Where has the cold gone?Weather in past winters has almost always included a visit from the Polar Vortex.The vortex results from a build-up of frigid artic air that amasses into an ever-increasing mound of cold air on the long, dark days of the frozen arctic. If the jet stream winds are ...
Almost as much snow fell this past December as in all of last winter, with 26.1 inches being recorded including a 2-4 inch snowfall on Christmas making for a white Christmas across all of Southwestern Pennsylvania.Mountain locations reported 36 inches for December. Area ski resorts got off to a ...
Is the end in sight?No not the end of the word but just an end to life as we experienced it and our weather in 2020.And what a year it has been.Probably the biggest story was the coronavirus as it ravaged the entire country bringing death and suffering to every community and many families. ...
Remember those beautiful mild, sunny days of November? The colors hung on our trees later than normal and we had plenty of nice fall days to get outside for a hike, bike ride or some fall yard cleanup.By Thanksgiving the nice weather was over and December quickly jumped into a winter pattern ...
Nature flexed its muscles in 2020, and humanity with all its power has been at times rendered powerless.A virus along with fires, storms and hurricanes brought the most powerful nation in the world to its knees. Towns and villages were incinerated; mansions and humble shacks were wiped off the ...
For many years, Americans moved south and west.Tired of the cold, snow and the loss of jobs they sought out new opportunities in the sun-belt. All of this movement brought an explosion of economic and population growth in the new area and a steady decline in areas like Southwestern ...
