iowa.
1-22-08. Rare snow in SanFrancisco Bay area with lev els down to one thousand feet. Snow levels above two thousand feet expected to reach six inches. Three feet of black ice snow in upstate New York. One foot of snow closes schools in Michigan and Wisconsin. Snow banks from clearing ten feet high. Severe cold in Iran claiming deaths.
1-23-08. Fierce flooding in Australia. Twenty five hundred evacuated.
1-24-08. Winter storm and flash flood warnings in Ca.
1-27-08. 1.54 inches of rain recorded by yours truly at remote location below the rugged mountains of Young, Az.
1-29-08. Iowa weather advisory for wind and snow. Thirty below zero in areas. Navajo Nation north of Winslow, Az. declared state of emergency from flooding. Little Colorado River in Northern Az. rose twenty one feet above flood stage and three miles wide. Highway 180 closed from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon due to heavy snow. Flood warning issued for S.E. Az. Forty two degrees below zero in International Falls. Two tornados in Southern Illinois. Forty nine deaths in Central and Eastern China from snow.
1-30-08. Wind drops temperature in Chicago fifty degrees in two hours. Tornados in Illinois. Snow buries much of Mid West. High winds derail train in Ohio. Three snow boarders found in Flagstaff after seven hour search. China snow causes blackouts and train delays.
1-31-08. Illinois man freezes to death. Sixty car pileup in New York from snow and ice. Dramatic snow decline in West according to the Science Journal- more rain, less snow and rivers are drying up. China snow worst in decades. Atlantic hurricanes more frequent as water temps. rise.
Well, there you have it Droogies. January weather was as wild as December. Your fine staff will leave you with two songs for the month; "I'll Follow The Sun" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" by The BeatleDucks. And our inspirational quote for the month is a husband's lament. "They say silence is golden but isn't duct tape silver?"
Thank you for choosing Blue Duck Weather News as your only reliable source for behind the weather reporting.
Remember, Pioneers took bullets, Settlers took land.
Editor In Chief, MR Blue Duck.
(*** NOTE: There has been some interest in Blueduck weather T-shirts. This idea is still under advisment by the giant Quack himself!)
December 2007 Blue Duck Weather
Blue Duck Weather News
December 2007
What an active, violent weather month for Arizona and much of the Nation! As usual your fine staff at Blue Duck Weather News was working around the clock to bring you accurate, up to date weather facts.
Poor old Santa spent a frigid evening delivering gifts to all the little quacks around the world. He even placed hand warmers down his pants to keep his old sagging walnettos from turning into a couple of raisins. Santa even placed an electric nose warmer on Rudolph's nose to keep it shining bright. Santa misjudged the amount of heat and Rudolph's nose exploded. People around the world were perplexed as to why the milk placed for Santa wasn't even touched. The fact of the matter is Santa went straight for Dad's liquor stash to warm his old bones. When Santa pulled into the North Pole at sunrise his ears so cold he couldn't feel them (although he wasn't feeling any pain. He found plenty of whiskey stashes.) Enough of Santa his antics, let's get right to the news for there is plenty this month!
The average temperature on the Land was 48.50 degrees. On Talking Trees and Antelope Hill it was 28.88 degrees; an entire month of averages below freezing. The record low recorded for the month was five degrees. The Land experienced a low of twenty six degrees the morning after Christmas.
The average humidity on the Land was 58.98 percent. The average dew point was 32.95 degrees. On the morning of December 13th there was dense fog in much of the valley. The humidity that morning was 97 percent; the dew point was 38 degrees with the same temperature reading.
The average wind speed was a calm 1.70 mph. However there were four wind chills recorded for the month and Christmas day was blustery and chilly.
The Land received .88 inches of rain in December bringing the total to 5.64 inches for the year. Phoenix "officially” recorded 5.05 inches of rain, down 3.2 inches for normal rain fall in a year.
The lake levels did not change from last months' report. Reports said December rains would raise the levels, possible causing releases into the Salt and Verde Rivers. This did not happen. For now there is too much demand and too little rain to increase the lake levels. The fine staff at Blue Duck Weather new this was knee jerk reporting and scoffed at the claim.
12-01. Cave Creek washes flooded. Scottsdale and Pima Roads closed. There was a snow advisory for Greenlee and Graham Counties above 7000'. RV swept downstream n Black Canyon City as Aqua Fria River floods. Southern California was dealing with flooding and evacuations from mudslides. Last month's fires triggered the loose and unstable soil conditions. Storm plasters Mid West with snow. As much as three feet of snow predicted for portions of Colorado.
