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‘Wickedly’ cold weather on its way

A few days ago, I heard a weather TV personality describe the upcoming weather for Sunday and Monday to turn wickedly cold. Another TV news program insists on using wind chill as the temperature instead of the actual air temperature or at least a combination of actual and wind chill. There is ...

January looking to be normal

After the continuous cool wet dreary weather of November and December, January appears to be on track for a more normal approach. So far, just a bit of cold and snow, a bit of rain and a number of sunny mild days.The frigid cold Arctic air remains locked up in the Arctic region, and so far, has ...

Sunny days ahead for beginning of 2019

After a rather dismal year weather wise across Southwestern Pennsylvania, we once again start off a new year with hopes the coming year will be better than the last one. That includes cold, snow, heat and humidity, but at the right time of the year when itÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s expected.Climate is what we expect ...

Important to grow old gracefully

As we age, how does one grow old gracefully and successfully? How do we keep our health and continue to enjoy an active life? Our bodies and minds are often sending the signals that it is time to slow it down. At first, we tend to fight these signs and perhaps think I am not there yet.Keeping ...

Our unusual weather to continue

Although we did see some sunshine on Tuesday and Wednesday, more rain is in the forecast and more rain is exactly what we do not need as the ground is already saturated from so much rain this year.We, like so much of the Middle Atlantic region, are on track to break the all-time rain record for ...

NOAA releases global climate update

The climate scientists at NOAA on December 11 released their Arctic Report Card on conditions in the Arctic and consistent with much of the recent research it continues to favor the trend of Arctic warming and sea ice melting. Having been a weather observer for over 35 years and part of NOAA ...