Winter 2013-14 Thread — Northern Hemisphere (snow, warm, average, 2014)

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

^^

You might be right, and that would mean that the Alaskan Ridge which has been present since before December would stick around for several more months.

On the other hand we've had warm summers ( actually just a very warm May and July) when there was a persistent Alaskan Ridge during winter. However the pattern flipped in spring

1977








Jan/February 1936 also looked very similar to this year






And we all know how the summer of 1936 turned out

What did SST's look like in late Feb in 1977 in NE Pacific? Hasn't this SST anomaly been there since last Spring?

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

^^

You might be right, and that would mean that the Alaskan Ridge which has been present since before December would stick around for several more months.

On the other hand we've had warm summers ( actually just a very warm May and July) when there was a persistent Alaskan Ridge during winter. However the pattern flipped in spring

1977








Jan/February 1936 also looked very similar to this year






And we all know how the summer of 1936 turned out

How did the summer of 1963 look?

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by tom77falcons

How did the summer of 1963 look?

Almost exactly average for Chicago

[snj90]

Match play championship (golf) this weekend. I remember this time last year when it got postponed for several inches of snow, in the Arizona desert. Match Play Championship opener halted in Arizona for snow - ESPN

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

Almost exactly average for Chicago

1963 summer (1981-2010)


Average max:83.5F (82.7F)
Average min: 63.7F (64.7F)
Mean: 73.6F (73.7F)

Number of 90 degree days was 21 (The long term normal at Midway airport is 23 or 24)



Winter so far for CONUS 1981-2010 base period





February so far for globe about normal for 1981-2010 base period





11-16 day period no sign of winter leaving for same areas already brutalized thus far






JB thinks BIG snow storm for the circled area in this time frame. Icing on the cake? Ok, after that it needs to just stop.




Cold air bottled up over Alberta & Saskatchewan is unbelievable. It's forecast to be 73F below normal and the actual temp near -60F!

[chicagogeorge]

18z anomalies from GFS over the next five days looks viciously cold





Meanwhile in South Florida.....

[alex985]

^^ Don't remind me

[Infamous92]

The "snowpack" is gone, the only snow left is in piles and shadowed areas.

[chicagogeorge]

^^

I have a feeling it will be back for New Yawk

[NorthernMoose]

Someone finally updated the snow gauge up town. It's showing just over 11ft for the season. That sounds about right considering what is piled up around here. Snow event took us off guard last night as they kept extending the snow advisory through out the day yesterday and then about 10pm last night turned it into a winter storm warning. It snowed and blew all night long.

I grabbed the usual picture out front this morning.




Grabbed a picture across the street to the doctors office.




Then later today I grabbed a webcam picture of the Mackinaw Bridge. It was closed down last night when the snow and wind got so bad, but today it doesn't look much better. I would have to have some serious life threatening business to tend to in order to get me to go across that when conditions are like this.