Fog closes Midway; flood warnings in effect - The fog is from hot air meeting cold air and the flooding follows melting ice/snow.

Click here for Real-Time U.S. Composite Satellite Animation - I set this to 'rock' back and forth. Note vortex over Gulf of Alaska.

Click here for visual loop of GOES West Satellite from University of Wisconsin - Madison


December 27, 2008
0230z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES West Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)

Here's the deal folks. That vortex over Hawaii is going to stabilize the desent of that cold air mass just south of Alaska. There is another one headed from Russia to Alaska and Canada. After the current melting conditions cause floods there very well may be a return to freezing and more snow and ice.


December 26, 2008
08:41:55 PM
The Weather Network - 2.5 hour loop (click here to click on animation)

There is some percipitation over Canada that will be affecting the Pacific Northwest and northern tier of the USA as well as the folks in Canada. I'll pull in some other satellites of a front coming off northern Russia.

Noted in the 12 hour loop, a forming vortex right over Hawaii. There is also significant turbulence over Panama.

THAT 'HOT AIR' should be reaching Boston, Massachusetts within a couple of hours. I would expect the same disasterous mess that Chicago is seeing. Consider the dangers to Logan International for a quick shut down.

There needs to be vigilance over Colorado, too. Those two fronts are very moist both from the tropispheric moisture from the Equator and from the melting snow and ice. Large shifts in temperatures could bring sudden accumulations of storm clouds and wind shifts by the very nature of the melting and available 'ground' water vapor. ie: Clouds over Missouri, Indiana are getting denser by the minute. Anything can break loose with this drastic a temperature shift !


Last map update: Fri, Dec. 26, 2008 at 4:54:09 pm HST
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
341 PM HST FRI DEC 26 2008
...TRADE WINDS TRENDING DOWN THROUGH SATURDAY....
THE HIGH PRESSURE CELL NORTHEAST OF THE STATE WILL BE MOVING EASTSLOWLY AND WEAKENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS HAS RESULTED INDIMINISHING TRADES AND WIND WAVES...AND PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY.
PHZ110>115-117-118-122-270245-/O.CAN.PHFO.SC.Y.0049.000000T0000Z-081227T0400Z/KAUAI NORTHWEST WATERS-KAUAI WINDWARD WATERS-KAUAI LEEWARD WATERS-
KAUAI CHANNEL-OAHU WINDWARD WATERS-OAHU LEEWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY WINDWARD WATERS-MAUI COUNTY LEEWARD WATERS-BIG ISLAND WINDWARD WATERS-341 PM HST FRI DEC 26 2008
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS CANCELLED THE SMALLCRAFT ADVISORY.
WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW SMALL CRAFT CRITERIA.


December 27, 2008
0230z
UNISYS Water Vapor North and West Hemispheric Satellite (click here for 12 hour loop)

Sounds like Human Induced Global Warming to me ! Sure enough. Heat transfer system right over top of Chicago. Moved in about three hours ago.



Ready for flooding
(Tribune photo by Abel Uribe / December 26, 2008)
Chicago Department of Water Management personnel move sand bags on the edge of the North Branch of the Chicago River on Monticello Avenue in preparation for possible flooding due heavy rains and melting snow.

The Cusp of War or Cooperation?

Indian border security force soldiers on duty at the western sector of India-Pakistan international border at Ranjitpura village, Rajasthan state, India. Photograph: Vinay Joshi/AP


I wouldn't hasten to consider any Pakistani troop movements a preparation for war. The 'idea' that there would be such escalation would first be met with profound lack of cooperation by Pakistan.

I would anticipate such troop movements to be strategic in defeating those that might enter India before I would declare war between the two nations long before their leaders made statements at the UN or addressed the world in a manner that would harness allies and support for any invasion of each other.

Their is dearly little diplomacy on a global stage noted to fail that would lead to such a war. I would expect more overt muscle flexing before coming to that tragic an end.

Pakistan moved troops away from its western border with Afghanistan, amid reports that thousands of soldiers were being redeployed along the eastern frontier with India yesterday,...

25 Days until Inauguration - The need to secure the Preident-Elect is proving an impingement upon his life.

I wish the Neocon's and the Palin inspired Obama haters would put their 'Hang-Man Games' away.

...His lack of attendance at formal religious services was obvious and showcased a dilemma faced by Obama, who is between churches and often also expresses concern about bringing the disruption of his security detail into the lives of others.
Still, he has not attended a public church service since before being elected, a departure from the actions of his two immediate predecessors.
"The president-elect didn't want to disrupt a church community on Christmas with the burdens that come with a presidential visit," Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said Thursday....

Enough of the Sexism. One would think there was only one candidate to replace Clinton on confirmation. Enough !

No matter which way you cut it, there will be a Kennedy of some variety in the NY State Senate seat.
Caroline is more than qualified and I would love to see her take a stand on Public Schools, quite frankly.

Thursday, December 18, 2008
Poll: Cuomo, Kennedy ahead for U.S. Senate (click here)
The Business Review (Albany)
...“Voters currently see Andrew Cuomo and Caroline Kennedy, the scions of two of the most prominent political families, as their top choices to be New York’s next junior senator,” said Steven Greenberg, SRI spokesman. “Six other candidates combined for the support of 28 percent of voters.”...

Another AG for New York State? Why?

The media has focused on 'bringing down' Caroline Kennedy because they have a preference and it might be more fun to play with the 'idea' of defaming another New York State Attorney General. I mean, what goes on that there isn't an honest accounting of the 'populous race' for US Senate should Clinton be confirmed?

I mean really.

Cuomo shouldn't be out there campaigning? The difference between he and Caroline, besides gender, is that most of his personal information, including tax returns and the like are already known to the public. He is also known to the NY public. His name recognition is just as much as Kennedy's.

Her monies will have to go into trust no different than any other Senator including her uncle. So what is THE BIG DEAL?

Cuomo gets one 'break' on corrupt doctors and all of a sudden he is more qualified? Is he going to Washington to bust more doctors?

AG Plucks Physicians From Public Pension Plan (click here)
Posted on Thursday, 18 of December , 2008 at 4:43 pm

...Four physicians from Lancaster Depew Pediatrics have agreed to pay the state a total of $50,000 and forfeit state pension credits and benefits for being improperly listed as employees of the Lancaster Central School District. All four provided services to the district as outside contractors and thus were ineligible for pension credits reserved for public employees....

Caroline knows all too well the 'bottom line' to politics in that your life is not your own and you may even lose it. She is a confirmed patriot and never, not in one day of her life did she not stand guard and serve the country. She has ministered to the 'family political trust' in recognition of the value the Kennedy family has provided to the USA. She knows politics, she is an attorney, she is an ambassador to the world and quite frankly she can pick up any phone and call heads of state anywhere in the world to converse about any issue under the Sun.

Now, what exactly does New York State want that Caroline Kennedy can't deliver and doesn't deserve?

If JFK, Jr. was alive he would probably have taken Clinton's seat from her years ago, or Caroline would be campaigning for him today for the very seat she seeks. It is about time she took her place in politics, now and in the future.

I wish her success. I want to see this happen.

I didn't know that "The New York Social Diary" (click here) was a handicap.