Spring 2014 (March-May) - Northern Hemisphere (Richmond, Mobile, climate, snowfall)

[Wildcat15]

Some rotation off the west coast of Florida. Dew points are near 70.

[chicagogeorge]

This is unreal.... GFS 12z drops a major Arctic blast into Midwest, skirts Northeast 5-6 days, then reloads for another round.

[snj90]

Snow hasn't really stopped here. Though we've probably had negligible additional accumulation since about 8 AM (it's just past 2 PM now), the flurries have just continued.

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

Still waiting for my first cm here. Below -20°C at 850 hPa in mid-March at 42-43N (lake Erie) would be impressive.


Couple videos of a EF1 tornado from earlier this month (western France):
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1432038853700955


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JllRgLvpsXo

500 hPa temps then:

Tornade à Luçon (85) le 3 mars 2014 - Tornade EF1 en Vendée, région Pays-de-la-Loire - Tornade F1 en France - KERAUNOS



Current temp map for France, ranging from 43°F in the North to 80°F in the South:

80F!!!

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by G8RCAT

Some rotation off the west coast of Florida. Dew points are near 70.

Would you say Orlando has worse storms than Palm Beach?

[nei]

Dew point is 0°F.

Even if it's colder than an average winter day, the sun angle makes it feel rather different. My car parked in the sun feels warm inside rather than cold. But it's so dry I feel static electricity shock sometimes when I touch the frame.

[nei]

if this weather pattern doesn't let up soon we're liable to have one coldest March on record:



Almost 8°F below normal

[nei]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

15.2/2.6°C (59.4/36.7°F) avg and 110 hours of sun this March so far.

Mostly cloudy today with the NW wind, but it has cleared much of the disgusting pollen/pollution haze.

wunderground.com had an article on Paris pollution

France Pollution: Smog Shrouds Paris; City Takes Drastic Measure to Fight It | Weather Underground

Looks rather bad, didn't know Paris had pollution issues, at least more than a typical large city.

[Mac15]

Whats the story for hurricane season this season?

[ben86]

Originally Posted by nei

Dew point is 0°F.

Even if it's colder than an average winter day, the sun angle makes it feel rather different. My car parked in the sun feels warm inside rather than cold. But it's so dry I feel static electricity shock sometimes when I touch the frame.

You said in the other thread that it's sunny there today and still below freezing in mid-afternoon? I just looked up your sun angle, and it's what ours is in late August. I probably wouldn't burn by then unless I was out in it most of the day, but at midday it will still just about 'look like summer', although I'll have started to notice the light being less intense. I'd love to be able to get a proper sense of what that sun + cold combination with such a low dew point actually feels like.