On 12/16/15, Daryl Stout pondered and said...
 
 DS> PH>Aha... thanks for the info and yes, it's a mess alright!
 DS> 
 DS>   I had 4 years of Spanish in high school in south Florida...and unless
 DS> you speak Spanish, you won't get around very well. I can read it, but I
 DS> can't speak it.

The only Spanish I really know is the limited words I learnt watching 'Maria'
on Sesamee Street :) So you're well ahead of me Daryl.

 DS> Arklatex, and the Arklamiss) are forecast to have MUCH ABOVE NORMAL
 DS> precipitation and temperatures for the next 2 to 4 weeks. This time of
 DS> year, that could mean a setup for severe thunderstorms with large hail,
 DS> damaging wind, flooding rain, and tornadoes. Some models are showing one

Here the weather models show the west cost of both north and south islands of
New Zealand getting far more rain than usual while the east coast of both
getting far less. I'm on the east coast of the lower part of the south island
and it's certainly getting dry now. The temps are nutty - some days the highs
are around 12-14 and then on Monday they think we could hit 30.. now that is
unusual and I can only recall a handfull of daysin any given summer when we
may get that kind of temperature spike.

 DS>   In the past, Arkansas has had winter tornadoes in:

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 DS> Operations net on storms coming up from the southwest. They STOPPED the
 DS> game at halftime, and evacuated the premises. 30 minutes later, the
 DS> tornado flattened the school and the gym.

wow... that's a bunch of bad weather and thank goodness for good warning
systems there. Over here I think our metservice does quite a good job but it
seems that extreme weather can quite often be in small isolated pockets and I
suspect it does catch the forecasters by suprise at times.

 DS>   And, unfortunately, most of Arkansas' severe weather occurs after
 DS> dark...when people are asleep, or not expecting severe weather.

always a bad thing...

Best, Paul

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