If you're in the market for a new investment, you could soon be able to be a part owner of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, though technically it will be known as SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. if the offering goes though.
Paperwork has been filed that would start the process of a initial public offering of stock in the company, which would be spun off of the Blackstone Group, who purchased the chain of theme, water, and animal parks in 2009 from Anheuser-Busch InBev. Blackstone would still own a majority of the shares, keeping it as the largest owner of the new public company.
A story from the Wall Street Journal points out that this is very tough time for public offerings in general, and depending on many economic factors the offering could be delayed, or cancelled all together. If the plan moves forward the company will be traded under the symbol SEAS. All parks that are currently a part of SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment, including the Busch Gardens properties, would be included in the new company.
31 Aralık 2012 Pazartesi
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Knott's Busy Creating a New Boardwalk
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With an entire newly re-themed Boardwalk area to be created, Knott's Berry Farm has been wasting no time in starting the heavy construction work.
The biggest part of the expansion - the extended wild mouse coaster named Coast Rider - has seen the most work done so far. Footers for the ride are well underway, showing off how the ride will sit in its given area. It will utilize most of the space that Perilous Plunge used for the lift, turn around, and drop - it's actually amazing how nicely the coaster will fit in that exact area.
The former water ride's large lagoon will be used for the expansion's other two new attractions, the Surfside Glider Flying Scooters and the Pacific Scrambler. Those two rides aren't quite as far along, but with the new year around the corner I have a feeling work will pick up.
More photos of the construction of Coast Rider can be seen in this recent update from Westcoaster.
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The biggest part of the expansion - the extended wild mouse coaster named Coast Rider - has seen the most work done so far. Footers for the ride are well underway, showing off how the ride will sit in its given area. It will utilize most of the space that Perilous Plunge used for the lift, turn around, and drop - it's actually amazing how nicely the coaster will fit in that exact area.
The former water ride's large lagoon will be used for the expansion's other two new attractions, the Surfside Glider Flying Scooters and the Pacific Scrambler. Those two rides aren't quite as far along, but with the new year around the corner I have a feeling work will pick up.
More photos of the construction of Coast Rider can be seen in this recent update from Westcoaster.
Building Harry's New Home in Universal Studios Japan
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Universal Studios Hollywood may not have started much work on their new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, but Universal Studios Japan sure hasn't been waiting around!
Over on the Theme Park Construction Board (which you should check out if you haven't, lots of great stuff gets posted there) some new photos of the gigantic show building for - I assume - Hogwart's castle has been built already.
Sure, it helps that Japan's Wizarding World will take up residence in a former parking lot meaning almost no ground work other than concrete removal was needed before foundations could go in. Hollywood, however, has some massive land projects needed before Harry can move in.
Check out the photos of the new show building going up at this link.
From The Vault: New for 1996 at Worlds of Fun
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In last week's Vault I shared the 1996 park map from Worlds of Fun. This week we will continue to look at some of the park's press materials from that year, when several new attractions were featured.
Part of the information that the park shared was a general release about what was new and happening at the theme park. The additions included the Detonator tower ride, RipCord, and the addition of the Berenstain Bear family (not the land, though, just meet and greet opportunities). The park also featured a heavily discounted gate ticket for the evening, and kids got in for only $4.95!
RipCord was an extra admission thrill attraction that simulates "sky-diving, hand-gliding, and bungee jumping," according to this press release. A Skycoaster, this style of attraction was already popular at many amusement parks across the globe. RipCord was positioned so that fliers swing out over the Beat Street Lake, adding to the thrill.
Here is a diagram of the attraction that was sent out, to provide a visual of 180 foot tall ride. The Worlds of Fun version of the ride featured room for one set of fliers at a time, where some others could accommodate two at a time.
The biggest news of the year was Detonator, a brand new S&S Sports Power double-tower space shot ride.
Here's the fact sheet for the ride. Each tower seats 12 riders and blasts them up the 200 foot tower at 45 miles per hour. The sheet also points out that Detonator was the "first two-tower design" and also the "first at a theme park in the United States." As we are well aware many, many more tower installations quickly were built around the world - including almost every Cedar Fair park.
And how about some concept art for the ride? Unfortunately the image that I received was not in color, but it's still pretty neat to check out.
Scott And Carol Present - A Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Update
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On Thursday, Dec. 27, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex unveiled the first phase of improvements designed to dramatically enhance the guest experience. The brand new $16 million entry is part of the 10-year Master Plan developed by Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex concessioner, Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts, in partnership with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The new entry includes a grand plaza and fountain; ticket stations and self-service kiosks; will call, guest services and information stations; a retail shop; and a restaurant. And those visiting during the holiday season will be among the very first to experience the brand new entry. 
