Subj : SNOW!
To   : Mike Powell
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Jan 29 2024 08:57:00


Hi Mike!

 >  MP> I knew that area was getting snow but didn't realize it had been
 >  MP> that much, or it had been quite that cold.  Wow!
 > It's the second=snowest since they started keeping records, late 1880's
 > IIRC.  This week has been flirting with the freezing point, just at
 > during the night and about 34., 35. most of the day.  With fog.  Oddly I
 > don't see the I-74 Bridge (aviation lights nor vehicle lights) this
 > morning and I'm about a dozen blocks away!  Spooky!
 MP> We had a couple of pretty foggy mornings here, with the snow
 MP> melting off and drizzle falling, but I am not sure it ever got
 MP> that bad.  Sounds like a bad time to be flying around your neck
 MP> of the woods!

We've had almost nothing but fog the last week or a little more -- this
morning (Monday) it's foggy plus below freezing (last week was above
32ø) and so possibilty of condensing on roads and sidewalks -- weather
report warned of slick driving conditions. ... I don't have to be
anywhare until after 1 -- should be about 36ø by then.

Thought:  How about text-based weather forecasts?  Some I use:

finger -- Linux and Windows
          finger city@graph.no
          ex.:  finger davenport@graph.no      Display Celsius
                finger ^davenport@graph.no     Display Fahrenheit (Linux)
                finger "^"davenport@graph.no   Display øF (Windows)

curl   -- Linux (gave me an error when tested on VM Windows XP)
          curl -s wttr.in/davenport | head -7  Current conditions
          curl -s wttr.in/davenport            Three day forecast in
                                               four-hour segments.  Display
                                               in full screen to avoid line
                                               wraps.

ansiweather    -- Pretty sure only Linux.  Go to website for details.




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