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!)
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