Photo courtesy of Kennedy Space Center
Entering from the parking lot visitors encounter the grand plaza, featuring the first-ever 3D representation of NASA's insignia that spans 13 feet in diameter. To the right of the globe stands a majestic 75-foot long fountain that pays homage to the dreams of late President John F. Kennedy, for whom NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is named. Kennedy’s face, along with a quote from his famous 1962 “moon speech” at Rice University, are laser etched onto a skyward-reaching arch of blue granite that stands 30-feet at its highest point.
The 5,000-gallon fountain is spectacularly lit in the evenings with LED lights and features 26 jets of water that can be programmed to create inspiring light shows for guests as they exit the complex or during evening special events or exhibitions.
Photo courtesy of Kennedy Space Center
The changes to the entrance and ticket plaza, are just the initial elements in a start of the Center's comprehensive plan. Space shuttle Atlantis, still covered in 16,000 square feet of shrink wrap, is in the middle of a construction zone. The new shuttle $100 million, 90,000-square foot exhibit showcasing the shuttle and celebrating the 30-year space shuttle program is slated to open in July of 2013.
The Vehicle Assembly Building, or VAB in NASA terminology, is now open to the public for tours for the first time since it became operational. For those of you who remember the original trips to the moon, during that time it was called the Vertical Assembly Building, since they various parts of the rockets were stacked bottom to top as they were assembled for launch. There was no public access while rockets with dangerous chemicals were on site.
This look up the transfer aisle shows the tallest vertical enclosed space in the world. This building is so large, the 4th largest building in the world by volume, that under proper conditions it can even create its own rainstorm inside. Massive cranes with the ability to move heavy loads in the tiniest fractions of an inch picked up the parts here and moved them into the proper assembly bay.
Everything that come in this building has to be lifted over 160 feet up to the open bays and then lowered down to the transporter on top of the crawler, which is 50 feet high by itself. You to can take a peek inside one of the iconic structures of the Kennedy Space Center by signing up for the Up Close Tour. Our thanks to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the update, July cannot get here quick enough!
27 Aralık 2012 Perşembe
DRACO... Winter Storm Moves East.. ... White Christmas..The Movie..
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It's snowing somewhere... even if not here...
DRACO is moving East and bringing wintry weather with it to areas who have not yet seen winter this year. Iowa is going to be covered in snow.
Travel will be affected. There will be travel delays.
Already Southwest Air has posted Travel Advisories for multiple airports.
If you are a kid you are thrilled. If you are a parent you are uttering long sighs and muffling curse words under your breath as Winter is making a statement and there will be more named storms down the road after DRACO takes off for Pittsburgh and West Virginia.
If you are down in the white territory... you are NOT having a White Christmas. Sorry Charlie Brown.
This is as close as I get to a white Christmas...
Yup, if this post is disjointed it's because I am watching this movie on an old TV even though I own a copy and it's probably downloaded somewhere here. I feel younger, like a little girl watching the Wizard of OZ once a year or watching it with my best friend at 16 and trying to learn the dance steps and write down the words to Sisters... the way we did back when you couldn't stop and start the video. Can you believe a boy taped the words on an old tape recorder at 2am on Channel 6 in Miami and then sat stopping and starting it to get the exact words for us... Thank you Joe.
So.............my Christmas is going to be as warm as Vermont was before it snowed magically in the movie. Unless there is a Christmas miracle for a Jewish girl who is still waiting for her Chanukah present.
God I love this movie..................................
Back to the weather............... (but this movie is about the weather... because... without snow you can't get people to go to Vermont to go skiing... you know???)
So as this system slices across the country it is creating severe weather tonight and there is possible rotation in Missouri. No..I do not mean Vera Ellen spinning while doing a tap dance..
It's a slim line but it's a strong one... as the warm, warm air below meets the cold, cold air rushing in as nature hates a vacuum.
So.... there goes DRACO.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/19/167617464/a-winter-storm-is-pummeling-the-rockies-and-the-plains-are-next
The press is all over it.
http://fox8.com/2012/12/19/seasons-first-blizzard-warning-for-midwest/
Then again the Russia press is covering the coldest winter they have had in decades.
http://rt.com/news/russia-freeze-cold-temperature-379/
If there is a tornado... Reed is on it!
Watch the weather warning he has posted below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYvkL-lbEw&feature=youtu.be
This is what you will see... he has people on the ground in Omaha dealing with Thundersnow!Watch... it's good... if you like weather and if you don't like weather...why are you here on my blog?
As for me... I'm in White Christmas heaven as they are playing it over and over :)
DRACO moving East. Stay on top of it if it's moving your way?
And.... I have a question here? NASA has released a set of answers to questions people have been calling them concerning the possible end of the world in less than 2 days. My question is... WHY WOULD ANYONE CALL NASA??
