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General Weather/Earth Sciences Topics => Weather Conditions Discussion => Topic started by: Bunty on September 27, 2021, 02:08:27 PM
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Time to start another time of year thread:
It's like there has been a drought explosion in Oklahoma. Only .01" of rain here so far in September. A rainy period of 1" to 2" may come later this week.
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Had an early front come through here that shut off the tap. Cooled things down a tad too. Rainy season is coming to an end. For the most part it's now chamber of commerce weather till spring. In other words, boring weather. Still have the possibility of some tropical storms from the southern gulf and Cab though.
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Oklahoma City tied its record high with 94 for Friday 10/8/21. So maybe we're still not done with having 90s for highs here for 2021. This Sunday thru Wednesday is supposed to be a welcomed rainy spell that might be able to put a dent in the drought.
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Tuesday night severe thunderstorms and Thursday morning first frost. Low of 31 this morning. Pretty close to average first frost dates for this area.
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During a walk around Boomer Lake on Wednesday evening, I saw some simultaneous weather phenomena that I don't recall seeing before. First I saw a large rainbow with virga. The bottom of it didn't go to the ground. There was no rain. Then I turned around and saw a more spectacular than usual sunset. Both pictured below. Similar sights were also going on in the Oklahoma City area. So Oklahoma City TV meteorologist, Emily Sutton, received numerous sunset and rainbow photos on her Facebook page.
In central Oklahoma, as fall begins to transition to winter, the weather has finally been acting up, since it's the secondary storm season. The Oklahoma City metro has been pounded by several storms in the past week with a few tornadoes, fortunately not strong enough to produce much severe damage. No wonder. Tornados were rated EF0 and EF1. Altogether in Oklahoma for the past week, there has been 23 tornadoes, more than throughout last spring. Fortunately, Stillwater had no severe storms, while getting much needed rain with no flash flooding. .74" came from early Friday morning's mild storm. The rest of October looks like it will be more fall like with no early freezes, so far in store. No more highs clear into the lower 90s.
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Can't decide if winter is starting or fall is going to stick around. 31° yesterday morning, 61° this morning. Warm front pushed up overnite and a cold front is coming from the west today. We will be back in the 30s tonite after some spotty showers.
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What goes up must come down.
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We did get down to 31.5° this morning and received .26" of much needed rain. Average annual rain in Chicago is just over 40". We have only gotten 25.61" so far this year in my micro climate.
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A roller coaster. Low of 12 this morning. Still a warmer fall than we had last year.
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This month, I had a high temp of 68F. Today, a wind chill of -1F
Just in the month of November.
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One of the most dramatic temperature ranges 24 hr that we have had here. Friday 26 Nov 2021 low 18F, high 76F
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Additionally, today's maximum of 76 was 32 degrees more than yesterday's max of 44.
Roller coaster.
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I was shocked to see this text and graphic on our local WFO's Weather Story this morning. And VERY pleased:
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webcam on a mountain in Hawaii
https://www.nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm?id=52DAED2E-0D5D-FA84-B35645F63C96B719
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This is wrong on so many levels!
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they can have it.
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18 inches of snow in parts of Dakota county, MN
tornado hits an amazon facility near STL
Tornado hits a nursing home in Arkansas
Others in the south
we are also looking at high 40's by next weekend
Amazing so much out of one system
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https://twitter.com/WrenClair5/status/1469519181129273351
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I don't ever recall such a large swath of the country under a "high wind warning". Potent long wave.
https://www.weather.gov/
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The National Weather Service Twin Cities issued this Area Weather Discussion at noon today, warning of a derecho-type storm that will move through parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin this evening and adding that area meteorologists will likely long remember this event in their careers:
KEY MESSAGES...
1. An outbreak of severe thunderstorms is likely early this evening.
A line of thunderstorms will race northeast across southern and
eastern Minnesota into Wisconsin between 5 PM and 9 PM. Widespread
wind damage from gusts possibly exceeding 80 mph will accompany this
serial derecho. Tornadoes are also possible, a couple of which could
be strong/intense.
2. A potentially historic high wind event tonight with gusts of 60
to 65 mph across the entire region.
3. Flash freeze across western Minnesota as temperatures plummet
from the 40s to the teens overnight. Some snow accumulation also
expected.
The storm system impacting the region today and tonight is one a
meteorologist will remember throughout their career. The highly
dynamic and very unusual storm system will bring almost every
weather type we experience around here within the next 24 hours.
