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I was a bit shocked to see this 8 to 14 day forecast by NOAA?
No one should be shocked. It's going to get worse, too, for the cold weather hallucinators I've been watching this for some time as all the forecasters have backed off of the deep cold they were showing on models a week or so ago. When the Dec. prediction updates, I will put it in here. The one that is up now was made on Nov. 15th, and things have changed dramatically since then.
It was 75° in E. Colorado today. The local news stations have been all over this story and things are getting quite dire up here, I assure you that this is not just the histronics of an old coot in Colorado. December is going to be a repeat of last year and as was the case last year, we will eventually run out of calendar as the warm continues and continues to buffet the midsection of the country. There will, of course, be highly touted cold shots in the NE that will be ephemeral, but there will be no stopping the heat engine that will envelop the country this winter.
What is more significant is the horrible drought that has plagued this area for 3 years. This is where the danger lies.
No one should be shocked. It's going to get worse, too, for the cold weather hallucinators I've been watching this for some time as all the forecasters have backed off of the deep cold they were showing on models a week or so ago. When the Dec. prediction updates, I will put it in here. The one that is up now was made on Nov. 15th, and things have changed dramatically since then.
It was 75° in E. Colorado today. The local news stations have been all over this story and things are getting quite dire up here, I assure you that this is not just the histronics of an old coot in Colorado. December is going to be a repeat of last year and as was the case last year, we will eventually run out of calendar as the warm continues and continues to buffet the midsection of the country. There will, of course, be highly touted cold shots in the NE that will be ephemeral, but there will be no stopping the heat engine that will envelop the country this winter.
What is more significant is the horrible drought that has plagued this area for 3 years. This is where the danger lies.
From my travels around the USA it seems that drought is becoming more and more common. Places that never had drought issues, seem to be having years that are have subpar rainfall. We on the East Coast with all the summer huimd sultury weather never had to worry about drought, now I have to water more and more in the hot summer months. That alone is enough to worry about climate change.
From my travels around the USA it seems that drought is becoming more and more common. Places that never had drought issues, seem to be having years that are have subpar rainfall. We on the East Coast with all the summer huimd sultury weather never had to worry about drought, now I have to water more and more in the hot summer months. That alone is enough to worry about climate change.
Really? We may get some mild to moderate droughts from time to time, but the most recent severe drought I can recall was in the late 90s. IIRC, I believe the 50s and 60s featured some notably dry years.
Here is just another visual look at what is awaiting the USA the first part of December. The brief shot of colder air in November will be long gone as we move into the real winter months of Dec.-Jan.-Feb. Does this look familiar? Well, it should if you were in the USA last winter.
Here is the result of last years winter, Dec.-Feb. Like Yogi says, "It's deja-vu all over again.
Your forecast is for one week in December not the entire month. I'm inclined to dismiss it as wishful thinking.
Well, I despise warm weather, just for the record. I cannot, however, look away from what I see as the proverbial writing on the wall for this winter. I look at it as win/win in that I'll either be correct or I'll get my cold weather. I'm not betting on the latter though, considering what I am looking at.
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I've been watching this for some time as all the forecasters have backed off of the deep cold they were showing on models a week or so ago. When the Dec. prediction updates, I will put it in here. The one that is up now was made on Nov. 15th, and things have changed dramatically since then. 