12-2. Ten inches of snow in Utah. Snow in Pennsylvania and New York. Big storms headed for Pacific North West. Strong storms in Gulf Coast. Hurricane force winds in Oregon. Four degrees in North Dakota and nine degrees at the Grand Canyon.
12-3. Last weekend's rain dumped six inches (!) at Seven Springs north of Carefree. Sedona reported 3.3 inches of rain. Rain and wind slam North West, knocking out power and flooding Seattle.
12-4. 120mph winds recorded in near Portland, Oregon. High water rescues performed by National Guard in rafts, mainly for stranded motorists. (Sound familiar?) Georgia lining up tankers and bottled water but still no long term plans. High particulate advisory issued for Phoenix. Fireplace burning banned. (Yes, by God that's the ticket! Why don't we just park five million vehicles for a day?) Snow level in Arizona expected to drop to five thousand feet by the weekend.
12-5. Interstate Five closed between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Eight feet of water on portions of the highway because ten inches of rain fell in twenty four hours. Mud slides cut off logging in Washington towns in the west, Helicopter rescues pluck people off rooftops. Prolonged drought causes more Valley Fever cases in Arizona. Man chops down five thousand trees in Hendersonville, Nevada for "better view." He is being held without bond.
12-6. Southern California braces for mudslides as flood waters recede from Pacific North West. West Washington and Western Oregon declared State of Emergencies. Interstate Five still closed between Seattle and Portland. Boil water orders in affect. Largest Search and Rescue effort in ten years. Military brought in to search for skiers, hunters and campers missing. Red Cross sets up shelters. Snow advisory for North Rim of the Grand Canyon. AZ wind advisory issued. World Wildlife Federation declares global warming will destroy thirty percent of Amazon wildlife by 2030.
12-7. Three inches of rain forecast for Southern California. Mandatory mudslide evacuations ordered. Ten foot flood crest predicted for Aberdeen, Washington as flood waters move down stream. Interstate Five still closed. No Amtrak train service from Portland to Seattle. Six inches of snow at the Snowbowl. Showlow receiving five to seven inches of snow at elevations above seven thousand feet. Possible evacuations in Sedona due to rockslides. Oak Creek up to fifteen feet above normal. Denver receiving heavy snow. Forecasters change formula and predict an above normal hurricane season for'08. (?) Three inches of rain in Crown King. China blames global warming on the West.
12-8. Six inches of snow fell on San Francisco Peaks and ten inches at Sunrise. 1.01 inches of rain recorded at Sky Harbor International Airport.
12-9. Flash flood watches out for Gila and Yavapai Counties as well as Oak Creek. Winter storm warning out for White Mountains and Mogollon Rim. Snow levels may drop to four thousand feet. Gilbert Road closed at Salt River due to flooding. Five inches of new snow in Flagstaff. Snow in Hawaii!
12-10. Winter storm alert above six thousand feet. Predicting eight to ten inches of snow. Snow advisory in Maricopa County above five thousand feet. Twenty eight to thirty six inches of snow in Pinetop Lakeside. Missouri, Okalahoma and Illinois severely impacted by ice storm. Power lines and trees are snapped. FEMA supplying generators. Oklahoma declares State of Emergency.
12-11. Five hundred thousand people without power in Oklahoma. Weather alert issued in Arizona. Hail in Fountain Hills and west Phoenix. One foot of new snow predicted for Pinetop. Federal Court of Appeals still hearing arguments for piss snow to be made at the Snowbowl. Elevations above nine thousand feet could receive three feet of snow.
12-12. Six hundred thousand still without power in Oklahoma. Worst ice storm in history. Six hundred and fifty traffic accidents due to ice and downed trees on roadways. National Guard delivering generators for emergency shelters. Avalanche warning issued for San Francisco Peaks. Four to five feet of snow at upper elevations. Tucson bans sharing water with surrounding communities.
12-13. One foot of snow predicted for New England. Same storm that battered Arizona a week earlier. Thirty five deaths in it's wake. Snowbowl opens. Sunrise opens tomorrow.
12-14. One foot of snow per hour in Albany, New York. Same storm that affected Arizona weather earlier.( There is a saying amongst the weather community in the winter. '' If it snows in Flagstaff it will snow in Saint Louis later." You can take that to the bank.) Seventy inches of snow at Snowbowl. Red Cross sending aid to residents in Tonto Basin. Folks still stranded from earlier rain. Warmest lows in Phoenix on record. Freeze warning issued for Tucson, Maricopa and Chandler. Five men behind bars for setting fire in Malibu last month. Approaching storm could delay power restoration in Oklahoma.
12-15. Storm with one foot of snow predicted for Ohio Valley en route to New England. Flood watch in Kentucky. Tornado watches out for Georgia. Flagstaff reports eight degrees below zero.
