VOLUME 55, ISSUE 7
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DECEMBER 5, 2019
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News:
STLCC welcomes new Vice Chancellor of Human Resources
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Art & Life:
Students get ahead of the game at the ‘Long Night Against Procrastination’ event at Meramec Library
PHOTOs by Syed Ali TOP LEFT: Cindy Clausen of the Meramec Academic Support Center presents the Pomodoro Technique to students on Nov 20 during the Long Night Against Procrastination event. TOP MIDDLE: Students discuss their final projects. RIGHT: Students take a break from studying by painting their shoes. BOTTOM: Clausen teaches students different ways to help study for finals.
And now the weather with Professor Joe Schneider
The main theme for the 2019-2020 winter will be volatility in the weather pattern
JOE SCHNEIDER GUEST CONTRIBUTOR I think the main theme for the 2019-2020 winter will be volatility in the weather pattern. We have already seen quite a bit of this happening through the early and latter part of October and the early part of November. October began with very warm temperatures and then during the middle of the month we flipped to cool/cold temperatures and we had a trace of measurable snowfall on Halloween. November has been very cold and we have already had another measurable snowfall of 1.5 inches on 11/11/19. This winter the warm periods will be shorter in duration and the cold periods will be longer
in duration. The Blob in connection with the negative phase of the AO could lead to an amplification of the jet stream which could bring us some large winter storms and much colder air. This would favor a more active pattern. Depending on where each individual storm tracks, snow amounts could be below or above in our area. This type of pattern also causes mix precipitation events across our region with snow, sleet, freezing rain, and even thunderstorms. There is probably going to be large swings in temperature which will open the door for more opportunities for snow/ice. Continued on Page 5
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