Interesting Look at Wind Farm Influence of Localized Weather
November 28th, 2012 at 10:56 pm by Chad Evans under Chad's WLFI Weather Blog
Wind farm turbines can mix the air underneath & around them, dissipating fog quicker than the surrounding countryside or keeping from getting as dense as surrounding areas. This can be seen in recent dense fog satellite images here in late November. On November 21, this was especially seen. Check out the visible satellite images. The holes in the fog occurred where wind farms are located in central Illinois & western Indiana.
Satellite images are courtesy of NWS Chicago.
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Hey – we finally found something these things are good for!
Interesting! Understandable, though with the wind breaking through the fog. Thanks, Chad!
Off to help with church newsletter this morning, looks like another beauty of a day!
MA in REM
Chad—do you still think we may see the first accumulating snow around December 10th?
BIG DECEMBER SNOWS
Dec. 16, 2007 – 6.5 inches
Dec. 9, 2005 – 7.1 inches
Dec. 25, 2002 – 5.3 inches
Dec. 19, 1995 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 22, 1983 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 2-9, 1977 – 13 inches
Dec. 19, 1973 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 20, 1973 – 11.0 inches
Dec. 31, 1969 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 2, 1952 – 5.2 inches
Dec. 19, 1945 – 7.2 inches
Dec. 19, 1934 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 24, 1934 – 8.0 inches
Dec. 18, 1929 – 14.0 inches
Dec. 19, 1929 – 6.5 inches
Does anyone remember any of these big snows?
Dec. 26, 1926 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 25-27 1920 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 25, 1915 – 8.0 inches
Dec. 28, 1915 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 7-9, 1914 – 6.2 inches
Dec. 25, 1909 – 5.8 inches
Dec. 26, 1909 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 13-15, 1907 – 5.5 inches
Dec. 30, 1895 – 5.8 inches
Dec. 3, 1893 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 31, 1887 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 31, 1886 – 6.0 inches
Dec. 12-14 1885 – 6.5 inches
Dec. 12, 1884 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 15, 1884 – 8.0 inches
Dec. 24, 1884 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 17, 1883 – 9.0 inches
Dec. 16, 1863 – 5.0 inches
Dec. 31, 1862 – 6.0 inches
1893-2012 West Lafayette
before 1893 Stockwell, Indiana in Tippecanoe County.
Winters that made people say “This can’t be happening” The worst winters ever!
2010-2011
2002-2003
1996-1997
1995-1996
1983-1984
1981-1982
1977-1978
1976-1977
1969-1970
1963-1964
1956-1957
1950-1951
1942-1943
1935-1936
1929-1930
1923-1924
1917-1918
1911-1912
1904-1905
1903-1904
1894-1895
1892-1893
1884-1885
1880-1881
1874-1875
1872-1873
1866-1867
1863-1864
1856-1857
1855-1856
1842-1843
1830-1831
Chad! What winter on the list do you think was the worst one and why? If anyone is interested in one of these winters let me know and I will talk about why it was one of the worst winters and what happened.