The Secret Doctrine, i 615  

http://www.zeropoint.ca/microIII3c-zpfounds.htm

Einstein had a very small brain with some strange characteristics. Clarence


jack_vanwinkle wrote:
>
>
> Humans still evolving as our brains shrink
>
> Decrease has been happening over last 5,000 years, researcher says
> By Charles Q. Choi
> LiveScience
> updated 3:53 p.m. CT, Fri., Nov . 13, 2009
>
> Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in
> recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is
> still evolving, including our brains, and there are even signs that
> our evolution may be accelerating.
>
> Comprehensive scans of the human genome reveal that hundreds of our
> genes <http://www.livescience.com/health/060308_human_evolve.html>
> show evidence of changes during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.
>
> "We know the brain has been evolving in human populations quite
> recently," said paleoanthropologist John Hawks at the University of
> Wisconsin at Madison.
>
> Surprisingly, based on skull measurements, the human brain
> <http://www.livescience.com/topic/brain> appears to have been
> shrinking over the last 5,000 or so years.
>
> "When it comes to recent evolutionary changes, we currently maybe have
> the least specific details with regard the brain, but we do know from
> archaeological data that pretty much everywhere we can measure —
> Europe, China, South Africa, Australia — that brains have shrunk about
> 150 cubic centimeters, off a mean of about 1,350. That's roughly 10
> percent," Hawks said.
>
> "As to why is it shrinking, perhaps in big societies, as opposed to
> hunter-gatherer lifestyles, we can rely on other people for more
> things, can specialize our behavior to a greater extent, and maybe not
> need our brains as much," he added.
>
> *Mutations against malaria *
> In contrast to our limited but growing knowledge regarding the modern
> evolution of the human brain, the best example we see of evolution of
> humans <http://www.livescience.com/topic/evolution> in recent history
> is linked with malaria, Hawks said.
>
> Since the disease often targets humans early in life, there was a
> strong pressure to evolve defenses from malaria — any genetic factor
> that confers resistance against it would give descendents a chance to
> have offspring, while those without such protection were more likely
> to not reproduce.
>
> There are lots of examples of defenses against malaria. Sickle cell
> anemia is the best known —the disorder deforms red blood cells into
> sickle shapes, which can impair blood flow, thus damaging tissues,
> this malformation also prevents the malaria parasite from infesting
> blood cells.
>
> "Although sickle cell is best known in Africa, there is also an
> India-Pakistan variant of it that seems to have evolved separately,"
> Hawks explained. "Both variants have evolved very recently, in the
> last three or four thousand years, and in that time have risen to as
> much as 10 to 15 percent of the populations. That's pretty rapid change."
>
> *Food and drink*
> Lactose tolerance is another recent example of a recent evolutionary
> change.
>
> Most of the world remains lactose intolerant, unable to digest the
> complex milk sugar lactose as adults, but the evolution of lactose
> tolerance perhaps some 7,500 years ago in Europe enabled people there
> to take advantage of non-human milk, a highly nutritious food source
> one can sustainably procure instead of slaughtering animals.
>
> Other evolutionary changes linked with diet appear to deal with genes
> conferring protection against type II diabetes.
>
> "When you develop agricultural diets, you might need adaptations to
> survive on them, the way the digestive systems are regulated," Hawks
> said.
>
> *Is our evolution accelerating? *
> There are signs that human evolution may not only be continuing, but
> that its rate has even accelerated in recent times. Hawks and his
> colleagues have found evidence of rapid change, with a host of new
> mutations originating in the last 40,000 years.
>
> So what might explain this apparent acceleration?
>
> "The ecology of humans has been changing," Hawks said. "The biggest
> changes have to do with agriculture and its consequences — dealing
> with a new subsistence pattern that caused people to rely on foods
> that were never very important before, a radical shift from
> hunter-gatherer diets. For instance, agricultural populations tend to
> have more copies of a gene for salivary amylase
> <http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/070910_llm_mouths_water.html>,
> which helps them digest starch."
>
> © 2009 LiveScience.com. All rights reserved.
>
> URL:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33916577/ns/technology_and_science-science/
> <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33916577/ns/technology_and_science-science/>
>
>
>

Perhaps a little late?

The Chinese have already opted for the other option set forth at the
time of the Bretton Woods agreement.

They are not waiting.

They are buying up as many eggs in the commodity basket worldwide as
they can.  They have been buying lumber companies in Canada, coal mines,
and every ore imaginable.

They are buying mines and farms on every continent.

All this in their stated desire for a "basket of commodities" to
underpin money as a worldwide alternative to the American abused dollar.

JohnV

They have not hidden their
--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, Jim Whitescarver
<jimscarver@...> wrote:
>
> That an economic system is an information system as is the universe, I
> copied this model here as it is a model of the information problem,
> that truth is in a superposition of states, both true and false and no
> finite model is complete
>
> Quantum truth is of the same nature, it is all information systems,
> not just one.  My model of science, and the universe, is in many ways
> identical to my model of the economy.  Truth has a singular nature
> that can not be finitely contained.
>
> Jim
> http://MonetaryReformAct.org
> http://InformationPhysics.com
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jim Whitescarver jimscarver@...
wrote:
> > I updated the purpose
> >
> > Problem Statement
> > Money has strayed from its original legitimate purpose as simply a
> > medium of exchange. To facilitate the realization of human potential
> > we must be able to capitalize on that potential.
> >
> > I figured a model economy effort needs an economic model. As there
is
> > some consensus that economic systems are information system, and
> > information system is my area of expertise, I entered also a generic
> > model of economics for the new economy.
> > See http://model-economy.wikispaces.com/Model+Economy-Working+Draft
> >
> > It is copied below for those not monitoring the working draft page.
> > Comments would be appreciated.
> >
> > Economic Model
> > Despite amazing short term profit, no wizard of Wall Street has
> > developed a complete economic model. All finite models eventually
> > fail. Instead of the perfect ideal of how an economic system ought
to
> > be, any complete model includes all models. As am economic system is
> > equivalent to a general information system, it is unrestricted by
any
> > finite idea. The total economy includes all the information systems
> > becoming realized in it. We cannot, for example, exclude the black
> > market from the model and get the right answers.
> >
> > As a bases, the wisdom that the money supply times how many times
the
> > money changed hands, equals the number of transactions times the
> > average price in each transaction. From this formula we can deduce
> > exactly how much money is too much or not enough money supply is
> > necessary.
> >
> > What is called, the business cycle, has been shown, by Milton
Friedman
> > and others, is that when the money supply increases, the price per
> > transaction increases proportionally, exhibiting inflation, and when
> > the money supply decreases. prices fall and we have recession,
> > throughout history. Stabilizing the money supply must be objective
and
> > non disgressionary, beyond manipulation by special interests if our
> > money is truly to be only a medium of exchange, and not a commodity
> > manipulated for the sole benefit of a few.
> >
> > MV=NP is not a complete model though it is sound. The gross product
of
> > humanity is a fractal integral of this equation with respect to
every
> > commodity that might be monetized, We can consider the gross
national
> > product as including a squared term of the velocity of money, the
> > integral the number of times money is used. This accounts for why a
> > tax break, inproving the velocity of money can result in greater tax
> > proceeds from a geometrically increased number of transactions due
to
> > a small increase in the velocity of money. A ten percent tax
depletes
> > the money to a limit after ten transactions. Reducing the tax to
five
> > percent insures double the number of transactions before the money
is
> > depleted. Twice the number of transaction at half the tax results in
> > the same amount of tax being collected. While this implied that
> > reduction of tax to near zero will yeild the gratest national
product
> > and tax revinue, we ought be mindful, that the model is incomplete,
> > though not wrong, except in its limits.
> >
> > Applying the model, we can develop an incomplete solution, by
applying
> > what is necessary for sustainable growth. That which is not
required,
> > limits the potential of the economy and must be excluded from our
> > solution.
> >
> > Modern technology makes a nearly complete model feasible on the
> > internet cloud. The danger however is that any centralized system is
> > subject to subvertion. A susstainable solution is to model our own
> > economics within our trust networks and sharing the information
> > anonymously except for requires auditing protecting our privacy and
> > enabling transaction within our trust networks independent from any
> > centralized control. (This is how the high rollers operate now, and
> > how we all ought operate to have a level playing field). A
> > collaborative model will be as complete as any model can be, where
we
> > are each free to chose the parts of the model that we trust.
> > Unlimately money is trust that represents a belief in essential
value
> > suitable for exchange.
> >
>

Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still evolving, including our brains, and there are even signs that our evolution may be accelerating.

Comprehensive scans of the human genome reveal that hundreds of our genes show evidence of changes during the past 10,000 years of human evolution.

"We know the brain has been evolving in human populations quite recently," said paleoanthropologist John Hawks at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Surprisingly, based on skull measurements, the human brain appears to have been shrinking over the last 5,000 or so years.

"When it comes to recent evolutionary changes, we currently maybe have the least specific details with regard the brain, but we do know from archaeological data that pretty much everywhere we can measure — Europe, China, South Africa, Australia — that brains have shrunk about 150 cubic centimeters, off a mean of about 1,350. That's roughly 10 percent," Hawks said.

"As to why is it shrinking, perhaps in big societies, as opposed to hunter-gatherer lifestyles, we can rely on other people for more things, can specialize our behavior to a greater extent, and maybe not need our brains as much," he added.

Mutations against malaria
In contrast to our limited but growing knowledge regarding the modern evolution of the human brain, the best example we see of evolution of humans in recent history is linked with malaria, Hawks said.

Since the disease often targets humans early in life, there was a strong pressure to evolve defenses from malaria — any genetic factor that confers resistance against it would give descendents a chance to have offspring, while those without such protection were more likely to not reproduce.

There are lots of examples of defenses against malaria. Sickle cell anemia is the best known —the disorder deforms red blood cells into sickle shapes, which can impair blood flow, thus damaging tissues, this malformation also prevents the malaria parasite from infesting blood cells.

"Although sickle cell is best known in Africa, there is also an India-Pakistan variant of it that seems to have evolved separately," Hawks explained. "Both variants have evolved very recently, in the last three or four thousand years, and in that time have risen to as much as 10 to 15 percent of the populations. That's pretty rapid change."

Food and drink
Lactose tolerance is another recent example of a recent evolutionary change.

Most of the world remains lactose intolerant, unable to digest the complex milk sugar lactose as adults, but the evolution of lactose tolerance perhaps some 7,500 years ago in Europe enabled people there to take advantage of non-human milk, a highly nutritious food source one can sustainably procure instead of slaughtering animals.

Other evolutionary changes linked with diet appear to deal with genes conferring protection against type II diabetes.

"When you develop agricultural diets, you might need adaptations to survive on them, the way the digestive systems are regulated," Hawks said.

Is our evolution accelerating?
There are signs that human evolution may not only be continuing, but that its rate has even accelerated in recent times. Hawks and his colleagues have found evidence of rapid change, with a host of new mutations originating in the last 40,000 years.

So what might explain this apparent acceleration?

"The ecology of humans has been changing," Hawks said. "The biggest changes have to do with agriculture and its consequences — dealing with a new subsistence pattern that caused people to rely on foods that were never very important before, a radical shift from hunter-gatherer diets. For instance, agricultural populations tend to have more copies of a gene for salivary amylase, which helps them digest starch."

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33916577/ns/technology_and_science-science/

From: mangummurdock <no_reply@yahoogroups.com>
To: AgnosticsRefuge@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 14 November, 2009 6:37:20 AM
Subject: [AgnosticsRefuge] Catechism of Cosmology (Quantum Cosmology)

 
Q: From what did our universe evolve?
A: Our universe evolved from a much smaller, much emptier mini-universe.
You may think of it as an egg. "{It's toroidal wormhole radius~10^-23 meters}"

Q: What was the smaller, emptier universe like?
A: It was a 4 dimension sphere with nothing much inside it. You may think of that as weird. "{Inside is spacetime-consciousness of 2x10^-3 Joules}"

Q: How can a sphere have 4 dimensions?
A: A sphere may have 4 dimensions if it has one more dimension then the 3 dimension sphere. You may think of that as obvious.
"{The 4-sphere of V₄(R)=¨ö¥ð²R⁴ has boundary V₃(R)=2¥ð²R³for an outside observer embedding the V₃(R)=4¥ðR³/3 for an inside observer in 4-dimensional V₄ space as a 5-dimensional Kaluza-Klein deSitter spacetime}"

Q: Does the smaller, emptier universe have a name?
A: The smaller, emptier universe is called a de Sitter universe. You may think of that as about time someone paid attention to de Sitter.

Q: Is there anything else I should know about the smaller, emptier universe?
A: Yes, it represents a solution to Einstein's field equations. You may think of that as a good thing.
"{The solution is the wormhole energy E_ps=hc/¥ë_ps=Energy*=Heterotic Supermembrane HE(8x8)=E_psE_ss
=¡î{2¥ðG_om_e²/4¥áhce²}=[m_e/m_P]/2e¡î¥á}"

Q: Where was that smaller, emptier universe or egg?
A: It was in the place where space as we know it did not exist. You may think of it as a sac.

Q: When was it there?
A: It was there at the time when time as we know it did not exist. You may think of it as a mystery. "{The time was t_ps=3.3333...x10^-31 seconds as the instanton for the Big Bang and following the inflaton of the string epoch initializing at Planck-Time t_P=¡î(2¥ðhG/c⁵)}"

Q: Where did the egg come from?
A: The egg did not actually come from anywhere. You may think of this as
astonishing. "{It came from the MATHIMATIA, which resides within yourself}"

Q: If the egg did not come from anywhere, how did it get there?
A: The egg got there because the wave function of the universe said it was probable. You may think of this as a done deal.
"{The encompassing wavefunction is:  B(n)=(2e/hA)exp^-alpha.T(n)}"

Q: How did our universe evolve from the egg?
A: It evolved by inflating itself up from its sac to become the universe in which we now find ourselves. You mat think of that as just one of those things.
"{The de Broglie matter-wave parameters for the inflaton are:
 v_phase=f_psR_Hubble  with  hyperacceleration a_phase=f^_ps2R_Hubble}"

by David Berlinski
RE: Enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting (nt) - regmac 08:16:35 08/11/08 (3)

In Reply to: RE: Enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting (nt) posted by krisjan on August 10, 2008 at 14:33:14

I'm pleased to learn that you enjoyed my post. Perhaps you will enjoy this one as well. In what follows, Stephen Hawking (no doubt another hero of our hyperventilating friend, RGA) gets skewered a la Richard Dawkins. This is perhaps my favorite Berlinski bitch slap.

"A Catechism of Quantum Cosmology

Q: From what did our universe evolve?

A: Our universe evolved from a much smaller, much emptier mini-universe. You may think of it as an egg.

Q: What was the smaller, emptier universe like?

A: It was a four-dimensional sphere with nothing much inside it. You may think of that as weird.

Q: How can a sphere have four dimensions?

A: A sphere may have four dimensions if it has one more dimension than a three-dimensional sphere. You may think of that as obvious.

Q: Does the smaller, emptier universe have a name?

A: The smaller, emptier universe is called a de Sitter universe. You may think of that as about time someone paid attention to de Sitter.

Q: Is there anything else I should know about the smaller, emptier universe.?

A: Yes. It represents a solution to Einstein's field equations. You may think of that as a good thing.

Q: Where was that smaller, emptier universe or egg?

A:It was in the place where space as we know it did not exist. You may think of it as a sac.

Q: When was it there?

A: It was there at the time when time as we know it did not exist. You may think of it as a mystery.

Q: Where did the egg come from?

A: The egg did not actually come from anywhere. You may think of this as astonishing.

Q: If the egg did not come from anywhere, how did it get there?

A: The egg got there because the wave function of the universe said it was probable. You may think of this as a done deal.

Q: How did our universe evolve from the egg?

A: It evolved by inflating itself up from its sac to become the universe in which we now find ourselves. You may think of that as just one of those things."

Berlinski goes on to say, "This catechism, I should add, is not a parody of quantum cosmology. It *is* quantum cosmology.

"Readers lacking faith, will, I imagine, wish to know something more about its crucial step, and that is the emergence of a mini-universe from nothing at all. They will be disappointed to learn that insofar as the mini-universe is actual, it did not emerge from nothing, and insofar as it is possible, it did not emerge at all. What can be said about the mini-universe according to either interpretation is that Hawking has designated it as probable because he has assumed that it is probable.

He has done this by restricting the wave function of the universe to just those universes that coincide with the de Sitter universe at their boundaries. This coincidence is all that is needed to produce the desired results. The wave function of the universe and the de sitter mini-universe are made for each other. The subsequent computations indicate the obvious: The universe most likely to be found down there in the sac of time is just the universe Hawking assumed would be found down there. If what Hawking has described is not quite a circle in thought, it does appear to suggest an oblate spheroid.

"The result is guaranteed-one hunnerd percent as used-car salesmen say."

Krisjan, I sent a copy of Berlinski's catechism to an acquaintance of mine (a well known theoretical particle physicist) in order to ascertain if Berlinski was giving Hawking's theory its due. My friend responded by saying that while there is nothing inaccurate insofar as Berlinski's critique of the theory is concerned, he does not appreciate Berlinski's "contemptuous" tone. I think it fair to say that while astrophysicists and cosmologists would grudgingly agree with Berlinski on substance, they would demur as to form. Fair enough. :)

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Allen Francom <light_rock@...> wrote:
>
> What if I were to say that "money" appears to be reaching a quantum leap stage
where
> it may begin to represent the infinite wealth of the entire universe...
>

A would say that you see a future quantum possibility.  That, by the
butterfy effect, we might realize.

> That, combined with crabs all cooking in the same pot = "the economy"
>

When we stop using their money we stop giving them power over us.
Money is power, but who says it must be their money when is can be our
money.  When we stop using their money we stop giving them power.

Jim

> :)

Amen.

> So... once we get off the rock...  "gangbusters"
>
> That is the key thingy, and I believe not generally analyzed...
>

We have the choice, but have been programmed to support any answer
that benefits the money power.  That we can find a way they ultimately
does not benifit them is highly improbable.  Yrt what exists is
improbable in as ecology of information that ultimately dooms them by
their own short sighted choices.

They have certainly infiltrated our efforts, and will fight us unfairly.
Jim
> ________________________________
> From: Jim Whitescarver <jimscarver@...>
> To: monetary reform <monetaryReform@yahoogroups.com>;
> infophysics@yahoogroups.com; quacksanonymous
> <QuacksAnonymous@yahoogroups.com>; theoryofeverything
> <TheoryOfEverything@yahoogroups.com>; quantumrelativity
> <quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Fri, November 13, 2009 10:30:57 AM
> Subject: [QuacksAnonymous] Economic Model
>
>
>
> I updated the purpose
>
> Problem Statement
> Money has strayed from its original legitimate purpose as simply a
> medium of exchange. To facilitate the realization of human potential
> we must be able to capitalize on that potential.
>
>

That an economic system is an information system as is the universe, I
copied this model here as it is a model of the information problem,
that truth is in a superposition of states, both true and false and no
finite model is complete

Quantum truth is of the same nature, it is all information systems,
not just one.  My model of science, and the universe, is in many ways
identical to my model of the economy.  Truth has a singular nature
that can not be finitely contained.

Jim
http://MonetaryReformAct.org
http://InformationPhysics.com
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Jim Whitescarver <jimscarver@...> wrote:
> I updated the purpose
>
> Problem Statement
> Money has strayed from its original legitimate purpose as simply a
> medium of exchange. To facilitate the realization of human potential
> we must be able to capitalize on that potential.
>
> I figured a model economy effort needs an economic model. As there is
> some consensus that economic systems are information system, and
> information system is my area of expertise, I entered also a generic
> model of economics for the new economy.
> See http://model-economy.wikispaces.com/Model+Economy-Working+Draft
>
> It is copied below for those not monitoring the working draft page.
> Comments would be appreciated.
>
> Economic Model
> Despite amazing short term profit, no wizard of Wall Street has
> developed a complete economic model. All finite models eventually
> fail. Instead of the perfect ideal of how an economic system ought to
> be, any complete model includes all models. As am economic system is
> equivalent to a general information system, it is unrestricted by any
> finite idea. The total economy includes all the information systems
> becoming realized in it. We cannot, for example, exclude the black
> market from the model and get the right answers.
>
> As a bases, the wisdom that the money supply times how many times the
> money changed hands, equals the number of transactions times the
> average price in each transaction. From this formula we can deduce
> exactly how much money is too much or not enough money supply is
> necessary.
>
> What is called, the business cycle, has been shown, by Milton Friedman
> and others, is that when the money supply increases, the price per
> transaction increases proportionally, exhibiting inflation, and when
> the money supply decreases. prices fall and we have recession,
> throughout history. Stabilizing the money supply must be objective and
> non disgressionary, beyond manipulation by special interests if our
> money is truly to be only a medium of exchange, and not a commodity
> manipulated for the sole benefit of a few.
>
> MV=NP is not a complete model though it is sound. The gross product of
> humanity is a fractal integral of this equation with respect to every
> commodity that might be monetized, We can consider the gross national
> product as including a squared term of the velocity of money, the
> integral the number of times money is used. This accounts for why a
> tax break, inproving the velocity of money can result in greater tax
> proceeds from a geometrically increased number of transactions due to
> a small increase in the velocity of money. A ten percent tax depletes
> the money to a limit after ten transactions. Reducing the tax to five
> percent insures double the number of transactions before the money is
> depleted. Twice the number of transaction at half the tax results in
> the same amount of tax being collected. While this implied that
> reduction of tax to near zero will yeild the gratest national product
> and tax revinue, we ought be mindful, that the model is incomplete,
> though not wrong, except in its limits.
>
> Applying the model, we can develop an incomplete solution, by applying
> what is necessary for sustainable growth. That which is not required,
> limits the potential of the economy and must be excluded from our
> solution.
>
> Modern technology makes a nearly complete model feasible on the
> internet cloud. The danger however is that any centralized system is
> subject to subvertion. A susstainable solution is to model our own
> economics within our trust networks and sharing the information
> anonymously except for requires auditing protecting our privacy and
> enabling transaction within our trust networks independent from any
> centralized control. (This is how the high rollers operate now, and
> how we all ought operate to have a level playing field). A
> collaborative model will be as complete as any model can be, where we
> are each free to chose the parts of the model that we trust.
> Unlimately money is trust that represents a belief in essential value
> suitable for exchange.
>

I updated the purpose

Problem Statement
Money has strayed from its original legitimate purpose as simply a
medium of exchange. To facilitate the realization of human potential
we must be able to capitalize on that potential.

