Weather
Earth rotates so fast that our planet is not a perfect sphere, but an "oblate spheroid", which bulges out slightly in the middle.
No-travel advisories remain in place "due to near-zero visibility, icy road conditions, and scattered snow drifts," North Dakota officials said.
The main reason for this is the proximity of western Europe to the Atlantic Ocean.
These word meanings are related to sheep and date back at least to Middle English of the 1300s.
Conditions will gradually deteriorate Thursday through Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
It will bounce radar off the ocean and lakes larger than 100 acres and will be able to detect very subtle changes.
StormTRACKER Meteorologist John Wheeler looks at the changing weather pattern at the end of December
Deep, sparkly, crystalline snow is extremely efficient at making it cold.
Falling snow has caused road conditions to remain poor for a number of days.
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John Wheeler
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