Winter 2012-13 Thread (snow, warm, ice, temperatures)

[dunno what to put here]

Down comes the rain.. away goes the snow. Hopefully we'll see another wintry episode in February.

[Weatherfan2]

Heck they're possible even until mid-April, look at the blizzard last year.

[dunno what to put here]

True. I am hoping for a snowy March, they have been rare since March 2008 when we had a white Easter. Then I'm hoping for some warmth in April and hopefully thunderstorms (yeah right).

[P London]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Down comes the rain.. away goes the snow. Hopefully we'll see another wintry episode in February.

GFS has picken up on a possible cold spell in Feb. Fingers crossed.

[Cambium]

Ice event possible for us here Monday. Very light precip so not expecting power outages but we all know a tiny bit of ice creates a messy commute.

Here's a good picture to help understand how freezing rain happens. Pretty simple... Snow comes down from the clouds, warm air moves in from the south but warms up a layer above us first to above freezing, so a layer of warm air melts the snow to rain, while a small layer at the surface is still below freezing so the rain turns to ice. If the layer at the surface is thick enough it ends up being sleet instead.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Nice day. Sunny, breezy, and in the mid-20s.

Sorry it may take a little time for the pics to load. I should probably reduce the size. Still getting used to this Android.

[Cambium]

Here's the sounding for Hartford, CT.

4 frames, 8 seconds each.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Wet day in Phoenix with 0.83 in of rain falling so far. Flood Advisory in effect.

Didn't realize this, but four nights in a row fell below freezing this month. Phoenix averages 0.8 nights below freezing per year.

[susancruzs]

Thanks for the diagram! Warnings were for southern half of the state but they changed to bring the line further north. Tomorrow we wait and see if it is a snow event, or rain/sleet/ice, or all of them!

[Mac15]

Hopefully this cold spell actually delivers some proper snow. Hopefully its proper cold ie -10c