Topic: Winter '16-'17

[Scalphunter]

A 1055 mb high building over the West Coast of Alaska Thu will
build over Interior Alaska Thu night and Fri. This will add to
the strong winds in the Eastern Interior and Eastern Arctic
Coast Thu that will decrease overnight. Will see clearing under
this high. Pressures this high means that altimeter settings will
be over 31.00 inches over the West Coast Thu and over the Interior
and North Slope Fri.

Looks like the altimeters going go TU  again.  Getting light snow  at the moment then tomorrow  clear and cool  with over night temps downward to -20 F. Thursday  forecast is  snow and blowing snow with 30 mph winds. Be glad when the heat wave is over and  things get back to normal.

John

[Scalphunter]

Temperature low from the past for yesterday.  -58 °F (1975)   not sure what the C  for it would be.


John

[BigOkie]

Temperature low from the past for yesterday.  -58 °F (1975)   not sure what the C  for it would be.


John

-50C

[zackdog]

Well, the winter storm warning was updated at 1:05 pm.  The snow totals went from 8-12" this morning to now 12-24".  Oh, and the winds suck.  I cleaned the driveway out this morning and when I headed out a half hour later, the drive had drifted half way across.  Got home three hours later and could not get down the drive.  I walked.  Will wait out the storm and then blow the driveway out.  Have food and plenty of beer

Mark

[Jáchym]

Walking is healthy

[zackdog]

Walking is healthy

Funny guy.   Here is nearly an hour's worth of walking in ten seconds.

Mark

[WheatonRon]

Well, the winter storm warning was updated at 1:05 pm.  The snow totals went from 8-12" this morning to now 12-24".  Oh, and the winds suck.  I cleaned the driveway out this morning and when I headed out a half hour later, the drive had drifted half way across.  Got home three hours later and could not get down the drive.  I walked.  Will wait out the storm and then blow the driveway out.  Have food and plenty of beer

Mark

Rumor has it winter is about over. Any truth to that rumor?

[ValentineWeather]

Well, the winter storm warning was updated at 1:05 pm.  The snow totals went from 8-12" this morning to now 12-24".  Oh, and the winds suck.  I cleaned the driveway out this morning and when I headed out a half hour later, the drive had drifted half way across.  Got home three hours later and could not get down the drive.  I walked.  Will wait out the storm and then blow the driveway out.  Have food and plenty of beer

Mark

Rumor has it winter is about over. Any truth to that rumor?

80's this weekend somewhere.

[chief-david]

4 today, 2 tomorrow.
The cold is not the bad part. But the wind has been blowing. Making windchills today -25. Steady winds the last few days. Cold is fine. Wind chills stink.

[CW2274]

Well, the winter storm warning was updated at 1:05 pm.  The snow totals went from 8-12" this morning to now 12-24".  Oh, and the winds suck.  I cleaned the driveway out this morning and when I headed out a half hour later, the drive had drifted half way across.  Got home three hours later and could not get down the drive.  I walked.  Will wait out the storm and then blow the driveway out.  Have food and plenty of beer

Mark

Rumor has it winter is about over. Any truth to that rumor?

80's this weekend somewhere.

[cospringswx]

Agree on wind. Hate the wind when its cold.

[ValentineWeather]

Tonight calling for -8 (-22C),  6°F (-14C) for high tomorrow. Nothing like our really cold stuff couple weeks ago but no doubt its winter. My driveway has been a sheet of ice since the Christmas rain that melted a bunch of snow.

[alexstaar]

Talk of the town in the SE US is the winter storm expected to affect the area (anywhere from 1 to 5" or so of snow possible). Afterward, a very strong high pressure system (~1045 mb) moves in and centers itself over the Carolinas (very strong for this far south). With the possible fresh snow on the ground, we'll see lows in the lower teens to roughly 10º, perhaps lower in some areas, and highs struggling to reach the freezing mark. This is very cold for the western Carolinas (20º below normal for lows and highs). Snow will stick around for several days too, which is also uncommon. Normally when snow falls here, it's completely gone within a day or 2 at the most.

[Jáchym]

Quite windy today and yes, even though it is actually warmer than yesterday (-3C,26F), it feels much colder.
We expect a rapid drop in temperatures tomorrow night and on Sat only something around -7C (19F) during the day and -18C (0F) night min.

[WeatherHost]

Agree on wind. Hate the wind when its cold.

I don't like wind at any temperature.  Gets up my nose and in my ears, gives me a headache.