I figured a model economy effort needs an economic model. As there is
some consensus that economic systems are information system, and
information system is my area of expertise, I entered also a generic
model of economics for the new economy.
See http://model-economy.wikispaces.com/Model+Economy-Working+Draft

It is copied below for those not monitoring the working draft page.
Comments would be appreciated.

Economic Model
Despite amazing short term profit, no wizard of Wall Street has
developed a complete economic model. All finite models eventually
fail. Instead of the perfect ideal of how an economic system ought to
be, any complete model includes all models. As am economic system is
equivalent to a general information system, it is unrestricted by any
finite idea. The total economy includes all the information systems
becoming realized in it. We cannot, for example, exclude the black
market from the model and get the right answers.

As a bases, the wisdom that the money supply times how many times the
money changed hands, equals the number of transactions times the
average price in each transaction. From this formula we can deduce
exactly how much money is too much or not enough money supply is
necessary.

What is called, the business cycle, has been shown, by Milton Friedman
and others, is that when the money supply increases, the price per
transaction increases proportionally, exhibiting inflation, and when
the money supply decreases. prices fall and we have recession,
throughout history. Stabilizing the money supply must be objective and
non disgressionary, beyond manipulation by special interests if our
money is truly to be only a medium of exchange, and not a commodity
manipulated for the sole benefit of a few.

MV=NP is not a complete model though it is sound. The gross product of
humanity is a fractal integral of this equation with respect to every
commodity that might be monetized, We can consider the gross national
product as including a squared term of the velocity of money, the
integral the number of times money is used. This accounts for why a
tax break, inproving the velocity of money can result in greater tax
proceeds from a geometrically increased number of transactions due to
a small increase in the velocity of money. A ten percent tax depletes
the money to a limit after ten transactions. Reducing the tax to five
percent insures double the number of transactions before the money is
depleted. Twice the number of transaction at half the tax results in
the same amount of tax being collected. While this implied that
reduction of tax to near zero will yeild the gratest national product
and tax revinue, we ought be mindful, that the model is incomplete,
though not wrong, except in its limits.

Applying the model, we can develop an incomplete solution, by applying
what is necessary for sustainable growth. That which is not required,
limits the potential of the economy and must be excluded from our
solution.

Modern technology makes a nearly complete model feasible on the
internet cloud. The danger however is that any centralized system is
subject to subvertion. A susstainable solution is to model our own
economics within our trust networks and sharing the information
anonymously except for requires auditing protecting our privacy and
enabling transaction within our trust networks independent from any
centralized control. (This is how the high rollers operate now, and
how we all ought operate to have a level playing field). A
collaborative model will be as complete as any model can be, where we
are each free to chose the parts of the model that we trust.
Unlimately money is trust that represents a belief in essential value
suitable for exchange.

John, you should see the machines and equipment we use to plant trees.... big
tractors that wade out into the brush and grind the
16' circles to mineral soil for planting.. They add nitrogen pellets that take
10 years to dissolve... Crews then come in and plant
5 or 6 trees in each circle... I have surveyed 100 acre units set aside for the
Spotted Owl, Blue Herron and Marbled Murrilet... We
have even protected flyways for the Bald Eagles... The Pine Beetle is controlled
either with fire by nature or by cutting the
infestation out by logging and replanting...

The forest is maintained at a forever, sustained yield... The annual cut is a
known amount and the foresters looks for the infected
areas to be cleaned up first... We have the ability to manage our lands and the
planet itself... I'm speaking for the timber
industry of course... The environmental extremist have the US Forest Service
totally locked out of their own forest with endless
lawsuits... The same can be said for the State owned lands... So private forests
are all that produce 2x4's in the good old USA
anymore...

Maybe someone here can speak for Big Oil...



Lightning Lan


----- Original Message -----
From: "jack_vanwinkle" <jack_vanwinkle@...>
To: <quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke and Mirrors


Lan et al,

I did not know that the US has more trees than ever.  Or that we plant
more trees for all that we remove.

The only thing I read was that global warming caused the pine beetle to
migrate to the WA forests and on into the interior of BC and now Alberta
and is on its way east a bite at a time.

I wonder if we will be able to replace all those trees, stop them from
being a fire hazard and replacing their use as carbon sinks.  Have we
planted enough trees to make a difference?

Seems that this ole planet is sorely aching.  Mother Nature probably
knows we are all bastards.

I'm glad someone got my point.  CO2 is that the red herring?  Does
Corporatism want us to ignore all their pollution and get caught up
choosing sides in some CO2 debate?  Divide and Conquer beats E Pluribus
Unum anyday imo.

JohnV


--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, "Lan Johnson" <lanjohnson@...>
wrote:
>
> Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are
more trees in the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
> ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which
were never forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
> the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc.
want you to believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
> and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or whatever...
Don't buy that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
> say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human
Kind...
> They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with
the big wood house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
> ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to
their idea of society...
> It's about freedom...
>
>
> Lan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jack_vanwinkle" jack_vanwinkle@...
> To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
> Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke
and Mirrors
>
>
> Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so we
> can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try and
> deny it.
>
> Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.
We
> are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast amounts
> minute by minute.
>
> Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the US
> and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
> Protocol?
>
> Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did have
to
> bail out Big Auto.
>
> Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run out
> of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard propaganda
> supported by lobbyist's misinformation.
>
> Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown to
> have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as
Aesop
> warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
> self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have
effectively
> run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
> comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
> masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over our
> eyes.
>
> But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the
last
> vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of
course
> it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.
>
> Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It costs
> nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
> ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
> concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing
for
> us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we
please.
> That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want
and
> have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.
>
> The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our fire
> makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will not
> make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.
>
> We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?
>
> JohnV
>
>
>
> --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > State of the Climate
> > National Overview
> > October 2009
> > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> > National Climatic Data Center
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> > _«  September 2009
> > National Overview Report_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> > Report:
> >
> > Year:  Month:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Maps and Graphics:
> > _October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
\
> )  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
> _Most  Recent 6 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
> _Most  Recent 12 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> > _Year-to-Date_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> > _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
> _Annual  Summary for 2008_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> > PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are based
> > on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
> become available,
> > the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on
the
> > _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
\
> )  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
> site.
> > For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or
for
> > tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from 1895-present,
> for
> > October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate
at
> a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > National Overview:
> >     *   Temperature Highlights - October
> >     *   The average _October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the
> 20th Century
> > average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
> >     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October
on
> > record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
> reinforced
> > unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
\
> onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> > &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection) ..
> > Temperatures were _below  normal_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> > nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much
below
> normal.
> > Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures for
> > October.
> >     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> > coincided with the regional values as all but six states had  below
> normal
> > temperatures. _Oklahoma_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> > its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top
five
> > coolest such months.
> >     *   _Florida  _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> > the only state to have an above normal temperature average in
October.
> It
> > was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
> above
> > normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
> >     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
> record
> > for  three states: _Nebraska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> > &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
> _Missouri
> > (2nd)_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> > _Iowa  (3rd) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> > _Arkansas  (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> > 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South  Dakota
> (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> > h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> > 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska
(eight)
> > recorded a record cool such  period.
> >     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
> contiguous
> > U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> > =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
> period.
> >     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
> >     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> > r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of
record.
> The
> > nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
> long-term
> > average of 2.11 inches.
> >     *   _Regionally_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> > nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> > =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> > 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> > _Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
> region had
> > its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bm
> > onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth
wettest.
> This
> > was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
> normal
> > precipitation.
> >     *   Three states (_Iowa_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> > &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
> other
> > states _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings
ranking
> > in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
> Arizona)
> > saw below normal  precipitation.
> >     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009.
The
> state
> > has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
> (May,
> > 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October,
1st
> > wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> > &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years
of
> > record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in
_Arizona_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> > second-driest year-to-date period.
> >     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was record-setting
> for
> > many _adjacent  divisions _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> > if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
> Georgia.
> > It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical
cyclone
> > (_Claudette_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
\
> =8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in
the
> > region during this period.
> >     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought
covered
> 12
> > percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest
drought
> > footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
> drought episodes
> > in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
> conditions
> > emerged  across much of Arizona.
> >     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> > moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
> according to the  Palmer
> > Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and
wet
> spell
> > intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February 2005.
> >     *   Other Items of Note
> >     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
> Champaign,
> >  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest
had
> one
> > of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
> observing
> > its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting and
> stunted
> > crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind in
> places,
> > and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
> region.
> >     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States
during
> > October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through
13th,
> while the
> > second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through
30th.
> By
> > month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
> according to
> > NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
> >     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
> country
> > led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28
inches
> of
> > snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
> record. North
> > Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
> 2009 the
> > snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
> record
> > was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
> >     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in
all
> > respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
> October,
> > according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each of
> these values is
> > below this  decade's average for October.
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Alaska:
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with a
> > temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
> across
> > the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> > and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
> information on local temperature and precipitation
> > records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For
details
> and graphics on
> > weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
> Global
> > Hazards page_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
> ..
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > Regional Highlights:
> > These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional Climate
> > Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
> and reflect
> > conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
> spatially
> > from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data
Center_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
> >     *   _Northeast_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
> >     *   _Midwest_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
> >     *   _Southeast_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
> >     *   _High  Plains_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
> >     *   _Southern_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
> >     *   _Western_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
> >     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
> >     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
> Northeast.
> > The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which was
> 1.8
> > degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended
the
> month
> > exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged
from
> 0.4 degrees
> > F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
> degrees
> > C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since
1895
> in the
> > Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
> Hampshire,
> > and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
> >     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
> Northeast in
> > October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were above
> > normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West
Virginia
> to 209
> > percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation total
of
> 4.67
> > inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of the
> states and
> > the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest Octobers
> since
> > 1895.
> >     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter
this
> > month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
> 15th and 18th
> > left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of Maine,
> New
> > Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
New
> York,
> > and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes region
> of New
> > York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
> events.
> > Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of
the
> first inch
> > of  snow.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
> >     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
> Regional
> > Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
> >     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in
October,
> > although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
> Temperature
> > departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in
> western
> > Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
> eastern
> > portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the coldest
> with
> > temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
> below normal in
> > the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern
Kentucky.
> More
> > than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set
in
> the
> > Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month there
> were 1485
> > low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
> Based on
> > preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record in
> the
> > Midwest region.
> >     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently heavy.
> > Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
> Kentucky and in
> > extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
> Precipitation was
> > 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of
Missouri
> and
> > the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
> portion of
> >  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days
of
> the
> > month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
> locations in
> > the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
> records, 192
> > locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
> locations had
> >  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
> data,
> > this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
> Midwest
> > region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest since
> 1895 in all
> > states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the second
> wettest
> > in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky and
> > Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th wettest
> in Ohio. The
> > largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28 inches
> (439 mm)
> > by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow
> > (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
> precipitation for this
> > area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
> inches (76
> > mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
> northwestern
> > third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
> month
> > northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the
central
> Upper
> > Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
> Minnesota on October
> > 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along the
> > Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on
the
> morning of
> > the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood, Iowa.
A
> second
> > event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa
and
> amounts
> > from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
> northern
> > Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm) of
> snow fell
> > across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
> >     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing
agricultural
> > producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting
of
> corn in
> > many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of
the
> crop. At
> > the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four weeks
> > behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
An
> early to
> > normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity in
> many of the
> > areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
> weather
> > of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
> region. That
> > slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
> from
> > making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
> soybean harvest
> > was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent
complete
> > compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest was
> only
> > complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent
behind
> normal in
> > the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
> Illinois at
> > 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent.
Only
> 12
> > percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a
5-year
> average
> > of 69  percent.
> >     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the
Midwest
> > during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
> Watch  page_
> > (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
> >     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> > Regional Climate Center_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
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> cc.com/) )
> >     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to
slightly
> below
> > normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees
F
> (1.1
> > to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
> Georgia,
> > Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures
were
> 2 to 5
> > degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of
Florida,
> > extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
> several
> > outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia
and
> Crestview,
> > Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to
0.6
> degrees
> > C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
> Virginia
> > registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th
of
> the month.
> > The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and 11th
> as hot
> > air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Andrews,
> South
> > Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of
92
> and 90
> > degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
> Virginia
> > reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
> Florida
> > contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
> Okeechobee,
> > Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on the
> 7th,
> > which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
> all-time daily
> > maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
> There
> > were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the month
> with the
> > vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums
for
> the
> > month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds
and
> > precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days
across
> the remainder
> > of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
> maximum,
> > with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th
of
> the
> > month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
> registered an
> > average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
> warmest
> > October in a record extending back 59  years.
> >     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama,
Georgia
> and
> > western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
> totals
> > during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than
300
> percent of
> > normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and
extreme
> > western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than normal
> for the
> > month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones and
> frontal
> > systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
> locations did
> > not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any
given
> day.
> > Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of
precipitation
> for the
> > month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest daily
> > precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49 inches
> (38 mm). A
> > number of  locations in the region registered the wettest September-
> October on
> > record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches
(635
> and
> > 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
> breaking
> > longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North
Carolina
> > recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
> two-month period.
> > This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
> tropical
> > storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
> precipitation in 2009
> > was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were observed
> across
> > much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
> southeastern
> > Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina.
Most
> notably,
> > Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded
only
> 0.13
> > inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation,
respectively,
> for the
> > month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all
but
> the
> > west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
> >     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of
North
> > Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of
severe
> drought
> > (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly as
> the
> > accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across
eastern
> portions of
> > NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of Florida
in
> > response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
> >     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a
cyclone
> off
> > of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light
snow
> > across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
> Mountains. Banner
> > Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and
1.5
> inches
> > (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
> >     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
> months in
> >  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
> reach
> > full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6, 2005.
> Further
> > upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full
pool
> > flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
> problems  for
> > farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed
to
> the
> > rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
> conditions
> > before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> > associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no tropical
> cyclone activity
> > anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September or
> > October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
> caused multiple
> > traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast  Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home Page_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
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> cc.com/) .
> >     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High
Plains
> > Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
> >     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> > Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as temperature
> departures of 6
> > degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
> normal
> > were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
> totals
> > greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
> These wet and
> > cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month.
One
> state
> > hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
> States
> > Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
> lagged by four
> > weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
> across the
> > Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless others
> had
> > average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers on
> record. An
> > intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> > interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
> temperature on October
> > 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was
well
> below
> > the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
> degrees
> > C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low
for
> the
> > day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
> >     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the
Region.
> The
> > only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half of
> > Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
> widespread heavy
> > precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent
of
> normal
> > precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted the
> Region
> > this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a
blanket
> of snow
> > covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers.
The
> > first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record
cold
> to every
> > state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
> month and
> > brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
> Nebraska.
> > But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
> pounded the
> > Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
> foothills of
> > Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
> Nebraska, and
> > blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
> schools, and
> > businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> > precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy spot
> was North Platte,
> > Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4
inches
> (74.68
> > cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
> (39.88
> > cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the new
> record
> > snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of
27.8
> inches
> > (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's
snowfall
> has
> > already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches (72.39
> cm).
> >     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this
month
> as
> > heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions (D0)
> in North
> > Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
> rainfall in
> >  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought and
> > abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since October
> 5, 1999).
> > Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
> row.
> > Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an
abnormally
> dry
> > monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir levels,
> and
> > decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
> Outlook  released
> > October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
> Colorado are
> > expected to improve through January 2010.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains Regional
> > Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
> >     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
> >     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
> October
> > mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of Oklahoma
> and
> > Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained within
3
> degrees F
> > (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma
were
> > exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
> temperature of
> > 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
> below the
> > 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest
October
> in
> > Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record of
> 54.4
> > degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
> average October
> > mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was 5.37
> > degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was the
> fourth
> > coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
> Incidentally, the
> > state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the coldest
> October
> > (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976. The
> warmest
> > areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and
in
> the
> > Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
> ranged
> > from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
> >     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in the
> > Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
> totals that
> > ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
> highest
> > precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
> region.
> > Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region,
which
> averaged 7.7
> > inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm) above
> the
> > 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
> (348.0 mm) of
> > precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
> began in
> > 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the
115
> year
> > (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total
record
> for
> > Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October,
1984.
> On a more
> > local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches
(381.0
> mm) of
> > precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded monthly
> totals
> > that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
> received
> > an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
> which was
> > 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40
percent
> of
> > the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
> October, Leola
> > received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
> making 2009
> > the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009) with
> two
> > months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
> October on
> > record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2 inches
> (335.3 mm)
> > of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year
(1895-2009)
> > average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4
mm)
> set in
> > 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual stations
in
> > Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period of
> record that goes
> > back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
> precipitation
> > or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
> shattered the
> > previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6 inches
> (320.0
> > mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
> October,
> > the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation,
which
> similar
> > to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
> typically
> > wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
> recorded
> > 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
> above the
> > 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over the
> 1895-2009
> > period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm) below
> the
> > record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
> making it
> > the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4
inches
> (162.6
> > mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on record
> > (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
> precipitation, making it
> > the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to
the
> > above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
> Precipitation totals
> > for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar
values
> were
> > also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
> area just
> > south of the northern Texas panhandle.
> >     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate drought
> > conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of
the
> state was
> > designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the state
> was
> > designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was approximately
a
> 50 percent
> > improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
> >     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009. The
> storms
> > were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
> fatality
> > and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi. In
> Robertson
> > County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
> addition,
> > damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> > Mississippi.
> >     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries
were
> > mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees were
> reported
> > down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens more
> tornadoes
> > touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border region.
> One
> > twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured. Another
> injury was
> > also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was
reported
> in
> > Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
> when his car
> > crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands
of
> > Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
> >     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
> >     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
> entire
> > region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
> portions of
> > southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
> Rockies and
> > northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
> Cheyenne,
> > and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
> October on
> > record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd
coldest
> while
> > Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest
October
> on
> > record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most
of
> the
> > state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on record.
> >     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the region
> except
> > for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th left
> many
> > cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
> wettest
> > October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their 2nd
> wettest on
> > record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946 and
> their
> > snowiest  October ever.
> >     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> > Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one residence
> and five other
> > structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on
the
> 7th.
> > Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
> destroyed.
> > On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near Naches,
> > Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An
estimated
> $20  million
> > in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> > On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the season
> > brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
> Montana reaching
> > -16 F (-27  C).
> > On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
> California
> > bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.
Rainfall
> reports
> > of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
> Coast
> > Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.
Local
> flooding
> > occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
> residents
> > being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
> mudslide. The
> > strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11
car
> > pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed trees
> caused power
> > outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
> October
> > rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
> Francisco
> > Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
> reached 135
> > mph near Lake Tahoe.
> > On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico
with
> up
> > to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range in
> Colorado.
> > Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in
Wyoming.
> Some
> > injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
> Denver
> > and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western
Nebraska.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> > See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
> for weather and climate records for
> > the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and statewide
> data and
> > graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
> periods,
> > please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are
> > based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final
data
> are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. Graphics based
on
> final
> > data are provided on the _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
\
> )  page and the _Climate
> > at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> > page as they become available.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> >
> > Questions?
> >
> > For questions on technical or scientific content of this report,
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> >
> >
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> >
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--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, "jack_vanwinkle" <jack_vanwinkle@...>
wrote:
>
> Us old farts and our ilk have set the train of industry spewing poisons
> down a track where it is not so easy for our kids to stop.  Besides the
> travel posters tell of great adventure and excitement if they board the
> train of their parents.
>
> Trees-Fyi-http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1115-forests.html
>
> I think I am with you.  Slowly, there is progress being made.  Will it
> be soon enough.
>
> It may not be important, an ecological time frame.  This old world may
> just be ready to roll over in 2012 just to cleanse the earth.
>
> JohnV
> --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, "Lan Johnson" <lanjohnson@>
> wrote:
> >
> > I believe we are finding the middle ground... I still have some
> mercury fillings in my mouth but we're getting there... No one wants
> > polluted air or water... We are solving these problems.. I have faith
> in my fellow mankind and in the very bright souls coming into
> > being now days... The environmental, wacko extremists don't... They
> really want 2/3's of the population of this planet to go away...
> > Sorry, this planet is, and was made for humans, hopefully, on their
> way to becoming something greater...
> >
> > That's my 2 bits... I'm an old fart now so I'm about done, but, I see
> young people that are so bright and beautiful, their amazing,
> > our species has great hope... These kids aren't a bunch of cattle to
> be herded into some bureaucrats planned existence for them "for
> > the sake of the planet"... It's their planet..!!!!! Let them have a
> chance to mold it and make it evolve... Let them use it's
> > resources to go to the stars...
> >
> > Lightning Lan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Allen Francom" light.rock@
> > To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:43 PM
> > Subject: Re: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!!
> ---Smoke and Mirrors
> >
> >
> > That said...
> >
> > It would be nice if we didn't need the Cleanup Superfund...  and if
> there
> > weren't coal mines burning
> > underground for decades...  and mercury in our tuna...
> >
> > Point being, there has to be a middle ground here.
> >
> > "their" point, "give a hoot, don't pollute" is a good one.
> >
> > Why DON'T we invent Clean Stuff instead of farty belchy black soot
> stuff ?
> >
> > THAT is a good point.
> >
> > Because we can.
> >
> > Maybe it is more expensive.
> >
> > Maybe not...
> >
> > Sooner or later, somebody has to take out the garbage.
> >
> > it would be nice if all the garbage would just rot and fertilize the
> plants
> > in a way that they
> > would be safe to eat...
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Lan Johnson lanjohnson@...:
> >
> > > Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are
> more
> > > trees in the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
> > > ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which
> were
> > > never forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
> > > the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc.
> want
> > > you to believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
> > > and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or
> whatever... Don't
> > > buy that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
> > > say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human
> Kind...
> > > They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with
> the big
> > > wood house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
> > > ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to
> their
> > > idea of society...
> > > It's about freedom...
> > >
> > >
> > > Lan
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "jack_vanwinkle" jack_vanwinkle@
> > > To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
> > > Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke
> and
> > > Mirrors
> > >
> > >
> > > Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so
> we
> > > can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try
> and
> > > deny it.
> > >
> > > Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.
> We
> > > are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast
> amounts
> > > minute by minute.
> > >
> > > Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the
> US
> > > and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
> > > Protocol?
> > >
> > > Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did
> have to
> > > bail out Big Auto.
> > >
> > > Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run
> out
> > > of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard
> propaganda
> > > supported by lobbyist's misinformation.
> > >
> > > Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown
> to
> > > have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as
> Aesop
> > > warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
> > > self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have
> effectively
> > > run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
> > > comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
> > > masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over
> our
> > > eyes.
> > >
> > > But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the
> last
> > > vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of
> course
> > > it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.
> > >
> > > Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It
> costs
> > > nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
> > > ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
> > > concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing
> for
> > > us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we
> please.
> > > That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want
> and
> > > have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.
> > >
> > > The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our
> fire
> > > makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will
> not
> > > make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.
> > >
> > > We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?
> > >
> > > JohnV
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > State of the Climate
> > > > National Overview
> > > > October 2009
> > > > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> > > > National Climatic Data Center
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > > Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> > > > _«  September 2009
> > > > National Overview Report_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> > > > Report:
> > > >
> > > > Year:  Month:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > > Maps and Graphics:
> > > > _October_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
> \
> > > )  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> > > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
> > > _Most  Recent 6 Months_
> > > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
> > > _Most  Recent 12 Months_
> > > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> > > > _Year-to-Date_
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> > > > _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
> > > _Annual  Summary for 2008_
> > > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> > > > PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> > > and values are based
> > > > on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data
> are
> > > > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
> > > become available,
> > > > the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on
> the
> > > > _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
> \
> > > )  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
> > > site.
> > > > For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or
> for
> > > > tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from
> 1895-present,
> > > for
> > > > October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate
> at
> > > a  Glance_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> page.
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > >
> > > > National Overview:
> > > >     *   Temperature Highlights - October
> > > >     *   The average _October_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > > > =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below
> the
> > > 20th Century
> > > > average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
> > > >     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest
> October on
> > > > record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
> > > reinforced
> > > > unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
> \
> > > onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> > > > &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection)
> ..
> > > > Temperatures were _below  normal_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
> \
> > > altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> > > > nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much
> below
> > > normal.
> > > > Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures
> for
> > > > October.
> > > >     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> \
> > > idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> > > > coincided with the regional values as all but six states had
> below
> > > normal
> > > > temperatures. _Oklahoma_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> > > > its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top
> five
> > > > coolest such months.
> > > >     *   _Florida  _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> > > > the only state to have an above normal temperature average in
> October.
> > > It
> > > > was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
> > > above
> > > > normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> > > > nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
> > > >     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
> > > record
> > > > for  three states: _Nebraska_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > > gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> > > > &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > > > =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
> > > _Missouri
> > > > (2nd)_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> > > > _Iowa  (3rd) _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> > > > _Arkansas  (5th) _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> > > > 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=200
> > > > 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South
> Dakota
> > > (5th) _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> > > > h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
> \
> > > onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> > > > 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska
> (eight)
> > > > recorded a record cool such  period.
> > > >     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
> > > contiguous
> > > > U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> > > > =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> \
> > > idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> > > > nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
> > > period.
> > > >     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
> > > >     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> > > > r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of
> record.
> > > The
> > > > nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
> > > long-term
> > > > average of 2.11 inches.
> > > >     *   _Regionally_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
> \
> > > alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> > > > nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> > > > =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> > > > 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> > > > _Central_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
> > > region had
> > > > its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bm
> > > > onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth
> wettest.
> > > This
> > > > was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
> > > normal
> > > > precipitation.
> > > >     *   Three states (_Iowa_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > > gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > > gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> > > > &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
> > > other
> > > > states _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> \
> > > ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings
> ranking
> > > > in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
> > > Arizona)
> > > > saw below normal  precipitation.
> > > >     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009.
> The
> > > state
> > > > has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
> > > (May,
> > > > 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October,
> 1st
> > > > wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> > > > &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years
> of
> > > > record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in
> _Arizona_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries01&byear=200
> > > > 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> > > > second-driest year-to-date period.
> > > >     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was
> record-setting
> > > for
> > > > many _adjacent  divisions _
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
> \
> > > onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> > > > if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
> > > Georgia.
> > > > It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical
> cyclone
> > > > (_Claudette_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
> \
> > > =8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in
> the
> > > > region during this period.
> > > >     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought
> covered
> > > 12
> > > > percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest
> drought
> > > > footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
> > > drought episodes
> > > > in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
> > > conditions
> > > > emerged  across much of Arizona.
> > > >     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> > > > moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
> > > according to the  Palmer
> > > > Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and
> wet
> > > spell
> > > > intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February
> 2005.
> > > >     *   Other Items of Note
> > > >     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
> > > Champaign,
> > > >  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest
> had
> > > one
> > > > of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
> > > observing
> > > > its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting
> and
> > > stunted
> > > > crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind
> in
> > > places,
> > > > and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
> > > region.
> > > >     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States
> during
> > > > October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through
> 13th,
> > > while the
> > > > second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through
> 30th.
> > > By
> > > > month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
> > > according to
> > > > NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
> > > >     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
> > > country
> > > > led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28
> inches
> > > of
> > > > snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
> > > record. North
> > > > Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
> > > 2009 the
> > > > snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
> > > record
> > > > was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
> > > >     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in
> all
> > > > respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
> > > October,
> > > > according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each
> of
> > > these values is
> > > > below this  decade's average for October.
> > > >
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > > Alaska:
> > > >     *   _Alaska_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > > )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with
> a
> > > > temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000
> average.
> > > >
> > > >     *   _Alaska_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > > )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
> > > temperature
> > > > 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > > >
> > > >     *   _Alaska_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> \
> > > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > > )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
> > > temperature
> > > > 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > > > For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
> > > across
> > > > the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> > > > and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
> > > information on local temperature and precipitation
> > > > records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For
> details
> > > and graphics on
> > > > weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
> > > Global
> > > > Hazards page_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
> > > ..
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > >
> > > > Regional Highlights:
> > > > These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional
> Climate
> > > > Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
> > > and reflect
> > > > conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
> > > spatially
> > > > from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data
> Center_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
> > > >     *   _Northeast_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
> > > >     *   _Midwest_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
> > > >     *   _Southeast_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
> > > >     *   _High  Plains_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
> > > >     *   _Southern_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
> > > >     *   _Western_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> \
> > > tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
> > > >     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
> > > Regional
> > > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
> > > >     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
> > > Northeast.
> > > > The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which
> was
> > > 1.8
> > > > degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended
> the
> > > month
> > > > exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged
> from
> > > 0.4 degrees
> > > > F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
> > > degrees
> > > > C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since
> 1895
> > > in the
> > > > Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
> > > Hampshire,
> > > > and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
> > > >     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
> > > Northeast in
> > > > October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were
> above
> > > > normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West
> Virginia
> > > to 209
> > > > percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation
> total of
> > > 4.67
> > > > inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of
> the
> > > states and
> > > > the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest
> Octobers
> > > since
> > > > 1895.
> > > >     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter
> this
> > > > month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
> > > 15th and 18th
> > > > left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of
> Maine,
> > > New
> > > > Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
> New
> > > York,
> > > > and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes
> region
> > > of New
> > > > York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
> > > events.
> > > > Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of
> the
> > > first inch
> > > > of  snow.
> > > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
> > > Climate
> > > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
> > > >     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
> > > Regional
> > > > Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
> > > >     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in
> October,
> > > > although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
> > > Temperature
> > > > departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal
> in
> > > western
> > > > Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
> > > eastern
> > > > portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the
> coldest
> > > with
> > > > temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
> > > below normal in
> > > > the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern
> Kentucky.
> > > More
> > > > than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set
> in
> > > the
> > > > Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month
> there
> > > were 1485
> > > > low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
> > > Based on
> > > > preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record
> in
> > > the
> > > > Midwest region.
> > > >     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently
> heavy.
> > > > Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
> > > Kentucky and in
> > > > extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
> > > Precipitation was
> > > > 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of
> Missouri
> > > and
> > > > the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
> > > portion of
> > > >  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days
> of
> > > the
> > > > month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
> > > locations in
> > > > the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
> > > records, 192
> > > > locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
> > > locations had
> > > >  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
> > > data,
> > > > this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
> > > Midwest
> > > > region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest
> since
> > > 1895 in all
> > > > states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the
> second
> > > wettest
> > > > in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky
> and
> > > > Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th
> wettest
> > > in Ohio. The
> > > > largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28
> inches
> > > (439 mm)
> > > > by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and
> Snow
> > > > (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
> > > precipitation for this
> > > > area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
> > > inches (76
> > > > mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
> > > northwestern
> > > > third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
> > > month
> > > > northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the
> central
> > > Upper
> > > > Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
> > > Minnesota on October
> > > > 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along
> the
> > > > Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on
> the
> > > morning of
> > > > the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood,
> Iowa. A
> > > second
> > > > event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa
> and
> > > amounts
> > > > from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
> > > northern
> > > > Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm)
> of
> > > snow fell
> > > > across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
> > > >     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing
> agricultural
> > > > producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting
> of
> > > corn in
> > > > many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of
> the
> > > crop. At
> > > > the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four
> weeks
> > > > behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
> An
> > > early to
> > > > normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity
> in
> > > many of the
> > > > areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
> > > weather
> > > > of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
> > > region. That
> > > > slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
> > > from
> > > > making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
> > > soybean harvest
> > > > was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent
> complete
> > > > compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest
> was
> > > only
> > > > complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent
> behind
> > > normal in
> > > > the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
> > > Illinois at
> > > > 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent.
> Only
> > > 12
> > > > percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a
> 5-year
> > > average
> > > > of 69  percent.
> > > >     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the
> Midwest
> > > > during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
> > > Watch  page_
> > > > (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
> > > >     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> > > > Regional Climate Center_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
> \
> > > cc.com/) )
> > > >     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to
> slightly
> > > below
> > > > normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4
> degrees F
> > > (1.1
> > > > to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
> > > Georgia,
> > > > Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures
> were
> > > 2 to 5
> > > > degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of
> Florida,
> > > > extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
> > > several
> > > > outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia
> and
> > > Crestview,
> > > > Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to
> 0.6
> > > degrees
> > > > C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
> > > Virginia
> > > > registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th
> of
> > > the month.
> > > > The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and
> 11th
> > > as hot
> > > > air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front.
> Andrews,
> > > South
> > > > Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of
> 92
> > > and 90
> > > > degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
> > > Virginia
> > > > reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
> > > Florida
> > > > contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
> > > Okeechobee,
> > > > Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on
> the
> > > 7th,
> > > > which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
> > > all-time daily
> > > > maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
> > > There
> > > > were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the
> month
> > > with the
> > > > vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums
> for
> > > the
> > > > month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds
> and
> > > > precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days
> across
> > > the remainder
> > > > of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
> > > maximum,
> > > > with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th
> of
> > > the
> > > > month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
> > > registered an
> > > > average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
> > > warmest
> > > > October in a record extending back 59  years.
> > > >     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama,
> Georgia
> > > and
> > > > western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
> > > totals
> > > > during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than
> 300
> > > percent of
> > > > normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and
> extreme
> > > > western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than
> normal
> > > for the
> > > > month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones
> and
> > > frontal
> > > > systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
> > > locations did
> > > > not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any
> given
> > > day.
> > > > Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of
> precipitation
> > > for the
> > > > month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest
> daily
> > > > precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49
> inches
> > > (38 mm). A
> > > > number of  locations in the region registered the wettest
> September-
> > > October on
> > > > record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches
> (635
> > > and
> > > > 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
> > > breaking
> > > > longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North
> Carolina
> > > > recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
> > > two-month period.
> > > > This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
> > > tropical
> > > > storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
> > > precipitation in 2009
> > > > was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were
> observed
> > > across
> > > > much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
> > > southeastern
> > > > Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina.
> Most
> > > notably,
> > > > Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded
> only
> > > 0.13
> > > > inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation,
> respectively,
> > > for the
> > > > month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all
> but
> > > the
> > > > west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
> > > >     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of
> North
> > > > Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of
> severe
> > > drought
> > > > (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly
> as
> > > the
> > > > accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across
> eastern
> > > portions of
> > > > NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of
> Florida in
> > > > response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
> > > >     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a
> cyclone
> > > off
> > > > of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light
> snow
> > > > across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
> > > Mountains. Banner
> > > > Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and
> 1.5
> > > inches
> > > > (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
> > > >     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
> > > months in
> > > >  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
> > > reach
> > > > full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6,
> 2005.
> > > Further
> > > > upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full
> pool
> > > > flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
> > > problems  for
> > > > farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed
> to
> > > the
> > > > rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
> > > conditions
> > > > before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> > > > associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no
> tropical
> > > cyclone activity
> > > > anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September
> or
> > > > October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
> > > caused multiple
> > > > traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
> > > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast
> Regional
> > > Climate
> > > > Center Home Page_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
> \
> > > cc.com/) .
> > > >     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High
> Plains
> > > > Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
> > > >     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> > > > Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as
> temperature
> > > departures of 6
> > > > degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
> > > normal
> > > > were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
> > > totals
> > > > greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
> > > These wet and
> > > > cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month.
> One
> > > state
> > > > hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
> > > States
> > > > Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
> > > lagged by four
> > > > weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
> > > across the
> > > > Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless
> others
> > > had
> > > > average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers
> on
> > > record. An
> > > > intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> > > > interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
> > > temperature on October
> > > > 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was
> well
> > > below
> > > > the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
> > > degrees
> > > > C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low
> for
> > > the
> > > > day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
> > > >     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the
> Region.
> > > The
> > > > only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half
> of
> > > > Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
> > > widespread heavy
> > > > precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent
> of
> > > normal
> > > > precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted
> the
> > > Region
> > > > this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a
> blanket
> > > of snow
> > > > covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers.
> The
> > > > first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record
> cold
> > > to every
> > > > state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
> > > month and
> > > > brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
> > > Nebraska.
> > > > But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
> > > pounded the
> > > > Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
> > > foothills of
> > > > Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
> > > Nebraska, and
> > > > blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
> > > schools, and
> > > > businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> > > > precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy
> spot
> > > was North Platte,
> > > > Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4
> inches
> > > (74.68
> > > > cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
> > > (39.88
> > > > cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the
> new
> > > record
> > > > snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of
> 27.8
> > > inches
> > > > (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's
> snowfall
> > > has
> > > > already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches
> (72.39
> > > cm).
> > > >     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this
> month
> > > as
> > > > heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions
> (D0)
> > > in North
> > > > Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
> > > rainfall in
> > > >  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought
> and
> > > > abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since
> October
> > > 5, 1999).
> > > > Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
> > > row.
> > > > Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an
> abnormally
> > > dry
> > > > monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir
> levels,
> > > and
> > > > decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
> > > Outlook  released
> > > > October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
> > > Colorado are
> > > > expected to improve through January 2010.
> > > >     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains
> Regional
> > > > Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
> > > >     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
> > > Regional
> > > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
> > > >     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
> > > October
> > > > mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of
> Oklahoma
> > > and
> > > > Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained
> within 3
> > > degrees F
> > > > (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma
> were
> > > > exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
> > > temperature of
> > > > 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
> > > below the
> > > > 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest
> October
> > > in
> > > > Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record
> of
> > > 54.4
> > > > degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
> > > average October
> > > > mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was
> 5.37
> > > > degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was
> the
> > > fourth
> > > > coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
> > > Incidentally, the
> > > > state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the
> coldest
> > > October
> > > > (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976.
> The
> > > warmest
> > > > areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and
> in
> > > the
> > > > Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
> > > ranged
> > > > from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
> > > >     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in
> the
> > > > Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
> > > totals that
> > > > ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
> > > highest
> > > > precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
> > > region.
> > > > Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region,
> which
> > > averaged 7.7
> > > > inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm)
> above
> > > the
> > > > 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
> > > (348.0 mm) of
> > > > precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
> > > began in
> > > > 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the
> 115
> > > year
> > > > (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total
> record
> > > for
> > > > Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October,
> 1984.
> > > On a more
> > > > local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches
> (381.0
> > > mm) of
> > > > precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded
> monthly
> > > totals
> > > > that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
> > > received
> > > > an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
> > > which was
> > > > 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40
> percent
> > > of
> > > > the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
> > > October, Leola
> > > > received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
> > > making 2009
> > > > the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009)
> with
> > > two
> > > > months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
> > > October on
> > > > record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2
> inches
> > > (335.3 mm)
> > > > of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year
> (1895-2009)
> > > > average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4
> mm)
> > > set in
> > > > 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual
> stations in
> > > > Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period
> of
> > > record that goes
> > > > back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
> > > precipitation
> > > > or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
> > > shattered the
> > > > previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6
> inches
> > > (320.0
> > > > mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
> > > October,
> > > > the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation,
> which
> > > similar
> > > > to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
> > > typically
> > > > wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
> > > recorded
> > > > 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
> > > above the
> > > > 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over
> the
> > > 1895-2009
> > > > period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm)
> below
> > > the
> > > > record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
> > > making it
> > > > the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4
> inches
> > > (162.6
> > > > mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on
> record
> > > > (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
> > > precipitation, making it
> > > > the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to
> the
> > > > above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
> > > Precipitation totals
> > > > for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar
> values
> > > were
> > > > also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
> > > area just
> > > > south of the northern Texas panhandle.
> > > >     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate
> drought
> > > > conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of
> the
> > > state was
> > > > designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the
> state
> > > was
> > > > designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was
> approximately a
> > > 50 percent
> > > > improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
> > > >     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009.
> The
> > > storms
> > > > were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
> > > fatality
> > > > and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi.
> In
> > > Robertson
> > > > County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
> > > addition,
> > > > damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> > > > Mississippi.
> > > >     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries
> were
> > > > mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees
> were
> > > reported
> > > > down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens
> more
> > > tornadoes
> > > > touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border
> region.
> > > One
> > > > twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured.
> Another
> > > injury was
> > > > also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was
> reported
> > > in
> > > > Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
> > > when his car
> > > > crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands
> of
> > > > Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
> > > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
> > > Climate
> > > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
> > > >     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
> > > Regional
> > > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
> > > >     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
> > > entire
> > > > region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
> > > portions of
> > > > southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
> > > Rockies and
> > > > northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
> > > Cheyenne,
> > > > and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
> > > October on
> > > > record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd
> coldest
> > > while
> > > > Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest
> October
> > > on
> > > > record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most
> of
> > > the
> > > > state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on
> record.
> > > >     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the
> region
> > > except
> > > > for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th
> left
> > > many
> > > > cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
> > > wettest
> > > > October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their
> 2nd
> > > wettest on
> > > > record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946
> and
> > > their
> > > > snowiest  October ever.
> > > >     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> > > > Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one
> residence
> > > and five other
> > > > structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on
> the
> > > 7th.
> > > > Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
> > > destroyed.
> > > > On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near
> Naches,
> > > > Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An
> estimated
> > > $20  million
> > > > in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> > > > On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the
> season
> > > > brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
> > > Montana reaching
> > > > -16 F (-27  C).
> > > > On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
> > > California
> > > > bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.
> Rainfall
> > > reports
> > > > of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
> > > Coast
> > > > Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.
> Local
> > > flooding
> > > > occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
> > > residents
> > > > being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
> > > mudslide. The
> > > > strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11
> car
> > > > pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed
> trees
> > > caused power
> > > > outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
> > > October
> > > > rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
> > > Francisco
> > > > Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
> > > reached 135
> > > > mph near Lake Tahoe.
> > > > On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico
> with
> > > up
> > > > to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range
> in
> > > Colorado.
> > > > Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in
> Wyoming.
> > > Some
> > > > injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
> > > Denver
> > > > and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western
> Nebraska.
> > > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
> > > Climate
> > > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> > > > See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
> > > >
> > >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
> > > for weather and climate records for
> > > > the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and
> statewide
> > > data and
> > > > graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
> > > periods,
> > > > please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> > > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> page.
> > > > ____________________________________
> > > >
> > > > PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> > > >
> > >
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Us old farts and our ilk have set the train of industry spewing poisons
down a track where it is not so easy for our kids to stop.  Besides the
travel posters tell of great adventure and excitement if they board the
train of their parents.

