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Get your history books out, Seattle finishes January with a -4.1 departure! First back to back below average months for Seattle since June-July 2012!
Portland finishes the month with a mammoth -7.9 departure! COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 1979!!!
I'll have something relating to that little later.
Actually... Here's part of it.
JANUARY 2017 AVERAGE TEMPS AND RANKS
Bridgeport (since 1949): Warmest January on record 36.9° Avg.
Hartford using all stations 12th warmest January on record (Since 1905) 32.7° Avg
Using just Windsor Locks location (BDL) 5th Warmest (since 1949) 32.7° Avg
Providence: 11th warmest January (since 1905) 34.8° Avg
Burlington: 3rd Warmest January (since 1884) 29.7° Avg
Concord: 11th Warmest January (since 1869) 28.5° Avg
NYC: 13th Warmest January (since 1872) 38.0° Avg
Islip: 6th Warmest January (since 1984) 36.2° Avg
Boston: 11th Warmest January (since 1873) 35.1° Avg
Albany: 12th Warmest January (since 1874) 30.6° Avg
Caribou: 5th Warmest January (since 1939) 18.0° Avg
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Originally Posted by FirebirdCamaro1220
Is the white area supposed to be zero? Because nowhere below 2,000ft has gotten any snow in the SW
Yes, 0. Western US always so difficult since there are mountains and lacking stations so hard to put a spec on the map or wont look right at times. Also, they might count hail and sleet as snow.
I thought Raleigh got a couple inches from a storm? Or maybe that was ice? I forget.
Pittsburgh has received 17.4" as of today. Below our average of 24.1" by 6.7" for this time of year. The beginning of winter was pretty average (snow wise anyways) but January screwed us.
Still have a few months to go but we will see if we can get to our average. Still have 19.5" to go, but now will need 26.1" which seems quite unlikely.
Pittsburgh has received 17.4" as of today. Below our average of 24.1" by 6.7" for this time of year. The beginning of winter was pretty average (snow wise anyways) but January screwed us.
Still have a few months to go but we will see if we can get to our average. Still have 19.5" to go, but now will need 26.1" which seems quite unlikely.
Feb: 10.6"
Mar: 7.4"
Apr: 1.5"
Thanks. Actually Pittsburgh has 15.6" but the map is still wrong for there showing only 6-12. . Ugh. Is it so hard to code a map to the actually official snow totals and even use coop and CoCoRaHS observer reports too? Ok, maybe it is hard, but I'm not a coding expert. I wish they had a zoom feature on there.
I'll have something relating to that little later.
Actually... Here's part of it.
JANUARY 2017 AVERAGE TEMPS AND RANKS
Bridgeport (since 1949): Warmest January on record 36.9° Avg.
Hartford using all stations 12th warmest January on record (Since 1905) 32.7° Avg
Using just Windsor Locks location (BDL) 5th Warmest (since 1949) 32.7° Avg
Providence: 11th warmest January (since 1905) 34.8° Avg
Burlington: 3rd Warmest January (since 1884) 29.7° Avg
Concord: 11th Warmest January (since 1869) 28.5° Avg
NYC: 13th Warmest January (since 1872) 38.0° Avg
Islip: 6th Warmest January (since 1984) 36.2° Avg
Boston: 11th Warmest January (since 1873) 35.1° Avg
Albany: 12th Warmest January (since 1874) 30.6° Avg
Caribou: 5th Warmest January (since 1939) 18.0° Avg
Yes, 0. Western US always so difficult since there are mountains and lacking stations so hard to put a spec on the map or wont look right at times. Also, they might count hail and sleet as snow.
East Coast was torched pretty good this January... Even more so than the Midwest
Temperature is not everything. It's a bit colder now than the past few days, but with a bit of sunshine and low humidity, feels a million times comfier. If it was like this everyday in February (4c and sunny and low humidity), I would sign up for that anyday
Feb 5-6 Storm Update. We need a phase to occur and at the right time to give us that snowstorm. Otherwise time to move on. No models show the big snowstorm anymore for past couple days, but lets see if things start to change again.
Know why? Because the pieces of this puzzle aren't where models grab enough data from. Northern Canada and Pacific!
Also note something too cool....... IF this big storm happens, it could alter the entire pattern for the month with more coastal storms.
Afternoon statement on storm potential for Sunday night:
The latest guidance continues to suggest that no phase will occur and only snow showers will be a threat on Sunday night into Monday. HOWEVER, I have seen this set up before and I continue to keep a close eye on this time period. As I have stated, the atmospheric set up on Sunday is such that if an interaction or phase occurs between the Sub Tropical and Polar jet streams, that a significant winter storm is possible. At this time, all models are still lacking strong sampling and resolution of both of these 500 MB shortwaves. This will be improved starting on Thursday. I have seen time and again how models lose a storm and then 2 days out, the storm forecast is back and rather impressive. I would strongly suggest not to discount winter storm impacts just yet.
In terms of the rest of the pattern, IMO, one storm influences the next. If the next storm does not phase, than the NAO goes positive and the storm later next week is a Lake Cutter, thus rain. If this storm does phase, you alter the entire 500 MB pattern and thus storm tracks on the East coast. This very well could be a pattern that just does have the timing just right and thus a very disappointing February for snow lovers. This can also go the other way VERY quickly.
I believe he meant " This very well could be a pattern that just doesn't have the timing just right and thus a very disappointing February for snow lovers."
Lexington received at least 0.01" of precipitation on 21 days in January, the most in a single month since January 1982.
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. Ugh. Is it so hard to code a map to the actually official snow totals and even use coop and CoCoRaHS observer reports too? Ok, maybe it is hard, but I'm not a coding expert. I wish they had a zoom feature on there.
