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Old 02-04-2016, 07:36 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Yeah, a climate thread by me, but this isnt to rate or say who's better than who. Its to discuss the climate of coastal areas. I did a search and didnt find any threads other then some which just compare one to the other.

As someone who lives near the coast I can say from experience, theres a Love/Hate here at least for me.

Just using this very moment, a front is going to stall off the coast which usually does because of the Atlantic Ocean and that is giving me the annoying overcast and mist. Not rain, not drizzle but mist.

But because its stalling, a low pressure will form and ride along it while cold Canadian air comes in behind it so we're expecting snow tonight.

Its common for fronts to stall around here, they dont for the interior. They slow but not stall.


I wonder if all Eastern Coasts have similar situations with the fronts stalling.
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Is there high pressure along the Atlantic that makes it stall? Due to the temperature difference between ocean and land, I'd guess there's a semi-permanent pressure system on the ocean.

Inland here, I'm 100 miles from the coast. I got some of the synoptics from the coast you mention. But little of the moderating or seabreeze effects. It's partly cloudy here, pretty sky to the west.

West coasts have completely different weather and climate patterns, but are prone to stalled fronts and drizzle in the cooler season.
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:13 AM
 
Location: 30461
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1- Wedge fronts are a big thing down here during winter, because it could make a 20 degree difference in the afternoon temps depending on how far south they go. Oftentimes, they will go just far enough south to bust the forecast and make it a lot colder than it was forecast to be. I remember that one description by NWS Charleston last month for January 22nd when they said that forecasting temperatures was "basically impossible" for the region. I laughed out loud when I read that! They just didn't know how far south the front would go. It ended up stalling out over I-16 putting me on the cold side.

2- I'm currently getting the same stalled out front you're getting. It's been raining here nonstop for the last 14 hours.

3- I'm starting to think that the warming Atlantic is making it harder and harder for colder air to make it east during the late fall/early winter season. The last 3 Decembers here have been all above average, whereas the the last 3 Januarys and 2 Februarys have been below average. It's like a warm barrier that's being put up for the holidays that finally goes away after New Years passes.

4- Summers here haven't really changed all that much, at least for as long as I've been living here. Same levels of heat and humidity.
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:36 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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From NWS Boston:


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
634 AM EST THU FEB 4 2016

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BRINGING SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO THE REGION. THIS FRONT WILL STALL JUST OFF THE COAST THIS AFTERNOON...THEN LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE MID ATLC COAST THU NIGHT AND TRACK ALONG THE FRONT PASSING SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO SOUTHEAST NEW ENG LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.


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Is there high pressure along the Atlantic that makes it stall? Due to the temperature difference between ocean and land, I'd guess there's a semi-permanent pressure system on the ocean..

I think its a combo of things like Atlantic Ridge/HP/Coastal Water Temps




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West coasts have completely different weather and climate patterns, but are prone to stalled fronts and drizzle in the cooler season.
I wouldn't think fronts stall on the West coast given the rotation of Earth and the West-East flow of things onto land but guess would make sense especially with the high peaks blocking it.


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1- Wedge fronts are a big thing down here during winter

2- I'm currently getting the same stalled out front you're getting. It's been raining here nonstop for the last 14 hours.

3- I'm starting to think that the warming Atlantic is making it harder and harder for colder air to make it east during the late fall/early winter season.


4- Summers here haven't really changed all that much

Nice post. Yeah, The warmer waters aren't helping for sure. We are definitely under the same front.

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It's partly cloudy here, pretty sky to the west.

I see the clearing, and we're "supposed" to be sunny here tomorrow, but it's funny how the front is slowing and stalling as I usually see happen. Also winds matter. When winds are from the SE, I get that mist and you wouldn't as you're too far inland most of the time.

The precip really is broken up and dried out North of the Virginia coast but a new storm is about to form and make the front moist again, that's why snow tonight for the coast only.


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