Topic: Fall-Winter 2020-2021

[Notsorusty]

Interesting weekend coming up for most of the country. Even mention of it turning into a Nor'easter early next week.

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[Notsorusty]

I'm not sure of Mother Nature should be called for goal tending or for piling on.

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More than six inches on the ground and still snowing.

[BKS97]

So far this winter, we’ve only had a few mornings with subzero readings and no subzero cold spells. This forecast is expected to last well into the middle of next week, bringing morning lows near -20 here in central Minnesota and colder farther north.

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[ValentineWeather]

Mother natures revenge: https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=ecmwf_full&p=sfct&rh=2021020512&fh=loop&r=us_nc&dpdt=&mc=

[CW2274]

And in contrast from today's AFD...

CLIMATE...Its been a warm start to February with the first four
 days of the month going into the record books as the warmest on
 record for Tucson with an average monthly temperature of 65.8
 degrees which is 11.8 degrees above normal to date. This is due
 in part by the warm daily lows which have been in the 50`s. In
 fact this is only the 2nd time on record, the other year being
 1935, that the first four days of February recorded lows in the
 50`s.
 

[ValentineWeather]

Yeah after all these years it's where the air is being pushed by the atmosphere. Being the artic is vacated it's probably warm at the north pole and someone will make a big deal of it. Da it's moved into the lower 48 finally.

[chief-david]

almost -10 here. Will be the coldest night of the season. Tomorrow high -3. This is the last gasp of cold air. Chances of any thing lie this later is slim. Just snow. March is the snowiest month.

Really a great winter.

[CW2274]

almost -10 here. Will be the coldest night of the season. Tomorrow high -3. This is the last gasp of cold air. Chances of any thing lie this later is slim. Just snow. March is the snowiest month.

Really a great winter.

I truly can't even imagine that kind of cold anymore. I haven't lived in a cold climate since I left the southern shore of Lake Erie in 1979 and could never see going back. I suppose it's all nothing more than acclimation.

[chief-david]

It takes a few years to get used to it. IF you have felt it before.  Those coming from warm only climates have a terrible time adjusting.  Like they did not know what it was like here.

It is the humidity in the summer that is really brutal.

[CW2274]

It is the humidity in the summer that is really brutal.

Another reason. Matter of fact, tops the list. 

[chief-david]

house is popping tonight

[CW2274]

house is popping tonight

Okay, I'll bite... contracting?

[chief-david]

has to be. first time all season with this kind of cold.  THink it is the deck and a window.

House will be 5 years old in March.

[gwwilk]

house is popping tonight

Look for tiny divots in a popcorn ceiling or bulges beneath the tape in drywall where over-stressed screw heads popped off.  I've got a bunch of those from years past.  None new, fortunately, and no 'popping' here any more in my 29 year old townhouse.

[chief-david]

I am sure we are fine. I had -18 at school and -16 at home. Which is really not any difference.

[gwwilk]

I think it's a normal phenomenon as new stick-built construction 'settles in'.

[Notsorusty]

The Chicago area is also getting hit with some deep freeze temps and periodic snow falls although not as rough as further north and west.

Quote from the NWS Romeoville (Chicago) regarding the week coming up:

So, grab your favorite hat, gloves, heavy coat, and snow brush while forcing a smile on your face during this undeniably wintry week.

Borchardt

[BKS97]

Here's an interesting thing:  The hottest 2 days in our area in 2020 were June 7-8; the coldest days in 2021 (so far): Feb. 7-8, which fulfills this weather lore saying from The Old Farmer’s Almanac: “When it is hottest in June, it will be coldest in the corresponding days of the next February.”  www.almanac.com/content/weather-lore-calendar

[Bunty]

Oklahoma City TV 5 weatherman Damon Lane writes that  Oklahoma City is now below freezing as of Monday morning.  Most likely opportunity to climb above freezing won't occur again until around Feb 19.   It's unusual for temps to stay below freezing longer than a week here any period during winter.  Lowest lows may venture down to near zero.

[CW2274]

78F today.   

[Bunty]

78F today.   

I know how awful it can be.  That is the record high today set by my weather station in 2015.

Meanwhile, back to today, Monday, the weather hasn't been fit for man or beast in much of Oklahoma from mist and freezing drizzle making for a thin and dangerous sheet of ice on roads and sidewalks.  There was a 29 car pile up with at least 5 injured on an Oklahoma City bridge.  My Stillwater friend slipped and fell from the ice while walking to her car to get to work.  She never made it and spent the day recuperating at home and wonders if ribs were broken.

The most intense part of the cold spell won't arrive until Valentine's Day when highs will be in the mid to upper lower single digits.  Below zero temps may come yet. Thankfully, no major ice or snow storms expected.    Keep warm and be careful getting out in the frozen stuff.

https://www.news9.com/story/6021c65ecb704c0bdfcde96f/multiplevehicle-pileup-near-downtown-okc-leaves-at-least-5-people-injured

https://www.stwnewspress.com/news/update-freezing-mist-ices-roads-causes-wrecks-closes-schools/article_5bd2fa06-6a15-11eb-ba80-379fc5b92201.html



   

[Bunty]

Unbelievable at or near record breaking snow storm levels headed for all of Oklahoma at the end of Monday. I think the record depth here is around 13".   The lows are expected to dip below zero in Oklahoma City.  This is talking heavy duty climate change!  Maybe it won't turn out to be that bad.

[Notsorusty]

Feburrrary

So far this month the Chicago area has only had about 12 hours above freezing. Much of the time has been below 12°. My station has not recorded any percip for the month (the year for that matter) but unofficially there is over 12 inches of snow on the ground. We usually get snow that melts between events but it just keeps piling up. We currently are getting more lake effect snow. The coming week looks just as intense, snow every day or so and continued polar air.

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[Bunty]

OKC TV weatherman Mike Morgan who has a reputation as a hyper says the lowest low in OKC will now be -17, down yesterday from -15.  -17 ties with the all time low for OKC.  But the National Weather Service indicates the period's low will be  -6.

[DRoberts]

OKC TV weatherman Mike Morgan who has a reputation as a hyper says the lowest low in OKC will now be -17, down yesterday from -15. 

I am 350 miles north northwest of you and our low forecast is minus 16 over the next 4 days. So maybe "hyper" is accurate description. On the other hand, cold is cold. Being hyper may save a life.

Stay warm.