Weather warning for ND — blizzard!

Blizzard Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
729 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

…A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING…

.STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER NORTH DAKOTA THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. MIXED PRECIPITATION OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL
BECOME ALL SNOW AFTER SUNSET…WHILE RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW
SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE [...]

April 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | One comment

Japan officially raises nuclear alert level to five:

Japan has raised the alert level at a stricken nuclear plant from four to five on a seven-point international scale for atomic incidents.

The crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi site is now two levels below Ukraine’s 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog warned in Tokyo the battle to stabilise the plant was a race against time.

The crisis was prompted by last week’s huge quake and [...]

March 18th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment

Global warming means ‘more snowstorms’

Climate change is not only making the planet warmer, it is also making snowstorms stronger and more frequent, US scientists said on Tuesday.

“Heavy snowstorms are not inconsistent with a warming planet,” said scientist Jeff Masters, as part of a conference call with reporters and colleagues convened by the Union of Concern Scientists.

“In fact, as the Earth gets warmer and more moisture gets absorbed into the atmosphere, we are steadily [...]

March 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: All | Leave a comment