12-17. Eighteen inches of snow in Syracuse, New York. Tens of thousands still have no power in Oklahoma and Kansas from ice storm last week. Seven inches of snow in Saint Louis, Missouri.
12-18. Several feet of snow expected in Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Heavy snow in Wisconsin. Dangerous flooding in Thailand, emergency crews on the way.
12-19. From Washington to California heavy snow closes Interstate 90 in portions of the highway. Winter storm warning in Sierra and Cascade mountains with forty mph winds and one-two feet of snow.
12-20. Possible tornados in Mississippi with major power outages.
12-21. Heavy snow in Chicago and Boston delays flights of thousands of ducks.
12-22. First official day of winter.
12-23. Heavy rain in New York and New Jersey. Snow and ice in Minnesota.
12-24. Snow in Salt Lake and Denver. One foot in Cascades, Washington.
12-25. White Christmas in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska. High winds in Los Angeles. Power off to ten thousand with 94mph winds in the San Fernando valley. 75mph winds in Salt Lake with snow. Snow and ice delays in Minneapolis. Much needed rain falling in Georgia. Freeze warning issued in Phoenix.
HO, HO, HO!
12-26. Freeze warning issued for the Phoenix metro area. 26 degrees at the Land. Coldest since last January.
12-27. Five degree low in Quemado, New Mexico with a high of twenty three degrees. Eight inches of snow in Denver with flights cancelled.
12-28. Twenty eight inches of snow for the month in Boston. this time last year only one inch of snow. Approaching all time record. Six inches of snow in Wisconsin.
12-29. Snow for much of New York.
12-31. Portions of Interstate 70 in Colorado closed due to Avalanche threat. High winds and zero visibility. Utah avalanche leaves a man trapped east of Salt Lake City. Two thousand drivers stranded on sixty miles of I-70 west of Denver. Seventy mph winds in Long Beach and Malibu. Four days of rain saves Atlanta from driest year in history. Two hundred and sixty three weather records broken in United Sates this year. Twenty three of the last twenty four days in the Valley reported temperatures at of below normal. One year in the last ten years of rainfall in Arizona has had above normal rainfall. That was 2005.
As you can read, the fine staff at Blue Duck Weather has had an exhaustive month for weather reporting. We would like to thank you for your support of this fine news report. We are in our fledgling infancy quack stage of reporting. We promise to bring you mind blowing weather news for 2008.
This month's weather song is "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard.
Remember. Pioneers took bullets, settlers took land.
Editor and Chief
Blue Duck
December 2007
What an active, violent weather month for Arizona and much of the Nation! As usual your fine staff at Blue Duck Weather News was working around the clock to bring you accurate, up to date weather facts.
Poor old Santa spent a frigid evening delivering gifts to all the little quacks around the world. He even placed hand warmers down his pants to keep his old sagging walnettos from turning into a couple of raisins. Santa even placed an electric nose warmer on Rudolph's nose to keep it shining bright. Santa misjudged the amount of heat and Rudolph's nose exploded. People around the world were perplexed as to why the milk placed for Santa wasn't even touched. The fact of the matter is Santa went straight for Dad's liquor stash to warm his old bones. When Santa pulled into the North Pole at sunrise his ears so cold he couldn't feel them (although he wasn't feeling any pain. He found plenty of whiskey stashes.) Enough of Santa his antics, let's get right to the news for there is plenty this month!
The average temperature on the Land was 48.50 degrees. On Talking Trees and Antelope Hill it was 28.88 degrees; an entire month of averages below freezing. The record low recorded for the month was five degrees. The Land experienced a low of twenty six degrees the morning after Christmas.
The average humidity on the Land was 58.98 percent. The average dew point was 32.95 degrees. On the morning of December 13th there was dense fog in much of the valley. The humidity that morning was 97 percent; the dew point was 38 degrees with the same temperature reading.
The average wind speed was a calm 1.70 mph. However there were four wind chills recorded for the month and Christmas day was blustery and chilly.
The Land received .88 inches of rain in December bringing the total to 5.64 inches for the year. Phoenix "officially” recorded 5.05 inches of rain, down 3.2 inches for normal rain fall in a year.
The lake levels did not change from last months' report. Reports said December rains would raise the levels, possible causing releases into the Salt and Verde Rivers. This did not happen. For now there is too much demand and too little rain to increase the lake levels. The fine staff at Blue Duck Weather new this was knee jerk reporting and scoffed at the claim.
12-01. Cave Creek washes flooded. Scottsdale and Pima Roads closed. There was a snow advisory for Greenlee and Graham Counties above 7000'. RV swept downstream n Black Canyon City as Aqua Fria River floods. Southern California was dealing with flooding and evacuations from mudslides. Last month's fires triggered the loose and unstable soil conditions. Storm plasters Mid West with snow. As much as three feet of snow predicted for portions of Colorado.
