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A weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. Often, a short poem or jingle accompanies the code to make it easier to remember. [1] [2] The beacon is usually on the roof of a tall building in a central business district, but some are attached to towers.
An avalanche transceiver or avalanche beacon is a type of emergency locator beacon, a radio transceiver (a transmitter and receiver in one unit) operating at 457 kHz for the purpose of finding people buried under snow. They are widely carried by skiers, particularly back country skiers for use in case a skier is buried by an avalanche.
Florida spent Tuesday preparing for its most significant bout of winter weather since 1989, with airports closing and officials calling for residents in the western Panhandle to stay off the roads.
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March 12, 1993: The 1993 Storm of the Century produces up to 4 inches (100 mm) of snow along the Florida Panhandle. [36] February 2, 1994: Light snow was observed in the Florida Panhandle overnight from February 1 to 2. [37] January 8, 1996: Snow flurries are reported from Crystal River to New Port Richey with no accumulation. [38]
Many weather stations on the central Gulf Coast, including New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, preliminarily set all-time snow records, and all-time state snowfall records were ...
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