I mean if you thought the world was going to end...who would you really call??
NASA?? I mean... I love them ..but they lied to us about two space shuttle crashes saying that the crew was vaporized and didn't suffer ..twice... until we found out they weren't vaporized...
I do love NASA but... call them? And, where do you find the NASA Hotline I wonder?
If it was weather involved I'm sure I'd call Bryan Norcross...
The Pope? He's online now you know...
The White House?
Drudge... imagine if we flood his request box with questions he'd answer them somehow.. find a phone booth to jump into and fly off to save the world maybe..
Come on...who is calling NASA? I want to know...
If you want to go to their website.... there are a list of answers to questions you never thought to ask:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html#polar
Below, NASA Scientists answer questions on the following 2012 topics:
And....there you have it.
That's my take on Draco... White Christmas (the movie.... teaches you history, weather and romance) and ............................ my birthday's coming so maybe I can wish for snow on my birthday if it's not happening sooner... later rather than sooner??
Some great links on www.spaghettiweather.com so go play on the weather playground and I'm going to go watch Danny Kaye dance with Vera Ellen and pretend I am fifteen again if just for another hour or two.
Sweet White Christmas Dreams,
BobbiStorm
Ps if you'd rather listen to Jimmy Buffett.. enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCDWt7aVMVI
I have that somewhere ... a gift from "stalker friend" back when he was sending me cassettes before we moved forward to CDs... scary if you think on it too much... but I don't think on it too much. Linda told me not to think too much when not in her presence...so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!
(why does Jimmy look like Bing and why is he sitting in a big sushi boat? hmmmmnnnn)
It's snowing somewhere... even if not here...
DRACO is moving East and bringing wintry weather with it to areas who have not yet seen winter this year. Iowa is going to be covered in snow.
Travel will be affected. There will be travel delays.
Already Southwest Air has posted Travel Advisories for multiple airports.
- Chicago (Midway) (MDW)
- Denver (DEN)
- Des Moines (DSM)
- Kansas City (MCI)
- Milwaukee (MKE)
- Omaha (OMA)
If you are a kid you are thrilled. If you are a parent you are uttering long sighs and muffling curse words under your breath as Winter is making a statement and there will be more named storms down the road after DRACO takes off for Pittsburgh and West Virginia.
If you are down in the white territory... you are NOT having a White Christmas. Sorry Charlie Brown.
This is as close as I get to a white Christmas...
Yup, if this post is disjointed it's because I am watching this movie on an old TV even though I own a copy and it's probably downloaded somewhere here. I feel younger, like a little girl watching the Wizard of OZ once a year or watching it with my best friend at 16 and trying to learn the dance steps and write down the words to Sisters... the way we did back when you couldn't stop and start the video. Can you believe a boy taped the words on an old tape recorder at 2am on Channel 6 in Miami and then sat stopping and starting it to get the exact words for us... Thank you Joe.
So.............my Christmas is going to be as warm as Vermont was before it snowed magically in the movie. Unless there is a Christmas miracle for a Jewish girl who is still waiting for her Chanukah present.
God I love this movie..................................
Back to the weather............... (but this movie is about the weather... because... without snow you can't get people to go to Vermont to go skiing... you know???)
So as this system slices across the country it is creating severe weather tonight and there is possible rotation in Missouri. No..I do not mean Vera Ellen spinning while doing a tap dance..
It's a slim line but it's a strong one... as the warm, warm air below meets the cold, cold air rushing in as nature hates a vacuum.
So.... there goes DRACO.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/12/19/167617464/a-winter-storm-is-pummeling-the-rockies-and-the-plains-are-next
The press is all over it.
http://fox8.com/2012/12/19/seasons-first-blizzard-warning-for-midwest/
Then again the Russia press is covering the coldest winter they have had in decades.
http://rt.com/news/russia-freeze-cold-temperature-379/
If there is a tornado... Reed is on it!
Watch the weather warning he has posted below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYvkL-lbEw&feature=youtu.be
This is what you will see... he has people on the ground in Omaha dealing with Thundersnow!Watch... it's good... if you like weather and if you don't like weather...why are you here on my blog?
As for me... I'm in White Christmas heaven as they are playing it over and over :)
DRACO moving East. Stay on top of it if it's moving your way?
And.... I have a question here? NASA has released a set of answers to questions people have been calling them concerning the possible end of the world in less than 2 days. My question is... WHY WOULD ANYONE CALL NASA??
I mean if you thought the world was going to end...who would you really call??
NASA?? I mean... I love them ..but they lied to us about two space shuttle crashes saying that the crew was vaporized and didn't suffer ..twice... until we found out they weren't vaporized...
I do love NASA but... call them? And, where do you find the NASA Hotline I wonder?
If it was weather involved I'm sure I'd call Bryan Norcross...