12-2. Ten inches of snow in Utah. Snow in Pennsylvania and New York. Big storms headed for Pacific North West. Strong storms in Gulf Coast. Hurricane force winds in Oregon. Four degrees in North Dakota and nine degrees at the Grand Canyon.
12-3. Last weekend's rain dumped six inches (!) at Seven Springs north of Carefree. Sedona reported 3.3 inches of rain. Rain and wind slam North West, knocking out power and flooding Seattle.
12-4. 120mph winds recorded in near Portland, Oregon. High water rescues performed by National Guard in rafts, mainly for stranded motorists. (Sound familiar?) Georgia lining up tankers and bottled water but still no long term plans. High particulate advisory issued for Phoenix. Fireplace burning banned. (Yes, by God that's the ticket! Why don't we just park five million vehicles for a day?) Snow level in Arizona expected to drop to five thousand feet by the weekend.
12-5. Interstate Five closed between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. Eight feet of water on portions of the highway because ten inches of rain fell in twenty four hours. Mud slides cut off logging in Washington towns in the west, Helicopter rescues pluck people off rooftops. Prolonged drought causes more Valley Fever cases in Arizona. Man chops down five thousand trees in Hendersonville, Nevada for "better view." He is being held without bond.
12-6. Southern California braces for mudslides as flood waters recede from Pacific North West. West Washington and Western Oregon declared State of Emergencies. Interstate Five still closed between Seattle and Portland. Boil water orders in affect. Largest Search and Rescue effort in ten years. Military brought in to search for skiers, hunters and campers missing. Red Cross sets up shelters. Snow advisory for North Rim of the Grand Canyon. AZ wind advisory issued. World Wildlife Federation declares global warming will destroy thirty percent of Amazon wildlife by 2030.
12-7. Three inches of rain forecast for Southern California. Mandatory mudslide evacuations ordered. Ten foot flood crest predicted for Aberdeen, Washington as flood waters move down stream. Interstate Five still closed. No Amtrak train service from Portland to Seattle. Six inches of snow at the Snowbowl. Showlow receiving five to seven inches of snow at elevations above seven thousand feet. Possible evacuations in Sedona due to rockslides. Oak Creek up to fifteen feet above normal. Denver receiving heavy snow. Forecasters change formula and predict an above normal hurricane season for'08. (?) Three inches of rain in Crown King. China blames global warming on the West.
12-8. Six inches of snow fell on San Francisco Peaks and ten inches at Sunrise. 1.01 inches of rain recorded at Sky Harbor International Airport.
12-9. Flash flood watches out for Gila and Yavapai Counties as well as Oak Creek. Winter storm warning out for White Mountains and Mogollon Rim. Snow levels may drop to four thousand feet. Gilbert Road closed at Salt River due to flooding. Five inches of new snow in Flagstaff. Snow in Hawaii!
12-10. Winter storm alert above six thousand feet. Predicting eight to ten inches of snow. Snow advisory in Maricopa County above five thousand feet. Twenty eight to thirty six inches of snow in Pinetop Lakeside. Missouri, Okalahoma and Illinois severely impacted by ice storm. Power lines and trees are snapped. FEMA supplying generators. Oklahoma declares State of Emergency.
12-11. Five hundred thousand people without power in Oklahoma. Weather alert issued in Arizona. Hail in Fountain Hills and west Phoenix. One foot of new snow predicted for Pinetop. Federal Court of Appeals still hearing arguments for piss snow to be made at the Snowbowl. Elevations above nine thousand feet could receive three feet of snow.
12-12. Six hundred thousand still without power in Oklahoma. Worst ice storm in history. Six hundred and fifty traffic accidents due to ice and downed trees on roadways. National Guard delivering generators for emergency shelters. Avalanche warning issued for San Francisco Peaks. Four to five feet of snow at upper elevations. Tucson bans sharing water with surrounding communities.
12-13. One foot of snow predicted for New England. Same storm that battered Arizona a week earlier. Thirty five deaths in it's wake. Snowbowl opens. Sunrise opens tomorrow.
12-14. One foot of snow per hour in Albany, New York. Same storm that affected Arizona weather earlier.( There is a saying amongst the weather community in the winter. '' If it snows in Flagstaff it will snow in Saint Louis later." You can take that to the bank.) Seventy inches of snow at Snowbowl. Red Cross sending aid to residents in Tonto Basin. Folks still stranded from earlier rain. Warmest lows in Phoenix on record. Freeze warning issued for Tucson, Maricopa and Chandler. Five men behind bars for setting fire in Malibu last month. Approaching storm could delay power restoration in Oklahoma.
