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Here in far northern California, we have not had a hint of winter this year and this makes our fourth year in a row without a winter. We are now 23 inches behind for just last year and now January itself is turning out dry. We only had .59 inches of rain in December making it the second driest on record and 2013 the driest on record. Normal for December is around 12 inches. Today I saw and took photos of willows with budding catkins on them that are a month earlier than last year. Used to be we did not see willow catkins till around late February. We even hit 67º last week.
We ended up getting 28" (71 cm) from this storm. Once again, it was nowhere near as big as predicted early on. It's snowing now, but it doesn't look like we'll get more than a few inches today, with more likely tomorrow. The current snow depth at 8800' is 78" (198 cm). We did get a lot of wind which, with the new snow, has created very dangerous avalanche conditions. The avalanche warning has been extended and there have been several large slides.
JANUARY 2014
12th-15th. Storm moves out of Gulf of Mexico with moderate amounts of rain and snow. Turning very cold.
16th-19th. More rain, snow.
20th-23rd. Clear, cold.
24th-27th. Turning even colder.
28th-31st. Chance of snow.
FEBRUARY 2014
1st-3rd. Intense storm, heavy rain, snow, strong winds. This could seriously impact Super Bowl XLVIII on Feb. 2, which will be played for the 1st time at a cold weather site (New Jersey's MetLife Stadium).
4th-7th. A quiet spell, but unsettled weather returns by 7th.
8th-11th. Coastal snowstorm, cold.
12th-15th. Another storm moves along Appalachian Mountains: wintry mix. Flooding many coastal localities due to heavy rain.
16th-19th. Light snow/flurries.
20th-23rd. Rain, snow New England; plain rain farther south.
24th-28th. Turning very unsettled with rain, snow, gusty winds.
I think that's when the Euro showed the jet streams phasing
That scenario could produce a monster storm.
Totally apologize, I thought that post of his was for the 16th which would be completely off. Good man JB. He has the idea for the 19th time frame. Just has to see if it works out. That's the one to watch for a big storm, not mid week. Keep the posts coming, nice work.
Very easy for someone to call BS, but very hard for someone to understand the possibility of something. 16th had no possibility that's why I jumped the gun on that.
"The strongest wind gust ever recorded at Raleigh-Durham International Airport - 86 mph - occurred at 1:57 PM Saturday, when the line of thunderstorms roared through central NC. The wind instrumentation had just been calibrated earlier in the week, so we believe the recorded gust, however extreme, to be accurate. Airport officials who experienced the gust were also highly confident it was an accurate measurement. Furthermore, concentrations of similarly extreme wind signatures were noted in other areas across Wake County, per the NWS doppler radar data shown below, which further validates the measured gust at RDU"
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