Hope you’re having a great morning this eve before Thanksgiving. Curious to see what everyone is up to this weekend, and if you’re cooking, please tell us what your menu looks like (Pregnant lady needs details, please!)
Weather shouldn’t be too much of an issue for a good chunk of the country, but there are some exceptions. California has been pounded by rain over the last 24 hours. Los Angeles received close to an inch and a half of rain which for them is impressive. They’ve only seen .27 of an inch since July 1st, which is 1.35 of an inch below what they should see up until this point. Flash flood advisories remain in place for much of this region with winter storm warnings for the Sierras. Normally this should be a good news story, but because of recent wildfires, the fears of mudslides, landslides and debris flows will remain a concern for the next few days.
And lake effect snow will still be with us on and off over the next few days for the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley and interior Northeast. The temperatures should be relatively “normal” for this time of year as folks head to their final feasting destination.
So that’s about all I’ve got for now. Some of the names you guys have come up with on my last post about what parent’s have named their kids had me in stitches!
I’ll post an open blog later on today so you guys can chat, and tell me what you are most Thankful For!
My husband and I are in the process of trying to figure out what to name our son, and I have to wonder what’s up with these crazy celebrities naming their children ridiculous names? Here are some of the wackiest names I’ve come across:
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz have named their son: Bronx Mowgli. (Isn’t this the name of a Gremlin?)
Then there’s Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban’s child Sunday Rose…or Nicole Richie and Joel Madden’s little on Harlow Winter Kate
How bout Nicolas Cages’s son Kal-el Coppola cage (named after Superman’s Dad!)
Magician Penn Jillette’s kids, Moxie CrimeFighter and Zolten
Jermaine Jackson’ s son: (not joking) Jermajesty Jackson
I think Michael Jackson named one of his poor kids Blanket!
Jason Lee’s son: Pilot Inspektor
Gwyneth Paltrow’s daugher Apple…
(Special thanks to this article for helping me research some of these funky kid names)
Is it just celebrites that name their kids crazy things? Or do you know people down the street who have named their offspring while under the influence of alcohol or other mind-alterning substance? Just curious!
It’s a rainy day here in the Northeast - ahead of a cold front that will drop temperatures again tomorrow through the weekend. Much of the region will deal with rain- heavy at times, higher elevation snow and some breezy conditions. Winter weather advisories are up across the Appalachians up into Maine. There’s also flood watches and high wind warnings as the storm moves eastward. Tomorrow conditions should improve, but the lake effect snow will still be an issue through all the popular snow belts.
The other big story is the system off the coast of California that has already prompted flash flood watches for southern California. Mud and Landslides will be a concern especially along the hillsides and burn areas for the next couple of days. The storm will be a slow mover, eventually pushing into the Southwest Thursday and Friday. Here’s a peak at the watches and warnings that are up for both coasts:
As we get closer to Turkey Day, I wanted to give you a peak at what the weather map will look like come Wednesday, as people are travelling to eat, drink and be merry with family!
You can see, all is very quiet across the Nation’s Midsection. The temperatures shouldn’t be crazy cold and the only areas that could see travel delays are in southern California and the interior Northeast.
Me and my little Weather Intern will be working on Thanksgiving…(I’m hoping to take some time off at Christmas and New Years, so I’ve got to work one of the holidays!) They usually do a great job here at Fox with the turkey and fixin’s! I hope you guys will check in and keep me company that day at some point!
My friend Craig Allen (meteorologist on WCBS News radio 880 here in New York, and on our Fox affiliate here in NYC, WNYW-TV) sent this joke to me yesterday, and thought I would pass along! (It was titled “Blonde weather report?”
A married couple was asleep when the phone suddenly rang at 2 in the morning.
The very “blonde” wife picked up the phone, listened for a moment and then said
“How should I know? That’s 1200 miles away from here!” and then hung up.
The husband then asked “Who was that?”
The wife answered:
“I don’t know — some woman wanted to know if the coast is clear!!”
Hope you all had a great weekend! I must admit my apartment troubles turned worse after we last blogged on Friday! (see Doorknob entry below…) The landlord did fix the doorknob, but the trade-off was NO HEAT! We went heat-less for much of the weekend - until Sunday when we got the living-room radiators working, but the bedroom remained icy cold. Considering we never went above the freezing mark on Saturday, we could pretty much see our breath in the bedroom. When the official “heating guy” showed up (not sure of his official title - I was too cold to care), he said that the whole system needed to be replaced. Lovely. Ahh the fun of living in Manhattan…I’m just thankful that my son is still warm and cozy right now, and we didn’t have to deal with this after he makes his official “landfall!”
At any rate, we do have a bit of a warm-up (relatively speaking) today here in the Northeast ahead of another system that’s currently bringing more snow across the Great Lakes. The associated cold front with this storm stretches all the way down to the Gulf Coast, and will bring rain over the Tennessee River Valley, the Southeast and the Midatlantic tomorrow.
And a big change is on the way for California as a system moves in tonight and tomorrow bringing with it some rain that will linger across this region into Thanksgiving. I’ll have a “Travel Forecast” for you later on today.
I also wanted to pass along NOAA’s official winter outlook December through February. Nothing too earth-shattering, but I know a few people have asked what kind of season we’re in for, so here’s the forecast, and the article that goes along with it. (You can click on the diagram to enlarge it)
That’s about all for now…Happy to be warm and cozy in my office right now!
Hey everyone - I’ve noticed lately that some of your comments are not going through right away…not sure why, but I will check with the tech folks. I promise to retrieve them as promptly as I can! Is it a Monday? hahaha. It sure does feel like it!
Hi everyone. Glad it’s Friday? Meeeee toooooooooooo!
Let’s talk about weather first, and then you’ll find out why I’m so glad it’s Friday!
Cold air has woken just about everyone up this morning heading out the door. Below average temperatures blanket just about all of the country with exception to the Southwest and South Florida!
Lake effect snow is the big story across the Upper Midwest and interior Northeast with some areas already seeing over a foot of flurries pile up. Here are some of the totals this morning…and a few of these cities could dig out of over 2 feet before the snow machine shuts off tomorrow.
A cold front pushing across the Northwest will bring another round of wet weather, snow showers and breezy conditions, however, Southern California will remain warm, dry with gusty winds throughout the day prompting red flag warnings north of Santa Barbara. A little good news for next week, as it looks like California will finally get some much needed rain across the area.
Meanwhile, I had quite the fun morning. My husband and I live in a pretty old brownstone in Manhattan, that has a nice charm to it, and fantastic location - however, a few things that need to be “repaired” or “replaced”…and one of those little things is our doorknob! (No big deal right? WRONG!) We’ve been dealing with a loose doorknob for a few weeks now, and on the morning where my husband was working a 24 hour shift, and I am running a little late..the doorknob decides to fall off in my hand as I’m trying to get out the door to head to work. Oh was this a fun thing to try and fix myself. Let’s just say I was an hysterical pregnant woman locked inside her apartment trying to find a screwdriver to put the doorknob back on so I could leave for work. Rational thinking during a stressful moment is not one of my strong suits these days…so after I called my husband (who couldn’t understand a word of what I was saying through my tears and stuffed nose …(putting it mildly) I spent what seemed like an eternity trying to screw the doorknob back onto the door. All I could think of is what a crazy story I would have to tell my boss if I literally got locked into my apartment!
“uhhh…hello…I’m going to be late this morning, because I have no doorknob, and I can’t leave my building.” (cue the silence at the other end of the phone)
That almost sounds like the ”dog ate my homework!” But I have to tell you, it is NOT a good feeling being trapped, and I wasn’t about to try and climb out of a window! Long story short, I managed to get out of my apartment about half an hour later. Not sure how I managed, but I did - and now I just have to worry about getting back into the apartment later on with half a doorknob. Now I know where the saying “I feel like a doorknob” comes from…
How’s that for a crazy story? I need a drink. Oh yeah - I can’t have a real drink for another 2 months. Let’s just say I’m glad it’s Friday!
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