In Perrysburg, Ohio?
Flat top, West Virginia was one thing. It made sense to some extent, even though it wasn’t predicted anywhere that it would be colder at higher elevations in West Virginia, and it could be snowing. But snow flurries in Perrysburg, Ohio?
It sounds like we have a climate crisis to me.
Below is a picture of the skies of Rockbridge, Ohio at 8:07 am today.
This was a massive cloud attempting to form a supercell. The rotation is obvious and it had enough velocity to spin the clouds, too. To the best of my knowledge it never touched down.
It is my experience and observation the surface of Earth is too dry to support this cloud structure if it ever completed its formation. If the surface of Earth is too dry as soon as a cloud like this touches down the water droplets will evaporate. It is this reality that I am beginning to believe is the reason there is an increase in very high velocity straight line winds.
West Virginia had the salter truck out at those elevations before the second toll booth. After that unexplained trauma the service area after that toll booth was packed full of tractor-trailers. No accidents that I am aware of. Drivers needed down time.
As a side note, West Virginia has the most expensive fuel along I-77. In all honesty I don’t know why there aren’t more electric tractor-trailers on the road. I didn’t see any charging stations for those rigs either in any major fuel stop over nearly 800 miles. I don’t expect to see any either.
Why?
The freight haulers can’t be making much money. Not with diesel running between $4 and $5 per gallon. All the rigs look in good condition, but, it is unfortunate that investment was made without regard for the climate. Freight haulers need a federal incentive to rework their fleets. All the current rigs will bring good money at the scrap yards.
Do you know, the maritime industry is way ahead of any terrestrial transportation when it comes to modifications to help Earth’s climate.
With Baltimore having trouble I did see rail cars full of containers, sometimes one on top of the other. Stacking like that adds to the weight the train engines are pulling resulting in lower fuel mileage for those diesel engines. Not only that but that added weight puts stress on the rails. There needs to be a full compliment of inspectors and rail repair cars out.
Have a better day.
Oh, the snow flurries in Perrysburg? There has been dense clouds for nearly 500 miles. The first solid structure the snow flurries hit caused them to melt.
BUT.
Those flurries made it to the surface. The cloud cover and cooler air protected the snow as it fell.
