Topic: Winter '16-'17

[alexstaar]

Nice snow in Jackson Wyoming today with kiddies ice skating in the park.

http://www.jacksonholenet.com/webcams/town_square.php

That is a hell of a webcam. Wonder what kind?

I'm going to guess it's a GoPro.

[ValentineWeather]

Its a Stardot. http://www.inmtn.com/stardot-netcam-example.html

[ocala]

Alexstaar I love to see cold fronts graphically.
That is so cool. Pun intended.

[ValentineWeather]

Here is same arctic front when it came through northern Nebraska. Went from 38 to 13°F and 66 mph wind gust.
People are still without power in South Dakota from this storm which was full blown blizzard just north of us.

[Scalphunter]

Birds are going crazy here this morning feeding at the various  feeders the wife has up. So far I seen  more then  3 dozen  birds  around then the  normal 12 or so  . looks like they are getting ready for the storm that is moving thru tonight. 2/3 of the state is under an winter storm warning. Some areas are getting frozen rain mixed with snow. Here we are under an advisory. 4-7 inches of snow compared to the 6-12 that they are forecasting for Fairbanks.



John

[Scalphunter]

Since 5 this AM from -18 we came up to 8 degrees f.  30 degrees rise as the storm front  is  moving this way.  winds  from the NNE 10 to 15 mph. It keeping the wind chill  below  zero.

John

[Jáchym]

Summer time in Alaska lol 

Fairbanks currently - 2c, we currently have here -8

[weatherc]

Summer time in Alaska lol 

Fairbanks currently - 2c, we currently have here -8

Welcome to warm north, +6C up here and +10C in Sweden 
But be fast, next week should we be down to -20C...
Btw. it was +18C in Norway a couple of days ago 

[ValentineWeather]

Valentine Nebraska summary: December this station temperatures were below normal (-5) mean with average high (32), low (6). December snowfall west side Valentine (7"). December brought some extreme cold with 10 subzero lows and 1 subzero high temperature, (11 total) with lowest temperature since 1994 of (-31)F along with extreme low windchill at airport (-51). Precipitation this station was (.99) or (.62) above normal. Most coming in unusual rain event Christmas day. Dec. maximum wind gust recorded this station was (55) mph. (66) mph at airport

[Jáchym]

Coldest day of this winter so far. The sun has just set half an hour ago and we are already at -7C (19F) and have 14 hours ahead of use when the temperature is likely to only go down. I probably should have taken my jacket today before going to work. I always take it out when it gets below -10C (14F)

[PaulMy]

December ended quite dreary.  Got some old fashioned winter with very cold days and a good amount of snow.  But only 41.4 hrs of sunshine (14.72% of daytime) in the month.  With 6 of the last 10 days no sunshine and just 2.39 hrs sunshine in those 10 days.

But January is looking great with 03:18:45 hh:mm:ss sunshine so far and counting...

Enjoy the weather,
Paul

[Jáchym]

We started quite cold, todays maximum is -6C, and the sun just set. By far the coldest day of this winter so far.

[CW2274]

Sunny 350 days a year? I can't remember the last sunny day here. I think we've already used up our quota of cloudy days.

[Scalphunter]

With an omega blocker over most of the state it been nice to have clear skies to enjoy nature's light  show  New year eve.   Didn't cost an dime  and  it continuing clear and cold for a bit.

John

[ocala]

8.5 up there tonight John. Barbecuing this evening?

[Jáchym]

This year only freezing so far,  min -9c max - 3

[Scalphunter]

yep was  34 the other day.  Lost lot of the snow pack we had  during the blow.

John

[hankster]

May be seeing some snow the end of the week as far south as the AL/LA Gulf coast.

[Bunty]

Like what happened the day before the last Arctic outbreak, Monday was unusually nice and warm for a January winter day here.  Temp got clear up to the low 70s, sunny with little wind.  Knowing the warm weather wouldn't last another day, more people than usual, along with myself, were on the sidewalk that goes around local Boomer Lake.  Dogs, too.  Lake level has become noticeably lower from the drought that recently set in.

This time the lows won't get as low.  Mid teens expected, not near zero.  Snow, like last time, should be under an inch.  Cold will last until Sunday.

[92merc]

Up here in ND, we've had our usual flip flop weather.  All the way up through October, we were above normal temps and precip.  I had my normal years worth of precip by October 1.  November was warm and dry.  I actually took a 200 mile motorcycle trip November 10th.

A week later, we had our first snow storm of a foot of snow.   Temps were low early on in December.  Dipping to -10 for highs.  We don't normally get that until January/February.

Now we've had 4 storms go through.  Somewhere north of 50 inches of snow.  On pace to break our 2008-2009 all time record of 111 inches.  Normal for Bismarck is 16 inches of snow.  Temps today are taking an Arctic plunge.  Highs again for the next 4 days just below zero.

Already worn out 2 belts on my garden tractor and blower.  A lot of work blowing 5 foot drifts in my driveway.  Already a 9 foot pile where I have to blow the snow.  And just 2 winters ago, I think we maybe had 6 inches of snow for the year.  Definition of "polar opposites".

[Jáchym]

Heavy snow warning for the entire country for today, tomorrow and Thursday

[ValentineWeather]

Heavy snow warning for the entire country for today, tomorrow and Thursday

Its like Christmas for enthusiast.  What will Santa bring?

[Jáchym]

Yeah We didnt have much snow last couple of winters. I live in the lowlands and in one of the warmest parts of the country, right in the city center of the second largest city so we never have as much snow as is in the mountains or such low temperatures.

[EastFrisianGuy]

Still no snow here at the coast, despite larger parts of Germany can now enjoy (or not ) a little bit of snow. However the weather is far from being boring here. It had rained the whole day and now the wind is increasing and becoming gusty. There is a storm warning in effect and due to the wind shifting to Northwest overnight (coming straight from the sea then) even
a storm surge at high tide might not be ruled out.

Similiar to the Netherlands we have dikes here at the North Sea coast, which are currently about 8-10 meters (about 30 feet) high, so usually most storm surges have become harmless
nowadays (the last severe one here was in 1976).

[Bunty]

Up here in ND, we've had our usual flip flop weather.  All the way up through October, we were above normal temps and precip.  I had my normal years worth of precip by October 1.  November was warm and dry.  I actually took a 200 mile motorcycle trip November 10th.

A week later, we had our first snow storm of a foot of snow.   Temps were low early on in December.  Dipping to -10 for highs.  We don't normally get that until January/February.

Now we've had 4 storms go through.  Somewhere north of 50 inches of snow.  On pace to break our 2008-2009 all time record of 111 inches.  Normal for Bismarck is 16 inches of snow.  Temps today are taking an Arctic plunge.  Highs again for the next 4 days just below zero.

Already worn out 2 belts on my garden tractor and blower.  A lot of work blowing 5 foot drifts in my driveway.  Already a 9 foot pile where I have to blow the snow.  And just 2 winters ago, I think we maybe had 6 inches of snow for the year.  Definition of "polar opposites".

WOW, I'll try not to complain about the winter weather here.