Most weather elements are record breaking for this time of year,
including temperatures, moisture, wind, and various severe weather
parameters.
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I was just getting ready to remove my post above yours for not still being relevant, but it certainly still is. Looks like another bumpy ride for alotta folks.
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We have had blowing dust, thunderstorm, mud rain, and a high of 72 today. The storms we got are just the beginning for folks east of us. It looks cloudy out, but it is pure dust. Nasty weather and I fear for some potentially dangerous.
Barometer 29.20" and falling.
Check out the satellite photos for western KS if you are interested.
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Central pressure currently 29.15 inHg.
https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=regional-northcentral-09-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
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Dang thing must almost be overhead of us right now. Sat photos showing dust in W KS
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Think the center of the low is evident enough...Gotta tropical look to it here.
https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/nexrad/?parms=UEX-N0Q-1-24-100-usa-rad
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Yessir. Pretty close to us.
Max gusts have been 70 here in the past hour. Visibility has improved. It was down to 200 yards for a couple hours in blowing dust.
Worse I have seen it here. I am betting that others may have it a lot worse before it is all over.
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Holy crap! I don't believe I've ever seen storm motion this fast!
At 418 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Glenwood, or 21 miles southeast of Omaha, moving
northeast at 85 mph.
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We have had blowing dust, thunderstorm, mud rain, and a high of 72 today. The storms we got are just the beginning for folks east of us. It looks cloudy out, but it is pure dust. Nasty weather and I fear for some potentially dangerous.
Barometer 29.20" and falling.
Check out the satellite photos for western KS if you are interested.
WOW, what crazy weather to have a short while before Christmas. Things here didn't get that dramatic Wednesday. High was 78 with a wind gust up to 36 mph. It broke the old March high. Barometer got down to 29.55. Stillwater was near the weak tail end of the line of storms that stretched from north central Oklahoma to Minnesota early Wed. night. Only got a tame .22" out of it. It was much needed. The AQI spiked to 108 after the rain, which is unusual.
Oklahoma panhandle and northern Texas panhandle got a lot of wind and fire.
Oklahoma City has gotten into the 70s for the 7th time this December for the most times ever for that month. At this time last year there was snow on the ground.
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The NWS Twin Cities office has issued a report on this week’s big storm in the Upper Midwest:
https://www.weather.gov/mpx/HistoricStormDecember2021
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We had a couple of hours of blizzard and near-zero visibility when it came through here in Valentine Nebraska. Short video of what it looked like out the front picture window. Hard to measure inches .20" in moisture in the 8" SRG it was 21-24° air temperature with 61 mph wind gusts. I ended up going with 11:1 ratio and reported 2.2" of new snow to Cocorahs.
https://www.valentinenebraska.net/valentine12152021new.mp4
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Thanks, Randy! The video reminded me of some of the blizzards we endured during my grade-school years (1945-1955) in Creighton. From our perspective mother nature seems fickle at times.
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Winter solstice! Without much winter so far.
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Still have a little snow on the ground but not much. Looking at models changes ahead at least up here several snow chances maybe even Christmas eve. Turning much colder around the 27th too.
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Icy roads in Wisconsin this morning.
I-94 near Eau Clare had a 100 car pile up. Closed in a few places.
NWS Des Moines has a good link to others sites about the Tornado/storms last week
https://www.weather.gov/dmx/StormyandWindyWednesdayDecember152021
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Possible near or new record highs today.
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Yep, warm here also. Not sure about records because there are no close-by locations that keep such data, but nevertheless warm 60s were the rule through today, 26th. Getting quite dry here too.
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had some snow yesterday early morning. Then a glaze of ice. Anything without snow on it got iced over.
Now, it is snowing again, so any glaze is covered by snow. Have to be careful where you walk. Then it will get real cold this week. Oh fun.
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Still waiting for the real winter to start in the Chicago area. Got about 1.5" of slush yesterday that melted today. It looks like Saturday will be the big arrival. Six to eight inches possible thru Sunday followed by single digit temps on Sunday nite. Interesting observation from a local TV meteorologist:
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Happy -11 new year from Minneapolis
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This has been a crazy few days. 75F on Saturday, down into the 20s Monday morning. 53F right now and 29F in the morning. 36F tomorrow and 12F Friday morning. It will start to snow tomorrow morning. Of course, here in the south, we're not prepared for a lot of snow on the roads. And I expect power outages from fallen trees or limbs.
