Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
That is insane, has to be one of the warmest min. Temps ever for you. Meanwhile I busted a zone lower. Our min temp is probably the coldest ever for a winter this warm. I know it's 13th coldest on record.
The record is 18°F set back in 2002. The coldest temp at LaGuardia was 20°F that winter, zone 9a.
Last winter was mild but like you we had zone busting cold. I had a 7a winter, Central Park (7b) dipped to zone 6b, which is something that many thought wouldn't happen again, even under a perfect setup it's so difficult to go anywhere near 0°F.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cambium
Here's the setup. Colors are 850mb temps. It's still very cold aloft -15C over us!
Orange lines are the Upper level heights so we have a NW flow type 18,000 feet up.
Thin black lines are the surface pressures. We have a very strong Canadian High which is sending a northerly flow at the surface for us.
Surface Map
This setup is impressive to see after all of the recent warmth, these transient cold shots still continue. I'm hoping we don't get another one quite as potent as this one though.
When we get high pressure my little wx station goes off the rails, it has the pressure sitting at 1044 mbar lol.
This setup is impressive to see after all of the recent warmth, these transient cold shots still continue. I'm hoping we don't get another one quite as potent as this one though.
When we get high pressure my little wx station goes off the rails, it has the pressure sitting at 1044 mbar lol.
Yeah, up and down. Warm mid week then cold next weekend again but I agree, I don't think we'll see this again till next winter.
lol, yeah, there should be a way to adjust the pressure reading. I have mine to read -2mb lower all the time and seems to be right.
It's only 1044mb in Canada under the High but there's some 1040s SW of us so not that far off.
I just looked at mine and says max of 1038. Islip currently 1036. Bridgeport 1037.
The record is 18°F set back in 2002. The coldest temp at LaGuardia was 20°F that winter, zone 9a.
I
Last winter was mild but like you we had zone busting cold. I had a 7a winter, Central Park (7b) dipped to zone 6b, which is something that many thought wouldn't happen again, even under a perfect setup it's so difficult to go anywhere near 0°F.
Yeah, I checked it's like the third warmest min temp ever for yall. Wish I could say same, I could have had that snowstorm not happened...
Well unfortunately we didn't get anywhere near the forecast -2 F/-19 C. Low was 10 F/-12 C and currently up to 17 F/-8 C...still no complaints though, I'll take whatever cold I can get at this point of the year. I almost appreciate and enjoy cold more in March and April than I do during fall and winter lol.
Euro last night says this is the snow total for the weekend storm coming... lol
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
