Reader S.S. sends in this bit of news from the Associated Press:

Wind farms in Upstate New York are interfering with National Weather Service Doppler radars, making it more difficult to detect and assess approaching lake effect snow storms.
The spinning blades on the towering turbines can cause problems by reflecting some of the radar’s signal, which can be falsely interpreted as wind or precipitation. The reflections can make storms coming off lakes Erie and Ontario look stronger than they actually are, but the structures can also act like a wall and hide a storm from forecasters.
“It’s more of an annoyance than a critical issue,” said Bill Hibbert, a meteorologist and radar specialist with the weather service in Buffalo. “But it’s a growing problem, and there’s not really anything that can be done about it right now.”

Don’t worry Buffalo. Al Gore says its getting warmer, so who needs a snow forecast?