12-15. Storm with one foot of snow predicted for Ohio Valley en route to New England. Flood watch in Kentucky. Tornado watches out for Georgia. Flagstaff reports eight degrees below zero.
12-17. Eighteen inches of snow in Syracuse, New York. Tens of thousands still have no power in Oklahoma and Kansas from ice storm last week. Seven inches of snow in Saint Louis, Missouri.
12-18. Several feet of snow expected in Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Heavy snow in Wisconsin. Dangerous flooding in Thailand, emergency crews on the way.
12-19. From Washington to California heavy snow closes Interstate 90 in portions of the highway. Winter storm warning in Sierra and Cascade mountains with forty mph winds and one-two feet of snow.
12-20. Possible tornados in Mississippi with major power outages.
12-21. Heavy snow in Chicago and Boston delays flights of thousands of ducks.
12-22. First official day of winter.
12-23. Heavy rain in New York and New Jersey. Snow and ice in Minnesota.
12-24. Snow in Salt Lake and Denver. One foot in Cascades, Washington.
12-25. White Christmas in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska. High winds in Los Angeles. Power off to ten thousand with 94mph winds in the San Fernando valley. 75mph winds in Salt Lake with snow. Snow and ice delays in Minneapolis. Much needed rain falling in Georgia. Freeze warning issued in Phoenix.
HO, HO, HO!
12-26. Freeze warning issued for the Phoenix metro area. 26 degrees at the Land. Coldest since last January.
12-27. Five degree low in Quemado, New Mexico with a high of twenty three degrees. Eight inches of snow in Denver with flights cancelled.
12-28. Twenty eight inches of snow for the month in Boston. this time last year only one inch of snow. Approaching all time record. Six inches of snow in Wisconsin.
12-29. Snow for much of New York.
12-31. Portions of Interstate 70 in Colorado closed due to Avalanche threat. High winds and zero visibility. Utah avalanche leaves a man trapped east of Salt Lake City. Two thousand drivers stranded on sixty miles of I-70 west of Denver. Seventy mph winds in Long Beach and Malibu. Four days of rain saves Atlanta from driest year in history. Two hundred and sixty three weather records broken in United Sates this year. Twenty three of the last twenty four days in the Valley reported temperatures at of below normal. One year in the last ten years of rainfall in Arizona has had above normal rainfall. That was 2005.
As you can read, the fine staff at Blue Duck Weather has had an exhaustive month for weather reporting. We would like to thank you for your support of this fine news report. We are in our fledgling infancy quack stage of reporting. We promise to bring you mind blowing weather news for 2008.
This month's weather song is "If We Make It Through December" by Merle Haggard.
Remember. Pioneers took bullets, settlers took land.
Editor and Chief
Blue Duck
November 2007 Blue Weather
Blue Duck Weather
December 2, 2007
Ah, the weather that made the Arizona desert famous and ultimately ruined it is finally here. Snow Gizzards from around the world are coming in droves to worship the sun and warmth, the clear skys and starry nights (provided you are not in Phoenix or Tucson.)
The fine staff at Blue Duck Weather News would like to honor the true Snow lizards who camp in a sea of shiny metallica in parks from > Apache Junction to Gila Bend. Like subterannean aliens one can hear the drone of generators from miles away. Truly water conservationists, a plant or tree will not be seen in any of these fine parks, simply acres of white painted landscape stone. And here is to all of the Uncle Eddies in the desert who "secretly" pumps his sewage into some unsuspecting wash declaring his manhood and eminant domain with a vile, > twisted smile.
The average temperature for November was 61.84 degrees. The > average humidity was 31.26 percent. The average dewpoint was 28 > degrees. The average wind speed was 1.30 mph. The average temperature at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 40.28 degrees. November 23rd saw a low of 19 degrees. The next morning was 12 degrees. Turkeys that escaped Thanksgiving were found frozen in their tracks.
The land received a much needed .88 inches of rain on November 30th. The last recorded rainfall prior to that was one hundredth of an > inch on September 16th. All of the plants needed a much needed bath, let alone soaking, as dust on the leaves turned to muddy water before it hit the ground.
Lake Mead is at 46 percent capacity. Lake Powell is at 48 percent and Roosevelt Lake is at 46 percent. Let's continue to hose down those > driveways and sidewalks. Over water those lawns until they turn into > bogs. Perhaps next month we can record even lower lake levels!>>>> 11-1. Tennessee towns have run out of water and it has to be trucked in. Carribean death toll jumps to one hundred from Hurricane > Noel. The August fire in Prescott grows to fifty acres, containment > line established. Threat of more Santa Anna winds in Southern > California.
