Weather reportage fudging up the fear?-----Roy W. Spencer - A question for fellow meteorologists...

With the current snowstorm, - Roy W. Spencer

I'm seeing something that has bothered me in recent years... 

• "heavy snow" is supposed to only be reported when the visibility is reduced to 1/4 mile, and 
• moderate snow has a threshold of 1/2 mile. 

But I am increasingly seeing these being reported with visibilities of 1 mile or more. 

What's going on?? 

I asked Grok, which says the FMH1 Handbook has not changed its definitions.

William T. Reid

If these observations are made by a certified airport observer, then they are errors. Hopefully you aren't seeing one-mile plus visibilities and heavy snow when ASOS is in AUTO mode.

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Roy W. Spencer

William T. Reid I thought virtually all reports are now automated ASOS or AWOS?

Amelia brings together a team of British patriots - Bond, Lara Croft, Tommy Shelby, and others.

Amelia brings together a team of British patriots  - Basil the Great@BasilTheGreat

 

SHOCK CONFESSION: Mexican President Admits That Mass Migration Is a Tool to Reclaim and Conquer America’s Southwest

Radical leftist former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, commonly known as AMLO, and his protege and current Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have both publicly embraced the concept of reconquista and actively discouraged Mexican Americans, much less Mexicans illegally present in the United States, from assimilating or in any way embracing American identity, the book reveals. - Frances Martel
Mexican officials, all the way up to the presidency, have openly embraced mass migration as a form of accelerating the “reconquista,” the term used to describe the reconquest of U.S. territory that previously belonged to Mexico...

• Officials under both presidencies have declared illegal immigrants who send remittances home “heroes” and champion propaganda songs that celebrate rejecting American identity.

Schweizer notes in the book that this anti-American sentiment, and its relationship to destructive mass migration policies, stems from attitudes rooted in the Mexican political elite, who scorn regular Mexicans...

#1 This day 1977-----Rose Royce - Car Wash (1976)

NO GUN GRAB IN ALBERTA 💪

Canadians RISING!: - Rick Ball

Trust the "science"? Or your own eyes!

 

Barron Trump room search cited as Jack Smith faces Capitol Hill hearing | Fox News

Barron Trump room search cited as Jack Smith faces Capitol Hill hearing | Fox News: 

Former special counsel Jack Smith's hearing on Capitol Hill kicked off with a reminder from Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, of the controversial 2022 raid of then-former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. Jordan revealed that Barron Trump's room was among the areas searched. Smith appeared in a Capitol Hill hearing on Thursday in which he was questioned about his prosecutions of Trump. He previously testified about the investigations in a closed-door deposition.

NIALL FERGUSON: How Trump Won Davos

Instapundit - I have never before seen a single individual so completely dominate... - Glenn Reynolds

• NIALL FERGUSON: How Trump Won Davos: I have never before seen a single individual so completely dominate this vast bazaar of the powerful, the wealthy, the famous, and the self-important.

Related:

AM Fruitcake

 

History for January 25

History for January 25 - On-This-Day.com 

W. Somerset Maugham 1874

• 1858 - Mendelssohn’s "Wedding March" was presented for the first time at the wedding of the daughter of Queen Victoria and the Crown Prince of Prussia.
• 1915 - In New York, Alexander Graham Bell spoke to his assistant in San Francisco, inaugurating the first transcontinental telephone service.
• 1924 - The 1st Winter Olympic Games were inaugurated in Chamonix in the French Alps.
• 1959 - In the U.S., American Airlines had the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707.
• 1981 - The 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived in the United States and were reunited with their families.
• 1999 - In Louisville, KY, man received the first hand transplant in the United States.

Border Patrol Commander Claps Back After Newsom Slams ICE From Swanky Globalist Event | The Daily Caller

Border Patrol Commander Claps Back After Newsom Slams ICE From Swanky Globalist Event | The Daily Caller: 

MINNEAPOLIS — Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino held Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom “responsible” for violence against immigration agents on Thursday after he compared Bovino to a Nazi.

The way we were-----The California Gold Rush - The Gold Rush of 1849

The foolishness and gullibility of the educated classes

Explained! - Democrats’ newest VIRAL sob story is nothing but a LIE used to smear ICE agents| Truth Social

Truth Details | Truth Social: - Bongino Report@BonginoReport
… Vice President Vance explodes their latest hoax👇

Satellite Wars - The Infographic

The Invisible Battlefield - DOUG ROSS 

• Some thoughts on national security and space. 

For context:

Assassination culture rises among US women significantly, new study finds | Fox News

Assassination culture rises among US women significantly, new study finds | Fox News: 

"Assassination culture," or public tolerance of politically motivated violence, is increasing in the United States after a year of alarming bloodshed, according to a new nonprobability-based national survey — especially among women.

How the Department of Education Hijacked Our Schools -

OTTAWA IN PANIC:

Alberta Is Trying to Officially Secede From Canada:  - Dr. Steve Turley

Lunch video-This is fabulous!-----We Are All Amelias Now

Noon-toon

 

Washington state Democrat introduces ICE Out Act of�2026 | Fox News

Washington state Democrat introduces ICE Out Act of�2026 | Fox News: 

A Democratic lawmaker in Washington state introduced a bill this week called the ICE Out Act of 2026, which would prohibit state law enforcement agencies from hiring anyone that has taken a job as a sworn U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. 

The legislation was introduced by state Rep. Tarra Simmons, who served time for three felony convictions for possession of controlled substances and retail theft in 2011 before having her criminal record cleared. 

Winning!

 

HOLY SMOKES. Trump officials Dr. Oz and Jim O'Neill just dropped a Minnesota BOMBSHELL:

They found a former linen factory transformed into 400 Medicaid businesses to generate nearly half a BILLION DOLLARS - Clarice Feldman - Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh

To repeat, 400 Medicaid businesses in one building. 

IT'S FRAUD!

• "Why did no one in the state figure out this was a concern? Perplexingly to me, in a place of this nature, an industrial complex that people would not come to for child care or autism care or transportation support, how is it possible this could come up like an abscess in the heart of Minneapolis and nobody was watching?!"
• "They generated about $380 million of billing that you, the taxpayer, were putting up. That means roughly each business had a million dollars of billing."
• "It's an industrial area. There's no reason that you have a mother bring her child."

"far right extremist"!