[ I'm waiting for the first (annual) post along the lines of ... " we
get the weather they get several days later you know "]

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- A major winter snowstorm is
heading into a wide swath of U.S. Midwest, bringing with it possible
blizzard conditions, forecasters said Sunday.
The National Weather Service said a first shot of snow would
track northeast from the central Plains into southern Wisconsin
Sunday night and Monday, with a second, stronger storm expected to
hit northern Illinois and Indiana late Tuesday night and Wednesday.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The Canadian
province of Newfoundland Monday was digging out from a record
snowfall of 15.5 inches in St. John's, weather officials said.
The city's old snowfall record for Dec. 6 was around 8
inches, set in 2002, which Sunday's storm easily surpassed, the
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
The CBC said the snow, which was driven by wind gusts of
more than 60 mph, tied up traffic Monday and forced residents to
haul out snowblowers and try to navigate snow-packed roadways.
Officials said a crane had to be brought in to pull a city snowplow
out of a ditch.

Martin.


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Martin Rowley
West Moors, East Dorset (UK): 17m (56ft) amsl
Lat: 50.82N Long: 01.88W
NGR: SU 082 023