More proof of Global Cooling! No, not GLOBAL WARMING, but COOLING. Oh wait, CHANGE… the weather is always changing… ugh.
First there was the sun with no sun spots. Now, there is a WINTER STORM WARNING, but not for Minnesota, for NEW ORLEANS.
No, this is not a joke. There is a WINTER STORM WARNING for the Big Easy along the Gulf Coast of the United States.
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UPPER LAFOURCHE-ST. CHARLES-UPPER JEFFERSON-ORLEANS-
UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-HARRISON-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…THIBODAUX…RACELAND…LAROSE…
DESTREHAN…NORCO…METAIRIE…KENNER…NEW ORLEANS…
BELLE CHASSE…CHALMETTE…VIOLET…HOUMA…BAYOU CANE…
GULFPORT…BILOXI…PASCAGOULA…OCEAN SPRINGS…MOSS POINT…
GAUTIER…ST. MARTIN 809 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A COLD AND POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL CAUSE A MIX OF COLD RAIN AND
SNOW THIS MORNING TO SWITCH OVER TO MAINLY SNOW BEFORE 10 AM.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING
WITH THE GROUND REMAINING RELATIVELY WARM…HOWEVER OCCASIONAL
HEAVY BURSTS OF SNOW MAY CAUSE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
IN GRASSY AREAS WITH SOME ICING AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS POSSIBLE ON
ELEVATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
BACK TO A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET AROUND NOON…THEN
END AS ALL LIGHT RAIN DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON HOURS AS
TEMPERATURES WARM BACK TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.