The Pope? He's online now you know...
The White House?
Drudge... imagine if we flood his request box with questions he'd answer them somehow.. find a phone booth to jump into and fly off to save the world maybe..
Come on...who is calling NASA? I want to know...
If you want to go to their website.... there are a list of answers to questions you never thought to ask:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html#polar
Below, NASA Scientists answer questions on the following 2012 topics:
- End of the World
- 'Prediction' Origins
- Mayan Calendar
- Total Blackout
- Planetary Alignment
- Nibiru/Planet X/Eris
- Polar Shift
- Meteor Strike
- NASA Science
- Solar Storms
And....there you have it.
That's my take on Draco... White Christmas (the movie.... teaches you history, weather and romance) and ............................ my birthday's coming so maybe I can wish for snow on my birthday if it's not happening sooner... later rather than sooner??
Some great links on www.spaghettiweather.com so go play on the weather playground and I'm going to go watch Danny Kaye dance with Vera Ellen and pretend I am fifteen again if just for another hour or two.
Sweet White Christmas Dreams,
BobbiStorm
Ps if you'd rather listen to Jimmy Buffett.. enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCDWt7aVMVI
I have that somewhere ... a gift from "stalker friend" back when he was sending me cassettes before we moved forward to CDs... scary if you think on it too much... but I don't think on it too much. Linda told me not to think too much when not in her presence...so that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!
(why does Jimmy look like Bing and why is he sitting in a big sushi boat? hmmmmnnnn)
Snow, Rain, Tornadoes.. DRACO is leaving a legacy
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This is a classic Tornado signature that screams severe weather in the south as snow and cold rain plaque Chicago and Milwaukee.
Compare the current, but changing loop above with the image below of the storm as it was headed towards Alabama bringing Twisters their way.
Here's a local news channel doing coverage that you can watch online:
http://www.fox10tv.com/generic/video/LiveStream_FOX10
Up in Iowa there's snow... seems the place to go if you want to see snow today.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/us/midwest-blizzard/
Down below the Mason Dixie Line are severe, violent storms.
Breaking News @BreakingNewsDamage reports in Mobile concentrated on West and Northwest sides of city between I-65 and I-165 - @weatherchannel http://bit.ly/VToYvF View tweet
Early, predawn tornadoes are the worst kind as there is little early warning without an alarm sounding in town or on a weather radio. They go under the radar while we sleep..
Pictures will come in all day long as the sun comes up...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/20/storm-tornado-mobile-alabama/1781677/
As this moves east into Alabama and the panhandle of Florida there are multiple weather threats.
This is a classic Tornado signature that screams severe weather in the south as snow and cold rain plaque Chicago and Milwaukee.
Compare the current, but changing loop above with the image below of the storm as it was headed towards Alabama bringing Twisters their way.
Here's a local news channel doing coverage that you can watch online:
http://www.fox10tv.com/generic/video/LiveStream_FOX10
Up in Iowa there's snow... seems the place to go if you want to see snow today.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/20/us/midwest-blizzard/
Down below the Mason Dixie Line are severe, violent storms.
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Early, predawn tornadoes are the worst kind as there is little early warning without an alarm sounding in town or on a weather radio. They go under the radar while we sleep..
Pictures will come in all day long as the sun comes up...
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/20/storm-tornado-mobile-alabama/1781677/
As this moves east into Alabama and the panhandle of Florida there are multiple weather threats.
Tornado Watch
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 689
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
425 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
TORNADO WATCH 689 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1200 PM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
FLC033-091-113-201800-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0689.121220T1025Z-121220T1800Z/
FL
. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ESCAMBIA OKALOOSA SANTA ROSA
$$
Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
632 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE DUE TO A
PERIOD OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND HIGH 20 FOOT WIND
SPEEDS...
.MUCH DRIER AND COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
DROP INTO THE MID 20 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH 20 FOOT WINDS SPEEDS NEARING
15 MPH.
These storms are moving fast... forward speed wise .... if you know anyone in their path give them a text and make sure they are aware as people are busy getting ready for vacations and watching other news stories. Not everyone is watching "Draco"
Up in the north.. there are already travel delays at O'Hare....
Stay tuned and hope all your relatives are flying west to east with non-stop flights...
Besos Bobbi
Strong Southern Winter Storm on Christmas Day
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With memories of the 1969 historic tornado outbreak... weather forecasters are carefully trying to predict where and when the worst of this storm will hit. The problem is.. weather like this is fluid and not a Cat 2 Hurricane which is easier to predict. A lot depends on the timing, heating of the day, contrast between the cold air to the north of it and the warm air to the south and sometimes storms like this feed on their own energy. Being off by a few hours can mean the difference of disaster in some small Southern hamlet or a wicked hour of weather by the front swings through with strong straight line winds.
