April Fools weather humor; all-time March warmth in WY, NE
I don't have an April Fools blog post for you this year, but instead thought I share with you two of the funniest weather-related stories of the year. Firstly, it turns out that you don't need to be a human to enjoy a little snowboarding. The snowy conditions in Russia this winter gave the opportunity for an intrepid crow to take up the sport in this remarkable Youtube video. I found the video over at Andy Revkin's DotEarth blog at the New York Times. The bird is a hooded crow, and has evidently been doing quite a bit of snowboarding, judging by the multiple tracks on the rooftop. Too bad us humans can't use a flap-assist from our wings while snowboarding, it might cut down on injuries!
Video 1. A crow in Russia goes snowboarding on a snow-covered rooftop.
The most insane letter ever written by a child to a TV weatherman
I've done a lot of talks about the weather to schools, and have gotten hundreds of thank-you letters from the kids afterwards. But I've never gotten a letter quite like the one KVUE morning and midday meteorologist Albert Ramon in Austin, Texas recently received after talking at a local school. A sampling:
"Some day when I become supreme Ultra-Lord of the universe I will not make you a slave, you will live in my 200 story castle where unicorn servants will feed you doughnuts off their horns."
And this: "Thank you again for teaching us about meteoroligy, you're more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out of bacon riding a cyborg unicorn with a lightsaber for the horn on the tip of a space shuttle closing in on Mars while ingulfed in flames."
Check out the letter here.
Finally, realclimate.org has a funny April Fool's blog post today called ‘Wrong sign paradox’ finally resolved?
All-time March warmth records in Wyoming, Nebraska
Most of Wyoming and much of Nebraska set or tied their record for all-time warmest March temperatures yesterday, no fooling. A strong ridge of high pressure that generated a strong flow of warm air from the southwest was responsible. Some of the records included:
Omaha, NE: 91°F
Lincoln, NE: 91°F
Casper, WY: 77°F
Lander, WY: 76°F
Rock Spring, WY: 72°F
Worland, WY: 81°F
Laramie, WY: 71°F
Rawlins, WY: 73°F
Chadron, WY: 83°F
Sidney, WY: 83°F
Jeff Masters
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I mean really, dudes, AprilFools jokes are supposed to be harmless; like the BBC's video on spaghetti trees being harvested in Switzerland.
Faking the NationalWeatherService's report-styling to lend credibility is not harmless.
Nice to have you back on the blog Baha
Yeah.....it's currently partly cloudy here in Kingston, Jamaica
Dolphins apparently took quite a hit. Liver and lung issues for them. Overall, the damage from the Deepwater spill appears far worse than "expected."
UK's Guardian - "Gulf's dolphins pay heavy price for Deepwater oil spill"
Look and feel.
March 31, 2012
My feeling on this is that NWS material must NEVER be spoofed, even on April 1st. That way the real NWS announcements ALWAYS get taken seriously. Definitely not funny.
For the love of god, lighten up! It's April Fools Day, the one day a year when you can straight up lie or make something up and get away with it! Let us have fun without having it ruined by someone wih no sense of humor! Thank You!
March 31, 2012
I've laughed over at least a dozen April Fool's jokes today. But not this one - I take the sanctity of NWS pronouncements very seriously. I don't think imitating statements from law enforcement on April Fool's Day is funny either.
STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE N CENTRAL ATLC MON NIGHT AND TUE AS A DEVELOPING AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRES MOVES CLOSER TO THE AREA FROM THE N WHILE INTENSIFYING.
And...
...SW CARIBBEAN WHERE A SURFACE TROUGH REACHES FROM 23N93W TO 19N95W. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DATA INDICATE A DEVELOPING AREA OF CONVECTION E OF THE TROUGH.
Spring Flood Outlooks...Good news for most of US, with only small areas with above avg. flood potential.
What are the reports if any coming out of Vietnam?
What's up SPL?
Sorry 'bout that. =(
Uncalled for and reported. No need for any hating on this blog.
that was vary uncall for you all so been reported
I'm sure most people that follow weather passionately (like me :D) will, but people that just come on every now and then to check their weather might not get it.
Even local counties don't test sirens when clouds are out, to avoid scaring people. Please use judgement when making any post.
Some one is being a grouch today.
Lighten up, he was just kidding.
Oh no! what would I ever do without this blog!?
It is the internet... people should go outside and live a little...
Meanwhile, we're stuck under overcast skies here in Toledo. Temperatures, however, are fairly comfortable -- near 60 degrees, which is still several degrees above normal. But nothing like they're getting off to the west.
Nea, I don't always agree with you or your posts, but this might just be the post of the week. I wonder why they don't make you, Pat, and Gro moderators here...
Moderators are secret. The walls have ears. How do we know those 3 aren't moderators in disguise. By the way you are all Grounded.
I don't know what you're looking at, but the CPC 6-10 day and 8-14 day outlooks call for above normal temperatures nationwide, including Alaska.
6 to 10 day outlook
8 to 14 day outlook
Or maybe... you are a moderator and you are just saying that to throw us off the scent!
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Source: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dmx/March_Story_DSM .pdf
March checked in at 55.7 degrees, besting the old record from 1910 by a whopping 4.2 degrees. January through March is at 39.7, a full 3.6 degrees above the previous record from 1921. And the 12-month period commencing April 1, 2011 is at 55.1 degrees, 1.5 degrees warmer than the record in 1934-35.
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