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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
With the storm coming through, it’s time to prepare for the season.
1) It’s important to be prepared for bad weather and emergencies. According to experts, what should I carry in my car in case of an emergency? What should I keep at home in case of an emergency? Find at least TWO websites, created by experts, that answer these questions. Copy and paste the website addresses into a comment, along with the lists.
2) Snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail, blizzards… There are a lot of winter words. Go to the National Weather Service Glossary to find definitions of each of these words: snow, sleet, freezing rain, hail, blizzard. If you can’t find a definition there, find one somewhere else on the web. Post your definitions in a comment, along with where you found the definition if you couldn’t find it in the glossary.
3) What is the coldest temperature ever reached in Connecticut? What was the temperature? Where was it? When was this coldest day? Go online to find an answer from TWO different sites, then leave your answer and the sites you used to find it in a comment.
4) What is “lake-effect snow” and where does lake effect snow fall? Please explain in your own words what it is and where it falls. Leave your answer and the site you used in a comment. (PS- I could barely understand the wikipedia article, so DON’T USE WIKIPEDIA!!!)
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How to Drive a Car in Winter Weather
Ice scraper
Snow broom
Traction-aid tracks
Jumper cables
A small shovel can also be useful in deep snow
A small container of sand/salt mixture
Some extra windshield washer fluid
Emergency kit containing non-perishable food, warm clothing, blankels, and first aid supplies
An emergency candle or storm candle
A pack of waterproof matches
Chains or studded tires (if state regulations let’s you use them).
How to Prepare Your Home for a Winter Storm
Batteries
Portable Radios
Candles
Sand
Space Heaters
Rock Salt
Snow Shovels
Flashlights
food
water
4 the firt one you can go to gov.com
2.)Snow-Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
Sleet- Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
Freezing Rain-Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Hail-Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Blizzard- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
2. Snow
Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
Hail
Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Sleet
(PL) - Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
reezing Rain
Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Blizzard
(abbrev. BLZD)- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and
Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
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It was -79.8°F - rounded off to -80°F - observed at Prospect Creek Camp in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska on Jan. 23, 1971. The Prospect Creek Camp is along the Alaska pipeline about 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Connecticut -32 Feb. 16, 1943 Falls Village 585
It was -79.8°F - rounded off to -80°F - observed at Prospect Creek Camp in the Endicott Mountains of northern Alaska on Jan. 23, 1971. The Prospect Creek Camp is along the Alaska pipeline about 20 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
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www.redcrosslv.org/news/. 2007/car%20emergency%20supplies.html
2. Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
2. Snow
Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
2. Freezing Level
The altitude at which the air temperature first drops below freezing.
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Hail
Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
2. Blizzard
(abbrev. BLZD)- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
0. Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and
Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
3. www.netstate.com/states/geography/ct_geography.htm
3. the coldest temperature in CT was -32 it was in February 16, 1943 at Falls Village.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/edu/safety/winterweather.html
At home and work, plan ahead for winter storms by having these in hand:
Flashlight and extra batteries
Battery-powered NOAA weather Radio
Extra food and water - high energy food such as dried fruit, nuts and granola bars, and food requiring no cooking or refrigeration
can opener
Extra medicine and baby supplies
First aid kit
Heating fuel
Emergency heat source
Fire extinguisher
Smoke alarm
Make sure pets have plenty of food, water, and shelter
If you are already indoors during hazardous winter weather:
Stay inside!