The weather passing through the South today is NOT the storm.
The storm is back there and hasn't yet pulled itself together, but it will and it will take off fast once it does.
Tomorrow:
Christmas Day this system creates travel problems for I-10. Houston Eastbound is a mess.
The day after Christmas aka Wednesday takes the mess to I-95 and across most of the South.
Severe weather could pop up anywhere and everywhere...
Thursday it is GONE.. POOF... gone hunting up north moving up the coast.
1969's Historic Christmas Outbreak of Tornadoes... hoping this does not happen again...........and in our case the threat is further into the Carolinas this year...
Compare the map for this coming storm and you will see why so many forecasters are worried.
Look familiar?
Stay tuned and pay attention to your local weather or your favorite weather site online.
www.spaghettimodels.com has a few sites to pay attention to..
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
http://www.newjerseyweather.com/weather/contours/640x480_wx_us_wx_msg1_i12_pattern.jpg(shows where it will snow or rain... site on the top of this blog, great site)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_1300.gif
And look on the bottom right and choose your city of interest:
You'll screen will look like this but with your city there...
Lastly.. this storm like baseball is a work in progress. Until you see what any pitcher's got on any given day it's hard to say how he is throwing and hard to say who is hot when it comes to hitting home runs.
Weather like sports is fluid.. so check back soon and I'll be on top of it.
I'd love snow.. it's not in the forecast but I'd still love it!
Besos BobbiStorm
With memories of the 1969 historic tornado outbreak... weather forecasters are carefully trying to predict where and when the worst of this storm will hit. The problem is.. weather like this is fluid and not a Cat 2 Hurricane which is easier to predict. A lot depends on the timing, heating of the day, contrast between the cold air to the north of it and the warm air to the south and sometimes storms like this feed on their own energy. Being off by a few hours can mean the difference of disaster in some small Southern hamlet or a wicked hour of weather by the front swings through with strong straight line winds.
The weather passing through the South today is NOT the storm.
The storm is back there and hasn't yet pulled itself together, but it will and it will take off fast once it does.
Tomorrow:
Christmas Day this system creates travel problems for I-10. Houston Eastbound is a mess.
The day after Christmas aka Wednesday takes the mess to I-95 and across most of the South.
Severe weather could pop up anywhere and everywhere...
Thursday it is GONE.. POOF... gone hunting up north moving up the coast.
1969's Historic Christmas Outbreak of Tornadoes... hoping this does not happen again...........and in our case the threat is further into the Carolinas this year...
Compare the map for this coming storm and you will see why so many forecasters are worried.
Look familiar?
Stay tuned and pay attention to your local weather or your favorite weather site online.
www.spaghettimodels.com has a few sites to pay attention to..
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
http://www.newjerseyweather.com/weather/contours/640x480_wx_us_wx_msg1_i12_pattern.jpg(shows where it will snow or rain... site on the top of this blog, great site)
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk_1300.gif
And look on the bottom right and choose your city of interest:
You'll screen will look like this but with your city there...
Lastly.. this storm like baseball is a work in progress. Until you see what any pitcher's got on any given day it's hard to say how he is throwing and hard to say who is hot when it comes to hitting home runs.
Weather like sports is fluid.. so check back soon and I'll be on top of it.
I'd love snow.. it's not in the forecast but I'd still love it!
Besos BobbiStorm
Forecasting Euclid the Elephant aka Christmas Storm Like the 7 Blind Men Story
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It's hard to get a feel for this storm while watching the weather as every weather person and source seems to be forecasting a different part of the storm.
It's one storm....sort of like the infamous Elephant.
There are many components and many areas to watch for possible problems.
It's a 3 ring circus or possibly a 2 ring circus with another ring opening for a midnight showing.
There are multiple cities which will have different sorts of weather and several highways that will be affected!
http://www.wordfocus.com/word-act-blindmen.html <--- elephant="elephant" link="link" olde="olde" p="p" story="story" to="to" ye="ye">
Euclid the Elephant has several areas to watch as a hole it is bigger than it's parts.
And, are you worried where Twisters might hit in the middle of the night or... are you worried where you may suffer accidents and troubled travel going home after Christmas dinner?
Do you want snow or are you worried on freezing rain or icing on bridges at night as you travel home? Twisters in the south?
Hail hitting your new Lexus or Mustang that you got as a Christmas present from Santa?
Possible power outages from straight line winds just as you go to put away the leftovers in the freezer?
Midnight tornadoes in Northern Alabama?
Severe storms in Columbia SC or Fayetteville NC?
Take your pic?
But, if you are worried on twisters in Montgomery Alabama and they are covering snow in Oklahoma City and possible storms in New Orleans when you turn on TWC you are going to miss the story you need to know the most about.
