Thursday Morning News – October 31st

Weather: Winter Weather Travel Advisory

• Today – Cloudy with 30 percent chance of rain showers or drizzle this morning and early this afternoon. Snow or ice pellets mixed with rain beginning this afternoon. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. High +3.
• Tonight – Snow. Snow mixed with ice pellets early this evening. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low -3. Wind chill -9 overnight.
• Friday – Snow ending in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High plus 1. Wind chill -8 in the morning.

News Tidbits:

• Dismaying to see the video footage of flooding in Chiva, Spain where 343 mm (13.5″) of rain was recorded in just 4 hours. Twice that was recorded in Busick, North Carolina where weather officials said their top measurement total was 31.33″. To compare – On October 25th, 2018, Wawa declared a state of emergency after a storm dropped 101.6 mm (4 in) of rain.