Trees-Fyi-http://news.mongabay.com/2005/1115-forests.html

I think I am with you.  Slowly, there is progress being made.  Will it
be soon enough.

It may not be important, an ecological time frame.  This old world may
just be ready to roll over in 2012 just to cleanse the earth.

JohnV
--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, "Lan Johnson" <lanjohnson@...>
wrote:
>
> I believe we are finding the middle ground... I still have some
mercury fillings in my mouth but we're getting there... No one wants
> polluted air or water... We are solving these problems.. I have faith
in my fellow mankind and in the very bright souls coming into
> being now days... The environmental, wacko extremists don't... They
really want 2/3's of the population of this planet to go away...
> Sorry, this planet is, and was made for humans, hopefully, on their
way to becoming something greater...
>
> That's my 2 bits... I'm an old fart now so I'm about done, but, I see
young people that are so bright and beautiful, their amazing,
> our species has great hope... These kids aren't a bunch of cattle to
be herded into some bureaucrats planned existence for them "for
> the sake of the planet"... It's their planet..!!!!! Let them have a
chance to mold it and make it evolve... Let them use it's
> resources to go to the stars...
>
> Lightning Lan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Francom" light.rock@...
> To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!!
---Smoke and Mirrors
>
>
> That said...
>
> It would be nice if we didn't need the Cleanup Superfund...  and if
there
> weren't coal mines burning
> underground for decades...  and mercury in our tuna...
>
> Point being, there has to be a middle ground here.
>
> "their" point, "give a hoot, don't pollute" is a good one.
>
> Why DON'T we invent Clean Stuff instead of farty belchy black soot
stuff ?
>
> THAT is a good point.
>
> Because we can.
>
> Maybe it is more expensive.
>
> Maybe not...
>
> Sooner or later, somebody has to take out the garbage.
>
> it would be nice if all the garbage would just rot and fertilize the
plants
> in a way that they
> would be safe to eat...
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Lan Johnson lanjohnson@...wrote:
>
> > Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are
more
> > trees in the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
> > ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which
were
> > never forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
> > the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc.
want
> > you to believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
> > and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or
whatever... Don't
> > buy that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
> > say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human
Kind...
> > They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with
the big
> > wood house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
> > ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to
their
> > idea of society...
> > It's about freedom...
> >
> >
> > Lan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jack_vanwinkle" jack_vanwinkle@...
> > To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
> > Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke
and
> > Mirrors
> >
> >
> > Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so
we
> > can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try
and
> > deny it.
> >
> > Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.
We
> > are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast
amounts
> > minute by minute.
> >
> > Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the
US
> > and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
> > Protocol?
> >
> > Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did
have to
> > bail out Big Auto.
> >
> > Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run
out
> > of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard
propaganda
> > supported by lobbyist's misinformation.
> >
> > Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown
to
> > have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as
Aesop
> > warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
> > self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have
effectively
> > run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
> > comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
> > masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over
our
> > eyes.
> >
> > But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the
last
> > vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of
course
> > it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.
> >
> > Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It
costs
> > nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
> > ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
> > concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing
for
> > us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we
please.
> > That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want
and
> > have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.
> >
> > The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our
fire
> > makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will
not
> > make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.
> >
> > We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?
> >
> > JohnV
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > State of the Climate
> > > National Overview
> > > October 2009
> > > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> > > National Climatic Data Center
> > >
> > >
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(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
> > _Most  Recent 6 Months_
> > >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
> > _Most  Recent 12 Months_
> > >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> > > _Year-to-Date_
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> > > _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
> > _Annual  Summary for 2008_
> > >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> > > PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> > and values are based
> > > on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data
are
> > > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
> > become available,
> > > the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on
the
> > > _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
\
> > )  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
> > site.
> > > For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or
for
> > > tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from
1895-present,
> > for
> > > October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate
at
> > a  Glance_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
page.
> > > ____________________________________
> > >
> > > National Overview:
> > >     *   Temperature Highlights - October
> > >     *   The average _October_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > > =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below
the
> > 20th Century
> > > average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
> > >     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest
October on
> > > record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
> > reinforced
> > > unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
\
> > onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> > > &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection)
..
> > > Temperatures were _below  normal_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> > altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> > > nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much
below
> > normal.
> > > Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures
for
> > > October.
> > >     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> > idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> > > coincided with the regional values as all but six states had
below
> > normal
> > > temperatures. _Oklahoma_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> > > its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top
five
> > > coolest such months.
> > >     *   _Florida  _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> > > the only state to have an above normal temperature average in
October.
> > It
> > > was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
> > above
> > > normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> > > nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
> > >     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
> > record
> > > for  three states: _Nebraska_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> > > &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > > =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
> > _Missouri
> > > (2nd)_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> > > _Iowa  (3rd) _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> > > _Arkansas  (5th) _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> > > 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=200
> > > 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South
Dakota
> > (5th) _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> > > h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> > onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> > > 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska
(eight)
> > > recorded a record cool such  period.
> > >     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
> > contiguous
> > > U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> > > =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> > idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> > > nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
> > period.
> > >     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
> > >     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> > > r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of
record.
> > The
> > > nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
> > long-term
> > > average of 2.11 inches.
> > >     *   _Regionally_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> > alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> > > nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> > > =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> > > 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> > > _Central_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
> > region had
> > > its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bm
> > > onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth
wettest.
> > This
> > > was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
> > normal
> > > precipitation.
> > >     *   Three states (_Iowa_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > > gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> > > &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
> > other
> > > states _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> > ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings
ranking
> > > in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
> > Arizona)
> > > saw below normal  precipitation.
> > >     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009.
The
> > state
> > > has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
> > (May,
> > > 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October,
1st
> > > wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> > > &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years
of
> > > record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in
_Arizona_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries01&byear=200
> > > 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> > > second-driest year-to-date period.
> > >     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was
record-setting
> > for
> > > many _adjacent  divisions _
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> > onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> > > if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
> > Georgia.
> > > It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical
cyclone
> > > (_Claudette_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
\
> > =8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in
the
> > > region during this period.
> > >     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought
covered
> > 12
> > > percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest
drought
> > > footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
> > drought episodes
> > > in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
> > conditions
> > > emerged  across much of Arizona.
> > >     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> > > moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
> > according to the  Palmer
> > > Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and
wet
> > spell
> > > intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February
2005.
> > >     *   Other Items of Note
> > >     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
> > Champaign,
> > >  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest
had
> > one
> > > of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
> > observing
> > > its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting
and
> > stunted
> > > crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind
in
> > places,
> > > and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
> > region.
> > >     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States
during
> > > October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through
13th,
> > while the
> > > second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through
30th.
> > By
> > > month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
> > according to
> > > NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
> > >     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
> > country
> > > led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28
inches
> > of
> > > snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
> > record. North
> > > Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
> > 2009 the
> > > snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
> > record
> > > was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
> > >     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in
all
> > > respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
> > October,
> > > according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each
of
> > these values is
> > > below this  decade's average for October.
> > >
> > > ____________________________________
> > > Alaska:
> > >     *   _Alaska_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with
a
> > > temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000
average.
> > >
> > >     *   _Alaska_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
> > temperature
> > > 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > >
> > >     *   _Alaska_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> > ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > > )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
> > temperature
> > > 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > > For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
> > across
> > > the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> > > and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
> > information on local temperature and precipitation
> > > records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For
details
> > and graphics on
> > > weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
> > Global
> > > Hazards page_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
> > ..
> > > ____________________________________
> > >
> > > Regional Highlights:
> > > These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional
Climate
> > > Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
> > and reflect
> > > conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
> > spatially
> > > from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data
Center_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
> > >     *   _Northeast_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
> > >     *   _Midwest_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
> > >     *   _Southeast_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
> > >     *   _High  Plains_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
> > >     *   _Southern_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
> > >     *   _Western_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> > tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
> > >     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
> > Regional
> > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
> > >     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
> > Northeast.
> > > The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which
was
> > 1.8
> > > degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended
the
> > month
> > > exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged
from
> > 0.4 degrees
> > > F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
> > degrees
> > > C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since
1895
> > in the
> > > Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
> > Hampshire,
> > > and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
> > >     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
> > Northeast in
> > > October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were
above
> > > normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West
Virginia
> > to 209
> > > percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation
total of
> > 4.67
> > > inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of
the
> > states and
> > > the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest
Octobers
> > since
> > > 1895.
> > >     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter
this
> > > month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
> > 15th and 18th
> > > left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of
Maine,
> > New
> > > Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
New
> > York,
> > > and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes
region
> > of New
> > > York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
> > events.
> > > Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of
the
> > first inch
> > > of  snow.
> > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
> > Climate
> > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
> > >     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
> > Regional
> > > Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
> > >     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in
October,
> > > although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
> > Temperature
> > > departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal
in
> > western
> > > Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
> > eastern
> > > portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the
coldest
> > with
> > > temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
> > below normal in
> > > the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern
Kentucky.
> > More
> > > than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set
in
> > the
> > > Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month
there
> > were 1485
> > > low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
> > Based on
> > > preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record
in
> > the
> > > Midwest region.
> > >     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently
heavy.
> > > Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
> > Kentucky and in
> > > extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
> > Precipitation was
> > > 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of
Missouri
> > and
> > > the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
> > portion of
> > >  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days
of
> > the
> > > month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
> > locations in
> > > the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
> > records, 192
> > > locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
> > locations had
> > >  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
> > data,
> > > this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
> > Midwest
> > > region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest
since
> > 1895 in all
> > > states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the
second
> > wettest
> > > in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky
and
> > > Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th
wettest
> > in Ohio. The
> > > largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28
inches
> > (439 mm)
> > > by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and
Snow
> > > (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
> > precipitation for this
> > > area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
> > inches (76
> > > mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
> > northwestern
> > > third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
> > month
> > > northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the
central
> > Upper
> > > Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
> > Minnesota on October
> > > 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along
the
> > > Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on
the
> > morning of
> > > the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood,
Iowa. A
> > second
> > > event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa
and
> > amounts
> > > from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
> > northern
> > > Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm)
of
> > snow fell
> > > across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
> > >     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing
agricultural
> > > producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting
of
> > corn in
> > > many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of
the
> > crop. At
> > > the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four
weeks
> > > behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
An
> > early to
> > > normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity
in
> > many of the
> > > areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
> > weather
> > > of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
> > region. That
> > > slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
> > from
> > > making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
> > soybean harvest
> > > was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent
complete
> > > compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest
was
> > only
> > > complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent
behind
> > normal in
> > > the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
> > Illinois at
> > > 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent.
Only
> > 12
> > > percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a
5-year
> > average
> > > of 69  percent.
> > >     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the
Midwest
> > > during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
> > Watch  page_
> > > (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
> > >     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> > > Regional Climate Center_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
\
> > cc.com/) )
> > >     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to
slightly
> > below
> > > normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4
degrees F
> > (1.1
> > > to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
> > Georgia,
> > > Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures
were
> > 2 to 5
> > > degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of
Florida,
> > > extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
> > several
> > > outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia
and
> > Crestview,
> > > Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to
0.6
> > degrees
> > > C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
> > Virginia
> > > registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th
of
> > the month.
> > > The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and
11th
> > as hot
> > > air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front.
Andrews,
> > South
> > > Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of
92
> > and 90
> > > degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
> > Virginia
> > > reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
> > Florida
> > > contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
> > Okeechobee,
> > > Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on
the
> > 7th,
> > > which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
> > all-time daily
> > > maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
> > There
> > > were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the
month
> > with the
> > > vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums
for
> > the
> > > month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds
and
> > > precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days
across
> > the remainder
> > > of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
> > maximum,
> > > with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th
of
> > the
> > > month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
> > registered an
> > > average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
> > warmest
> > > October in a record extending back 59  years.
> > >     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama,
Georgia
> > and
> > > western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
> > totals
> > > during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than
300
> > percent of
> > > normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and
extreme
> > > western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than
normal
> > for the
> > > month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones
and
> > frontal
> > > systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
> > locations did
> > > not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any
given
> > day.
> > > Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of
precipitation
> > for the
> > > month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest
daily
> > > precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49
inches
> > (38 mm). A
> > > number of  locations in the region registered the wettest
September-
> > October on
> > > record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches
(635
> > and
> > > 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
> > breaking
> > > longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North
Carolina
> > > recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
> > two-month period.
> > > This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
> > tropical
> > > storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
> > precipitation in 2009
> > > was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were
observed
> > across
> > > much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
> > southeastern
> > > Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina.
Most
> > notably,
> > > Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded
only
> > 0.13
> > > inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation,
respectively,
> > for the
> > > month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all
but
> > the
> > > west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
> > >     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of
North
> > > Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of
severe
> > drought
> > > (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly
as
> > the
> > > accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across
eastern
> > portions of
> > > NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of
Florida in
> > > response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
> > >     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a
cyclone
> > off
> > > of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light
snow
> > > across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
> > Mountains. Banner
> > > Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and
1.5
> > inches
> > > (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
> > >     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
> > months in
> > >  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
> > reach
> > > full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6,
2005.
> > Further
> > > upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full
pool
> > > flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
> > problems  for
> > > farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed
to
> > the
> > > rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
> > conditions
> > > before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> > > associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no
tropical
> > cyclone activity
> > > anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September
or
> > > October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
> > caused multiple
> > > traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
> > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast
Regional
> > Climate
> > > Center Home Page_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
\
> > cc.com/) .
> > >     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High
Plains
> > > Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
> > >     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> > > Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as
temperature
> > departures of 6
> > > degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
> > normal
> > > were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
> > totals
> > > greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
> > These wet and
> > > cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month.
One
> > state
> > > hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
> > States
> > > Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
> > lagged by four
> > > weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
> > across the
> > > Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless
others
> > had
> > > average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers
on
> > record. An
> > > intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> > > interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
> > temperature on October
> > > 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was
well
> > below
> > > the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
> > degrees
> > > C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low
for
> > the
> > > day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
> > >     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the
Region.
> > The
> > > only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half
of
> > > Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
> > widespread heavy
> > > precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent
of
> > normal
> > > precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted
the
> > Region
> > > this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a
blanket
> > of snow
> > > covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers.
The
> > > first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record
cold
> > to every
> > > state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
> > month and
> > > brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
> > Nebraska.
> > > But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
> > pounded the
> > > Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
> > foothills of
> > > Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
> > Nebraska, and
> > > blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
> > schools, and
> > > businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> > > precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy
spot
> > was North Platte,
> > > Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4
inches
> > (74.68
> > > cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
> > (39.88
> > > cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the
new
> > record
> > > snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of
27.8
> > inches
> > > (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's
snowfall
> > has
> > > already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches
(72.39
> > cm).
> > >     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this
month
> > as
> > > heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions
(D0)
> > in North
> > > Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
> > rainfall in
> > >  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought
and
> > > abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since
October
> > 5, 1999).
> > > Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
> > row.
> > > Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an
abnormally
> > dry
> > > monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir
levels,
> > and
> > > decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
> > Outlook  released
> > > October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
> > Colorado are
> > > expected to improve through January 2010.
> > >     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains
Regional
> > > Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
> > >     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
> > Regional
> > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
> > >     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
> > October
> > > mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of
Oklahoma
> > and
> > > Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained
within 3
> > degrees F
> > > (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma
were
> > > exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
> > temperature of
> > > 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
> > below the
> > > 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest
October
> > in
> > > Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record
of
> > 54.4
> > > degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
> > average October
> > > mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was
5.37
> > > degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was
the
> > fourth
> > > coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
> > Incidentally, the
> > > state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the
coldest
> > October
> > > (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976.
The
> > warmest
> > > areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and
in
> > the
> > > Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
> > ranged
> > > from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
> > >     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in
the
> > > Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
> > totals that
> > > ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
> > highest
> > > precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
> > region.
> > > Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region,
which
> > averaged 7.7
> > > inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm)
above
> > the
> > > 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
> > (348.0 mm) of
> > > precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
> > began in
> > > 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the
115
> > year
> > > (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total
record
> > for
> > > Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October,
1984.
> > On a more
> > > local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches
(381.0
> > mm) of
> > > precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded
monthly
> > totals
> > > that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
> > received
> > > an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
> > which was
> > > 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40
percent
> > of
> > > the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
> > October, Leola
> > > received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
> > making 2009
> > > the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009)
with
> > two
> > > months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
> > October on
> > > record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2
inches
> > (335.3 mm)
> > > of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year
(1895-2009)
> > > average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4
mm)
> > set in
> > > 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual
stations in
> > > Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period
of
> > record that goes
> > > back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
> > precipitation
> > > or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
> > shattered the
> > > previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6
inches
> > (320.0
> > > mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
> > October,
> > > the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation,
which
> > similar
> > > to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
> > typically
> > > wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
> > recorded
> > > 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
> > above the
> > > 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over
the
> > 1895-2009
> > > period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm)
below
> > the
> > > record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
> > making it
> > > the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4
inches
> > (162.6
> > > mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on
record
> > > (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
> > precipitation, making it
> > > the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to
the
> > > above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
> > Precipitation totals
> > > for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar
values
> > were
> > > also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
> > area just
> > > south of the northern Texas panhandle.
> > >     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate
drought
> > > conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of
the
> > state was
> > > designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the
state
> > was
> > > designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was
approximately a
> > 50 percent
> > > improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
> > >     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009.
The
> > storms
> > > were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
> > fatality
> > > and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi.
In
> > Robertson
> > > County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
> > addition,
> > > damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> > > Mississippi.
> > >     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries
were
> > > mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees
were
> > reported
> > > down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens
more
> > tornadoes
> > > touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border
region.
> > One
> > > twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured.
Another
> > injury was
> > > also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was
reported
> > in
> > > Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
> > when his car
> > > crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands
of
> > > Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
> > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
> > Climate
> > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
> > >     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
> > Regional
> > > Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
> > >     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
> > entire
> > > region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
> > portions of
> > > southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
> > Rockies and
> > > northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
> > Cheyenne,
> > > and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
> > October on
> > > record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd
coldest
> > while
> > > Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest
October
> > on
> > > record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most
of
> > the
> > > state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on
record.
> > >     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the
region
> > except
> > > for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th
left
> > many
> > > cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
> > wettest
> > > October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their
2nd
> > wettest on
> > > record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946
and
> > their
> > > snowiest  October ever.
> > >     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> > > Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one
residence
> > and five other
> > > structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on
the
> > 7th.
> > > Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
> > destroyed.
> > > On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near
Naches,
> > > Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An
estimated
> > $20  million
> > > in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> > > On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the
season
> > > brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
> > Montana reaching
> > > -16 F (-27  C).
> > > On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
> > California
> > > bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.
Rainfall
> > reports
> > > of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
> > Coast
> > > Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.
Local
> > flooding
> > > occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
> > residents
> > > being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
> > mudslide. The
> > > strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11
car
> > > pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed
trees
> > caused power
> > > outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
> > October
> > > rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
> > Francisco
> > > Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
> > reached 135
> > > mph near Lake Tahoe.
> > > On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico
with
> > up
> > > to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range
in
> > Colorado.
> > > Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in
Wyoming.
> > Some
> > > injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
> > Denver
> > > and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western
Nebraska.
> > >     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
> > Climate
> > > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> > > See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
> > for weather and climate records for
> > > the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and
statewide
> > data and
> > > graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
> > periods,
> > > please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> > > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
page.
> > > ____________________________________
> > >
> > > PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> > >
> >
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> > and values are
> > > based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final
data
> > are
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Lan et al,

I did not know that the US has more trees than ever.  Or that we plant
more trees for all that we remove.