And, if you think the storm known as Euclid the Elephant is a Christmas Day event... you are right and you are wrong as it's also a Wednesday event in the South as it moves out of the Deep Coastal South and moves North... up the coast Thursday.
If there was one storm to name so far this winter... it IS this storm, however had TWC not christened it with the odd name of Euclid.. it would still have been known as the Christmas Day Storm of 2012!
So, I'm going to break this down like Caleb Weatherbee might in Ye Olde Almanac.. but I am not going to to do it in zones as much as along Interstates as that gives you the information you will most likely need as you travel home from where ever you might have gone to spend Christmas.
This is the Southern Part of the storm that most weather people are worried will be affected by possible twisters and other types of severe weather... hail, lightning, terrible driving weather.
The area from Houston east to Jacksonville all needs to watch out.
This can be seen in one of my favorite images... the red is where it will be most severe:
Note ALL of Alabama is in Red.. as is Louisiana. Even if you drive safe, you could easily get caught in a bad traffic jam as an accident up the road is cleared away. Good luck... or stay another day if you can..
Note the storm is winding up ...up near the I-20 in Oklahoma and Arkansas:
There is a currently a line crossing through East Texas that has tornadoes possibly embedded and several cities currently have a tornado watch and there are even a few tornado warnings out there.
Houston/Trinity/Polk all have Tornado Warnings. Good site:
http://www.texasstormchasers.com/
No one does Nola like Nola.com..
http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2012/12/tornado_watch_until_1_pm_for_m.html#incart_river_default
So...Houston, Lake Charles, New Orleans... eastbound and down all the way through Mobile and ALL of Alabama into the Panhandle of Florida... be careful.
www.weather.gov
Put in your Zipcode and see what your weather of the day is.. if there it's been colored in.. pay close attention!
Will look a lot like this:
Moving up towards I-20.. Shreveport is in the thick of it.
Possible rotation and hail there ...
Possible tornado has touched down.. reports coming in...
Also, College Station watch out this morning.
I think I-20 could see the worst of it even though everyone is watching I-10.
Perhaps the more sexy cities like Nola are more fun to cover on TV and catch our attention?
Then again ... Dallas always gets attention and Dallas will get weather as the storm moves East.
In the Atlanta Metro Area there are multiple problems.
Rain, Possible Tornadoes and something few are mentioning... FOG in the evening. As most people drive home in the evening ... that's a feature that is getting lost in the shuffle as we look for twisters.
Next...
Augusta, GA... more of the same as it moves towards the coast...
Columbia, South Carolina...
Note the whole area from I-10 to I-20 is a mess...
Off the grid I am covering for areas in my region... is the geographic area that correlates with the New Madrid Fault... it's a mess and a strong warning has been put out for this region...
Choose a city... any city in that area and take it VERY seriously..some areas here rarely get blizzard warnings. This is NOT Postville, IA... it's south of the normal snowstorm warning areas.
Thems a lot of warnins' there...take em real serious. No joke...
Memphis... you're in it and in it big time.
Moving north from I-10 the whole area on Wednesday is horrible.
Mind you if you are out near College Station, Houston, Lake Charles, Montgomery..stay put today, travel tomorrow. If you are anywhere from Savannah to Baltimore, travel sooner rather than later as tomorrow and late tonight will be sketchy at best.
The best you get is 60% chances of rain in the south...
90 and 100% from Rocky Mount, NC all the way to Trenton, NJslow going, multiple accidents at best.. and could be much worse.
Snow begins around Delaware (this could change) and continues north.
Southwest Air...Travel Warnings
http://www.southwest.com/html/advisories/swa_travel_advisory_201211241356362490489.html
If you were planning on flying out of or into these airports...check with your carrier!
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/20121221-midwest-blizzard-leads-to-some-american-airlines-southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations.ece
More updates to follow....
Storm still developing... stay informed...
Besos for Now..
BobbiStorm
It's hard to get a feel for this storm while watching the weather as every weather person and source seems to be forecasting a different part of the storm.
It's one storm....sort of like the infamous Elephant.
There are many components and many areas to watch for possible problems.
It's a 3 ring circus or possibly a 2 ring circus with another ring opening for a midnight showing.
There are multiple cities which will have different sorts of weather and several highways that will be affected!
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Euclid the Elephant has several areas to watch as a hole it is bigger than it's parts.
And, are you worried where Twisters might hit in the middle of the night or... are you worried where you may suffer accidents and troubled travel going home after Christmas dinner?
Do you want snow or are you worried on freezing rain or icing on bridges at night as you travel home? Twisters in the south?
Hail hitting your new Lexus or Mustang that you got as a Christmas present from Santa?
Possible power outages from straight line winds just as you go to put away the leftovers in the freezer?