I haven't heard the term "Polar Vortex" this season. Have they quit using it? This sure seems like one.
From the NWS:
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/
THURSDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations of up to two
inches.
* WHERE...Southern valley of East Tennessee and southwest North
Carolina.
* WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ Thursday to 1 AM EST
/midnight CST/ Friday.
* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
conditions could impact the evening commute.
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Jan 4. 32F
Jan 7. -17 F with a wind chill of -33
That is a 60 degree change in 3 days.
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Temperature is gong to drop 40 degrees over the next 6-8 hours
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Now that's what I call a cold front. :!:
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The Chicago area is looking at a 35° drop over the next 30 hours or so. Not quite as drastic as MN but still a shock to the system. It looks like the artic blast will be sticking around for several days, cranking up the Lake Effect Snow Machine for the folks in northern Indiana.
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63 Yesterday, 66 today, and 26 tomorrow in northern KS. The roller coaster continues.
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Wind chills well below 0 too
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63 Yesterday, 66 today, and 26 tomorrow in northern KS. The roller coaster continues.
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Wind chill single digits all day. Can't compete with Minnesota but still 45 degrees colder than yesterday.
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Boston AFD...
Overview...
Explosive cyclogenesis occurs off the Mid Atlc coast tonight, with
an impressive ~40 mb pressure drop in 24 hrs, yielding a bomb
cyclone of around a 965 mb low over the eastern MA waters Sat
evening! 00z guidance trended west and is in somewhat better
agreement than previous runs, however differences still exist. The
00z NAM (especially the 12km NAM) the deepest, slowest and farthest
west solution of the 00z guidance. Therefore followed a non NAM
model blend solution for this portion of the forecast.
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Boston AFD...
Overview...
Explosive cyclogenesis occurs off the Mid Atlc coast tonight, with
an impressive ~40 mb pressure drop in 24 hrs, yielding a bomb
cyclone of around a 965 mb low over the eastern MA waters Sat
evening! 00z guidance trended west and is in somewhat better
agreement than previous runs, however differences still exist. The
00z NAM (especially the 12km NAM) the deepest, slowest and farthest
west solution of the 00z guidance. Therefore followed a non NAM
model blend solution for this portion of the forecast.
Dayum.
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Getting our coldest air of the Winter this weekend. 34 tonight with gusts to 30mph.
24 tomorrow night then back to 34 Sunday night.
Yeah, I know. Lame compared to what ya'll up north go through but cold for us.
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Boston AFD...
Overview...
Explosive cyclogenesis occurs off the Mid Atlc coast tonight, with
an impressive ~40 mb pressure drop in 24 hrs, yielding a bomb
cyclone of around a 965 mb low over the eastern MA waters Sat
evening! 00z guidance trended west and is in somewhat better
agreement than previous runs, however differences still exist. The
00z NAM (especially the 12km NAM) the deepest, slowest and farthest
west solution of the 00z guidance. Therefore followed a non NAM
model blend solution for this portion of the forecast.
Have entered "hunker" mode.
This stormed earned the maximum "Five Slices" on the French Toast Alert System (https://www.universalhub.com/french-toast).
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Here is the current BOX snowfall prediction map.
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Getting our coldest air of the Winter this weekend. 34 tonight with gusts to 30mph.
24 tomorrow night then back to 34 Sunday night.
Yeah, I know. Lame compared to what ya'll up north go through but cold for us.
Wow, 24. Don't forget to drip a spigot outside. I've only managed 29 so far which was just enough to slightly burn some plants. Saw a few days ago where you guys had some "iguana rain".
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Boston AFD...
Overview...
Explosive cyclogenesis occurs off the Mid Atlc coast tonight, with
an impressive ~40 mb pressure drop in 24 hrs, yielding a bomb
cyclone of around a 965 mb low over the eastern MA waters Sat
evening! 00z guidance trended west and is in somewhat better
agreement than previous runs, however differences still exist. The
00z NAM (especially the 12km NAM) the deepest, slowest and farthest
west solution of the 00z guidance. Therefore followed a non NAM
model blend solution for this portion of the forecast.
Have entered "hunker" mode.
This stormed earned the maximum "Five Slices" on the French Toast Alert System (https://www.universalhub.com/french-toast).
With that central pressure, drifting will certainly be a major headache.
