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Article #497Re: Big Blizzard next Tuesday??????
From: Stan Koper
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:00
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In article <34E8ED0F.DD5BE778@qni.com>,
Samuel K Beckman <weateach@qni.com> wrote:
>Actually< i think this term was used in a publication many years ago by a
>forecaster in Milwaukee. He classified winter storms that affected Wisconsin as
>Alberta Clippers or Panhandle Hookers; those storms that developed southeast from
>east Colorado and hooked northeast from the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandle toward
>the Great Lakes.
>
Yeh, but they didn't say "hooker", they said "hook" (they knew the
difference). The difference between an Alberta Clipper and a Panhandle
Hook storm is significant in Milwaukee. The former brings cold & light
snow, the latter is somewhat warmer, but brings heavier snow. Pulls
more moisture up from the Gulf of Mexico.
--
Stan Koper
skoper@ne.mediaone.net
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