Alberta Clipper
This morning the weather was so beautiful that I seriously considered trying to burn the branches that we piled up in late fall and then the weather turned bad. I took the scrap paper and the matches outside to get started. But, no! The weather was already changing. It was beginning to turn very cold, the wind was picking up, and the ash bed in the fire ring was completely frozen. I couldn't stir it at all! No burning in the fire ring today. When I came back indoors, I saw that big snow flakes were falling. The weather really has changed, in just a few hours time. Then I remembered that I had read in the morning newspaper that an Alberta Clipper is coming through. It looks like the weather forecaster got it right!
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NJ
at 1/25/2006 12:38:27 PM- Alberta Clipper is a cold front moving in from Canada, probably from Alberta, --brings snow with it. OK, here's what I found:
"You may not know that its capital is Edmonton. You may not care that it's as big as Texas. But if you live east of the Rockies, you've probably heard the name Alberta on your local weathercast. This Canadian province exports a particular kind of snowstorm to the U.S. It's called an Alberta Clipper, and it brings to the Great Lakes much of their annual snowfall." I knew about it because I'd hear about it when I listened to Peter.
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What's an Alberta Clipper? I feel like I should know, but can't remember!