I have a new job.  Another job, I should say.

I'm going to be the Mt. Gilead Weather-Dog and I'll let everyone know if it is going to snow.    Don't you think that's a great idea?  Since I am already the PitBull Boy Bloginator Reporter Extra Ordinary, I don't think it will be too much work to be a Weather-Dog.

So.   Here is my first back-cast   (forecasting is only one part of being a weather-dog, back-casting is equally important)     It snowed last night.   A lot.      This morning, WillowBee flipped Lilly Bug onto her back and used her as a snow plow in our back yard.  HA.    My sister said she was able to get a photo of Lilly, just before WillowBee ambushed her.


            

And guess what else?

We are going to get snow again this week-end.    I have heard from good sources that this may be a big as the Big Storm of March, 1958.  Because I am a trained reporter and I wanted to know what happened in the past, I found this wonderful place to have your Mouse Person take you, so you can read all about Washington Area Winters: A Record

There is so much valuable information about Winter Storms that I hardly know where to begin.     So it might be best if you flew away and read all about it for yourself.  I like the opening paragraph, cause it tells you what our area's biggest storms are called.   They are evidently called "Nor'easters".       I think that sounds more scary than Storm of the Century, frankly.


Washington's biggest winter storms are the great "Nor'easters". They get their name from the powerful northeast winds they produce. In order for a nor'easter to give Washington a large amount of snow, there must first be a source of cold air. High pressure builds over New England. The high's arctic air mass spreads south into the Washington area. The dense, cold air tries to move west over the Appalachian Mountains, but it can not. It remains trapped on the east side funneling south over the coastal plain. East of the arctic air lies the warm water of the Gulf Stream. The contrast of the cold air sinking into the Carolinas and warm air off the Carolina Coast creates a breeding ground for storms. Combine the strong temperature contrast with other meteorological conditions such as the right position of the jet stream, and a storm's development can become "explosive" (a sudden, rapid intensification; a dramatic drop in the central pressure of the storm). Some meteorologists refer to this as a "bomb".


Yippers.  A BOMB!        

So just in case that the 2-legged weathermen are right, I suggest we all go to the Pet Store as soon as possible and stock up on kibble.     Just in case the WEATHER BOMB gets dropped on us, we want to be prepared.

Love and Licks,


Bob
......new job as a weather-dog

.................  sharing the Snow News from the Deck in the Yard, where it is safe.