I like a mild breeze on warm days.

[BigOkie]

Temperature here today forecast to get to 27F (-3C).  It's currently 22F (-6C) so it better hurry.  Wind is rather stout of the north also.  Chance of snow overnight, but little accumlation is expected.  Which, when forecast here, usually means 5 to 8 inches.



No smart remarks.

[ValentineWeather]

Check out the pink freeze line how far south its going.

http://weather.graphics/hrrr/2017010517/conus2/hrrr_2017010517_ref_conus2.gif

[chief-david]

Agree on wind. Hate the wind when its cold.

I don't like wind at any temperature.  Gets up my nose and in my ears, gives me a headache.

I like a mild breeze on warm days.

I like watching the wind on the weather station. I hate the effects of it.

[weatherc]

Some cold Siberian air got the north Scandinavia deep-freezed for a couple of days. Temps below -30C (-22F) in wide areas. Coldest so far in Kautokeino, Norway with -42C (-44F).

[Bunty]

Temperature here today forecast to get to 27F (-3C).  It's currently 22F (-6C) so it better hurry.  Wind is rather stout of the north also.  Chance of snow overnight, but little accumlation is expected.  Which, when forecast here, usually means 5 to 8 inches.



No smart remarks.

So far, you're not in a winter weather advisory, but getting close.  I am.  Here, there may be a more than a dusting of snow:

Event:   Winter Weather Advisory
Alert:   

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST FRIDAY...
 
* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH
HEAVIEST AMOUNTS LIKELY OCCURRING AFTER MIDNIGHT.
 
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS.
 
* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 15 MPH.
 
* OTHER IMPACTS... REDUCED VISIBILITY COULD OCCUR AT TIMES. WIND
CHILL VALUES OF -5 TO 10 DEGREES WILL BE LIKELY.

Instructions:   A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. EVEN SMALL AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW CAN MAKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND DANGEROUS.

Target Area:   
Payne

[EastFrisianGuy]

Clear skies and -6.4°C (20.5°F) at the moment (midnight). Almost perfect winter weather for me, only the snow is still missing here at the coast.
However according to the forecast we will get some snow from Saturday night onwards- but it will be shortlived, lasting only for a day at best.

[Jáchym]

Finally looks like winter and it seems like I will have to finally take my jacket out after 2 years on Saturday

[Scalphunter]

Temperature starting to  slide  towards -30 which is forecasted for Friday night as an 1057 mb  parks itself  over head. Barometer is at 31.83 in/hg  at the present and climbing. Been  blowing all day as the  temps  dropped  during the day.  Lot of fresh blowing snow  to move where  the over night  dump and blowing snow filled back in the  dooryard.  fired up the little orange  tractor and  started moving  it by the  bucket full. Couple hours later  cleared out  the dooryard and  cleared some of the road in front of the property.  Our road is not an high priority on the state plowing  list.


 John

[Scalphunter]

here looking ahead at what to come

Clearing skies and significantly colder air aloft will allow
temperatures to rapidly fall below zero tonight and with near or
slightly below normal temperatures into Saturday, coldest over
the eastern half of the state. Warming aloft later this weekend
combined with clear skies will cause significant inversions to
develop, especially over the Interior with 20 to 30 degree
differences between hilltops and valleys common.

Models are in relatively good agreement into next week with high
pressure aloft centered over western Alaska. Models do diverge
some by mid-week as a vigorous short wave trough digs south into
western Alaska and brings snow to most areas. But the consensus is
for much colder, below normal, temperatures to settle in over the
state late next week and persist into the foreseeable future.


Time to maybe dig out the long woolies finally

John

[Jáchym]

Warmest time of the day now and we are at -7C (19F), from now on, the temp will only be going down, tomorrow´s expected daily max around -10C (14F), at night -18C (0F). And yes... I did take my jacket today (only do that when it gets below -10C, 14F ) with me as I will spend a lot of time outside while going to visit my dad in Prague tomorrow I have to say this is not extreme, but also not very common where I live. We would have temps around -10C (14F) during the day only about once or twice a year. The average winter is around freezing point during the day and between 0 and -10 (32 and 14) at night. -20C (-4F) is rare and since I began measuring in 2012 we only had that once here in 2012, it was a very cold February, there was about 10 days when the temp did not get above -10C (14F) at all. But I live in one of the warmest parts of the country and right in the city center of the second largest city, in the mountains -35C (-31F) is not unusual.