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Getting our coldest air of the Winter this weekend. 34 tonight with gusts to 30mph.
24 tomorrow night then back to 34 Sunday night.
Yeah, I know. Lame compared to what ya'll up north go through but cold for us.
Wow, 24. Don't forget to drip a spigot outside. I've only managed 29 so far which was just enough to slightly burn some plants. Saw a few days ago where you guys had some "iguana rain".
We don't get the iguana rain here. Too far north. My daughter lives in south Florida where it's forecasted to be 36. Those things will be dropping like rain.
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Yikes!
The only thing the models don't agree on is who is going to get how much.
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We haven't had a multiple day event in quite a while.
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Winter Storm Warning WINTER STORM WARNING Winter Storm Warning
PAYNE COUNTY
Areas Affected:
Alfalfa - Atoka - Blaine - Bryan - Caddo - Canadian - Carter - Cleveland - Coal - Comanche - Cotton - Ellis - Garfield - Garvin - Grady - Grant - Harper - Hughes - Jefferson - Johnston - Kay - Kingfisher - Lincoln - Logan - Love - Major - Marshall - McClain - Murray - Noble - Oklahoma - Payne - Pontotoc - Pottawatomie - Seminole - Stephens - Tillman - Woods - Woodward
Effective: Tue, 2/1 9:00pm Updated: Tue, 2/1 12:02pm Urgency: Expected
Expires: Thu, 2/3 6:00pm Severity: Moderate Certainty: Likely
Details:
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...Accumulating snow and ice expected. Total snow
accumulations of 3 to 5 inches are possible in northwest,
northern, central, and southwest Oklahoma, and western north
Texas. Ice accumulations of around one quarter of an inch or
more in portions of south central and southeast Oklahoma. Winds
gusting as high as 35 mph.
* WHERE...Northwestern, northern, central, and southern Oklahoma,
and portions of western north Texas
* WHEN...From 9 PM this evening to 6 PM CST Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult. The hazardous
conditions could impact the morning or evening commute. The
cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero could result in
hypothermia if precautions are not taken.
Information:
If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.
In Oklahoma, call 8 4 4 4 6 5 4 9 9 7 for road information. In
Texas, call 8 0 0 4 5 2 9 2 9 2 for road information.
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The Twin Cities NWS office issued this graphic today, with the following caption:
Did you know that you can see snow and blowing snow from satellite images? In this image the snow free ground is green, clouds are blue, snow covered ground is red, and blowing snow is orange!
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A winter storm warning is in effect for 3-5 inches of snow? Doesn't seem right. That's a walk in the park for most northerners.
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3:57 PM EST Tuesday 01 February 2022
Winter storm watch in effect for:
Strathroy - Komoka - Western Middlesex County
Winter storm possible for Wednesday through Thursday night.
Hazards:
Snow, heavy at times.
Total snowfall accumulations of 20 to 30 cm expected by Thursday night.
Winds gusting 50 to 60 km/h.
Reduced visibilities due to heavy snow and local blowing snow.
Timing:
Wednesday morning through Thursday night.
Discussion:
Rain showers tonight will transition to snow by Wednesday afternoon. Snow is expected to taper by Friday.
Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow. Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility in some locations. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic in urban areas.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
As Ocala says, a walk in the park for those of us who can remember the 70s and 80s...
Enjoy,
Paul
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When I lived in northern Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie I remember the winters of 76-77 and 77-78 where at the time (still may be for all I know), that one was the coldest and the other the snowiest on record. I just don't remember which was which. Spent many a single digit morning waiting for the school bus. :-({|=
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Snow won't get as deep as forecast earlier.
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My dew point has crashed a whopping 40F from 45F a few hours ago to now at 5F. Skies are clear and if the wind dies down tonight, which is likely, it's gonna get really cold here. Mid 20's I think will be in order for most of the metro and teens for the outliers. That's pretty cold for here.
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A live still picture of it currently snowing in downtown Oklahoma City:
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CW We had a low 26°F and a low DP of 4°F following in your footsteps...
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Lots of folks are busy today, second day like this:
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CW We had a low 26°F and a low DP of 4°F following in your footsteps...
25F & 3 for me although my dew got to -2F last evening. Dew's still at 3F even now. Plants aren't happy, burned and thirsty. :sad:
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Lots of folks are busy today, second day like this:
Another take..
https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/NationalForecastChart/map.php
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A bad day to try and drive from Dallas to New York!