Midnight tornadoes in Northern Alabama?
Severe storms in Columbia SC or Fayetteville NC?
Take your pic?
But, if you are worried on twisters in Montgomery Alabama and they are covering snow in Oklahoma City and possible storms in New Orleans when you turn on TWC you are going to miss the story you need to know the most about.
And, if you think the storm known as Euclid the Elephant is a Christmas Day event... you are right and you are wrong as it's also a Wednesday event in the South as it moves out of the Deep Coastal South and moves North... up the coast Thursday.
If there was one storm to name so far this winter... it IS this storm, however had TWC not christened it with the odd name of Euclid.. it would still have been known as the Christmas Day Storm of 2012!
So, I'm going to break this down like Caleb Weatherbee might in Ye Olde Almanac.. but I am not going to to do it in zones as much as along Interstates as that gives you the information you will most likely need as you travel home from where ever you might have gone to spend Christmas.
This is the Southern Part of the storm that most weather people are worried will be affected by possible twisters and other types of severe weather... hail, lightning, terrible driving weather.
The area from Houston east to Jacksonville all needs to watch out.
This can be seen in one of my favorite images... the red is where it will be most severe:
Note ALL of Alabama is in Red.. as is Louisiana. Even if you drive safe, you could easily get caught in a bad traffic jam as an accident up the road is cleared away. Good luck... or stay another day if you can..
Note the storm is winding up ...up near the I-20 in Oklahoma and Arkansas:
There is a currently a line crossing through East Texas that has tornadoes possibly embedded and several cities currently have a tornado watch and there are even a few tornado warnings out there.
Houston/Trinity/Polk all have Tornado Warnings. Good site:
http://www.texasstormchasers.com/
No one does Nola like Nola.com..
http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2012/12/tornado_watch_until_1_pm_for_m.html#incart_river_default
So...Houston, Lake Charles, New Orleans... eastbound and down all the way through Mobile and ALL of Alabama into the Panhandle of Florida... be careful.
www.weather.gov
Put in your Zipcode and see what your weather of the day is.. if there it's been colored in.. pay close attention!
Will look a lot like this:
Moving up towards I-20.. Shreveport is in the thick of it.
Possible rotation and hail there ...
Possible tornado has touched down.. reports coming in...
Also, College Station watch out this morning.
I think I-20 could see the worst of it even though everyone is watching I-10.
Perhaps the more sexy cities like Nola are more fun to cover on TV and catch our attention?
Then again ... Dallas always gets attention and Dallas will get weather as the storm moves East.
In the Atlanta Metro Area there are multiple problems.
Rain, Possible Tornadoes and something few are mentioning... FOG in the evening. As most people drive home in the evening ... that's a feature that is getting lost in the shuffle as we look for twisters.
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG THIS MORNING...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF WEST AN SOUTH TONIGHT...
WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM EARLIER RAIN WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF
WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME
CAUTION. REFER TO THE LATEST DENSE FOG ADVISORY.
ISOLATED TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL TONIGHT.
Next...
Augusta, GA... more of the same as it moves towards the coast...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT MAINLY
IN THE CSRA. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY ACROSS
THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. A FEW TORNADOES
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
Columbia, South Carolina...
- TonightRain, mainly after 9pm. Low around 54. East wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
- WednesdayShowers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. High near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Note the whole area from I-10 to I-20 is a mess...
Off the grid I am covering for areas in my region... is the geographic area that correlates with the New Madrid Fault... it's a mess and a strong warning has been put out for this region...
Choose a city... any city in that area and take it VERY seriously..some areas here rarely get blizzard warnings. This is NOT Postville, IA... it's south of the normal snowstorm warning areas.
Thems a lot of warnins' there...take em real serious. No joke...
Memphis... you're in it and in it big time.
Moving north from I-10 the whole area on Wednesday is horrible.
Mind you if you are out near College Station, Houston, Lake Charles, Montgomery..stay put today, travel tomorrow. If you are anywhere from Savannah to Baltimore, travel sooner rather than later as tomorrow and late tonight will be sketchy at best.
The best you get is 60% chances of rain in the south...
90 and 100% from Rocky Mount, NC all the way to Trenton, NJslow going, multiple accidents at best.. and could be much worse.
Snow begins around Delaware (this could change) and continues north.
Southwest Air...Travel Warnings
http://www.southwest.com/html/advisories/swa_travel_advisory_201211241356362490489.html
If you were planning on flying out of or into these airports...check with your carrier!
- Akron-Canton (CAK)
- Buffalo/Niagara (BUF)
- Cleveland (CLE)
- Detroit (DTW)
- Indianapolis (IND)
- Oklahoma City (OKC)
- Pittsburgh (PIT)
- Tulsa (TUL)
http://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/20121221-midwest-blizzard-leads-to-some-american-airlines-southwest-airlines-flight-cancellations.ece
More updates to follow....
