Winter Thread 2015-16 (Northern Hemisphere) (floods, Europe, Mobile, mild)

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Wish I didn't check. Pitiful

Snowfall Totals during Strong El Nino Winters for:

Bridgeport: 28" Normal

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: No Data
1896-97: No Data
1905-06: No Data
1940-41:No Data
1957-58: 49.0" (+ 72% above normal)
1965-66: 20.9" (- 25% below normal)
1972-73 8.2" (- 71% below normal)
1982-83: 23.0" (- 18% below normal)
1997-98: 8.9" (- 70% below normal)

Hartford/Windsor Locks: 40.5" Normal

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: No Data
1896-97: No Data
1905-06: 35.2"(- 11% below normal)
1940-41: 40.0" (normal)
1957-58: 53.4" (+ 33% above normal)
1965-66: 52.6" (- 32% above normal)
1972-73 35.2" (- 11% below normal)
1982-83: 46.4" (- 15% above normal)
1997-98: Missing Data

The coast is pitiful! But look at winter of 1972-73.. Coast got 8" while interior CT got almost 3 feet. I assume lack of arctic air with El Ninos makes the coast/inland difference and the active sub "tropical" jet stream brining warm air too close to the coast.

Need this year to be a year where it doesn't follow the "typical" El Nino pattern

What happened in 1957-1958? Just one big storm in an otherwise below average winter?

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

What happened in 1957-1958? Just one big storm in an otherwise below average winter?

Thats the big analog yr based on similarities to this year. Looks like a couple decent storms biggest in Feb.. Dec 4. Jan 7. Feb 16. March 21.

[srfoskey]

Snowfall Totals during Strong El Nino Winters for:

Raleigh: 7.0" Normal since 1927

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: 12.2" (74% above normal, including April snow)
1896-97: 9.3" (33% above normal)
1905-06: 5.0" (29% below normal)
1940-41: 1.8" (74% below normal)
1957-58: 7.9" (13% above normal)
1965-66: 11.8" (69% above normal)
1972-73 11.3" (61% above normal)
1982-83: 11.8" (69% above normal, including April snow)
1997-98: 2.4" (66% below normal)

Greensboro: 8.6" Normal since 1927

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: No Data
1896-97: No Data
1905-06: No Data
1940-41: 2.0" (77% below normal)
1957-58: 8.7" (1% above normal)
1965-66: 26.0" (202% above normal)
1972-73 7.5" (13% below normal)
1982-83: 6.3" (27% below normal)
1997-98: 5.5" (36% below normal)

Not too bad. I'm not sure why 2 of our 6 April snows occurred during strong El Ninos, but whatever.

[Shalop]

Looks like winter has already started in the high points of Greenland.

Then again, when is it not winter there?

Average for this time of year at the Summit should only be 0/-15 F or so. So this is quite the cold spell.

[alphatier]

Malin Head, Ireland. Does this count for winter?

[snj90]

Originally Posted by alphatier

Malin Head, Ireland. Does this count for winter?

No. That's pretty good summer weather though.

[Cambium]

Those of you fascinated about that "warm blob" in Pacific... have you seen whats been happening past few weeks?

Upper Low after Upper Low, temps aloft cool enough so "the blob" doesn't get bigger. Pacific cooling down? Haven't checked but this goes to show the "warm blob" doesn't control the pattern.

Jet stream dipping over the Pacific there and rising over the Rockies. That trough in the East is pointless. There only 2 days and the Ridge moves back in

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by Cambium

Those of you fascinated about that "warm blob" in Pacific... have you seen whats been happening past few weeks?

Upper Low after Upper Low, temps aloft cool enough so "the blob" doesn't get bigger. Pacific cooling down? Haven't checked but this goes to show the "warm blob" doesn't control the pattern.

Jet stream dipping over the Pacific there and rising over the Rockies. That trough in the East is pointless. There only 2 days and the Ridge moves back in

Same thing happened last Fall and the blob survived and grew stronger lol. Just in time for winter. The PDO is supposed to flip back to cold, so maybe this is the start.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by srfoskey

Snowfall Totals during Strong El Nino Winters for:

Raleigh: 7.0" Normal since 1927

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: 12.2" (74% above normal, including April snow)
1896-97: 9.3" (33% above normal)
1905-06: 5.0" (29% below normal)
1940-41: 1.8" (74% below normal)
1957-58: 7.9" (13% above normal)
1965-66: 11.8" (69% above normal)
1972-73 11.3" (61% above normal)
1982-83: 11.8" (69% above normal, including April snow)
1997-98: 2.4" (66% below normal)

Greensboro: 8.6" Normal since 1927

1877-78: No Data
1888-89: No Data
1896-97: No Data
1905-06: No Data
1940-41: 2.0" (77% below normal)
1957-58: 8.7" (1% above normal)
1965-66: 26.0" (202% above normal)
1972-73 7.5" (13% below normal)
1982-83: 6.3" (27% below normal)
1997-98: 5.5" (36% below normal)

Not too bad. I'm not sure why 2 of our 6 April snows occurred during strong El Ninos, but whatever.

Forgot to comment.. nice work! Interesting how Raleigh ended up above normal 2 of those years while Geeensboro was below.

I bet the mid atlantic will see a foot + of snow. Somewhere from TN to Baltimore including SC and NC. But SC would be higher elevations IMO

[Cambium]

Gee, something to look forward to? Oh... It's in 5 months.

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