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Florida checking in. 85 degrees.
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Florida checking in. 85 degrees.
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The entire country is under the influence of this very broad trough....except YOU GUYS! :-({|=
https://weather.cod.edu/satrad/?parms=global-northamerica-09-24-1-100-1&checked=map&colorbar=undefined
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The big picture is impressive.
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Current sat animation. You can see the snow line on the southern borders of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Pretty cool.
https://rammb-slider.cira.colostate.edu/?sat=goes-16&sec=conus&x=5805.71435546875&y=5628&z=1&angle=0&im=12&ts=1&st=0&et=0&speed=130&motion=loop&maps%5Bborders%5D=white&lat=0&p%5B0%5D=geocolor&opacity%5B0%5D=1&pause=0&slider=-1&hide_controls=1&mouse_draw=0&follow_feature=0&follow_hide=0&s=rammb-slider&draw_color=FFD700&draw_width=6
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https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/frigid-night-in-amarillo-leads-to-dramatic-display-of-light-pillars
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This comment from the NWS (Chicago) this morning:
"Even for far northern areas up into southern
Wisconsin, seeing AWOS sites at 4 mile visibility with no snow
reported, which is due to the tiny nature of the "Arctic dust"
type snowflakes."
Castro
That's a new one on me. Don't need a snow blower, just a Swiffer.
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(49°) temperature differential today. We went from 8° to 57° here in northeast Valentine. It's turned into a great day for grilling in front of the Super Bowl.
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(49°) temperature differential today. We went from 8° to 57° here in northeast Valentine. It's turned into a great day for grilling in front of the Super Bowl.
Not as much as you but we had a high of 76 and a low of 36.
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Doesn't need to be summer here to be dry. 82F difference tween temp and dew today for 4% RH. How I went so many years without a whole home humidifier I'll never know.
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I had to get one of those big humidifiers otherwise everything you touch you become like Zeus and it gets old after a while.
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I got rid of my carpet and now have concrete overlay so fixed that problem. My big issue is lizard skin and the itching that goes with it. Even with a 57F inside dew, I still feel a bit scratchy when it gets so dry out and running a heater.
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Locusts and pestilence will be arriving later this week.
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Fire, rain, thunder, wind, floods, ice and snow, Another bumpy ride for the next few days.
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Didn't want to start another thread so I'll flood one and all with it here.
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/weather/2022/02/16/sea-level-rising-2050-nr-sater-vpx.cnn
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Locusts and pestilence will be arriving later this week.
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Fire, rain, thunder, wind, floods, ice and snow, Another bumpy ride for the next few days.
all I get is cold
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Me and some of my neighbors got some snow yesterday evening.
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It blew past us, we only got about 2" northwest side of Chicago. Much more blew in further south thru Missouri, central Illinois, northern Indiana and points east.
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NWS Totals from yesterday's storm.
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Blowing like crazy here. these are the times I wonder if my weather station is upright even though it is weighted down will 300 pounds of sand bags.
I do believe the wind is making my rain gauge tip
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I do believe the wind is making my rain gauge tip
If it's on a tripod as it use to be, you can bet stronger wind will shimmy the bucket causing just that. That's just one reason why I ditched my VP2 bucket on my ISS which is also on a tripod.
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When spring arrives here, if anyone asks me how the winter was, I’ll probably say, “Long and hard.” We’ve had a lot of subzero temperatures, wind, and frequent, though modest, snowfalls.
But, at least so far, it’s been a “moderate” winter, according to the Climate Journal published online by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR has a point system index measuring snowfalls and temperatures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to rate the severity of winters in this area. This year our winter has racked up 71 points. The “moderate winter” rating runs from 55 to 158 points, so we are in the low end. The most severe winter was 1984, with 236 points, while the mildest was in 1931 with 12 points.
Well, maybe it’s my age, but I still think it’s been an awfully long, cold winter, and I’m ready for spring.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/index.html
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When spring arrives here, if anyone asks me how the winter was, I’ll probably say, “Long and hard.” We’ve had a lot of subzero temperatures, wind, and frequent, though modest, snowfalls.
But, at least so far, it’s been a “moderate” winter, according to the Climate Journal published online by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR has a point system index measuring snowfalls and temperatures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to rate the severity of winters in this area. This year our winter has racked up 71 points. The “moderate winter” rating runs from 55 to 158 points, so we are in the low end. The most severe winter was 1984, with 236 points, while the mildest was in 1931 with 12 points.