The only thing I read was that global warming caused the pine beetle to
migrate to the WA forests and on into the interior of BC and now Alberta
and is on its way east a bite at a time.

I wonder if we will be able to replace all those trees, stop them from
being a fire hazard and replacing their use as carbon sinks.  Have we
planted enough trees to make a difference?

Seems that this ole planet is sorely aching.  Mother Nature probably
knows we are all bastards.

I'm glad someone got my point.  CO2 is that the red herring?  Does
Corporatism want us to ignore all their pollution and get caught up
choosing sides in some CO2 debate?  Divide and Conquer beats E Pluribus
Unum anyday imo.

JohnV


--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, "Lan Johnson" <lanjohnson@...>
wrote:
>
> Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are
more trees in the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
> ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which
were never forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
> the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc.
want you to believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
> and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or whatever...
Don't buy that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
> say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human
Kind...
> They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with
the big wood house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
> ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to
their idea of society...
> It's about freedom...
>
>
> Lan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jack_vanwinkle" jack_vanwinkle@...
> To: quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
> Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke
and Mirrors
>
>
> Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so we
> can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try and
> deny it.
>
> Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.
We
> are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast amounts
> minute by minute.
>
> Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the US
> and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
> Protocol?
>
> Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did have
to
> bail out Big Auto.
>
> Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run out
> of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard propaganda
> supported by lobbyist's misinformation.
>
> Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown to
> have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as
Aesop
> warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
> self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have
effectively
> run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
> comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
> masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over our
> eyes.
>
> But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the
last
> vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of
course
> it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.
>
> Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It costs
> nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
> ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
> concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing
for
> us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we
please.
> That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want
and
> have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.
>
> The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our fire
> makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will not
> make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.
>
> We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?
>
> JohnV
>
>
>
> --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@ wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > State of the Climate
> > National Overview
> > October 2009
> > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> > National Climatic Data Center
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> > _«  September 2009
> > National Overview Report_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> > Report:
> >
> > Year:  Month:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Maps and Graphics:
> > _October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
\
> )  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
> _Most  Recent 6 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
> _Most  Recent 12 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> > _Year-to-Date_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> > _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
> _Annual  Summary for 2008_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> > PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are based
> > on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
> become available,
> > the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on
the
> > _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
\
> )  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
> site.
> > For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or
for
> > tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from 1895-present,
> for
> > October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate
at
> a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > National Overview:
> >     *   Temperature Highlights - October
> >     *   The average _October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the
> 20th Century
> > average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
> >     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October
on
> > record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
> reinforced
> > unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
\
> onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> > &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection) ..
> > Temperatures were _below  normal_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> > nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much
below
> normal.
> > Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures for
> > October.
> >     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> > coincided with the regional values as all but six states had  below
> normal
> > temperatures. _Oklahoma_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> > its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top
five
> > coolest such months.
> >     *   _Florida  _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> > the only state to have an above normal temperature average in
October.
> It
> > was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
> above
> > normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
> >     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
> record
> > for  three states: _Nebraska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> > &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
> _Missouri
> > (2nd)_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> > _Iowa  (3rd) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> > _Arkansas  (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> > 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South  Dakota
> (5th) _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> > h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> > 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska
(eight)
> > recorded a record cool such  period.
> >     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
> contiguous
> > U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> > =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
> period.
> >     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
> >     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> > r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of
record.
> The
> > nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
> long-term
> > average of 2.11 inches.
> >     *   _Regionally_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
\
> alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> > nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> > =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> > 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> > _Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
> region had
> > its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bm
> > onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth
wettest.
> This
> > was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
> normal
> > precipitation.
> >     *   Three states (_Iowa_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> > &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
> other
> > states _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
\
> ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings
ranking
> > in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
> Arizona)
> > saw below normal  precipitation.
> >     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009.
The
> state
> > has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
> (May,
> > 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October,
1st
> > wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> > &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years
of
> > record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in
_Arizona_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries01&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> > second-driest year-to-date period.
> >     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was record-setting
> for
> > many _adjacent  divisions _
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
\
> onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> > if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
> Georgia.
> > It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical
cyclone
> > (_Claudette_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
\
> =8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in
the
> > region during this period.
> >     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought
covered
> 12
> > percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest
drought
> > footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
> drought episodes
> > in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
> conditions
> > emerged  across much of Arizona.
> >     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> > moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
> according to the  Palmer
> > Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and
wet
> spell
> > intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February 2005.
> >     *   Other Items of Note
> >     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
> Champaign,
> >  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest
had
> one
> > of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
> observing
> > its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting and
> stunted
> > crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind in
> places,
> > and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
> region.
> >     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States
during
> > October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through
13th,
> while the
> > second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through
30th.
> By
> > month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
> according to
> > NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
> >     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
> country
> > led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28
inches
> of
> > snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
> record. North
> > Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
> 2009 the
> > snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
> record
> > was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
> >     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in
all
> > respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
> October,
> > according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each of
> these values is
> > below this  decade's average for October.
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Alaska:
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with a
> > temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
> across
> > the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> > and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
> information on local temperature and precipitation
> > records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For
details
> and graphics on
> > weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
> Global
> > Hazards page_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
> ..
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > Regional Highlights:
> > These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional Climate
> > Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
> and reflect
> > conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
> spatially
> > from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data
Center_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
> >     *   _Northeast_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
> >     *   _Midwest_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
> >     *   _Southeast_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
> >     *   _High  Plains_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
> >     *   _Southern_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
> >     *   _Western_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
\
> tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
> >     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
> >     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
> Northeast.
> > The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which was
> 1.8
> > degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended
the
> month
> > exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged
from
> 0.4 degrees
> > F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
> degrees
> > C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since
1895
> in the
> > Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
> Hampshire,
> > and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
> >     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
> Northeast in
> > October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were above
> > normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West
Virginia
> to 209
> > percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation total
of
> 4.67
> > inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of the
> states and
> > the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest Octobers
> since
> > 1895.
> >     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter
this
> > month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
> 15th and 18th
> > left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of Maine,
> New
> > Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey,
New
> York,
> > and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes region
> of New
> > York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
> events.
> > Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of
the
> first inch
> > of  snow.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
> >     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
> Regional
> > Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
> >     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in
October,
> > although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
> Temperature
> > departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in
> western
> > Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
> eastern
> > portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the coldest
> with
> > temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
> below normal in
> > the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern
Kentucky.
> More
> > than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set
in
> the
> > Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month there
> were 1485
> > low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
> Based on
> > preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record in
> the
> > Midwest region.
> >     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently heavy.
> > Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
> Kentucky and in
> > extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
> Precipitation was
> > 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of
Missouri
> and
> > the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
> portion of
> >  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days
of
> the
> > month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
> locations in
> > the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
> records, 192
> > locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
> locations had
> >  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
> data,
> > this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
> Midwest
> > region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest since
> 1895 in all
> > states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the second
> wettest
> > in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky and
> > Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th wettest
> in Ohio. The
> > largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28 inches
> (439 mm)
> > by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow
> > (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
> precipitation for this
> > area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
> inches (76
> > mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
> northwestern
> > third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
> month
> > northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the
central
> Upper
> > Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
> Minnesota on October
> > 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along the
> > Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on
the
> morning of
> > the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood, Iowa.
A
> second
> > event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa
and
> amounts
> > from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
> northern
> > Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm) of
> snow fell
> > across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
> >     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing
agricultural
> > producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting
of
> corn in
> > many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of
the
> crop. At
> > the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four weeks
> > behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
An
> early to
> > normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity in
> many of the
> > areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
> weather
> > of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
> region. That
> > slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
> from
> > making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
> soybean harvest
> > was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent
complete
> > compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest was
> only
> > complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent
behind
> normal in
> > the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
> Illinois at
> > 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent.
Only
> 12
> > percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a
5-year
> average
> > of 69  percent.
> >     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the
Midwest
> > during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
> Watch  page_
> > (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
> >     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> > Regional Climate Center_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
\
> cc.com/) )
> >     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to
slightly
> below
> > normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees
F
> (1.1
> > to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
> Georgia,
> > Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures
were
> 2 to 5
> > degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of
Florida,
> > extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
> several
> > outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia
and
> Crestview,
> > Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to
0.6
> degrees
> > C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
> Virginia
> > registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th
of
> the month.
> > The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and 11th
> as hot
> > air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Andrews,
> South
> > Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of
92
> and 90
> > degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
> Virginia
> > reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
> Florida
> > contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
> Okeechobee,
> > Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on the
> 7th,
> > which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
> all-time daily
> > maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
> There
> > were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the month
> with the
> > vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums
for
> the
> > month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds
and
> > precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days
across
> the remainder
> > of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
> maximum,
> > with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th
of
> the
> > month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
> registered an
> > average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
> warmest
> > October in a record extending back 59  years.
> >     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama,
Georgia
> and
> > western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
> totals
> > during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than
300
> percent of
> > normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and
extreme
> > western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than normal
> for the
> > month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones and
> frontal
> > systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
> locations did
> > not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any
given
> day.
> > Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of
precipitation
> for the
> > month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest daily
> > precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49 inches
> (38 mm). A
> > number of  locations in the region registered the wettest September-
> October on
> > record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches
(635
> and
> > 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
> breaking
> > longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North
Carolina
> > recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
> two-month period.
> > This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
> tropical
> > storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
> precipitation in 2009
> > was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were observed
> across
> > much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
> southeastern
> > Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina.
Most
> notably,
> > Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded
only
> 0.13
> > inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation,
respectively,
> for the
> > month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all
but
> the
> > west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
> >     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of
North
> > Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of
severe
> drought
> > (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly as
> the
> > accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across
eastern
> portions of
> > NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of Florida
in
> > response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
> >     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a
cyclone
> off
> > of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light
snow
> > across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
> Mountains. Banner
> > Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and
1.5
> inches
> > (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
> >     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
> months in
> >  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
> reach
> > full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6, 2005.
> Further
> > upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full
pool
> > flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
> problems  for
> > farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed
to
> the
> > rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
> conditions
> > before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> > associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no tropical
> cyclone activity
> > anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September or
> > October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
> caused multiple
> > traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast  Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home Page_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
\
> cc.com/) .
> >     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High
Plains
> > Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
> >     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> > Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as temperature
> departures of 6
> > degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
> normal
> > were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
> totals
> > greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
> These wet and
> > cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month.
One
> state
> > hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
> States
> > Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
> lagged by four
> > weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
> across the
> > Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless others
> had
> > average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers on
> record. An
> > intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> > interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
> temperature on October
> > 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was
well
> below
> > the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
> degrees
> > C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low
for
> the
> > day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
> >     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the
Region.
> The
> > only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half of
> > Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
> widespread heavy
> > precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent
of
> normal
> > precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted the
> Region
> > this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a
blanket
> of snow
> > covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers.
The
> > first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record
cold
> to every
> > state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
> month and
> > brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
> Nebraska.
> > But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
> pounded the
> > Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
> foothills of
> > Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
> Nebraska, and
> > blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
> schools, and
> > businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> > precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy spot
> was North Platte,
> > Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4
inches
> (74.68
> > cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
> (39.88
> > cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the new
> record
> > snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of
27.8
> inches
> > (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's
snowfall
> has
> > already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches (72.39
> cm).
> >     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this
month
> as
> > heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions (D0)
> in North
> > Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
> rainfall in
> >  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought and
> > abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since October
> 5, 1999).
> > Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
> row.
> > Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an
abnormally
> dry
> > monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir levels,
> and
> > decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
> Outlook  released
> > October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
> Colorado are
> > expected to improve through January 2010.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains Regional
> > Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
> >     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
> >     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
> October
> > mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of Oklahoma
> and
> > Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained within
3
> degrees F
> > (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma
were
> > exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
> temperature of
> > 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
> below the
> > 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest
October
> in
> > Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record of
> 54.4
> > degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
> average October
> > mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was 5.37
> > degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was the
> fourth
> > coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
> Incidentally, the
> > state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the coldest
> October
> > (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976. The
> warmest
> > areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and
in
> the
> > Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
> ranged
> > from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
> >     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in the
> > Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
> totals that
> > ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
> highest
> > precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
> region.
> > Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region,
which
> averaged 7.7
> > inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm) above
> the
> > 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
> (348.0 mm) of
> > precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
> began in
> > 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the
115
> year
> > (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total
record
> for
> > Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October,
1984.
> On a more
> > local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches
(381.0
> mm) of
> > precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded monthly
> totals
> > that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
> received
> > an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
> which was
> > 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40
percent
> of
> > the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
> October, Leola
> > received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
> making 2009
> > the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009) with
> two
> > months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
> October on
> > record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2 inches
> (335.3 mm)
> > of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year
(1895-2009)
> > average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4
mm)
> set in
> > 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual stations
in
> > Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period of
> record that goes
> > back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
> precipitation
> > or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
> shattered the
> > previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6 inches
> (320.0
> > mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
> October,
> > the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation,
which
> similar
> > to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
> typically
> > wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
> recorded
> > 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
> above the
> > 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over the
> 1895-2009
> > period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm) below
> the
> > record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
> making it
> > the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4
inches
> (162.6
> > mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on record
> > (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
> precipitation, making it
> > the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to
the
> > above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
> Precipitation totals
> > for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar
values
> were
> > also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
> area just
> > south of the northern Texas panhandle.
> >     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate drought
> > conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of
the
> state was
> > designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the state
> was
> > designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was approximately
a
> 50 percent
> > improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
> >     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009. The
> storms
> > were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
> fatality
> > and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi. In
> Robertson
> > County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
> addition,
> > damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> > Mississippi.
> >     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries
were
> > mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees were
> reported
> > down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens more
> tornadoes
> > touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border region.
> One
> > twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured. Another
> injury was
> > also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was
reported
> in
> > Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
> when his car
> > crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands
of
> > Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
> >     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
> >     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
> entire
> > region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
> portions of
> > southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
> Rockies and
> > northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
> Cheyenne,
> > and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
> October on
> > record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd
coldest
> while
> > Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest
October
> on
> > record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most
of
> the
> > state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on record.
> >     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the region
> except
> > for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th left
> many
> > cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
> wettest
> > October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their 2nd
> wettest on
> > record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946 and
> their
> > snowiest  October ever.
> >     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> > Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one residence
> and five other
> > structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on
the
> 7th.
> > Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
> destroyed.
> > On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near Naches,
> > Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An
estimated
> $20  million
> > in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> > On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the season
> > brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
> Montana reaching
> > -16 F (-27  C).
> > On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
> California
> > bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.
Rainfall
> reports
> > of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
> Coast
> > Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.
Local
> flooding
> > occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
> residents
> > being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
> mudslide. The
> > strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11
car
> > pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed trees
> caused power
> > outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
> October
> > rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
> Francisco
> > Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
> reached 135
> > mph near Lake Tahoe.
> > On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico
with
> up
> > to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range in
> Colorado.
> > Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in
Wyoming.
> Some
> > injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
> Denver
> > and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western
Nebraska.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> > See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
> for weather and climate records for
> > the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and statewide
> data and
> > graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
> periods,
> > please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are
> > based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final
data
> are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. Graphics based
on
> final
> > data are provided on the _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
\
> )  page and the _Climate
> > at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> > page as they become available.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> >
> > Questions?
> >
> > For questions on technical or scientific content of this report,
> please
> > contact:
> > Chris Fenimore:
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> >
> >
> > For general climate monitoring questions, please contact:
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> >
> >
> > For climate data orders, please contact the National Climatic Data
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I believe we are finding the middle ground... I still have some mercury fillings
in my mouth but we're getting there... No one wants
polluted air or water... We are solving these problems.. I have faith in my
fellow mankind and in the very bright souls coming into
being now days... The environmental, wacko extremists don't... They really want
2/3's of the population of this planet to go away...
Sorry, this planet is, and was made for humans, hopefully, on their way to
becoming something greater...

That's my 2 bits... I'm an old fart now so I'm about done, but, I see young
people that are so bright and beautiful, their amazing,
our species has great hope... These kids aren't a bunch of cattle to be herded
into some bureaucrats planned existence for them "for
the sake of the planet"... It's their planet..!!!!! Let them have a chance to
mold it and make it evolve... Let them use it's
resources to go to the stars...

Lightning Lan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen Francom" <light.rock@...>
To: <quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke and
Mirrors


That said...

It would be nice if we didn't need the Cleanup Superfund...  and if there
weren't coal mines burning
underground for decades...  and mercury in our tuna...

Point being, there has to be a middle ground here.

"their" point, "give a hoot, don't pollute" is a good one.

Why DON'T we invent Clean Stuff instead of farty belchy black soot stuff ?

THAT is a good point.

Because we can.

Maybe it is more expensive.

Maybe not...

Sooner or later, somebody has to take out the garbage.

it would be nice if all the garbage would just rot and fertilize the plants
in a way that they
would be safe to eat...



