Bjorn,

 DS> there was one brief winter
 DS> storm (if you want to call it that), that brought an inch or two of snow
 DS> in January.

 BF@>    I'm sorry to be totally off topic here, but I can't help taking the
 BF@> opportunity to ask if you guys across the pond mean the same thing as
 BF@> we do over here, when you say "storm".

 BF@>    Sometimes -- usually when watching YouTube clips  -- I get the
 BF@> feeling that it's mostly about the downfall and not about the wind
 BF@> speed. Over here storm means winds averaging 10-11 on the Beaufort
 BF@> scale (24.5 - 28.4 m/s).

  I doubt it means the same thing, especially from a meteorological
standpoint.

  Wind wise, a Lake Wind Advisory is issued for winds (sustained or gusts)
for a certain period of time, from 25 to 39 mph.

  Wind Advisories are from 40 to 55 mph, and High Wind Warnings are above
that.

  Storm wise, it can mean any form of inclement weather...either severe
weather (tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, flooding rain), winter
weather (snow/blizzard, freezing rain/ice storm), or just a single
thunderstorm. To many, if it "storms", they associate it with inclement
weather.

Daryl

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