Well, maybe it’s my age, but I still think it’s been an awfully long, cold winter, and I’m ready for spring.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/index.html
I think it is an age thing. Even though I'm in Florida these winters get tougher all the time. Our recent cold spat had my fingers numb. Never used to be like that. Body just doesn't want to work when it's in the 20's and 30's. A couple 80 degree days this week had the body feeling better. :-) I have no idea how I lived up north for 25 years.
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When spring arrives here, if anyone asks me how the winter was, I’ll probably say, “Long and hard.” We’ve had a lot of subzero temperatures, wind, and frequent, though modest, snowfalls.
But, at least so far, it’s been a “moderate” winter, according to the Climate Journal published online by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The DNR has a point system index measuring snowfalls and temperatures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport to rate the severity of winters in this area. This year our winter has racked up 71 points. The “moderate winter” rating runs from 55 to 158 points, so we are in the low end. The most severe winter was 1984, with 236 points, while the mildest was in 1931 with 12 points.
Well, maybe it’s my age, but I still think it’s been an awfully long, cold winter, and I’m ready for spring.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/index.html
A couple 80 degree days this week had the body feeling better. :-) I have no idea how I lived up north for 25 years.
Amen to that. Haven't lived in a cold climate since 1979. That said, we have a slim chance of snow down to the valley floor here Wednesday night. Seriously... :roll:
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69 F for 20 Feb isn't a record but it is a beautiful day with gentle breeze and blue skies. Next week, not so much.
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Another Rock 'em Sock 'em couple of days ahead, winter fighting with spring to see who wins.
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30 degrees colder than this time yesterday. 63 at noon Sunday; 33 at noon Monday.
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A dramatic look at the contrast in temperatures as one of the winter's coldest cold fronts makes its way across Oklahoma during the early morning hours of Feb. 22 from the mid-teens in the panhandle to as much as well into the 60's. The stormiest weather is expected in the southern and southeastern parts of Oklahoma. This front is expected to have a low of 9 here, so well above -10 from the lowest registered at my weather station in mid Feb. 2021. That unusually long cold spell was quite phenomenal. It will be interesting to see if these unusually strong cold fronts will continue to blast through later in March.
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Here is another, earlier look from yesterday just north of you in Nebraska and Kansas. Quite a range:
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Wow, a genuine, honest to goodness FROPA here! Dropped 16F in twenty minutes! Nice to get a little rain too. \:D/
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Sorry, a little giddy here, but an hour and a half ago it was sunny and 60F. Now, complete overcast, ceiling very low and 39F, unfortunately only 0.03" of rain. That's an air mass flop we don't see too often. Damn, I love being a PWS owner. 8-)
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It sleeted, rather than snowed here. Interesting how it easily accumulated on the streets and sidewalks but not so much on the dead grass. From clear skies, it may get down to 8 tonight, tied with the coldest for January here. It's supposed to get up to the 60's and 70's next week.
https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/sleet-blankets-stillwater/article_b82a183e-94d5-11ec-ad03-a3d287e10144.html?utm_source=stwnewspress.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnews%2Fsleet-blankets-stillwater%2Farticle-b82a183e-94d5-11ec-ad03-a3d287e10144.html%3Fmode%3Demail%26-dc%3D1645641541&utm_medium=auto%20alert%20email&utm_content=image (https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/sleet-blankets-stillwater/article_b82a183e-94d5-11ec-ad03-a3d287e10144.html?utm_source=stwnewspress.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnews%2Fsleet-blankets-stillwater%2Farticle-b82a183e-94d5-11ec-ad03-a3d287e10144.html%3Fmode%3Demail%26-dc%3D1645641541&utm_medium=auto%20alert%20email&utm_content=image)
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Winter not over yet... BloomSky | Komoka, CA - Realtime weather and picture with daily timelapse! (https://map.bloomsky.com/weather-stations/gqBxp6apnJSnoJim?fbclid=IwAR0eVf-elIc4qv5sai0x4KSjyUk4lSzQetXHapvkqgBoT8HqvP0CR8bIOuA)
Enjoy,
Paul
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Not over yet for sure.
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After snow on Thursday/Friday the bottom drops out of the thermometer for a few days. Could be getting into the 50s by Sunday/Monday.
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Ya gotta love almost springtime in Chicago. It was 10° this morning.
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Just another 59.5° swing day.
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