On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Lan Johnson <lanjohnson@...>wrote:

> Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are more
> trees in the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
> ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which were
> never forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
> the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc. want
> you to believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
> and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or whatever... Don't
> buy that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
> say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human Kind...
> They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with the big
> wood house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
> ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to their
> idea of society...
> It's about freedom...
>
>
> Lan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jack_vanwinkle" <jack_vanwinkle@...>
> To: <quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
> Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke and
> Mirrors
>
>
> Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so we
> can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try and
> deny it.
>
> Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.  We
> are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast amounts
> minute by minute.
>
> Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the US
> and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
> Protocol?
>
> Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did have to
> bail out Big Auto.
>
> Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run out
> of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard propaganda
> supported by lobbyist's misinformation.
>
> Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown to
> have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as Aesop
> warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
> self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have effectively
> run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
> comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
> masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over our
> eyes.
>
> But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the last
> vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of course
> it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.
>
> Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It costs
> nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
> ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
> concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing for
> us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we please.
> That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want and
> have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.
>
> The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our fire
> makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will not
> make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.
>
> We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?
>
> JohnV
>
>
>
> --- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@... wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > State of the Climate
> > National Overview
> > October 2009
> > National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> > National Climatic Data Center
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> > _«  September 2009
> > National Overview Report_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> > Report:
> >
> > Year:  Month:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Maps and Graphics:
> > _October_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
> )  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
> _Most  Recent 6 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
> _Most  Recent 12 Months_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> > _Year-to-Date_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> > _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
> _Annual  Summary for 2008_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> > PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are based
> > on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
> become available,
> > the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on the
> > _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
> )  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
> site.
> > For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or for
> > tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from 1895-present,
> for
> > October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate at
> a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > National Overview:
> >     *   Temperature Highlights - October
> >     *   The average _October_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the
> 20th Century
> > average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
> >     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on
> > record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
> reinforced
> > unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
> onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> > &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection) ..
> > Temperatures were _below  normal_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
> altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> > nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much below
> normal.
> > Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures for
> > October.
> >     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> > coincided with the regional values as all but six states had  below
> normal
> > temperatures. _Oklahoma_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> > its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top five
> > coolest such months.
> >     *   _Florida  _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> > the only state to have an above normal temperature average in October.
> It
> > was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
> above
> > normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
> >     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
> record
> > for  three states: _Nebraska_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> > &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> > =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
> _Missouri
> > (2nd)_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> > _Iowa  (3rd) _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> > _Arkansas  (5th) _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> > 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South  Dakota
> (5th) _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> > h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
> onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> > 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska (eight)
> > recorded a record cool such  period.
> >     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
> contiguous
> > U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> > =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> > nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
> period.
> >     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
> >     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> > r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of record.
> The
> > nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
> long-term
> > average of 2.11 inches.
> >     *   _Regionally_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
> alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> > nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> > =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> > 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> > _Central_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
> region had
> > its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bm
> > onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth wettest.
> This
> > was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
> normal
> > precipitation.
> >     *   Three states (_Iowa_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> > gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> > &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
> other
> > states _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
> ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings ranking
> > in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
> Arizona)
> > saw below normal  precipitation.
> >     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009. The
> state
> > has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
> (May,
> > 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October, 1st
> > wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> > &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years of
> > record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in _Arizona_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries01&byear=200
> > 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> > second-driest year-to-date period.
> >     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was record-setting
> for
> > many _adjacent  divisions _
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
> onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> > if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
> Georgia.
> > It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical cyclone
> > (_Claudette_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
> =8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in the
> > region during this period.
> >     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought covered
> 12
> > percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest drought
> > footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
> drought episodes
> > in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
> conditions
> > emerged  across much of Arizona.
> >     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> > moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
> according to the  Palmer
> > Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and wet
> spell
> > intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February 2005.
> >     *   Other Items of Note
> >     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
> Champaign,
> >  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest had
> one
> > of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
> observing
> > its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting and
> stunted
> > crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind in
> places,
> > and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
> region.
> >     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States during
> > October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through 13th,
> while the
> > second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through 30th.
> By
> > month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
> according to
> > NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
> >     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
> country
> > led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28 inches
> of
> > snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
> record. North
> > Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
> 2009 the
> > snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
> record
> > was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
> >     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in all
> > respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
> October,
> > according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each of
> these values is
> > below this  decade's average for October.
> >
> > ____________________________________
> > Alaska:
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with a
> > temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> >
> >     *   _Alaska_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
> ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> > )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
> temperature
> > 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> > For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
> across
> > the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> > and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
> information on local temperature and precipitation
> > records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For details
> and graphics on
> > weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
> Global
> > Hazards page_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
> ..
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > Regional Highlights:
> > These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional Climate
> > Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
> and reflect
> > conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
> spatially
> > from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data Center_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
> >     *   _Northeast_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
> >     *   _Midwest_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
> >     *   _Southeast_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
> >     *   _High  Plains_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
> >     *   _Southern_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
> >     *   _Western_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
> tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
> >     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
> >     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
> Northeast.
> > The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which was
> 1.8
> > degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended the
> month
> > exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged from
> 0.4 degrees
> > F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
> degrees
> > C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since 1895
> in the
> > Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
> Hampshire,
> > and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
> >     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
> Northeast in
> > October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were above
> > normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West Virginia
> to 209
> > percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation total of
> 4.67
> > inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of the
> states and
> > the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest Octobers
> since
> > 1895.
> >     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter this
> > month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
> 15th and 18th
> > left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of Maine,
> New
> > Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New
> York,
> > and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes region
> of New
> > York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
> events.
> > Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of the
> first inch
> > of  snow.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
> >     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
> Regional
> > Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
> >     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in October,
> > although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
> Temperature
> > departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in
> western
> > Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
> eastern
> > portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the coldest
> with
> > temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
> below normal in
> > the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern Kentucky.
> More
> > than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set in
> the
> > Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month there
> were 1485
> > low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
> Based on
> > preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record in
> the
> > Midwest region.
> >     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently heavy.
> > Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
> Kentucky and in
> > extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
> Precipitation was
> > 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of Missouri
> and
> > the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
> portion of
> >  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days of
> the
> > month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
> locations in
> > the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
> records, 192
> > locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
> locations had
> >  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
> data,
> > this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
> Midwest
> > region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest since
> 1895 in all
> > states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the second
> wettest
> > in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky and
> > Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th wettest
> in Ohio. The
> > largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28 inches
> (439 mm)
> > by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow
> > (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
> precipitation for this
> > area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
> inches (76
> > mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
> northwestern
> > third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
> month
> > northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the central
> Upper
> > Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
> Minnesota on October
> > 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along the
> > Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on the
> morning of
> > the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood, Iowa. A
> second
> > event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa and
> amounts
> > from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
> northern
> > Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm) of
> snow fell
> > across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
> >     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing agricultural
> > producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting of
> corn in
> > many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of the
> crop. At
> > the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four weeks
> > behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. An
> early to
> > normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity in
> many of the
> > areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
> weather
> > of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
> region. That
> > slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
> from
> > making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
> soybean harvest
> > was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent complete
> > compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest was
> only
> > complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent behind
> normal in
> > the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
> Illinois at
> > 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent. Only
> 12
> > percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a 5-year
> average
> > of 69  percent.
> >     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the  Midwest
> > during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
> Watch  page_
> > (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
> >     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> > Regional Climate Center_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
> cc.com/) )
> >     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to slightly
> below
> > normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees F
> (1.1
> > to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
> Georgia,
> > Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures were
> 2 to 5
> > degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of Florida,
> > extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
> several
> > outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia and
> Crestview,
> > Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to 0.6
> degrees
> > C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
> Virginia
> > registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th of
> the month.
> > The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and 11th
> as hot
> > air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Andrews,
> South
> > Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of 92
> and 90
> > degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
> Virginia
> > reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
> Florida
> > contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
> Okeechobee,
> > Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on the
> 7th,
> > which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
> all-time daily
> > maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
> There
> > were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the month
> with the
> > vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums for
> the
> > month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds and
> > precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days across
> the remainder
> > of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
> maximum,
> > with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th of
> the
> > month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
> registered an
> > average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
> warmest
> > October in a record extending back 59  years.
> >     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama, Georgia
> and
> > western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
> totals
> > during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than 300
> percent of
> > normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and extreme
> > western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than normal
> for the
> > month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones and
> frontal
> > systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
> locations did
> > not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any given
> day.
> > Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of precipitation
> for the
> > month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest daily
> > precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49 inches
> (38 mm). A
> > number of  locations in the region registered the wettest September-
> October on
> > record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches (635
> and
> > 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
> breaking
> > longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
> > recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
> two-month period.
> > This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
> tropical
> > storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
> precipitation in 2009
> > was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were observed
> across
> > much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
> southeastern
> > Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina. Most
> notably,
> > Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded only
> 0.13
> > inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation, respectively,
> for the
> > month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all but
> the
> > west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
> >     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of North
> > Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of severe
> drought
> > (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly as
> the
> > accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across eastern
> portions of
> > NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of Florida in
> > response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
> >     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a cyclone
> off
> > of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light snow
> > across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
> Mountains. Banner
> > Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and 1.5
> inches
> > (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
> >     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
> months in
> >  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
> reach
> > full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6, 2005.
> Further
> > upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full pool
> > flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
> problems  for
> > farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed to
> the
> > rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
> conditions
> > before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> > associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no tropical
> cyclone activity
> > anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September or
> > October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
> caused multiple
> > traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast  Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home Page_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
> cc.com/) .
> >     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High Plains
> > Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
> >     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> > Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as temperature
> departures of 6
> > degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
> normal
> > were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
> totals
> > greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
> These wet and
> > cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month. One
> state
> > hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
> States
> > Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
> lagged by four
> > weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
> across the
> > Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless others
> had
> > average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers on
> record. An
> > intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> > interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
> temperature on October
> > 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was well
> below
> > the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
> degrees
> > C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low for
> the
> > day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
> >     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the Region.
> The
> > only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half of
> > Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
> widespread heavy
> > precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent of
> normal
> > precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted the
> Region
> > this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a blanket
> of snow
> > covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers. The
> > first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record cold
> to every
> > state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
> month and
> > brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
> Nebraska.
> > But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
> pounded the
> > Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
> foothills of
> > Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
> Nebraska, and
> > blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
> schools, and
> > businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> > precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy spot
> was North Platte,
> > Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4 inches
> (74.68
> > cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
> (39.88
> > cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the new
> record
> > snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of 27.8
> inches
> > (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's snowfall
> has
> > already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches (72.39
> cm).
> >     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this month
> as
> > heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions (D0)
> in North
> > Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
> rainfall in
> >  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought and
> > abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since October
> 5, 1999).
> > Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
> row.
> > Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an abnormally
> dry
> > monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir levels,
> and
> > decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
> Outlook  released
> > October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
> Colorado are
> > expected to improve through January 2010.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains Regional
> > Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
> >     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
> >     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
> October
> > mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of Oklahoma
> and
> > Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained within 3
> degrees F
> > (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma were
> > exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
> temperature of
> > 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
> below the
> > 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest October
> in
> > Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record of
> 54.4
> > degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
> average October
> > mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was 5.37
> > degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was the
> fourth
> > coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
> Incidentally, the
> > state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the coldest
> October
> > (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976. The
> warmest
> > areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and in
> the
> > Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
> ranged
> > from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
> >     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in the
> > Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
> totals that
> > ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
> highest
> > precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
> region.
> > Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region, which
> averaged 7.7
> > inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm) above
> the
> > 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
> (348.0 mm) of
> > precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
> began in
> > 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the 115
> year
> > (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total record
> for
> > Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October, 1984.
> On a more
> > local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches (381.0
> mm) of
> > precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded monthly
> totals
> > that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
> received
> > an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
> which was
> > 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40 percent
> of
> > the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
> October, Leola
> > received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
> making 2009
> > the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009) with
> two
> > months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
> October on
> > record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2 inches
> (335.3 mm)
> > of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year (1895-2009)
> > average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4 mm)
> set in
> > 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual stations in
> > Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period of
> record that goes
> > back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
> precipitation
> > or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
> shattered the
> > previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6 inches
> (320.0
> > mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
> October,
> > the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation, which
> similar
> > to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
> typically
> > wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
> recorded
> > 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
> above the
> > 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over the
> 1895-2009
> > period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm) below
> the
> > record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
> making it
> > the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4 inches
> (162.6
> > mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on record
> > (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
> precipitation, making it
> > the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to the
> > above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
> Precipitation totals
> > for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar values
> were
> > also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
> area just
> > south of the northern Texas panhandle.
> >     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate drought
> > conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of the
> state was
> > designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the state
> was
> > designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was approximately a
> 50 percent
> > improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
> >     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009. The
> storms
> > were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
> fatality
> > and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi. In
> Robertson
> > County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
> addition,
> > damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> > Mississippi.
> >     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries were
> > mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees were
> reported
> > down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens more
> tornadoes
> > touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border region.
> One
> > twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured. Another
> injury was
> > also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was reported
> in
> > Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
> when his car
> > crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands of
> > Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
> >     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
> Regional
> > Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
> >     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
> entire
> > region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
> portions of
> > southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
> Rockies and
> > northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
> Cheyenne,
> > and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
> October on
> > record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd coldest
> while
> > Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest October
> on
> > record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most of
> the
> > state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on record.
> >     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the region
> except
> > for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th left
> many
> > cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
> wettest
> > October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their 2nd
> wettest on
> > record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946 and
> their
> > snowiest  October ever.
> >     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> > Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one residence
> and five other
> > structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on the
> 7th.
> > Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
> destroyed.
> > On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near Naches,
> > Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An estimated
> $20  million
> > in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> > On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the season
> > brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
> Montana reaching
> > -16 F (-27  C).
> > On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
> California
> > bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.  Rainfall
> reports
> > of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
> Coast
> > Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.  Local
> flooding
> > occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
> residents
> > being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
> mudslide. The
> > strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11  car
> > pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed trees
> caused power
> > outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
> October
> > rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
> Francisco
> > Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
> reached 135
> > mph near Lake Tahoe.
> > On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico with
> up
> > to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range in
> Colorado.
> > Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
> Some
> > injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
> Denver
> > and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western Nebraska.
> >     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
> Climate
> > Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> > See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
> for weather and climate records for
> > the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and statewide
> data and
> > graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
> periods,
> > please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> > (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> > ____________________________________
> >
> > PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
> and values are
> > based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data
> are
> > processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. Graphics based on
> final
> > data are provided on the _Climate  Monitoring Products_
> >
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
> )  page and the _Climate
> > at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> > page as they become available.
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> >
> >
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> >
> > For questions on technical or scientific content of this report,
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> >
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Plant a few more trees, CO2 problem solved... By the way there are more trees in
the USA today then ever in it's history... We plant
ten trees for ever one removed... We have forests in the South which were never
forests before... What you're saying John just isn't
the case... It's what GE and the Central Banks and all the Big Inc. want you to
believe... A lie to get you to join the collective
and give up your KTM 640 LC4 or BMW Dakar or Glock 22, or whatever... Don't buy
that bull... Don't believe anything them idiots
say... Don't buy their environment play book... They hate Human Kind...
They want us all to live in Teepees, except for them of course with the big wood
house and monster wood deck out into the Ocean, and
ride bicycles to work and die at age 65 so we won't be a burden to their idea of
society...
It's about freedom...


Lan


----- Original Message -----
From: "jack_vanwinkle" <jack_vanwinkle@...>
To: <quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 12:09 PM
Subject: [quantumrelativity] Re: Global warming my butt!!! ---Smoke and Mirrors


Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so we
can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try and
deny it.

Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.  We
are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast amounts
minute by minute.

Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the US
and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
Protocol?

Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did have to
bail out Big Auto.

Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run out
of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard propaganda
supported by lobbyist's misinformation.

Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown to
have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as Aesop
warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have effectively
run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over our
eyes.

But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the last
vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of course
it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.

Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It costs
nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing for
us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we please.
That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want and
have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.

The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our fire
makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will not
make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.

We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?

JohnV



--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@... wrote:
>
>
>
> State of the Climate
> National Overview
> October 2009
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> National Climatic Data Center
>
>
> ____________________________________
> Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> _«  September 2009
> National Overview Report_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> Report:
>
> Year:  Month:
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> Maps and Graphics:
> _October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
)  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
_Most  Recent 6 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
_Most  Recent 12 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> _Year-to-Date_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
_Annual  Summary for 2008_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
and values are based
> on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data are
> processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
become available,
> the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on the
> _Climate  Monitoring Products_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
)  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
site.
> For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or for
> tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from 1895-present,
for
> October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate at
a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> ____________________________________
>
> National Overview:
>     *   Temperature Highlights - October
>     *   The average _October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the
20th Century
> average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
>     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on
> record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
reinforced
> unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection) ..
> Temperatures were _below  normal_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much below
normal.
> Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures for
> October.
>     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> coincided with the regional values as all but six states had  below
normal
> temperatures. _Oklahoma_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top five
> coolest such months.
>     *   _Florida  _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> the only state to have an above normal temperature average in October.
It
> was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
above
> normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
>     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
record
> for  three states: _Nebraska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
_Missouri
> (2nd)_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> _Iowa  (3rd) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> _Arkansas  (5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=200
> 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South  Dakota
(5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska (eight)
> recorded a record cool such  period.
>     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
contiguous
> U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
period.
>     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
>     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of record.
The
> nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
long-term
> average of 2.11 inches.
>     *   _Regionally_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> _Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
region had
> its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bm
> onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth wettest.
This
> was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
normal
> precipitation.
>     *   Three states (_Iowa_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
other
> states _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings ranking
> in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
Arizona)
> saw below normal  precipitation.
>     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009. The
state
> has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
(May,
> 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October, 1st
> wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years of
> record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in _Arizona_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=200
> 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> second-driest year-to-date period.
>     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was record-setting
for
> many _adjacent  divisions _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Georgia.
> It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical cyclone
> (_Claudette_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
=8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in the
> region during this period.
>     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought covered
12
> percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest drought
> footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
drought episodes
> in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
conditions
> emerged  across much of Arizona.
>     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
according to the  Palmer
> Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and wet
spell
> intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February 2005.
>     *   Other Items of Note
>     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
Champaign,
>  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest had
one
> of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
observing
> its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting and
stunted
> crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind in
places,
> and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
region.
>     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States during
> October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through 13th,
while the
> second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through 30th.
By
> month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
according to
> NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
>     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
country
> led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28 inches
of
> snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
record. North
> Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
2009 the
> snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
record
> was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
>     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in all
> respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
October,
> according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each of
these values is
> below this  decade's average for October.
>
> ____________________________________
> Alaska:
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with a
> temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
>
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
temperature
> 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
>
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
temperature
> 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
across
> the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
information on local temperature and precipitation
> records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For details
and graphics on
> weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
Global
> Hazards page_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
..
> ____________________________________
>
> Regional Highlights:
> These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional Climate
> Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
and reflect
> conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
spatially
> from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data Center_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
>     *   _Northeast_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
>     *   _Midwest_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
>     *   _Southeast_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
>     *   _High  Plains_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
>     *   _Southern_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
>     *   _Western_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
>     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
>     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
Northeast.
> The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which was
1.8
> degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended the
month
> exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged from
0.4 degrees
> F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
degrees
> C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since 1895
in the
> Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
Hampshire,
> and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
>     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
Northeast in
> October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were above
> normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West Virginia
to 209
> percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation total of
4.67
> inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of the
states and
> the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest Octobers
since
> 1895.
>     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter this
> month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
15th and 18th
> left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of Maine,
New
> Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New
York,
> and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes region
of New
> York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
events.
> Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of the
first inch
> of  snow.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
>     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
Regional
> Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
>     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in October,
> although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
Temperature
> departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in
western
> Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
eastern
> portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the coldest
with
> temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
below normal in
> the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern Kentucky.
More
> than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set in
the
> Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month there
were 1485
> low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
Based on
> preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record in
the
> Midwest region.
>     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently heavy.
> Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
Kentucky and in
> extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
Precipitation was
> 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of Missouri
and
> the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
portion of
>  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days of
the
> month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
locations in
> the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
records, 192
> locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
locations had
>  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
data,
> this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
Midwest
> region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest since
1895 in all
> states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the second
wettest
> in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky and
> Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th wettest
in Ohio. The
> largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28 inches
(439 mm)
> by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow
> (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
precipitation for this
> area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
inches (76
> mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
northwestern
> third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
month
> northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the central
Upper
> Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
Minnesota on October
> 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along the
> Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on the
morning of
> the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood, Iowa. A
second
> event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa and
amounts
> from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
northern
> Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm) of
snow fell
> across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
>     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing agricultural
> producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting of
corn in
> many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of the
crop. At
> the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four weeks
> behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. An
early to
> normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity in
many of the
> areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
weather
> of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
region. That
> slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
from
> making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
soybean harvest
> was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent complete
> compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest was
only
> complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent behind
normal in
> the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
Illinois at
> 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent. Only
12
> percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a 5-year
average
> of 69  percent.
>     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the  Midwest
> during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
Watch  page_
> (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
>     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> Regional Climate Center_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
cc.com/) )
>     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to slightly
below
> normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees F
(1.1
> to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
Georgia,
> Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures were
2 to 5
> degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of Florida,
> extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
several
> outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia and
Crestview,
> Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to 0.6
degrees
> C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
Virginia
> registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th of
the month.
> The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and 11th
as hot
> air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Andrews,
South
> Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of 92
and 90
> degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
Virginia
> reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
Florida
> contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
Okeechobee,
> Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on the
7th,
> which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
all-time daily
> maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
There
> were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the month
with the
> vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums for
the
> month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds and
> precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days across
the remainder
> of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
maximum,
> with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th of
the
> month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
registered an
> average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
warmest
> October in a record extending back 59  years.
>     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama, Georgia
and
> western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
totals
> during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than 300
percent of
> normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and extreme
> western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than normal
for the
> month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones and
frontal
> systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
locations did
> not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any given
day.
> Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of precipitation
for the
> month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest daily
> precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49 inches
(38 mm). A
> number of  locations in the region registered the wettest September-
October on
> record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches (635
and
> 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
breaking
> longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
> recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
two-month period.
> This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
tropical
> storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
precipitation in 2009
> was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were observed
across
> much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
southeastern
> Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina. Most
notably,
> Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded only
0.13
> inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation, respectively,
for the
> month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all but
the
> west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
>     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of North
> Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of severe
drought
> (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly as
the
> accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across eastern
portions of
> NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of Florida in
> response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
>     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a cyclone
off
> of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light snow
> across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
Mountains. Banner
> Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and 1.5
inches
> (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
>     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
months in
>  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
reach
> full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6, 2005.
Further
> upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full pool
> flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
problems  for
> farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed to
the
> rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
conditions
> before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no tropical
cyclone activity
> anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September or
> October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
caused multiple
> traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast  Regional
Climate
> Center Home Page_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
cc.com/) .
>     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High Plains
> Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
>     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as temperature
departures of 6
> degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
normal
> were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
totals
> greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
These wet and
> cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month. One
state
> hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
States
> Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
lagged by four
> weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
across the
> Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless others
had
> average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers on
record. An
> intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
temperature on October
> 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was well
below
> the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
degrees
> C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low for
the
> day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
>     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the Region.
The
> only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half of
> Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
widespread heavy
> precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent of
normal
> precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted the
Region
> this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a blanket
of snow
> covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers. The
> first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record cold
to every
> state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
month and
> brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
Nebraska.
> But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
pounded the
> Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
foothills of
> Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
Nebraska, and
> blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
schools, and
> businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy spot
was North Platte,
> Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4 inches
(74.68
> cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
(39.88
> cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the new
record
> snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of 27.8
inches
> (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's snowfall
has
> already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches (72.39
cm).
>     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this month
as
> heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions (D0)
in North
> Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
rainfall in
>  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought and
> abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since October
5, 1999).
> Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
row.
> Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an abnormally
dry
> monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir levels,
and
> decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
Outlook  released
> October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
Colorado are
> expected to improve through January 2010.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains Regional
> Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
>     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
>     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
October
> mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of Oklahoma
and
> Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained within 3
degrees F
> (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma were
> exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
temperature of
> 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
below the
> 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest October
in
> Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record of
54.4
> degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
average October
> mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was 5.37
> degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was the
fourth
> coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
Incidentally, the
> state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the coldest
October
> (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976. The
warmest
> areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and in
the
> Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
ranged
> from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
>     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in the
> Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
totals that
> ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
highest
> precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
region.
> Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region, which
averaged 7.7
> inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm) above
the
> 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
(348.0 mm) of
> precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
began in
> 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the 115
year
> (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total record
for
> Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October, 1984.
On a more
> local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches (381.0
mm) of
> precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded monthly
totals
> that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
received
> an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
which was
> 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40 percent
of
> the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
October, Leola
> received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
making 2009
> the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009) with
two
> months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
October on
> record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2 inches
(335.3 mm)
> of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year (1895-2009)
> average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4 mm)
set in
> 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual stations in
> Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period of
record that goes
> back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
precipitation
> or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
shattered the
> previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6 inches
(320.0
> mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
October,
> the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation, which
similar
> to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
typically
> wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
recorded
> 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
above the
> 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over the
1895-2009
> period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm) below
the
> record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
making it
> the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4 inches
(162.6
> mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on record
> (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
precipitation, making it
> the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to the
> above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
Precipitation totals
> for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar values
were
> also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
area just
> south of the northern Texas panhandle.
>     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate drought
> conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of the
state was
> designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the state
was
> designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was approximately a
50 percent
> improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
>     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009. The
storms
> were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
fatality
> and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi. In
Robertson
> County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
addition,
> damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> Mississippi.
>     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries were
> mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees were
reported
> down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens more
tornadoes
> touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border region.
One
> twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured. Another
injury was
> also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was reported
in
> Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
when his car
> crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands of
> Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
>     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
>     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
entire
> region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
portions of
> southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
Rockies and
> northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
Cheyenne,
> and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
October on
> record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd coldest
while
> Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest October
on
> record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most of
the
> state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on record.
>     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the region
except
> for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th left
many
> cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
wettest
> October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their 2nd
wettest on
> record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946 and
their
> snowiest  October ever.
>     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one residence
and five other
> structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on the
7th.
> Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
destroyed.
> On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near Naches,
> Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An estimated
$20  million
> in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the season
> brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
Montana reaching
> -16 F (-27  C).
> On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
California
> bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.  Rainfall
reports
> of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
Coast
> Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.  Local
flooding
> occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
residents
> being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
mudslide. The
> strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11  car
> pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed trees
caused power
> outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
October
> rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
Francisco
> Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
reached 135
> mph near Lake Tahoe.
> On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico with
up
> to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range in
Colorado.
> Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
Some
> injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
Denver
> and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western Nebraska.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
for weather and climate records for
> the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and statewide
data and
> graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
periods,
> please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> ____________________________________
>
> PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
and values are
> based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data
are
> processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. Graphics based on
final
> data are provided on the _Climate  Monitoring Products_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
)  page and the _Climate
> at a  Glance_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> page as they become available.
> ____________________________________
>
>
> Questions?
>
> For questions on technical or scientific content of this report,
please
> contact:
> Chris Fenimore:
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>
>
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>
>
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Smokle and Mirrors and Red Herrings.  Let's all join the debate so we
can talk up a smoke screen.  We all are polluting the earth.  Try and
deny it.