Storm still developing... stay informed...
Besos for Now..
BobbiStorm
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The Mobile Tornado has everyone talking. Not that often you have a wedge shaped tornado on the ground for a long time in a metropolitan city on Christmas Day.
Amazingly this was the second tornado to touchdown in Mobile in less than a week.
Texas also had tornadoes today as the first victim of this storm system died. A 25 year old man in a Houston suburb was killed when a tree fell on his pick up truck that he was riding this morning in Harris County.
http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Nasty-storms-blamed-1-death-make-travel-tough-4144131.php
Notice the rain falling in South Carolina from the warm front that is associated with this system.
Note the freezing conditions in Arkansas.
The line of storms pushing through as warm, moist air is punching up into the heart of the cold weather creating dry lines, rotation and a memorable weather event on Christmas Day of 2012!
Live updates are being forecast from Accuweather:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-video/video-arkansas-blizzard-conditions/655578741001
Several people caught the Mobile Tornado on their cell phones...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4140595600830
You ABSOLUTELY must watch this video... real video with a real tornado not special effects.
Another great video from the same storm on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200265647749842&set=vb.1412645710&type=2&theater
The power going out..flashes on air live... over 20,000 people without power in Mobile.
Ice Storm Warnings are up for parts of Virginia ...
http://woay.com/Alerts.aspx?aid=259
Virginia into Maryland will see ICE accumulations from this system.
There is damage being reported in Murphy High School in Mobile and the Field House is reportedly gone and minor damage throughout the campus.
http://www.mhspanthers.com/
Panama Beach has a tornado warning currently as the system moves east though as of yet to reports of tornado damage anywhere.
When I said ALL of Alabama was under the gun this morning I was not exaggerating.
I think that picture above says it all...and it is moving East and North East..towards Georgia and the Carolinas.
As I said earlier this morning... it's a tale of two and three and four storms...
Euclid the Elephant... pick a place and feel a different type of storm.
Stay safe and if you are in the Carolinas... it's headed that way tomorrow...
Check them out...they cover the area well..
Besos BobbiStorm... stay safe and stay informed. If you have a weather radio.. keep it on!
The Mobile Tornado has everyone talking. Not that often you have a wedge shaped tornado on the ground for a long time in a metropolitan city on Christmas Day.
Amazingly this was the second tornado to touchdown in Mobile in less than a week.
Texas also had tornadoes today as the first victim of this storm system died. A 25 year old man in a Houston suburb was killed when a tree fell on his pick up truck that he was riding this morning in Harris County.
http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Nasty-storms-blamed-1-death-make-travel-tough-4144131.php
Notice the rain falling in South Carolina from the warm front that is associated with this system.
Note the freezing conditions in Arkansas.
The line of storms pushing through as warm, moist air is punching up into the heart of the cold weather creating dry lines, rotation and a memorable weather event on Christmas Day of 2012!
Live updates are being forecast from Accuweather:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-video/video-arkansas-blizzard-conditions/655578741001
Several people caught the Mobile Tornado on their cell phones...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=4140595600830
You ABSOLUTELY must watch this video... real video with a real tornado not special effects.
Another great video from the same storm on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10200265647749842&set=vb.1412645710&type=2&theater
The power going out..flashes on air live... over 20,000 people without power in Mobile.
Ice Storm Warnings are up for parts of Virginia ...
http://woay.com/Alerts.aspx?aid=259
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
419 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY...
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE WESTERN GULF
COAST NORTHEASTWARD...PASSING ACROSS OUR AREA LATER TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO
THE AREA...INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
WVZ046-047-251730-
/O.UPG.KRLX.WS.A.0006.121226T0300Z-121227T1100Z/
/O.NEW.KRLX.IS.W.0001.121226T0300Z-121227T0000Z/
POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARLINTON...ELKINS
419 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012
Virginia into Maryland will see ICE accumulations from this system.
There is damage being reported in Murphy High School in Mobile and the Field House is reportedly gone and minor damage throughout the campus.
http://www.mhspanthers.com/
Panama Beach has a tornado warning currently as the system moves east though as of yet to reports of tornado damage anywhere.
When I said ALL of Alabama was under the gun this morning I was not exaggerating.
I think that picture above says it all...and it is moving East and North East..towards Georgia and the Carolinas.
As I said earlier this morning... it's a tale of two and three and four storms...
Euclid the Elephant... pick a place and feel a different type of storm.
Stay safe and if you are in the Carolinas... it's headed that way tomorrow...
Check them out...they cover the area well..
Besos BobbiStorm... stay safe and stay informed. If you have a weather radio.. keep it on!
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