Christmas on hold for the Midwest???

[Omaha Steve]

Like many families, we may have to postpone our family gathering. Thursday through Saturday local travel is expected to be nearly imposable. I hope Rudolph can show Santa the way for the kids (and the misfit toys).


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
347 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL TO BE AFFECTED BY A MAJOR WINTER STORM THIS
WEEK...

.A LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WEST COAST...WILL MOVE INTO THE
ROCKIES AND THEN PLAINS STATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL
PHASE WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN A VERY
COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION THIS WEEK. A VARIETY OF WEATHER IS
EXPECTED WITH HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN...THEN
AS THE SYSTEM PULLS ENOUGH COLD AIR IN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW AND ICE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH A HIGH IMPACT TO
TRAVEL.

[marmar]

1. Christmas here in the Great Lakes is going to be mild.....

40 degrees with rain in Detroit on Friday.

[msongs]

2. millions of people dreaming of a white xmas ought not complain :-) nt

[LiberalFighter]

3. Gee one of our meteorologists stated that snow that we have now would be gone by Xmas.

Said nothing about a storm watch coming.

[SharonAnn]

4. Wow, and I was just telling someone today about my memories of winters in Omaha.

Some real beauties of snowstorms (blizzards), downtown workers who couldn't get home (I lived half a mile from downtown so I walked through knee-high snow a couples of times), and the cold! Certainly have some strong memories of those days. And we wore short skirts and miniskirts in those days (and dressy winter boots) so the cold wind blowing certainly froze my knees and other parts.

And traveling over the holidays, stranded at airports, sleeping on the floor, trying with hundreds of other passengers to get on the next plane out.

Here's hoping that all stay safe during this time. Holidays can be celebrated whenever people can get together.

And, Omaha Steve, thank you for the many, many wonderful posts you've made that have informed us. We really appreciate you!

Hugs and kisses and safe and warm holiday to you and your family.

[Omaha Steve]

5. Blush

Anytime. Marta just says don't make a habit of it. :-)