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A Look at Water Temperatures and Northern Snow Cover
October 09, 2013; 9:03 PM
The EC map below shows the up to date surface water temperature anomalies for North America and also the current snow cover
In terms of surface water temperatures, we can see a large pocket of cooler (blue) than normal water over the northeast Pacific, while the waters off Atlantic Canada continue to be warmer relative to normal, which I expect to be the case through the upcoming winter.
Also, note the warm (red/orange) anomalies for the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg.
The combination of a cooler summer and recent meltwater has sent water temperatures slightly below normal from Hudson Bay up through the Baffin Island region.
Snowcover
The grey areas show current snow cover, which you can see extending down through parts of the Yukon Territory and over the Canadian Rockies.
By the way, snow cover in northern Canada is currently averaging below-normal (red). See the snow anomaly map below from the Rutgers Global Snow Lab......
Note: We will be closely monitoring the snow cover anomalies over parts of north-central/northwestern Asia during the rest of this month. Some studies show a link between a higher than normal snow cover growth over this region during October and second-half of the winter high-latitude blocking over the Canadian side of the Arctic, which can produce severe winter conditions farther south into southern Canada and the eastern half of U.S.
are you guys serious can't this thread wait till atleast november. Fall has barely started and you guys already want it to be winter. As it it I'm still trying to get summer to end down here.
lol.....don't count me in that! I hope the mild fall we have been having lasts right through late November.
After that I'll be in Florida and I wish for a warm winter
Forecasters last night warned the entire country is set for a horror freeze which will bring brutal winds and fierce blizzards.
Temperatures have already started to plunge as a swathe of cold air from the Arctic has swept across the UK in the past few days.
The first long-range forecasts warn of "recordbreaking snowfall" next month.
''Please disregard any indications of a mild winter from elsewhere standard meteorology and computer models always underestimate and don't/can't recognise situations like this until last minute''
Not going to happen!
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I'll be screwed if we have more than half an inch of snow. Rear wheel drive plus masses of torque don't work well on anything other than a dry road.
I might have to use the wifes car and substitute her to the bus
"You know winter is coming quickly when Flagstaff, Arizona has snow."
Indeed. Wyoming and the Black Hills have gotten another dose of snow recently as well. Oddly enough it's the same region (more or less) that got the brunt of the snows in April and May .
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Originally Posted by P London
Not going to happen!
Meh. I suppose it could happen, though it probably won't. Forecasts even one month out often bust, sometimes spectacularly; just look at March 2013 in the United States for proof of that.
Latest CFSV2 VS JMA winter 500 mb pattern setting stage for high amp western N Am ridge, eastern or central NA trough
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