Pink = winter storm warning. Purple = winter weather advisory. Gray = dense fog advisory.  Radar at 9:28am. 

When you hear Republicans vote against "disaster aid" it is usually this type of nonsense and graft they are voting against.  The BRIC program, supposedly, is designed to harden infrastructure against disasters.  President Trump wanted to shut down the FEMA BRIC program which has benefited almost wholly Democrat areas and primarily those connected to Democrat interests. The judge appointed by Bill Clinton yesterday ruled that Trump could not shut down the program (surprise!).  So, I asked the Grok AI program to list the most recent large BRIC grants. Here is the list.  Note that 100% of them went to blue states or blue interest groups. This was part of the Biden Administration's orgy of spending just before he left office.  When you go to look up the information about that  spending this is what you now find.  According to Grok several of these projects were merely to bring buildings up to code. Others are storm water improvements. Exactly why should t...

NWS watches and warnings: Pink: winter storm warning Gold: high wind warning Violet (South Dakota): ice storm warning  Magenta: wildfire warning  Green: winter storm watch Purple: winter weather advisory Deep blue: extreme cold warning Pale blue: extreme cold watch Here is a forecast for the weekend stripe of snow from the Northern Rockies to the Midwest I believe the south side of this forecast could still be as much as 20-25 miles too far north so it is possible Omaha, St. Louis and Carbondale may receive a little more than what the graphic shows.   Below is the forecast radar for 7am Saturday. Finally, the coldest forecast wind chill.

Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr., has an article about the scam in the New York Post . 

This is a highly preliminary forecast for Friday through Sunday regarding a strip of snow forecast to fall from Montana to the Ohio River. In Illinois and immediately surrounding areas winds may gust to 35 to, perhaps, 40 mph which will cause drifting snow. In addition, I think the southern edge of the forecast snow area is likely too far north about 20-40 miles which means Omaha-St. Louis-Evansville and nearby towns may receive accumulating snow. 

7:10pm. The Governor of Washington has declared a state of emergency.  Dr. Cliff Mass is an expert on the subject and has been writing timely updates. Let me refer you to his blog .  -- 2:30pm PST -- The NWS has upgraded its national flood forecast for the next seven days. Color code: Pink = catastrophic flooding. In much of this area, the rivers will break the previous record stages. At least two rivers will break the records by five feet! Dark blue = considerable (by geography) flooding.  Light blue = limited flooding.  If you live in thee areas, I urge you to keep up on the latest information and, if you live in the pink or dark blue areas, be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice.