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Old 02-19-2012, 12:27 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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As if today wasnt warm enough...Whos ready for upper 40s mid Week and upper 50s next weekend? This is awesome. lol

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Old 02-19-2012, 03:14 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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It's snowing on I-95!!... in Virginia. . Sorry for going off Topic here but I thought it was worth noting how far south the snow is going.

Cool site you can find a traffic cam with. 511 - Traffic Cameras

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Old 02-19-2012, 04:22 PM
 
Location: Republic of New England
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now the the people who moved down south might wanna move back up north lol
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Old 02-19-2012, 07:22 PM
 
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Looks like the AO and NAO are both forecasted to trend positive again along with the PNA going negative. Any reason for the presistence of the indicies in one direction this winter when the inverse was true during previous winters? Based on current forecast models one can only predict how these indicies will change out to two weeks, but maybe improved tech will allow for more advances on this. This is the second warmest winter since 1950 for the US, but I can't find the link at the moment.
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Old 02-19-2012, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Live in NY, work in CT
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My brother-in-law in the Greensboro-High Pt. area of NC said while not a lot of snow, it was enough to close the schools there tomorrow (for some reason he said they're not closed for President's Day).
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Old 02-19-2012, 10:51 PM
 
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That's it! I'm starting my seeds.
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:20 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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That's it! I'm starting my seeds.
LOL. I started my peppers and onions. Tomatoes are next. Ground is so soft I already tilled, prepared and raked it. Mothers Day is transplant day so its a tough call but worse comes to worse if I transplant in April I'll just cover everything up outside. lol

Rain coming first this week...

Snowstorm still showing up for around the 1st.
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:33 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Looks like the AO and NAO are both forecasted to trend positive again along with the PNA going negative. Any reason for the presistence of the indicies in one direction this winter when the inverse was true during previous winters? Based on current forecast models one can only predict how these indicies will change out to two weeks, but maybe improved tech will allow for more advances on this. This is the second warmest winter since 1950 for the US, but I can't find the link at the moment.

I saw a segment on TWC last night it was pretty interesting. Stu Ostro explained something about the arctic sea ice melting which is having an effect on atmosphere which in turn keeps a persistent block in an area of north Atlantic. This year it setup differently from last but its been persistant again. I wanted to record it, let me see if i can find it.

Edit: But its not that uncommon for it to remain one direction. Here's the graph over the years. You can see 2010 to 2011(1 full year) we remained deeply negative.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/product.../pna/nao.shtml


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Old 02-20-2012, 06:20 AM
 
Location: Live in NY, work in CT
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Rain coming first this week...

Snowstorm still showing up for around the 1st.
Not that I have found it's "15 day forecast" accurate but Accu-Weather is saying rain for that period but is showing snow for March 5 (the "15th day" in their forecast.....of course 2 days ago they were saying the same for March 3 LOL!)
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:22 AM
 
Location: USA East Coast
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Hmmm, I must be lucky, I've had crocuses nearly 30 years and never had any die of the cold!! Before I even owned a home with gardens I used to work in landscaping. Crocuses are super rugged. I do remember them blooming in January once at my current home, so this isn't the earliest I've ever seen them bloom, though. Hopefully we'll soon be discussing daffodils and tulips blooming, too.
That's been my experience too; Crocuses are really tough, I don’t think I ever had one die in late winter if it poked out too early. Also, crocuses coming up in late Feb are really more of a southern CT/LI/NJ thing (I think). The handful of times I’ve ever been up in far northern CT/Massachusetts or points north in late Feb/early March, I don’t remember them up before late March. Not really sure though.

As far as the weather…the final full week of Feb-and meteorological winter 2011/2012 will go out on a mild and semi-wet note. One more cold night tonight (lows around 24- 26 F tonight in southern CT)…then a wetter and milder flow for the next 6 days. By mid week, highs will be in the middle 50’s, so the blooms will really start moving. Another interesting note: Today marks the day when NWS Bridgeport now has normal highs of 40 F or higher – and mean temps average above freezing.

This was truly a nice winter on the East Coast and in the Tri-State area. No days were lost for school, no bad road conditions, no snow removal costs...etc. It was nice to spend many winter days in the park or in the yard fixing things up. For once I'm ready for the long growing season ahead - lol. With a mild March and early start to spring predicted by the ECMWF model weekly...it appears winter 2011/2012 is truly over....and here comes spring and the long hot season ahead.

AccuWeather.com - Brett Anderson | Weekly Pattern Breakdown into Mid-March (http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/anderson/weekly-pattern-breakdown-into-midmarch/61734 - broken link)


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