December 2017 - January 2018 Arctic Outbreak (2013, locations, dewpoint, lows)
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but, if you think that this winter is anomalously cold, just wait another year or two and I think you’ll see that this may well be just the beginning of a major and sustained cooling epidsode in this part of the globe.
15/16 and 16/17 winters were both very mild, with December 2015 and February 2017 being record warm. I just think the winters are becoming more extreme in both directions
If exactly the same as '69-'70 (possible) three more weeks of single digit high temps Chicago-Toledo-Pittsburgh northward sparing the southern states, with a weak thaw end of January, followed by a near normal but dry February. Several 2 - 4" snows in early January (frontal, not low pressure type), but no big storms of note.
However, during the last fall, there was a tendency for low pressure systems to "bomb" which was not the case in fall 1969. Because of that, I can't rule out a low pressure system "bombing" in which case a major snowstorm with hurricane force winds could occur anywhere between Illinoise and the Atlantic seaboard, but more likely inland west of the Appalachians. A slight letup in chill mid-late Jan, with weak lows tracking through the Tennessee valley would precede such a low bombing out the last week of Jan or first week of Feb. There could be two such events about 2 weeks apart. (1978 pattern). One can't tell at this time which will be the case.
In any event, dead brown leaves clung tenaciously to the oaks in Michigan this fall and are largely still on there - frankly, to a degree I've never seen before. That very reliably predicts a fierce winter.
Last edited by TwinbrookNine; 12-28-2017 at 07:53 PM..
Hate to be the bearer of bad news but, if you think that this winter is anomalously cold, just wait another year or two and I think you’ll see that this may well be just the beginning of a major and sustained cooling epidsode in this part of the globe.
If you check my link, the next week probably won't make it to the top 15 coldest weeks for Amherst. Nothing new. Just one station, but it's not unusual for the region.
If you check my link, the next week probably won't make it to the top 15 coldest weeks for Amherst. Nothing new. Just one station, but it's not unusual for the region.
I think the consistancy is. 10 days like this starting in December?
Last time NYC had 5 in a row days under 32°F in December was in 1989.
For Hartford, Dec 1996 had 6 in a row staying below freezing. I think we'll beat that. Lol
Been couple decades since we seen this consistency this early
Lowest Wind Chill recorded on the Rockpile was last night, 2:53 AM, air temp of -33F with a 93 mph wind gusting to 97 mph- resulting in a value of -88F. The "old formula" would have resulted in a value near -110F.
If anyone has insight into this phenomenon, I thank you for your input in advance:
We had our 3rd coldest winter on record 3 years ago, we haven't had a hot summer since 2012.
Yet all the so-called experts and stats state the planet is getting warmer.
How can this be?.
Because it affects the whole planet including the weather patterns. Not your little bubble of a city
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