11-2. August fire grows to sixty acres. Hundreds of thousands of > Mexicans flee from flooded gulf coast as a result of Hurricane Noel.
11-3. Noel batters New England coast. Seventy mile per hour winds > and coastal flooding. Worst flooding in Mexico in fifty years. A > million people forced from homes. The August fire in Prescott grows to > two hundred acres and thirty percent contained. Snow predicted for > Northern Maine. "Climate change is one of history's security > challenges." (?)>>>> 11-4. August fire two hundred and seventy five acres and thirty > five percent contained. Fog causes one hundred car pile up in Southern > California. Thirty thousand people without power in Cape Cod from Noel. > Lake effect snow predicted for Great Lakes region. We broke a record > with ninety five degrees in 2001.
11-5. Mexican flood victims scramble for food and supplies. Twenty thousand stranded. August Fire is at four hundred and twenty acres and > forty five percent contained. Ninety three degrees a new record in > Phoenix today. Two hundred days this year with temperatures above > normal. Eghty six degree record in Safford, Ninety one degree record in > Tucson. Severe drought in Georgia makes it the largest exporter of > pecans in the world. Pecans thrive in dry conditons due to lack of > moisture related disease. Fog causes thirty car pile up in Oregon. > Twenty eight reports of hail and heavy weather in the eastern seaboard.
11-6. Ninety four degree record in Phoenix. Massive mudslide in > Mexico, sixty missing, eight hundred thousand homeless. Heavy snows in > Pennsylvania, thirteen thousand without power. New Orleans at sixty > three percent capacity or pre Katrina Hurricane.
11-7. Snow predicted for New England. August Fire almost contained > at six hundred and fifty acres. High pollution advisory for Phoenix > tomorrow. Ninety two degree record in Phoenix, sixty seven degree > record high low. Ninety degree record in Tucson.
11-12. Georgia Govenor hosts press conference with Religious > Leaders to pray for rain. (God must have been busy.) Eight inches of > rain hits Japan with severe flooding.
11-13. New Orleans Aqarium denied Fema help. (?). Only one third > of carbon dioxide releases in U.S. is offset by cleanup efforts. Ten > year old boy admits starting thirty eight thousand acre fire in > California last month by playing with matches. Ninety degree high in > Gila Bend. Normal high is seventy six degrees.
11-14. Georgia farmers accuse Atlanta of stealing water.
11-15. "Super" Typhoon hits Bangladesh, India. Tens of thousands > evacuate. Fire ban begins in some State parks tomorrow in Arizona. > Tornado in South East Kentucky delivering badly needed rain.
11-16. Bangladesh death toll at eleven hundred. Cold air pooling > over Alaska and Canada. Moving into Mid West by Thanksgiving.
11-17. New hope for drought stricken South. Georgia cuts flow to > lake which is home to endangered wildlife. (fuck the endangered. We > have toilets that need flushing, damnit!.) One hundred thousand people > in emergency shelters in Bangladesh. Winds recorded at one hundred and > fifty miles per hour. UN offers one million dollars in aid.
11-18. Twenty three hundred people dead from Bangladesh Typhoon. > UN sending Naval ships full of supplies. San Diego bracing for more > fires. Snow flurries in New York City. Rain hits Gulf coast. Snow > predicted wor Pennsylvania, Washington, Idaho and Montanna. Snow levels > down to twenty five hundred feet.
11-19. Santa Anna winds expected in Southern California later this > week. One million homeless from Typhoon in Bangladesh. Two inches of > snow falls in the Eastern U.S. Seventy degrees in Sedona and eighty > degrees in Winslow set new highs for this date.
11-20. Yam production in Georgia and North Carolina down due to > prolonged drought. (How timely of a report! Jack those yam prices up > just in time for the holidays.)>>>> 11-21. Snow levels at seven thousand feet in Eastern Arizona. > Expected to drop to six thousand feet by Friday with one to three > inches of snow expected.
11-22. Balmy weather draws thousands to Thanksgiving parade in New > York. New Mexico wildfire south of Albuqureque. One two two inches of > snow predicted for White Mountains.
11-23. Snow advisory for Graham, Greenlee and Cochise Counties > above six thousand feet. Three inches expected. Fifty thousand people > evacuated due to Typhoon in the Phillipines. Two green house gasses > record highest levels in 2005. Christmas trees will shed faster due to > dry Fall. Tonight's temperature will be lowest in seven months. Red > flag warning and wind advisory tomorrow in NW and SW Arizona. Eight > degree low for South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
11-24. Fierce wildfire north of L.A. Thirty five home destroyed. > Thousands evacuated in Malibu. Seventeen hundred fire fighters brought > in. Twenty two hundred acres consumed with no containment. Snow in El > Rancho, New Mexico with three feet recorded in northern New Mexico. > Freeze warning for Graham, Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties.