When using alternate heat from a fireplace, wood stove, space heater, etc., use fire safeguards and properly ventilate
Close off unneeded rooms
Stuff towels or rags in cracks under doors
Cover windows at night
Eat and drink - food provides the body with energy for producing its own heat
Wear layers of loose-fitting, lightweight, warm clothing
Before starting out in a vehicle:
Plan your travel
Check the weather
Have road condition phone numbers handy
Carry a Winter Storm Survival Kit
Keep the gas tank near full to avoid ice in the tank and fuel lines
Avoid traveling alone
Let someone know your timetable and route
If you are stranded in your vehicle during hazardous winter weather:
Stay with your vehicle
Take turns sleeping
Run the motor every hour for 10 minutes to keep warm
Keep windows open a little to prevent carbon monoxide buildup
Make sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked
Tie a bright cloth to the antenna
Exercise periodically by vigorously moving your arms, legs, toes and fingers
Turn on the dome light while the engine is running to aid rescuers at night
After the snow stops falling, raise the car hood to indicate you need help
A good automobile Winter Safety Kit includes: cell phone and charger, blankets, flashlight and extra batteries, first-aid kit, knife, high-calorie non-perishable food, extra clothing to keep dry, large empty can to use as emergency toilet, tissues and paper towels, small can and waterproof matches to melt snow for drinking water, sack of sand or cat litter for traction, shovel, windshield scraper and brush, tool kit, tow rope, battery booster cables, water container, compass and road maps.
provid shelter give food
Also known as ice pellets, it is winter precipitation in the form of small bits or pellets of ice that rebound after striking the ground or any other hard surface. It is reported as “PE” in an observation and on the METAR.
sleet defition
Frozen precipitation in the form of white or translucent ice crystals in complex branched hexagonal form. It most often falls from stratiform clouds, but can fall as snow showers from cumuliform ones. It usually appears clustered into snowflakes. It is reported as “SN” in an observation and on the METAR.
snow defition
http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/index.html
you should always have a gallon of water
you also should have a first aid kit.
you also should have a dust mask.
you should always have food
Rain that falls as liquid and freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze on the colder ground or other exposed surfaces. It is reported as “FZRA” in an observation and on the METAR.
freezes defition
this is what u do to drive in winter weather
Make sure you have antifreeze in the car. Also all fluids need to be checked. Any belts need to be checked, really important if you have one belt for anything. You don’t want that breaking and stranding you on the side the road on a cold snowy day. Also brakes and tires need to be in good shape. If you live in an area that has lots of snow, go ahead and get some winter tires that do better in snowy conditions. Also make sure you have plenty of gas.
How to Drive a Car in Winter Weather
Ice scraper
Snow broom
Traction-aid tracks
Jumper cables
A small shovel can also be useful in deep snow
A small container of sand/salt mixture
Some extra windshield washer fluid
Emergency kit containing non-perishable food, warm clothing, blankels, and first aid supplies
An emergency candle or storm candle
A pack of waterproof matches
Chains or studded tires (if state regulations let’s you use them).
How to Prepare Your Home for a Winter Storm
Batteries
Portable Radios
Candles
Sand
Space Heaters
Rock Salt
Snow Shovels
Flashlights
food
water
Precipitation that originates in convective clouds, such as cumulonimbus, in the form of balls or irregular pieces of ice, which comes in different shapes and sizes. Hail is considered to have a diameter of 5 millimeter or more; smaller bits of ice are classified as ice pellets, snow pellets, or graupel. Individual lumps are called hailstones. It is reported as “GR” in an observation and on the METAR. Small hail and/or snow pellets is reported as “GS” in an observation and on the METAR.
haill defition
Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by external pressure.
How to Drive a Car in Winter Weather
Ice scraper
Snow broom
Traction-aid tracks
Jumper cables
A small shovel can also be useful in deep snow
A small container of sand/salt mixture
Some extra windshield washer fluid
Emergency kit containing non-perishable food, warm clothing, blankels, and first aid supplies
An emergency candle or storm candle
A pack of waterproof matches
Chains or studded tires (if state regulations let’s you use them).
How to Prepare Your Home for a Winter Storm
Batteries
Portable Radios
Candles
Sand
Space Heaters
Rock Salt
Snow Shovels
Flashlights
food
water
How to Drive a Car in Winter Weather
Ice scraper
Snow broom
Traction-aid tracks
Jumper cables
A small shovel can also be useful in deep snow
A small container of sand/salt mixture
Some extra windshield washer fluid
Emergency kit containing non-perishable food, warm clothing, blankels, and first aid supplies
An emergency candle or storm candle
A pack of waterproof matches
Chains or studded tires (if state regulations let’s you use them).
How to Prepare Your Home for a Winter Storm
Batteries
Portable Radios
Candles
Sand
Space Heaters
Rock Salt
Snow Shovels
A severe weather condition characterized by low temperatures, winds 35 mph or greater, and sufficient falling and/or blowing snow in the air to frequently reduce visibility to 1/4 mile or less for a duration of at least 3 hours. A severe blizzard is characterized by temperatures near or below 10°F, winds exceeding 45 mph, and visibility reduced by snow to near zero.
blizzard defiton
.)Snow-Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
Sleet- Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
Freezing Rain-Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Hail-Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Blizzard- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
It was -79.8°F - rounded off to -80°F
Sleet is a term used in a variety of ways to describe precipitation intermediate between rain and snow but distinct from hail.
Freezing Rain is a type of precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at lower level to become supercooled. This water will then freeze upon impact of any object it then encounters.[1] The ice can accumulate to a thickness of several centimetres, called glaze ice. The METAR code for freezing rain is FZRA.[2] (see freezing drizzle for another way of forming ice accretion)
Hail is a form of precipitation which consists of balls or irregular lumps of ice (hailstones), also hail is a type of snow. Hailstones on Earth usually consist mostly of water ice and measure between 5 and 50 millimeters in diameter, with the larger stones coming from severe thunderstorms.[1] Hail is only produced by cumulonimbi (thunderclouds), usually at the front of the storm system, and is composed of transparent ice or alternating layers of transparent and translucent ice at least 1 mm thick. Small hailstones are less than 5 mm in diameter, and are reported as SHGS. Unlike ice pellets, they are layered and can be irregular and clumped together.
A blizzard is a severe winter storm condition characterized by low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy blowing snow. Blizzards are formed when a high pressure system, also known as a ridge, interacts with a low pressure system; this results in the advection of air from the high pressure zone into the low pressure area. The term blizzard is sometimes misused by news media to describe a large winter storm that does not actually satisfy official blizzard criteria. The origin of the word “blizzard” is believed to be a German settler describing a storm to an Estherville, Iowa, newspaper reporter in Marshall, a small town in southwestern Minnesota.
2.sleet - Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces.
freezing rain-Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
snow-Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
hail-Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
blizzrd-(abbrev. BLZD)- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and
Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
And the web site I found it on was www.weather .gov
Sleet
(PL) - Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
Freezing Rain
Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Hail
Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Blizzard
(abbrev. BLZD)- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and
Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/winter/lake.html
The most likely setting for this localized type of snowfall is when very cold Arctic air rushes over warmer water on the heels of a passing cold front, as often happens in the Great Lakes region during winter.
http://www.weather.gov/glossary/
Snow
Precipitation in the form of ice crystals, mainly of intricately branched, hexagonal form and often agglomerated into snowflakes, formed directly from the freezing [deposition] of the water vapor in the air.
Sleet
(PL) - Sleet is defined as pellets of ice composed of frozen or mostly frozen raindrops or refrozen partially melted snowflakes. These pellets of ice usually bounce after hitting the ground or other hard surfaces. Heavy sleet is a relatively rare event defined as an accumulation of ice pellets covering the ground to a depth of ½” or more.
Freezing Rain
Rain that falls as a liquid but freezes into glaze upon contact with the ground.
Hail
Showery precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or balls of ice more than 5 mm in diameter, falling from a cumulonimbus cloud.
Blizzard
(abbrev. BLZD)- A blizzard means that the following conditions are expected to prevail for a period of 3 hours or longer:
• Sustained wind or frequent gusts to 35 miles an hour or greater; and
• Considerable falling and/or blowing snow (i.e., reducing visibility frequently to less than ¼ mile)
