Archive for December 2007
Snow’s coming down pretty heavily right now; around an hour ago I measured around a half an inch of fresh snow that had fallen. I’ll go out later and remeasure.
..WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE AREA FRIDAY .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY DIGGING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTHERN ILLINOIS DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE TOWARD FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ILLINOIS ON FRIDAY.
I’ve purchased a Sigma 17-70 lens today from Sigma4Less. When it arrives I’ll post a bunch of examples on here.
The “Tornado Hunters” show is currently being shown on Court TV right now. This documentary is about “Outlaw” chasers Randy Hicks and Lanny Dean. It looks pretty good so far but I’m anticipating that the usual suspects will start bitching on Storm Track later tonight.
Christmas is soon approaching and 2007 will end soon which means the chase season is slowly approaching. I’ve been looking at purchasing a better video camera because the one I currently have, a Panasonic PV-GS39 is terrible at low light and I do not like that the only way you can focus is through the joystick. Furthermore, you cannot focus to infinity like you can on some other cameras, like my old Digital8 Sony TRV230.
I’ve been looking around eBay for a used Sony VX2000 or TRV900 after reading the reviews and seeing how they both are great at low light recording.
Also, I bought a copy of Storms of 2007; to see a preview of it check out this post on Dick McGowan’s blog.
..HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY INTENSIFY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE EVANSTON...WEST CHICAGO...AND MENDOTA AREAS...TO 6 TO 9 INCHES FROM CHICAGO AND THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS TO JOLIET TO MORRIS. THE INCREASING INTENSITY OF THE SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS MANY ROADS BECOME SNOW PACKED. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATION...NORTH WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SNOW WILL TAPER TO LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES ON SUNDAY MORNING.
