Winter 2013-14 Thread — Northern Hemisphere (climate, snowfall, warm, records)

[Adi from the Brunswicks]

Clouding up, and cloudy with upper teens actually feels much colder than the single digit lows early today morning with sunshine.

Monster snowstorm is approaching us, and will swallow us by tomorrow night.

[chicagogeorge]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Yea but it doesn't last long.

That's correct. Nor should it. March is the fastest warming month in Chicago.

Normal highs surge from 5C on the 1st to 12C on the 31st. And, the city's first 21C temperature each year arrives at Midway Airport around March 26

[Wildcat15]

Confirmed tornado report in Polk County today.

Storm Prediction Center Today's Storm Reports

[chicagogeorge]

J/B says....

West east dam.. cold air goes scram ( left)
Build the ridge, open the fridge ( right)

[chicagogeorge]

Warm up through the middle of next week -- but another Arctic blast lurks in Alaska and western Canada

[snj90]

It looks like, as of this morning, every state in the lower 48 has at least some parts with snow on the ground, except Florida: Intellicast - Snow Cover in United States

[ilovemycomputer90]

24 F/-4 C with heavy snow and some wind at 11AM

12-16 inches/30-40 cm of snow forecast

[nei]

Originally Posted by Mac15

Well it is kinda like that here to be honest. It is kind of a given that we get snow in cold airmasses as the air comes over the atlantic so it is unstable. Obviously then there will be showers.

Easterly cold does not equal snow here because it is dry and stable but thats not where most of my cold comes from. It comes from Arctic/Polar martime North Westerlies.

I asked because someone from Britain living here commented that having a long cold dry spell was different from he used to; if it was cold it'll usually have some precipitation sooner or later. Here are coldest air is dry and stable and we stay below freezing for over week with mostly sunshine and dryness.

[chicagogeorge]

Look what's back just in time for Spring...

[Mac15]

Originally Posted by nei

I asked because someone from Britain living here commented that having a long cold dry spell was different from he used to; if it was cold it'll usually have some precipitation sooner or later. Here are coldest air is dry and stable and we stay below freezing for over week with mostly sunshine and dryness.

Naw. It is usually wet and snowy here.

It snowed today again.