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Old 03-26-2013, 10:53 PM
 
Location: Logan Township, Minnesota
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Still chilly in Marion. but I think we are trying to be as cold as Grand Forks.




Some comparisons








To put the Distances we are from Grand Forks in perspective The driving distances are as follow:

Marion to Grand Forks 151 Miles

Fargo to Grand Forks 81 miles

Winnipeg to Grand Forks 159 miles
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Old 03-27-2013, 04:16 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Actual Morning temps right now... I'll let you guys mention what I'm seeing here.

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Old 03-27-2013, 04:32 AM
 
Location: Laurentia
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Actual Morning temps right now... I'll let you guys mention what I'm seeing here.
It's rather incredible that parts of central Florida are colder than Baltimore right now.

I don't know what's up with Baltimore this winter, but they seem to have extreme difficulty cooling down at night. The first freeze didn't occur until December 31, and no temperatures below 30F occurred until January 22. From January 22 to the end of February, the lows there were much less abnormal. The lowest temperature so far this month is 31F, which probably isn't unprecedented, but considering that the coldest high was 41F it is a very tight daily range. If it was a really warm winter like many places were in 2011-12, that would explain it, but this has been more of a hit-and-miss winter, and one would think that they could have had their first freeze before the end of December in such a pattern .
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Old 03-27-2013, 04:37 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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It's rather incredible that parts of central Florida are colder than Baltimore right now.

I don't know what's up with Baltimore this winter, but they seem to have extreme difficulty cooling down at night. The first freeze didn't occur until December 31, and no temperatures below 30F occurred until January 22. From January 22 to the end of February, the lows there were much less abnormal. The lowest temperature so far this month is 31F, which probably isn't unprecedented, but considering that the coldest high was 41F it is a very tight daily range. If it was a really warm winter like many places were in 2011-12, that would explain it, but this has been more of a hit-and-miss winter, and one would think that they could have had their first freeze before the end of December in such a pattern .
That happens here in the British isles too, it is often colder in South of England than north of Scotland and I can think of a variety of reasons:

1. Colder air mass.
2. Further inland.
3. Onshore breeze.
4. Cloud.

No offence but maybe you don't know this, but in maritime/areas near coast we can have some very low diurnal ranges. On Sunday I had a high temperature of 1.4c and a low of 0.8c. And here Cloud significantly lowers my diurnal range to almost nothing.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:16 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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That happens here in the British isles too, it is often colder in South of England than north of Scotland and I can think of a variety of reasons:

1. Colder air mass.
2. Further inland.
3. Onshore breeze.
4. Cloud.
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1. Winds arent from the Ocean in Florida right now or overnight (From NW)
2. It's low 30s right to the sand not just inland
3. Water temps are warmer than air temps
4. There were no clouds.

Guess again. You're close with your #1 but there was another factor
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:29 AM
 
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30s in Florida are really chilly for late march!

Kinda interesting 20s in the south, cooler than great lakes area.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:43 AM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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1. Winds arent from the Ocean in Florida right now or overnight (From NW)
2. It's low 30s right to the sand not just inland
3. Water temps are warmer than air temps
4. There were no clouds.

Guess again. You're close with your #1 but there was another factor
I'm talking about Baltimore.
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Old 03-27-2013, 05:48 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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I presume Baltimore being heavily urban is partly to blame.
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Old 03-27-2013, 06:00 AM
 
Location: Laurentia
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No offence but maybe you don't know this, but in maritime/areas near coast we can have some very low diurnal ranges.
Yes, I know that. What I'm saying is that the diurnal ranges are much tighter than they usually are. Baltimore usually has more variation in their lows than what we've seen during December, the first half of January, and March. It's just weird.
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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No offence but maybe you don't know this, but in maritime/areas near coast we can have some very low diurnal ranges. On Sunday I had a high temperature of 1.4c and a low of 0.8c. And here Cloud significantly lowers my diurnal range to almost nothing.
Baltimore isn't right by the coast and coastal areas here don't get that small diurnal ranges typically:

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