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It is a wonder that so many wild animals can survive our long cold winters. They have no warmly-heated homes in which to live, or grocery stores where they can obtain fresh food. Instead, they are left outside to survive in heavy snow, bitterly cold temperatures and deeply frozen ground. Yet many animals are able to carry on, right through winter.
Animals have a variety of adaptations to deal with extreme cold. One of the most familiar is our little Black-capped chickadee. Unlike many birds, the chickadee doesn't fly south to warmer climates for the winter. They will stay right here with us, fluttering around in our yards and for
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ests looking for food by day, and sleeping among the trees at night. The chickadee is able to rapidly adjust its metabolism to create more, or less, body-heat depending on how cold it is outside. They spend all day gathering seeds and small nuts, and during the night they keep warm by shivering on a tree branch and burning the energy collected from the days catch. Chickadees work together as a team. Each flock consists of a couple adults and several youth. They fly through forests and yards prospecting for food sources, and when one finds a good source, they'll utter a couple gleeful chirps to announce the (Continued on page 6)
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The Caribou website includes much more than just the traditional text weather forecast. You can now track the progress of the new building online. The site features a section which shows a pictures of the emerging new building, which are updated every week or two. An artists depiction of what the finished building will look like is also available.
Another section of the page which has been expanded recently is the Spotters/Outreach/Safety page. This section is maintained by the Warning Coordination Meteorologist, or WCM for short. This page has weather safety tips for various weather dangers; such as lightning, tornadoes, winter storms, flash floods, and hurricanes. There's also a section which reviews information covered at
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spotter talks, information on other awareness campaigns, and even a severe weather photo gallery.
There have been many other updates on the page made over the past six months. The page has been made "Section 508" compliant, which makes the page more accessible to all users. This means that our web page is now compatible with the special readers that are used by the sight-impaired.
The graphical forecast has been updated, with better graphics, and more information. This graphical forecast depiction will be expanded in the near future, which will be similar to the snowfall graphic, but also include other types of weather information.
Also, the daily climate records for Caribou are now available in the climatology section.
Looking ahead, we will again
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feature the very popular snowfall graphic, this season. This shows the forecasted snow amounts in an easy-to-read graphic. We will also post a graphical snowfall summary after major storms are finished that shows the total snow depths. Finally, the front page will be getting a slightly new look soon, which will be aimed at making the page easier to navigate.
So I encourage everyone to check out the new features on our webpage. Our address is:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/car
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