WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY!

SWEET! I am not holding my breath for anything more than 1.5 inches, but still!!!

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
334 AM EST THU JAN 7 2010

...LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOWFALL ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
LATE TODAY...SPREADING ANOTHER ROUND OF ARCTIC AIR INTO THE STATE
TONIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO...SWEEPING ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. THIS WILL
SPREAD GULF MOISTURE AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT. PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN...SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME
SLEET AT TIMES. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA...WHERE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RAIN OR SNOW WILL
SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON
...CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO
WASHINGTON LINE. SOUTH OF THIS LINE A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SNOW...
AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...CHANGING OVER TO SNOW DURING THE
EVENING WITH THE ONSET OF COLDER AIR. DUE TO THE FAST MOVING
SYSTEM...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIGHT...WITH ONE TO TWO
INCHES EXPECTED OVER NORTH GEORGIA...AND UP TO A HALF INCH ACROSS
PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

On another note, school starts for me on Saturday!  I'm going to keep up with this blog!  I am!!

Back to Work

Well, I'm back to work today and back to school on Saturday. I do not want to let my little bloggy blog go by the wayside, so I'm going to spend time every morning writing. I plan to do a few updates this week by posting my favorite blogs/websites, and then adding these blogs to the side of this web page.

I think I'll make this public once I post those favorite blogs!

I am thankful to have a job, but I am not ready to go back to work!

WOOOOO!

I am hoping and praying that this snowfall will happen on Thursday! We are right on the rain/snow line! I'm trying to learn how to read the models, but I'm just not good enough yet to post those models and make sense of them. BUT PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it SNOW! This weather nerd needs it!!

On another note, I joined Weight Watchers Online today, because I just let myself go crazy over the holidays. So I'm putting a stop to it, RIGHT NOW! Hopefully, I'll get at least 10 lbs off this month. That's my goal, anyway!!!

Interesting Data-Flood of 2009

The Peachtree City NWS just posted some interesting data about the flood that affected Georgia in 2009.

Epic Floods of 2009 http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ffc/?n=0909epicflood

This link provides information about the highest river crests during the flood. Several records were set.

This flood I will never forget. I have never seen the interstate flooded, but it was on my drive in to work one morning at the 24/75 split coming in from Georgia.

At one point, all the roads that lead to my home were closed and I wasn't sure how I was going to get home from work! Luckily, one route had opened up by the time I got to work.

2010!

Well we made it to 2010! Typically, Stacey and I always say that even years are terrible years. Well, I'm not falling into that this year. I am PERSONALLY going to MAKE this year a good year! Positivity, folks! Being an optimist is annoying to those around you, but it makes me feel better so I'm going back to being optimistic!!

On the other side, I got to have lunch with my dear friend, Amber, and her family yesterday! What a great way to end 2009! I miss her so much! I think that real friends are a rare treat, and I am so blessed to have her as a REAL friend in my life! Even though I knew her for such a short time, I feel like she's always been around! She truly makes me laugh out loud!

I'm trying to decide when to put this up on Facebook for other people to read. Right now, I'm just not that comfortable, but I don't think it will be long now!!!

Happy 2010 everyone!!

Happy New Year

I already posted something about 2009 on Facebook. 2009 was a very stressful year. It started off as a pretty good year, even though I knew one of my best friends was moving away.

Once the month of May got here, Stacey and I celebrated our 10th anniversary by spending a week in California. I learned I could totally live in San Diego! We loved LA, except the traffic on the 405. Stacey did a great job driving through LA!!

Then when we returned home from vacation we got the shocking news that my sister has colon cancer, stage III. She had her 50th birthday in February. This was hard news for my mom and the rest of us. I know personally I struggled with focusing on my job and my life at home for a few months as she started treatment because there was just so much unknown! She had her colon removed, and now, THANKS BE TO GOD, she has been healed! She has many more tests to go through, but at least the worst is over right now! Ans that is truly something to be thankful for!

My uncle, Johnny, has also been in poor health. This has been especially hard for my mom. She's the big sister, and their mother died when they were both young, so mom really played a large role in raising my uncle. He is doing much better now! He's in a nursing home, but he's definitely better than he was a few weeks back!

As for 2010, I'm not making any resolutions... I'm going to call them goals. Resolutions get broken. Goals are something to strive for. Here is my list:


#1: Vacation in the UK

#2: Spotter Training class!

#3: Participate in a few local chases to get a little experience close to home

#4: As always, lose a few pounds!!

#5: Learn, learn, learn! Learning is one of my favorite things! I'm going to learn all I can next year!

#6: Get a digital SLR camera and take some photography classes before the UK trip!

#7: Focus on the positives this year!

Happy 2010 everyone!!

Welcome!!!

I have decided to start blogging about my little adventures. First, I should tell everyone a little bit about myself. I'm a chemist who is currently in grad school for pharmaceutical regulatory affairs. Basically, it's FDA laws... That's about as simply as I can explain it! :) I am also learning all I can about meteorology, because I plan on doing some small local chases this year. One day, I'll take the plunge and head west to the Great Plains and do a large scale chase, but right now, I just want to learn all I can.

Why would I want to chase storms?? Well, first of all, I have had a fear of storms since I was a small child, but, just like many people who do chase and study storms, I turned that fear into fascination. Am I inspired by TV shows to become a chaser? Absolutely! I'm sure that influence is highly criticized, but I've been fascinated with those who call themselves storm chasers for as long as I can remember. I remember watching the special that featured Warren Faidley and countless others when I was younger. My family STILL rags me, because I was always excited for the weather report! I watched the Weather Channel for hours during hurricanes and severe weather outbreaks.

Right now, learning in my main priority. I don't want to do anything stupid. Plus, it's a subject that interests me.

What does a good science nerd do when she's out of school? Learn more science, of course!!