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Monday, February 14

WIND ADVISORY FOR MONDAY


Written by: Brian Neudorff

Winds have already begun to pick up this morning. Now until 5pm this evening, winds will be sustained from 20 to 30 mph and gust could reach 45 to maybe 55 mph. All of this is part of a vigorous storm system passing to our north today. Although we're not going to see much precipitation we will have plenty of wind and once the cold front passes later this morning temperatures will fall from the mid 40s into the low 30s by later this evening.

If you haven't already make sure your trash and trash cans are secure if today happens to be your trash pick up day.

Posted by News 8 Weather

8 comments:

  1. M in HiltonFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Wow! It got warmer last night than I thought it would. That didn't take too long to melt a lot of the snow already. We can see grass here in Hilton! The backyard ice rink is melted, too. Too bad it has to be so windy....makes it hard to enjoy the warm up.

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  2. DKFebruary 14, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    Yep, big warmups this time of year often come with a price...lots of wind.

    We lost several inches of snowpack across Rochester, but just looking at most front yards and bushes, I can see we still have a long way to go before getting any widespread bare ground across the metro. The snow is very densely packed, so it's certainly melting much slower than lake effect fluff would melt. Friday afternoon may when we really start to see lots of bare patches. Then it cools down and the melt slows dramatically by the weekend.

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  3. Sal in LyonsFebruary 14, 2011 at 10:04 AM

    I think a slow melt is what we want. Too fast and we will be chasing water.
    A little at a time is the way to go. Sounds like that might be the case.

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  4. SnowFanFebruary 14, 2011 at 11:45 AM

    temps tonight are supposed to crash down to like 11 degrees. That will definitely put the thaw to a screaching halt.

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  5. WeatherguyFebruary 14, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    Definitely not wish casting, but the models have been consistent for a few days now about something coming our way early next week... Am I the only one seeing this!?

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  6. DKFebruary 14, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    You're right, Weatherguy. The models have a fairly potent storm impacting our area around next Tuesday. The track of the low looks to be to our west, however. So at this point it looks like a mainly rain event, perhaps mixing or changing to snow toward the tail end - especially if a secondary low gets going to our east and brings in the colder air sooner. The models have beeen hinting at that possible secondary forming, so it's a possibility. But given that it's a la nina winter, and the trend lately for the primary lows to hold on longer before tranfering energy, my money is on mainly rain out of that one. This is also consistent with the current phases of the NAO and PNA to favor a more western trough rather than an eastern trough. Things can change, of course. And probably will.

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  7. GilbertFebruary 14, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    I think that the wind and warm air are speeding up the snow melting. Of course I felt this was coming for a few weeks now, I seen Geese flying north and about 5 robins in the back yard the other day.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 14, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    I had robins in my back yard in early January--idiots are probably all frozen to death by now.
    Still plenty of snow on the ground in Gates--I see NO grass. It'll take a long time to melt this mess. Thankfully, the roof is beginning to clear off.

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