Winter Thread 2018-19 (Northern Hemisphere) (climate, snow, warm, recorded)

[unobtainium]

Originally Posted by BMI

Here is a comparison for Vancouver, BC ....(Int’l airport)

Vancouver 1941-1970........Vancouver 1981-2010
41.4/31.2..........jan...........44.4/34.5
45.9/34.0..........feb...........46.8/34.9
49.2/35.8..........mar..........50.5/38.1
55.3/40.8..........apr...........55.8/42.1
62.3/46.3..........may..........62.1/47.8
67.3/51.7..........jun...........67.3/53.1
71.9/54.9..........jul............72.0/56.7
70.9/54.5..........aug..........72.0/56.8
65.3/49.9..........sep..........66.0/51.4
56.6/43.6..........oct...........56.3/44.6
48.5/37.3..........nov..........48.6/38.3
43.8/33.9..........dec...........43.3/33.4

Average annual temperature 1941-1970....48.9F

Average annual temperature 1981-2010....50.7F

Almost 2 degree increase in average annual temperature.

Weird. October and December are the only months with slightly cooler highs. But lows are still warmer for Oct, so must be more cloud cover. I do think the PNW storm season has shifted slightly earlier over the years.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

Cold morning

https://twitter.com/NWSChicago/statu...11956375121920

You can keep that. Winds puffing here 30knts so not a good day to be 60 miles offshore in 12 ft seas.

[Infamous92]

Its 50°F here but it’s in the 30’s in parts of NYC.

[BMI]

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

BC, Alberta, Alaska, and the Yukon on fire next weekend.



Source: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/

To provide some context: if this setup is correct, the only part of the US southeast warmer than Alberta the morning of the 26th would be South Florida.

Gotta love how these Polar Vortex’s like to pick on the east ....
meanwhile the west above normal as per usual

The eastern half of North America is becoming a cold lover’s paradise

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

Cold morning

https://twitter.com/NWSChicago/statu...11956375121920

Coldest morning so far this winter in northern Minneosta, -38F low temperature in Ely.

[wawa1992]

Coldest low of the winter so far in Bowling Green, KY is 16 F / -9 C... set on November 28, three days before the start of the winter.

Forecast to drop to 15 F / -9 C tonight and 14 F / -10 C on the morning of Friday, January 25.

This winter reminds me of 2014-2015. Cold mid-late November, warmer than average December, average January with a couple of cold waves... will a frigid February follow?

February 2015 got to negative 7 in Bowling Green.

[Omegaraptor]

Looks like Portland got another dump of rain overnight.

[rpvan]

Originally Posted by BMI

Here is a comparison for Vancouver, BC ....(Int’l airport)

Vancouver 1941-1970........Vancouver 1981-2010
41.4/31.2..........jan...........44.4/34.5
45.9/34.0..........feb...........46.8/34.9
49.2/35.8..........mar..........50.5/38.1
55.3/40.8..........apr...........55.8/42.1
62.3/46.3..........may..........62.1/47.8
67.3/51.7..........jun...........67.3/53.1
71.9/54.9..........jul............72.0/56.7
70.9/54.5..........aug..........72.0/56.8
65.3/49.9..........sep..........66.0/51.4
56.6/43.6..........oct...........56.3/44.6
48.5/37.3..........nov..........48.6/38.3
43.8/33.9..........dec...........43.3/33.4

Average annual temperature 1941-1970....48.9F

Average annual temperature 1981-2010....50.7F

Almost 2 degree increase in average annual temperature.

Thanks. The average temp increase in January has been pretty insane over the years. Same goes for the decline in snowfall.

[rpvan]

Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain

BC, Alberta, Alaska, and the Yukon on fire next weekend.



Source: https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/

To provide some context: if this setup is correct, the only part of the US southeast warmer than Alberta the morning of the 26th would be South Florida.

Just a typical Jan temp anomaly map these days...

[rpvan]

Originally Posted by BMI

Gotta love how these Polar Vortex’s like to pick on the east ....
meanwhile the west above normal as per usual

The eastern half of North America is becoming a cold lover’s paradise

We need a Jan 1950 or 1969 repeat.