11-25. Fifty homes destroyed in Malibu fire. Five thousand acres > consumed, forty percent contained. Tornado warning in Lousianna. Snow > in Michigan. Rain in Northern Calfornia. Sixteen degree low in > Flagstaff.
11-26. Fifty dead as Typhoon hits N.E. Phillipines. Today's high > in Phoenix six degrees below normal.
11-27. US unscathed by hurricanes in '07 despite predictions. > Emergency planners worry about complacency. Snow level predicted for > seven thousand feet this weekend.
11-30. Two hour flight delays from Phoenix to Las Vegas due to > weather. Three inches of rain recorded in Carefree area. Storms > strongest in Central Phoenix. Flood advisory until eleven a.m. > tomorrow. Flooding at Scottsdale and Thunderbird roads. Snow levels at > nine thousand feet, dropping to sixty five hundred feet tomorrow > producing two to four inches of snow.
Thank you my faithful readers for drooling in awe ove this latest > incredible edition of The Blueduck Weather News. Remember Pioneers took > bullets, Settlers took land.
The song of the month is a gentle song of whimsical Autumn longing > entitled "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin.
Editor in Chief
BlueDuck
December 2, 2007
Ah, the weather that made the Arizona desert famous and ultimately ruined it is finally here. Snow Gizzards from around the world are coming in droves to worship the sun and warmth, the clear skys and starry nights (provided you are not in Phoenix or Tucson.)
The fine staff at Blue Duck Weather News would like to honor the true Snow lizards who camp in a sea of shiny metallica in parks from > Apache Junction to Gila Bend. Like subterannean aliens one can hear the drone of generators from miles away. Truly water conservationists, a plant or tree will not be seen in any of these fine parks, simply acres of white painted landscape stone. And here is to all of the Uncle Eddies in the desert who "secretly" pumps his sewage into some unsuspecting wash declaring his manhood and eminant domain with a vile, > twisted smile.
The average temperature for November was 61.84 degrees. The > average humidity was 31.26 percent. The average dewpoint was 28 > degrees. The average wind speed was 1.30 mph. The average temperature at Talking Trees and Antelope Hill was 40.28 degrees. November 23rd saw a low of 19 degrees. The next morning was 12 degrees. Turkeys that escaped Thanksgiving were found frozen in their tracks.
The land received a much needed .88 inches of rain on November 30th. The last recorded rainfall prior to that was one hundredth of an > inch on September 16th. All of the plants needed a much needed bath, let alone soaking, as dust on the leaves turned to muddy water before it hit the ground.
Lake Mead is at 46 percent capacity. Lake Powell is at 48 percent and Roosevelt Lake is at 46 percent. Let's continue to hose down those > driveways and sidewalks. Over water those lawns until they turn into > bogs. Perhaps next month we can record even lower lake levels!>>>> 11-1. Tennessee towns have run out of water and it has to be trucked in. Carribean death toll jumps to one hundred from Hurricane > Noel. The August fire in Prescott grows to fifty acres, containment > line established. Threat of more Santa Anna winds in Southern > California.
11-2. August fire grows to sixty acres. Hundreds of thousands of > Mexicans flee from flooded gulf coast as a result of Hurricane Noel.
11-3. Noel batters New England coast. Seventy mile per hour winds > and coastal flooding. Worst flooding in Mexico in fifty years. A > million people forced from homes. The August fire in Prescott grows to > two hundred acres and thirty percent contained. Snow predicted for > Northern Maine. "Climate change is one of history's security > challenges." (?)>>>> 11-4. August fire two hundred and seventy five acres and thirty > five percent contained. Fog causes one hundred car pile up in Southern > California. Thirty thousand people without power in Cape Cod from Noel. > Lake effect snow predicted for Great Lakes region. We broke a record > with ninety five degrees in 2001.
11-5. Mexican flood victims scramble for food and supplies. Twenty thousand stranded. August Fire is at four hundred and twenty acres and > forty five percent contained. Ninety three degrees a new record in > Phoenix today. Two hundred days this year with temperatures above > normal. Eghty six degree record in Safford, Ninety one degree record in > Tucson. Severe drought in Georgia makes it the largest exporter of > pecans in the world. Pecans thrive in dry conditons due to lack of > moisture related disease. Fog causes thirty car pile up in Oregon. > Twenty eight reports of hail and heavy weather in the eastern seaboard.
