I see your point, and remember those snow squals all too well from living
in Northern Michigan and attending college. I think from what it sounds
though a lot of details are still having to be worked out.
On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Ron Canazzi wrote:
> Hi Jeff and List,
>
> I live in Erie County New York the sea of which is Buffalo. Now we can get
> weather conditions that vary so widely within a few miles. For example, we
> have something called Lake Effect Snow Bursts or Lake Effect Snow Squalls.
> These squalls occur when cold winds blow across the open and warmer waters
> of the lake. Depending upon the exact direction of the wind, these squalls
> can materialize right over the city, they can materialize a few miles south
> of the city or a few miles north of the city. Or they can move 20, 30 or 40
> miles north or south of the city and oscillate back and forth. They can
> vary in intensity from light flurries to heavy pile-ups--more than 2 inches
> an hour. This is why in many cases, it would make sense to use cities
> and/or towns as a warning location rather than just counties.
>
> For computers, I personally like the Weather Pulse program because it allows
> you to pick weather notification areas by zipcode. This does work quite
> well because zipcode areas in my location are quite small in land area. So
> for example, my zipcode is 14225. During one of these lake effect events, I
> might see that my conditions are relatively placid, but if I change the
> zipcode field to say 14140, I will see that a heavy squall is occurring.
>
> 73's and take care for now.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Weather Alerting
>
>
> Hi Steve, that's true, but you'd have to issue a lot of warnings for many
> separate cities when things are really hectic already. Counties with a
> lot of people like Wayne County, where I am are really spread out. In the
> past when they've given warnings they mention the city the storm started
> in and mention where it is going. I guess they could give multiple
> warnings at once, but they have usually been one right after another.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007, Steve wrote:
>
> > I think the city warnings make more sense. Some states have huge
> > counties, such
> > as Arizona. And, I think more people know where major cities are than
> > other
> > counties. I'm sure more people would know my location as Lansing than
> > they
> > would if I said Ingham County.
> >
> > Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often.
> >
> > Steve, K8SP
> >
>
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