Winter
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•fluently occur for a short time as a transitory condition
tween the occurrence of rain or drizzle and snow, and
erefore usually occur at temperatures slightly below
sezing-
Ice storms are sometimes incorrectly referred to as sleet
orms. Sleet can be easily identified as frozen rain drops
c e pellets) which bounce when hitting the ground or other
jjscts. Sleet does not stick to trees and wires; but sleet in
ifficient depth does cause hazardous driving conditions.
Hie terms ice storm, freezing rain, and freezing drizzle
am the public that a coating of ice is expected on the ground
id on other exposed surfaces. The qualifying term heavy is
jed to indicate the coating which, because of the extra
eight of the ice, will cause significant damage to trees,
re rhead wires, and the like. Damage will be greater if the
eezing rain or drizzle is accompanied by high winds.
SNOW
The word snow in 0 National Weather Service forecast,
ithout a qualifying word such as occasional or intermittent,
leans that the fall of snow is of a steady nature and will
robably continue for several hours without letup.
Heavy snow warnings are issued by the National Weather
brvice to the public when a fall of four inches or more is
mected in a 12-hour period, or a fall of six inches or more is
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expected in a 24-hour period. Some variations on these rules
may be used in different parts of the country. Where four
inch snowfalls are common, for example, the emphasis on
heavy snow is generally associated with six or more inches of
, snow. In other parts of the country where heavy snow is in
frequent or in metropolitan areas with heavy traffic, a
snowfall of two or three inches will justify a heavy snow
warning.
Snow flurries are defined as snow falling for short
durations at intermittent periods; however, snowfall during
the flurries may reduce visibilities to an eighth of a mile or
less. Accumulations from snow flurries are generally small.
Snow squalls are brief, intense falls of snow and are
comparable to summer rain showers. They are accompanied
by gusty surface winds.
Blowing and drifting snow generally occur together and
result from strong winds and falling snow or loose snow on
the ground. Blowing snow is defined as snow lifted from the
surface by the wind and blown about to a degree that
horizontal visibility is greatly restricted.
Drifting snow is used in forecasts to indicate that strong
winds will blow falling snow or loose snow on the ground into
significant drifts. In the northern plains, the combination of
blowing and drifting snow, after a substantial snowfall has
ended, is often referred to as a ground blizzard.
Blizzards are the most dramatic and perilous of all winter
storms, characterized by strong winds bearing large
amounts of snow. Most of the snow accompanying a blizzard
is in the form of fine, powdery particles of snow which are
whipped in such great quantities that at times visibility is
only a few yards.
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Blizzard warnings are issued when winds with speeds of at
least 35 miles per hour are accompanied by considerable
failing or blowing snow and visibilities are dangerously
-restricted making it very easy to become lost or stranded.
Severe blizzard warnings are issued when blizzards of
extreme proportions are expected and indicate wind with
speeds of at least 45 miles per hour plus a great density of
falling or blowing snow and a temperature of 10 degrees F or
lower.
Travelers’ Advisories are issued to indicate that falling,
blowing or drifting snow, freezing rain or drizzle, sleet or
strong winds all make driving difficult.
Stockmen’s Advisories alert ranchers and farmers that
livestock will require protection from wet, windy, chilling
conditions. Advisories are not issued when other winter
warnings are in effect.
A very strong wind combined with a temperature slightly
below freezing can have the same chilling effect as a tem
perature nearly 50 degrees F lower in a calm atmosphere.
Arctic explorers and military experts have developed what is
called the wind-chill factor, which shows the combined ef
fects of wind and temperature as equivalent calm-air tem
peratures. In effect, the index describes the cooling power of
the air on exposed flesh.
That’s the story of this season. This series will not appear
for the next two weeks but will resume in late January.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
incentive price of 72 cents a
pound for marketings of
shorn wool and a support of
80.2 cents a pound for mohair
will continue unchanged
from the 1976 level.
The National Wool Act, as
amended, requires that
support shall be at the above
levels for each of the
marketing years beginning
January 1, 1971 and ending
December 31, 1977.
Pulled wool (unshorn
lambs) will continue to be
supported at a level com
parable to the incentive
price for shorn wool through
payments on unshorn lambs.
As in past years, shorn
wool payments will be based
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on a percentage of each
producer’s returns from
sales. The percentage will be
that required to raise the
national average price
received by all producers
from shorn wool up to the
announced incentive price of
72 cents a pound.
Mohair payments will be
calculated in a manner
similar to wool. Producers of
wool and unshorn lambs
marketed in 1976 are
reminded that applications
for 1976 wool incentive
payments should be filed
with the county Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Service office by
January 31,1977.
Phone 717-354-5841