An awesome weather event?

With snow falling in Florida Panhandle yesterday, Florida became the 49th state to have snow on the ground as of yesterday evening. Hawaii being the only state not having any snow. This map from National weather service shows that 2/3rd of United States had snow on the ground as of 12.01 AM on Friday. With Florida and other Southern states getting the snow later on in the day.. now we have "United States of Snow".


This from Associated Press:

At the same time, those weird weather forces are turning Canada's Winter Olympics into the bring-your-own-snow games.

Who's the Great White North now?

"I'm calling it the upside-down winter," said David Robinson, head of the Global Snow Lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

So how has it been where you are. As for where I am.... Here in mid-west (SE Michigan), last year we saw most snow in prev 50 years and this year we have had just one, sort of significant snow event otherwise its been relatively quiet.

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Google Earth adds Weather Layer

Google LatLong Blog reports that Google Earth has been updated with Weather Layer. In the layers panel you will now see a "Weather" Folder which has 3 sub layers ("Clouds," "Radar," and "Conditions and Forecasts").

Here's a image from Google Earth showing Cloud cover over Michigan's Lower Peninsula, Indiana, Ohio.

Michigan Weather - Google Maps Mashup

Here's couple of Google Maps Mashup which shows you real time Michigan Weather.

Michigan Weather
Southeastern MI Weather (No Plymouth?)

thanks to Mike Pegg of GoogleMapsMania for the tip.

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