11-6. Ninety four degree record in Phoenix. Massive mudslide in > Mexico, sixty missing, eight hundred thousand homeless. Heavy snows in > Pennsylvania, thirteen thousand without power. New Orleans at sixty > three percent capacity or pre Katrina Hurricane.
11-7. Snow predicted for New England. August Fire almost contained > at six hundred and fifty acres. High pollution advisory for Phoenix > tomorrow. Ninety two degree record in Phoenix, sixty seven degree > record high low. Ninety degree record in Tucson.
11-12. Georgia Govenor hosts press conference with Religious > Leaders to pray for rain. (God must have been busy.) Eight inches of > rain hits Japan with severe flooding.
11-13. New Orleans Aqarium denied Fema help. (?). Only one third > of carbon dioxide releases in U.S. is offset by cleanup efforts. Ten > year old boy admits starting thirty eight thousand acre fire in > California last month by playing with matches. Ninety degree high in > Gila Bend. Normal high is seventy six degrees.
11-14. Georgia farmers accuse Atlanta of stealing water.
11-15. "Super" Typhoon hits Bangladesh, India. Tens of thousands > evacuate. Fire ban begins in some State parks tomorrow in Arizona. > Tornado in South East Kentucky delivering badly needed rain.
11-16. Bangladesh death toll at eleven hundred. Cold air pooling > over Alaska and Canada. Moving into Mid West by Thanksgiving.
11-17. New hope for drought stricken South. Georgia cuts flow to > lake which is home to endangered wildlife. (fuck the endangered. We > have toilets that need flushing, damnit!.) One hundred thousand people > in emergency shelters in Bangladesh. Winds recorded at one hundred and > fifty miles per hour. UN offers one million dollars in aid.
11-18. Twenty three hundred people dead from Bangladesh Typhoon. > UN sending Naval ships full of supplies. San Diego bracing for more > fires. Snow flurries in New York City. Rain hits Gulf coast. Snow > predicted wor Pennsylvania, Washington, Idaho and Montanna. Snow levels > down to twenty five hundred feet.
11-19. Santa Anna winds expected in Southern California later this > week. One million homeless from Typhoon in Bangladesh. Two inches of > snow falls in the Eastern U.S. Seventy degrees in Sedona and eighty > degrees in Winslow set new highs for this date.
11-20. Yam production in Georgia and North Carolina down due to > prolonged drought. (How timely of a report! Jack those yam prices up > just in time for the holidays.)>>>> 11-21. Snow levels at seven thousand feet in Eastern Arizona. > Expected to drop to six thousand feet by Friday with one to three > inches of snow expected.
11-22. Balmy weather draws thousands to Thanksgiving parade in New > York. New Mexico wildfire south of Albuqureque. One two two inches of > snow predicted for White Mountains.
11-23. Snow advisory for Graham, Greenlee and Cochise Counties > above six thousand feet. Three inches expected. Fifty thousand people > evacuated due to Typhoon in the Phillipines. Two green house gasses > record highest levels in 2005. Christmas trees will shed faster due to > dry Fall. Tonight's temperature will be lowest in seven months. Red > flag warning and wind advisory tomorrow in NW and SW Arizona. Eight > degree low for South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
11-24. Fierce wildfire north of L.A. Thirty five home destroyed. > Thousands evacuated in Malibu. Seventeen hundred fire fighters brought > in. Twenty two hundred acres consumed with no containment. Snow in El > Rancho, New Mexico with three feet recorded in northern New Mexico. > Freeze warning for Graham, Cochise and Santa Cruz Counties.
11-25. Fifty homes destroyed in Malibu fire. Five thousand acres > consumed, forty percent contained. Tornado warning in Lousianna. Snow > in Michigan. Rain in Northern Calfornia. Sixteen degree low in > Flagstaff.
11-26. Fifty dead as Typhoon hits N.E. Phillipines. Today's high > in Phoenix six degrees below normal.
11-27. US unscathed by hurricanes in '07 despite predictions. > Emergency planners worry about complacency. Snow level predicted for > seven thousand feet this weekend.
11-30. Two hour flight delays from Phoenix to Las Vegas due to > weather. Three inches of rain recorded in Carefree area. Storms > strongest in Central Phoenix. Flood advisory until eleven a.m. > tomorrow. Flooding at Scottsdale and Thunderbird roads. Snow levels at > nine thousand feet, dropping to sixty five hundred feet tomorrow > producing two to four inches of snow.
Thank you my faithful readers for drooling in awe ove this latest > incredible edition of The Blueduck Weather News. Remember Pioneers took > bullets, Settlers took land.
The song of the month is a gentle song of whimsical Autumn longing > entitled "Ramble On" by Led Zeppelin.
Editor in Chief
BlueDuck
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