Let's not be sidetracked by the Big Oil and King Coal and Big Chem.  We
are all poisoning the planet not a bit at a time, but by vast amounts
minute by minute.

Why is it that only the countries that control the oil and gas, the US
and Canada are the only ones who did not want to honour the Kyoto
Protocol?

Were they afraid of losing jobs?  They lost jobs anyway.  We did have to
bail out Big Auto.

Global Warming can and will produce millions of jobs.  We will run out
of oil and natural gas anyway regardless of the rear guard propaganda
supported by lobbyist's misinformation.

Can anyone trust a government agency anymore?  All have been shown to
have been coopted by Big Money.  The Fox is among the Chickens as Aesop
warned. The last governments have moved from being regulatory to
self-regulation which has resulted in oligarchies that have effectively
run our countries.  But, it is so nice to have the woolly feeling of
comfort with the thick blanket of feel good marketing from our new
masters.  We all sat there and allowed the wool to be pulled over our
eyes.

But of course, it costs nothing to pollute.  So, it is probably the last
vestige of our once gained freedom.  The Freedom to Pollute.  Of course
it is better if our dog poops on the neighbours lawn than our own.

Each of us can piss up stream, dump our feces in the water.  It costs
nothing.  Each of us can pour our oil and antifreeze directly on the
ground.  We get our water from miles away at a lake.  We need not be
concerned about underground water being poisoned.  It costs nothing for
us to dump on our own land.  It is our ground to do with what we please.
That is what freedom is all about isn't it?  Freedom is what I want and
have and will fight for and fie to everyone else.

The little bit of paint on our boards or engine oil to start our fire
makes such a little smoke in the huge sky that our little bit will not
make a big difference.  It costs nothing to burn our garbage.

We don't want to stop p0lluting so why should governments care?

