Fall Pics

Here are a couple of pictures of the fall foliage here in Pulaski. I will try to get some better snapshots later today. We have leaves just everywhere.

Boring Fall Weather! Change Soon?

With all of the boring weather of late, lets look ahead to the potentially big storm that looks to develop in the nation's mid-section next week. Here are some National Weather Service Forecast Office's personal takes on the impending system next week. The boring weather across the entire nation looks to become a little more stormy next week as a strong autumn storm bears down on the high plains and midwest.

Quad Cities, Ia

AFTER QUIET AND COOL MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...UNDER A SHORT WAVE
RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH...ACTIVE WEATHER WILL ESTABLISH ITSELF OVER
THE MIDWEST THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH SHOWER POSSIBLE LATE WEST. A VERY DEEP AND POTENTIALLY
STRONG SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO CUT OFF OVER THE MIDWEST PROVIDING DAILY RAIN CHANCES...
CLOUDS AND COLD TEMPS THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY MORNING.  ALL
MODELS ARE NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS PATTERN. WITH A WIDE OPEN

GULF...AND AT LEAST ONE SOLID PERIOD OF STRONG FORCING...SEASONALLY
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM.  FOR NOW...WE ARE
FORECASTING HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S AND LOWS IN THE LOWER TO
MID 40S WITH THE SYSTEM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HOWEVER IT SHOULD
BE NOTED THAT SHOULD THE CLOSED LOW VERIFY...OUR LOWS AND HIGHS WILL
LIKELY BOTH BE IN THE 40S.

Springfield, Mo

LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY TOWARDS THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH
TIMING/LOCATION OF LARGE SYNOPTIC STORM SYSTEM. 12Z GFS HAS COME
MORE AROUND TO WHAT 00Z ECMWF WAS SHOWING AND THE NEW 12Z ECMWF IS
COMING IN EVEN SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM. FOR NOW HAVE WENT CLOSER
TO THE 00Z ECMWF SOLUTION WITH MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION ON
WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY NEED TO BE SLOWED AGAIN
DEPENDING ON THE UPCOMING SOLUTIONS. BOTH ARE SHOWING A STRONG
CLOSED SYSTEM WITH 530-534 1000/500MB THICKNESS VALUES UP IN THE
NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS. SYSTEM WILL DEFINITELY NEED TO BE
MONITORED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER IN THE MIDWEST NEXT WEEK.

North Platte, Ne

EYES ARE FOCUSED MORE ON THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A MAJOR SYSTEM IS
PROJECTED IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS TO WRAP UP ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. STILL SEVERAL DAYS OUT...SO STILL UNCERTAINTY ON EXACT
TRACK. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE CWA
TO BE IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE AND SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION. COLD
AIR ALSO GETS PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW...POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT SNOW. NEXT FEW DAYS WILL CONTINUE TO
WATCH VERY CLOSELY TO THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM.

Fall Images

Here are a couple of photos from North West Indiana. I took these while on my mission trip to that area. The leaves were just starting to change a little. Beautiful view from the back of the residence we worked on. These were taken about a week and a half ago. Enjoy.

I will also be trying to post some local fall color from Pulaski, likely tomorrow.

Fall Roller Coaster This Week

Temperatures this week will be very warm through mid week before a fall cold front moves across our area bringing much cooler weather by the weekend. These ups and downs are typical of this time of year. Enjoy the little warmth out there this last couple of weeks because we will soon have daytime highs in the 40's.

Autumn Arrives

We have been in autumn already in meterological terms but today marks the official beginning of the fall season as we transition from summer to winter. Here is a little history of Autumn.

The word autumn comes from the Old French word autompne
(automne in modern French), and was later normalized to the original Latin word autumnus.[2] There
are rare examples of its use as early as the 14th century, but it became common
by the 16th century.
Before the 16th century, harvest was the term usually
used to refer to the season. However as more people gradually moved from working
the land to living in towns (especially those who could read and write, the only
people whose use of language we now know), the word harvest lost its reference
to the time of year and came to refer only to the actual activity of reaping,
and fall, as well as autumn, began to replace it as a reference to the
season.
The alternative word fall is now mostly a North American
English word for the season. It traces its origins to old Germanic languages.
The exact derivation is unclear, the Old English fiæll
or feallan and the Old Norse fall all
being possible candidates. However, these words all have the meaning "to fall
from a height" and are clearly derived either from a common root or from each
other. The term came to denote the season in the 16th century, a contraction of Middle English
expressions like "fall of the leaf" and "fall of the year".[3]
During the
17th century, English immigration to the colonies in North America was at its
peak, and the new settlers took their language with them. While the term fall
gradually became obsolescent in Britain, it became the more common term in North
America, where autumn is nonetheless preferred in scientific and often in
literary contexts.