JohnV



--- In quantumrelativity@yahoogroups.com, mrhoneydo333@... wrote:
>
>
>
> State of the Climate
> National Overview
> October 2009
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> National Climatic Data Center
>
>
> ____________________________________
> Use the form below to access  monthly reports.
> _«  September 2009
> National Overview Report_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=9)
> Report:
>
> Year:  Month:
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________
> Maps and Graphics:
> _October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/currentmonth.html\
)  _Most  Recent 3 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/3month.html)
_Most  Recent 6 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/6month.html)
_Most  Recent 12 Months_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/12month.html)
> _Year-to-Date_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/yeartodate.html)
> _US  Percent Area Very Wet/Dry/Warm/Cold_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/oct/uspa.html)
_Annual  Summary for 2008_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2008&month=ann)
> PLEASE NOTE: All temperature and precipitation _ranks_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
and values are based
> on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data are
> processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. As final data
become available,
> the most up-to-date statistics and graphics will be available  on the
> _Climate  Monitoring Products_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
)  page and the U.S. _Climate at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  Web
site.
> For graphics covering periods other than those mentioned above or for
> tables  of national, regional, and statewide data from 1895-present,
for
> October, last 3 months or other periods, please go to the _Climate at
a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> ____________________________________
>
> National Overview:
>     *   Temperature Highlights - October
>     *   The average _October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> =gif&id=110-00)   temperature of 50.8°F was 4.0°F below the
20th Century
> average and  ranked as the 3rd coolest based on preliminary data.
>     *   For the nation as a whole, it was the third coolest October on
> record. The  month was marked by an active weather pattern that
reinforced
> unseasonably  cold air behind _a  series of cold fronts_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/dwm/index.php?map=sfc&begm\
onth=10&begday=1&begyear=2009
> &endmonth=10&endday=31&endyear=2009&submitted=Animate+Selection) .
> Temperatures were _below  normal_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
altrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in eight of the
> nation's nine climate regions, and of the nine,  five were much below
normal.
> Only the Southeast climate region had near normal  temperatures for
> October.
>     *   _Statewide  temperatures_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
idetrank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)
> coincided with the regional values as all but six states had  below
normal
> temperatures. _Oklahoma_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)   had
> its coolest October on record and ten other states had their top five
> coolest such months.
>     *   _Florida  _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) was
> the only state to have an above normal temperature average in October.
It
> was the sixth consecutive month that the Florida's temperature was
above
> normal, resulting in the _third  warmest _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mo
> nth=10&ext=gif) such period (May-October).
>     *   The three-month period (August-October) was the coolest on
record
> for  three states: _Nebraska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=025-00) ,  _Kansas_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif
> &id=014-00) ,  and _Oklahoma_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext
> =gif&id=034-00) .  Five other states had top five cool periods:
_Missouri
> (2nd)_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=023-00) ,
> _Iowa  (3rd) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif &id=013-00) ,
> _Arkansas  (5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=003-
> 00) , _Illinois  (5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=200
> 9&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=011-00) and _South  Dakota
(5th) _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&mont
> h=10&ext=gif&id=039-00) . Every _climate  division_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
onaltrank&byear=2009&bmonth=
> 10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif)  in Kansas (nine) and Nebraska (eight)
> recorded a record cool such  period.
>     *   For the year-to-date (January - October) period, the
contiguous
> U.S.  temperature ranked _43rd  warmest_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month
> =10&ext=gif&id=110-00) . No _state  _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
idetrank&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&mo
> nth=10&ext=gif) had a top or bottom ten temperature value for this
period.
>     *   Precipitation Highlights - October
>     *   The U.S. recorded its _wettest  October_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&yea
> r=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=110-00)  in the 115-year period of record.
The
> nationwide precipitation of  4.15 inches was nearly double the
long-term
> average of 2.11 inches.
>     *   _Regionally_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Region\
alprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) ,  two of the nation's
> nine climate regions (the _East  North Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year
> =2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=102-00)  and _South_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=
> 2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=106-00) )  saw their wettest October. The
> _Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=103-00)
region had
> its second wettest October, while the _West  North Central_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bm
> onth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=105-00)  had its fourth wettest.
This
> was the first month since  December 2007 that no region had below
normal
> precipitation.
>     *   Three states (_Iowa_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=013-00) ,  _Arkansas_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=
> gif&id=003-00) ,  and _Louisiana_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10
> &ext=gif&id=016-00) )  saw their record wettest October. _Fourteen
other
> states _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Statew\
ideprank&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif) had precipitation readings ranking
> in their top five  category. Only three states (Florida, Utah, and
Arizona)
> saw below normal  precipitation.
>     *   Arkansas continued its remarkable run of wetness in 2009. The
state
> has  seen four months with top three precipitation ranks this year
(May,
> 1st wettest; July, 3rd wettest; September,  2nd wettest; October, 1st
> wettest). As a result, the  state's _year-to-date_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009
> &month=10&ext=gif&id=003-00)   average is the wettest in 115 years of
> record keeping. This contrasted with  persistent dryness in _Arizona_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries01&byear=200
> 9&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=002-00) ,  which saw its
> second-driest year-to-date period.
>     *   The three-month (August-October) rainfall was record-setting
for
> many _adjacent  divisions _
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=Divisi\
onalprank&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=g
> if) within Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, and
Georgia.
> It is noteworthy that this occurred despite only one tropical cyclone
> (_Claudette_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=tropical-cyclones&year=2009&month\
=8&submitted=Get+Report#claudette) ,  in August) making landfall in the
> region during this period.
>     *   By the end of October, moderate-to-exceptional drought covered
12
> percent  of the contiguous United States, the second-smallest drought
> footprint of the  decade, based on the U.S. Drought Monitor. Major
drought episodes
> in  California and South Texas improved significantly. Drought
conditions
> emerged  across much of Arizona.
>     *   About 45 percent of the contiguous United States had
> moderately-to-extremely wet conditions at the end of October,
according to the  Palmer
> Index (a well-known index that measures both drought intensity and wet
spell
> intensity). This is the largest such footprint since February 2005.
>     *   Other Items of Note
>     *   According to the NOAA Midwest Regional Climate Center in
Champaign,
>  Illinois, more than half of the long-term stations in the Midwest had
one
> of  their five wettest Octobers on record, with one out of five
observing
> its  wettest. Combined with the cold, this delayed crop planting and
stunted
> crop  maturity. Corn development was as much as four weeks behind in
places,
> and the  soybean harvest was well behind schedule throughout the
region.
>     *   Two major snow storms hit the contiguous United States during
> October. The  first struck the Upper Midwest October 9th through 13th,
while the
> second blanketed the western Plains States October 27th  through 30th.
By
> month's end, 13.6 percent of the nation was under  snow cover,
according to
> NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing  Center.
>     *   Unusually cold and wet conditions across the middle of the
country
> led to  several snowfall records. Cheyenne, Wyoming observed 28 inches
of
> snow during  October, making this the city's snowiest October on
record. North
> Platte,  Nebraska recorded 30.3 inches of snowfall, making October
2009 the
> snowiest  month of all months on record for the city. The previous
record
> was 27.8  inches, in March 1912.
>     *   October, like September, saw below-normal fire activity in all
> respects. A  total of 3,207 fires burned about 158,000 acres in
October,
> according to the  National Interagency Coordination Center. Each of
these values is
> below this  decade's average for October.
>
> ____________________________________
> Alaska:
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=10&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 10th warmest October since records began in 1918, with a
> temperature 6.3°F (3.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
>
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=08&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 15th warmest Augustâ€"October on record, with a
temperature
> 2.2°F (1.2°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
>
>     *   _Alaska_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/get-file.php?report=national&image=timese\
ries02&byear=2009&bmonth=01&year=2009&month=10&ext=gif&id=50-00
> )   had its 22nd warmest Januaryâ€"October on record, with a
temperature
> 0.9°F (0.5°C) above the 1971â€"2000 average.
> For additional details about recent temperatures and precipitation
across
> the  U.S., see the _Regional  Highlights_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#text)  section below
> and visit the _Climate Summary  page_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=national) . For
information on local temperature and precipitation
> records during  the month, please visit NCDC's _Records page_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/) .  For details
and graphics on
> weather events across the U.S. and the  globe please visit _NCDC's
Global
> Hazards page_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/%20inchesreport=hazards)
.
> ____________________________________
>
> Regional Highlights:
> These regional summaries were provided by the six _Regional Climate
> Centers_ (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/dps/rcc/rcccontactlist.html)
and reflect
> conditions in their respective regions. These six  regions differ
spatially
> from the _nine climatic  regions of the National Climatic Data Center_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/usrgns_pg.gif) .
>     *   _Northeast_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#NRCC)
>     *   _Midwest_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#MRCC)
>     *   _Southeast_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#SERCC)
>     *   _High  Plains_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#HPRCC)
>     *   _Southern_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#SRCC)
>     *   _Western_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=national&year=2009&month=10&submi\
tted=Get+Report#WRCC)
>     *   Northeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Northeast
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) )
>     *   Below normal temperatures continued in October in the
Northeast.
> The  region's average was 47.3 degrees F (8.5 degrees C), which was
1.8
> degrees F  (1.0 degree C) below the 30-year normal. Maryland ended the
month
> exactly  normal; departures among the 11 remaining states ranged from
0.4 degrees
> F  (0.2 degrees C) below normal in Delaware to 2.6 degrees F (1.4
degrees
> C)  below normal in Maine. It was the 18th coolest October since 1895
in the
> Northeast, the 15th coolest in Vermont, the 12th coolest in New
Hampshire,
> and  the 6th coolest in Maine.
>     *   After a dry September, wet conditions returned to the
Northeast in
> October. Each of the states had precipitation totals that were above
> normal.  Departures ranged from 117 percent of normal in West Virginia
to 209
> percent  of normal in Delaware. The Northeast's precipitation total of
4.67
> inches (119  mm) was 134 percent of the 30-year normal. Eight of the
states and
> the region  as a whole ranked among the top twenty wettest Octobers
since
> 1895.
>     *   A few areas in the Northeast got an early taste of winter this
> month. Low  pressure traveling up the eastern seaboard between the
15th and 18th
> left a  dusting to up to 6 inches (152mm) of snow in parts of Maine,
New
> Hampshire,  Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New
York,
> and  Pennsylvania. The Southern Tier and eastern Finger Lakes region
of New
> York  and central Pennsylvania saw the highest totals from these
events.
> Several  towns established records for daily snowfall and date of the
first inch
> of  snow.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Northeast Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.nrcc.cornell.edu/) .
>     *   Midwest Region: (Information provided by the  _Midwest
Regional
> Climate Center_ (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/) )
>     *   It was much cooler than normal across the Midwest in October,
> although  there was a distinct west to east temperature gradient.
Temperature
> departures  ranged from 8 degrees F (4.4 degrees C) below normal in
western
> Iowa to only 2  degrees F (1.1 degrees C) below normal in the far
eastern
> portions of the  region. The first half of the month was the coldest
with
> temperature  departures ranging from 12 degrees F (6.7 degrees C)
below normal in
> the far  west to 2 degrees F (1.1 degrees C) in southeastern Kentucky.
More
> than 900  low maximum and low minimum temperature records were set in
the
> Midwest the  first two weeks of October. For the entire month there
were 1485
> low maximum  and 198 low minimum temperature records set or tied.
Based on
> preliminary  data, this was the seventh coldest October on record in
the
> Midwest region.
>     *   Precipitation was frequent in October, and frequently heavy.
> Precipitation  was much above normal across all but far eastern
Kentucky and in
> extreme  northern Minnesota, where it was close to average.
Precipitation was
> 300 to  400 percent of normal across the southeastern half of Missouri
and
> the  southern half of Illinois, and 300 percent of normal across a
portion of
>  western Minnesota. The heavy rain that occurred the last ten days of
the
> month  pushed October rainfall totals to record levels at many
locations in
> the  central Midwest. Of 965 stations with 30 or more years of
records, 192
> locations had their wettest October on record, and another 351
locations had
>  their second through fifth wettest October. Based on preliminary
data,
> this  was the wettest October on record for the entire nine-state
Midwest
> region.  October precipitation ranked in the top five wettest since
1895 in all
> states  except Ohio. It was the wettest October in Iowa, the second
wettest
> in  Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, third wettest in Kentucky and
> Minnesota,  fourth wettest in Indiana and Michigan, and 17th wettest
in Ohio. The
> largest  precipitation total reported in the region was 17.28 inches
(439 mm)
> by an  observer in the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow
> (CoCoRaHS)  network near Winona, Missouri. Average October
precipitation for this
> area in  the southeastern part of Missouri is approximately three
inches (76
> mm). The  first snow of the season came rather early to the
northwestern
> third of the  region. Snowfall was above normal at the end of the
month
> northwest of a line  from the southwest corner of Iowa to the central
Upper
> Peninsula of Michigan.  Snow fell in northwestern Iowa and in
Minnesota on October
> 9-10, with one to  four inch (2.5 to 10 cm) amounts common along the
> Interstate 80 corridor from  Council Bluffs to Des Moines, Iowa on the
morning of
> the 10th, including a 6.7  inch (17.0 cm) total at Underwood, Iowa. A
second
> event followed on October 12  and brought more light snow to Iowa and
amounts
> from two to four inches (2.5  to 10 cm) to eastern Minnesota and
northern
> Wisconsin. On October 23-24 one to  five inches (2.5 to 12.7 cm) of
snow fell
> across northern Wisconsin and the  Michigan Upper Peninsula.
>     *   The cold, wet October weather was the last thing agricultural
> producers  needed this year. Wet weather resulted in late planting of
corn in
> many areas,  and a cool growing season further delayed maturity of the
crop. At
> the  beginning of October corn development was as much as four weeks
> behind,  especially in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. An
early to
> normal  occurrence of freezing temperatures halted crop maturity in
many of the
> areas  where it was farthest behind. There were few periods of dry
weather
> of more  than a day or two during them month across most of the
region. That
> slowed or  prevented further drying of the corn and kept producers
from
> making any  significant harvest progress. At the end of October
soybean harvest
> was behind  schedule in all nine states, averaging 50 percent complete
> compared to a  5-year region average of 86 percent. Corn harvest was
only
> complete in  Kentucky, and ranged from 38 percent to 67 percent behind
normal in
> the  remaining eight states. Corn harvest was furthest behind in
Illinois at
> 19  percent complete compared to a 5-year average of 86 percent. Only
12
> percent  of the corn in Minnesota was harvested, compared to a 5-year
average
> of 69  percent.
>     *   For details on the weather and climate events of the  Midwest
> during May, see the weekly summaries in the _MRCC Midwest Climate
Watch  page_
> (http://mrcc.sws.uiuc.edu/cliwatch/watch.htm) .
>     *   Southeast Region: (Information provided by  the _Southeast
> Regional Climate Center_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
cc.com/) )
>     *   Average temperatures for October 2009 were normal to slightly
below
> normal  across much of the region. Temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees F
(1.1
> to 2.2  degrees C) below normal across small portions of northern
Georgia,
> Alabama,  the Carolinas, and Virginia. In contrast, temperatures were
2 to 5
> degrees F  (1.1 to 2.8 degrees C) above normal across most of Florida,
> extreme southern  Alabama, and Georgia. As is typical of October,
several
> outbreaks of cool air  swept across the region. Cuthbert, Georgia and
Crestview,
> Florida recorded  record minimums of 28 and 33 degrees F (-2.2 to 0.6
degrees
> C), respectively,  on the 11 and 19th of the month. And Bland,
Virginia
> registered a minimum of  23 degrees F (-5.0 degrees C) on the 20th of
the month.
> The warmest  temperatures of the month occurred on the 10th and 11th
as hot
> air expanded  northward ahead of an approaching cold front. Andrews,
South
> Carolina and  Wilmington, North Carolina reached daily maximums of 92
and 90
> degrees F (33.3  to 32.2 degrees C) respectively, and Front Royal,
Virginia
> reached 88 degrees  F (31.1 degrees C). Also, the dryness in South
Florida
> contributed to very  high maximum temperatures on several days.
Okeechobee,
> Florida recorded a  maximum of 96 degrees F (35.6 degrees C) on the
7th,
> which was an all-time  record for the month of October. In fact,
all-time daily
> maximum records were  smashed at 8 locations across South Florida.
There
> were 553 daily maximum  temperature records broken during the month
with the
> vast majority of them  registered in Florida. While daily maximums for
the
> month were unusually high  across South Florida, persistent clouds and
> precipitation kept daily maximums  relatively low on many days across
the remainder
> of the region. In fact, 762  records were set for the lowest daily
maximum,
> with a vast majority of these  occurring between the 15th and 20th of
the
> month. For the second straight  month, San Juan, Puerto Rico
registered an
> average temperature of 84 degrees F  (29 degrees C) making it the
warmest
> October in a record extending back 59  years.
>     *   Similar to the prior month, broad portions of Alabama, Georgia
and
> western  North Carolina recorded much above normal precipitation
totals
> during the  month of October. Precipitation totals were more than 300
percent of
> normal  across small portions of central Georgia, Alabama, and extreme
> western  Florida. The circulation was much more cyclonic than normal
for the
> month of  October and featured the frequent passage of cyclones and
frontal
> systems  across the region. Most unusual is the fact that most
locations did
> not  experience an extraordinary amount of precipitation on any given
day.
> Mitchell  Dam, Alabama recorded 11.48 inches (292 mm) of precipitation
for the
> month,  which was nearly 9 inches above average. The heaviest daily
> precipitation  total for this station, however, was only 1.49 inches
(38 mm). A
> number of  locations in the region registered the wettest September-
October on
> record.  Helen and Athens, Georgia recorded over 25 and 19 inches (635
and
> 483 mm) of  precipitation, respectively, during the 61 day period,
breaking
> longstanding  53 and 65-yr records. Also, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
> recorded over 36  inches (914 mm) of precipitation during this
two-month period.
> This broke the  prior record, which was set in 2004 when three
tropical
> storms passed across  the area. Interestingly, none of the
precipitation in 2009
> was associated with  tropical cyclones. Dry conditions were observed
across
> much of Florida,  eastern and east-central North Carolina,
southeastern
> Virginia, and Georgia as  well as extreme eastern South Carolina. Most
notably,
> Okeechobee, Florida and  Elizabeth City, North Carolina recorded only
0.13
> inches (3 mm) and 0.32  inches (8 mm) of precipitation, respectively,
for the
> month. Monthly  precipitation totals were below normal across all but
the
> west most portions  of Puerto Rico.
>     *   Drought conditions continued across the eastern half of North
> Carolina and  northeastern South Carolina. The small region of severe
drought
> (D2) in  extreme northeastern South Carolina contracted slightly as
the
> accompanying  region of moderate drought (D1) expanded across eastern
portions of
> NC.  Abnormally dry conditions developed across portions of Florida in
> response to  the recent lack of precipitation.
>     *   Exceptionally cold air was advected southward behind a cyclone
off
> of the  Atlantic Coast and contributed to the occurrence of light snow
> across some of  the higher elevations of southern Appalachian
Mountains. Banner
> Elk, North  Carolina and Mount Weather, Virginia recorded 1.0 and 1.5
inches
> (25 and 38  mm) of snow, respectively, on the 18th of the month.
>     *   The prodigious precipitation totals over the last several
months in
>  Georgia caused Lake Lanier, the main water supply for Atlanta, to
reach
> full  pool in mid-month for the first time since September 6, 2005.
Further
> upstream, the waters of Lake Allatoona reached 12 feet above full pool
> flooding several marinas there. The excessive precipitation caused
problems  for
> farmers trying to harvest hay and other crops; it also contributed to
the
> rotting of cotton, hay, and sprouted corn that was exposed to wet
conditions
> before harvest. As reported above, none of this precipitation was
> associated  with a tropical cyclone; in fact, there was no tropical
cyclone activity
> anywhere along the Southeast Coast during the months of September or
> October.  Dense fog in Atlanta, Georgia on the 27th of the month
caused multiple
> traffic  accidents during the morning commute.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Southeast  Regional
Climate
> Center Home Page_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/good-bye.pl%20inchessrc=http://www.ser\
cc.com/) .
>     *   High Plains Region: (Information provided  by the _High Plains
> Regional Climate  Center_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) )
>     *   October 2009 was cold and wet for the High Plains Region.
> Temperatures  were below normal for the entire Region as temperature
departures of 6
> degrees  F to 10 degrees F (3.3 degrees C to 5.5 degrees C) below
normal
> were common.  The majority of the Region was wet as precipitation
totals
> greater then 200  percent of normal were observed in every state.
These wet and
> cool conditions  stalled harvest all across the Region this month. One
state
> hit particularly  hard was Nebraska and, according to the United
States
> Department of  Agriculture, by the end of the month corn harvest
lagged by four
> weeks and  soybean harvest lagged by two weeks. Numerous locations
across the
> Region  recorded the coldest October on record and countless others
had
> average  temperatures which ranked in the top 10 coldest Octobers on
record. An
> intense  cold spell during the weekend of October 10th led to an
> interesting record  being broken in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The high
temperature on October
> 10th was 17  degrees F (-8.3 degrees C) and this temperature was well
below
> the previous  record lowest high temperature of 34 degrees F (1.1
degrees
> C). Interestingly,  however, it was also lower than the record low for
the
> day of 19 degrees F  (-7.2 degrees C).
>     *   October 2009 was wet and snowy for the majority of the Region.
The
> only  exception was extreme southern Wyoming and the western half of
> Colorado, where  drought continues. Each state in the Region had
widespread heavy
> precipitation  that resulted in large swaths where 200-300 percent of
normal
> precipitation  was received. Three major winter storms impacted the
Region
> this month. The  snowfall was quite early in the season and a blanket
of snow
> covered colorful  autumn trees, green lawns, and blooming flowers. The
> first system brought  record breaking snow to Nebraska and record cold
to every
> state in the Region.  The second system came through later in the
month and
> brought snow to areas of  Nebraska and heavy rains to Kansas and
Nebraska.
> But, it was the third system  at the end of the month that really
pounded the
> Region by bringing over 3 feet  of snow to the Front Range and
foothills of
> Colorado, over a foot of snow to  eastern Wyoming and western
Nebraska, and
> blizzard conditions east of Denver.  Numerous roads, highways,
schools, and
> businesses were closed in all three  states. Although countless
> precipitation records were set this month, this  month's snowy spot
was North Platte,
> Nebraska. The total October snowfall for  North Platte was 29.4 inches
(74.68
> cm) which crushed the old October snowfall  record of 15.7 inches
(39.88
> cm) set in 1969. The snowfall received this month  also set the new
record
> snowiest month for North Platte, beating the previous  record of 27.8
inches
> (70.61 cm) recorded in March 1912. In addition, this  month's snowfall
has
> already topped the average seasonal snowfall of 28.5  inches (72.39
cm).
>     *   Improvements were made to the U.S. Drought monitor this month
as
> heavy  rain and snow helped erase the abnormally dry conditions (D0)
in North
> Dakota,  South Dakota, and Nebraska. After receiving significant
rainfall in
>  southeastern Nebraska, the state was completely free of drought and
> abnormal  dryness for the first time in over 10 years (since October
5, 1999).
> Meanwhile, Wyoming remained drought free for the fourth month in a
row.
> Drought conditions remained in southwest Colorado where an abnormally
dry
> monsoon season led to reduced streamflows, lowered reservoir levels,
and
> decreased soil moisture. According to the U.S. Seasonal Drought
Outlook  released
> October 15th, the drought conditions in the southwest corner of
Colorado are
> expected to improve through January 2010.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _High Plains Regional
> Climate Center Home  Page_ (http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/) .
>     *   Southern Region: (Information provided by  the _Southern
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) )
>     *   All six states in the Southern Region reported negative
October
> mean  temperature anomalies. However, with the exception of Oklahoma
and
> Arkansas,  mean October state temperature departures remained within 3
degrees F
> (1.7  degrees C) of normal. Mean October temperatures in Oklahoma were
> exceptionally  cool. In fact, the state reported an average mean
temperature of
> 54.3 degrees  F (12.4 degrees C), or 7.2 degrees F (4.0 degrees C)
below the
> 1895-2009  average. This value made October, 2009, the coldest October
in
> Oklahoma since  record keeping began in 1895. The previous record of
54.4
> degrees F (12.4  degrees C) was set in 1925. Arkansas recorded an
average October
> mean  temperature of 56.6 degrees F (13.7 degrees C), which was 5.37
> degrees F (3.0  degrees C) below the 1895-2009 average. This was the
fourth
> coldest October in  Arkansas since record keeping began in 1895.
Incidentally, the
> state was only  1 degree F (0.56 degrees C) warmer than the coldest
October
> (55.6 degrees F  (13.1 degrees C)), which was recorded in 1976. The
warmest
> areas of the  Southern Region were observed along the gulf rim and in
the
> Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division, where mean temperature values
ranged
> from 0-2 degrees F (1.1  degrees C) above the monthly normal.
>     *   October, 2009 proved to be an exceptionally wet month in the
> Southern  Region. The majority of stations reported precipitation
totals that
> ranged  from 200 to over 300 percent of the monthly normal. The
highest
> precipitation  totals were observed in the central portion of the
region.
> Altogether, it was  the wettest October in the Southern Region, which
averaged 7.7
> inches (195.6  mm) of precipitation, or 4.8 inches (121.9 mm) above
the
> 1895-2009 period of  record normal. Arkansas received 13.7 inches
(348.0 mm) of
> precipitation,  making it the wettest October since record keeping
began in
> 1895. This value  was a whopping 10.1 inches (256.5 mm) above the 115
year
> (1895-2009) average.  The previous October precipitation total record
for
> Arkansas was 12.7 inches  (322.6 mm), which was set in October, 1984.
On a more
> local scale, many  stations in Arkansas recorded over 15 inches (381.0
mm) of
> precipitation for  the month, while several others recorded monthly
totals
> that were over 20  inches (508.0 mm). For example, Leola, Arkansas
received
> an incredible 23.1  inches (586.7 mm) of precipitation in October,
which was
> 18.6 inches (472.4  mm) above normal for the month and over 40 percent
of
> the annual average of  53.83 inches (1366.5 mm). To the end of
October, Leola
> received 87.07 inches  (2212.3 mm) of precipitation on the year,
making 2009
> the wettest year in the  station's period of record (1948-2009) with
two
> months left to be counted.  Louisiana also recorded its wettest
October on
> record (1895-2009). The Bayou  State received a total of 13.2 inches
(335.3 mm)
> of rainfall, or 9.6 inches  (242.8 mm) above the 115 year (1895-2009)
> average. The previous record in  Louisiana was 12.3 inches (312.4 mm)
set in
> 1985. It was also the wettest  October for many individual stations in
> Louisiana. For instance, Hosston,  Louisiana, which has a period of
record that goes
> back to 1940, received a  total of 21.9 inches (556.3 mm) of
precipitation
> or 17.6 inches (447.0 mm)  above the monthly normal. This value
shattered the
> previous October monthly  precipitation record which was 12.6 inches
(320.0
> mm) set back in 1984. From  the start of the year to the end of
October,
> the station received 70.5 inches  (1790.7 mm) of precipitation, which
similar
> to Leola, Arkansas, was the  wettest year on record with two more
typically
> wet months to go. Elsewhere in  the Southern Region, Mississippi
recorded
> 9.64 inches (244.9 mm) of  precipitation, or 6.6 inches (167.6 mm)
above the
> 1895-2009 average. It was  also the second wettest October over the
1895-2009
> period of record and only  one hundredth of an inch (0.25 mm) below
the
> record. Oklahoma recorded 6.7  inches (170.7 mm) of precipitation,
making it
> the sixth wettest October  (1895-2009). Tennessee received 6.4 inches
(162.6
> mm) of precipitation, which  was the fifth wettest October on record
> (1895-2009), while Texas received 5.8  inches (147.3 mm) of
precipitation, making it
> the seventh wettest October on  record (1895-2009). In contrast to the
> above, southern Texas remained dry for  most of the month.
Precipitation totals
> for the month ranged from 25 to 70  percent of normal. Similar values
were
> also observed in the Texas Trans-Pecos  Climate Division and in an
area just
> south of the northern Texas panhandle.
>     *   Heavy October rainfall totals have helped alleviate drought
> conditions in  Texas. As of November 3, 2009, only 8.7 percent of the
state was
> designated at  severe drought or worse, and 4.3 percent of the state
was
> designated as  exceptional drought or worse. This was approximately a
50 percent
> improvement  from the latter part of September, 2009.
>     *   A series of tornadoes were reported on October 10, 2009. The
storms
> were  scattered from Arkansas to Mississippi and Tennessee. One
fatality
> and two  injuries were reported in Bolivar, County, Mississippi. In
Robertson
> County,  Tennessee, over 100 trees were uprooted or snapped. In
addition,
> damage to  several mobile homes was reported in Washington County,
> Mississippi.
>     *   Eleven tornadoes were reported in Louisiana. No injuries were
> mentioned in  the reports. Near Elton, Louisiana, several trees were
reported
> down and a  barn was damaged. On the 29th of the month, dozens more
tornadoes
> touched down  near the Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas border region.
One
> twister in Bossier  Parish, Louisiana left 9 people injured. Another
injury was
> also reported in  Columbia County, Arkansas. One fatality was reported
in
> Caddo Parish,  Louisiana. KTBS News reported that a man was killed
when his car
> crashed into  a tree on the road. CBS News reported that thousands of
> Arkansas customers  were without power as a result of the storms.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Southern Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/) .
>     *   Western Region: (Information provided by the  _Western
Regional
> Climate  Center_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) )
>     *   Temperatures in the West were below normal throughout the
entire
> region  except for a small pocket of northwest Oregon and limited
portions of
> southern  Arizona and southern New Mexico. Many locations in the
Rockies and
> northern  Plains set new low October temperature records. Casper,
Cheyenne,
> and Lander,  Woming, and Pueblo, Colorado, all had their coldest
October on
> record. Denver  and Colorado Springs, Colorado, had their 2nd coldest
while
> Billings and Great  Falls, Montana, recorded their 3rd coldest October
on
> record. Alaska,  conversely, was well above normal throughout most of
the
> state with Barrow  recording their second warmest October on record.
>     *   Precipitation was mostly above normal throughout the region
except
> for the  Southwest. The storm in Central California on the 13th left
many
> cities with  new October rainfall records. Santa Barbara had their
wettest
> October dating  back almost 70 years, while Sacramento had their 2nd
wettest on
> record.  Cheyenne, Wyoming, had their wettest October since 1946 and
their
> snowiest  October ever.
>     *   On October 3 a wildfire in the San Gabriel Mountains near
> Wrightwood  burned over 7,000 acres before destroying one residence
and five other
> structures. Eight firefighters were injured before containment on the
7th.
> Wrightwood was evacuated for two days but no homes in town were
destroyed.
> On October 10-11 a landslide covered State Highway 410 near Naches,
> Washington, damming the Naches River, flooding 25 homes. An estimated
$20  million
> in damage to highway, roads, homes and property occurred.
> On  October 11 an unusually cold air mass for so early in the season
> brought very  cold air into the Northern Plains with portions of
Montana reaching
> -16 F (-27  C).
> On October 13 remnants of Typhoon Melor slammed into Central
California
> bringing heavy rain and strong winds over a 24-hour period.  Rainfall
reports
> of 15 to 20 inches (381 to 508 mm) were received for the  central
Coast
> Range with some locations reporting wind gusts of over 80 mph.  Local
flooding
> occurred in the burned areas of Santa Cruz County leading to 60
residents
> being evacuated from their homes. One home was destroyed in a
mudslide. The
> strong winds caused blowing dust in Kern County leading to an 11  car
> pile-up, which resulted in 3 fatalities and 5 injuries. Downed trees
caused power
> outages to about 288,000 people in the region. Numerous 24-hour
October
> rainfall records were set including 2.48 inches (63 mm) at San
Francisco
> Airport and 6.14 inches (156 mm) in Kentfield. Sierra Nevada gusts
reached 135
> mph near Lake Tahoe.
> On October 28-29 very heavy snow fell  from Montana to New Mexico with
up
> to 44 inches (112 cm) falling along  portions of the Front Range in
Colorado.
> Numerous auto accidents were reported  along Interstate 80 in Wyoming.
Some
> injuries were reported but no fatalities.  Flights were delayed in
Denver
> and numerous college campuses closed from  Denver to Western Nebraska.
>     *   For more information, please go to the _Western Regional
Climate
> Center Home  Page_ (http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html) .
> See _NCDC's  Monthly Extremes web-page_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/jul/julext2009.html)
for weather and climate records for
> the month of  May. For additional national, regional, and statewide
data and
> graphics from  1895-present, for May, the last 3 months or other
periods,
> please visit the _Climate at a  Glance_
> (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)  page.
> ____________________________________
>
> PLEASE NOTE: All of the temperature and precipitation _ranks_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/500mbexp.html#ranks)
and values are
> based on preliminary data. The ranks will change when the final  data
are
> processed, but will not be replaced on these pages. Graphics based on
final
> data are provided on the _Climate  Monitoring Products_
>
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/2009/cmb-prod-us-2009.html\
)  page and the _Climate
> at a  Glance_
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/cag3.html)
> page as they become available.
> ____________________________________
>
>
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>
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>

The End of Life As We Know It

by Owen Waters



The senior scientist who runs NASA's `Ask an Astrobiologist' web site is
inundated with emails from people asking if something dire is about to befall
the planet in the year 2012. He says that the concerns arise from people reading
some of the 200+ different books that focus on predictions about 2012.



These predictions come from records left by the ancient Mayan culture, which
possessed advanced astronomical information. They pointed out that, at the
winter solstice on December 21st, 2012, many cosmic cycles will come to a close
and begin anew. The year 2012 is an unusual one in the cosmic history of Earth
because the length of these cycles varies from 5,200 years to several million
years in length.



The Internet today is rife with doomsday prophets who, like all doomsday
prophets, seem to secretly hope that bad things will happen to humanity. This
time the excuse for such excitement is 2012. Before that, it was Y2K. On January
1st, 2000, computer chips everywhere were supposed to fail. Y2K was boldly
predicted to be the Achilles heel that would bring civilization to an abrupt
end. And, what actually happened? Nothing, unless you happened to have a very
old computer that needed an update.



Mitch Battros of Earth Changes Media newsletter says about 2012 disaster
predictions, "There will be fraudsters, pranksters, and charlatans coming out of
the woodwork, of which some are smart enough to cover themselves by calling it
entertainment." By `entertainment,' he was referring to the upcoming epic
disaster movie, `2012.'



2012's Roland Emmerich likes to create larger-than-life tales about global doom.
He has created spectacular scenes of destruction in movies like `Independence
Day,' where aliens attacked cities from huge spaceships. He had `Godzilla'
flatten New York City and, in `The Day After Tomorrow,' he wrecked Hollywood
with mega-tornadoes.



Is nothing sacred? Well, if you count the upcoming `2012' disaster flick, no.
When asked why he likes "killing the world," Emmerich replied, "It makes for a
good story." In `2012,' he has Los Angeles slide into the ocean and the huge
statue of Jesus above Rio de Janeiro gets shaken to pieces. He even has an
impossibly high tidal wave somehow reach all the way up into the Himalayan
mountains, just high enough to knock a monk off the top of one of the peaks.



Moving from the ridiculous to the sublime, I recently discovered a bright
example of quite the opposite kind of 2012 fiction. Instead of engaging in
mindless sensationalism, this new book about 2012 manages to be both intelligent
and uplifting.



`The Twelve' by William Gladstone is an inspiring novel centered around the 2012
predictions. He weaves prophecy into a global adventure novel about one man's
relentless pursuit of the answers to a great spiritual mystery. Eventually,
after continuous page-turning suspense, the protagonist meets all of the twelve
people who are the key to his destiny and that of the world.



Throughout this fast-paced novel, the reader is reminded of the higher
connections that all people share if they will only be open to their intuitive
guidance. When the hero finally arrives at the crossroads of his ultimate
destiny, the biggest surprise of the book unfolds and the chase is finally won.



I heartily recommend this book to anyone who would like to treat themselves to a
novel of hope, inspiration, and the upliftment of humanity. It's a great read
and, as a classic in the making, I've had no hesitation in adding it to my
Recommended Books list of Modern Spiritual Classics at:



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