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The snow data Skilling used for IAD was not incorrect. I've read that one, and I claim neither IAD (frost hollow, snowier than, say, southern MD suburbs such as Prince George's, Charles, Calvert counties etc.) nor DCA (right by the Potomac and less snowy than N+W suburbs) is representative of the DC area as a whole. DCA's UHI/location east of the Piedmont is of course much more representative of DC than IAD, while for my home in Loudoun County near IAD, IAD is closer to me.
Interesting. Thanks for the information.
That next week's warming is transient is a point being driven home by the latest model runs. Expectations that this winter's colder and snowier than normal pattern may extend into March are growing. Check out these European model extension forecasts of temp departures showing next week's warmth yielding to colder than normal temps in February's closing week and March 2014's open.
I must admit America does have a massive transition between Winter and Summer. Would be nice, but I feel that America's winter is not long enough.
After how cold winter can be, you won't feel it's too short. Annoying this time, though after not having much snow but some very cold weather we finally get lots of snow in the last week and a half and now there's not much left.
And in the Great Lakes region, even if the ground is typically snowless after early March, it is possible to get large snowstorms so winter can make a return. I probably would find the difference between your winter and spring rather subtle.
Was shoveling and chipping ice in short sleeves today. Temps got to low 40s with full sun. I'm looking forward to October in 8mths. Its getting depressing knowing the warm season's are near and seeing things melt fast.
That's a huge differential between DC/Baltimore (52F/49F) and areas further north of the DC/Balt CSA, despite there being widespread snow cover even after the mixing in of precip during Thursday's storm as well as at least briefly above freezing temps.
Parts of southern England have had over double their average monthly rainfall again and we've still got half the month to go! We've had 127.2 mm as well up to 6 am today, which is very good going. This should be the wettest winter in history within the next week or so. It's about the least wintry winter I've ever seen as well, though we still haven't hit 10C in 2014.
2006-2007 was def. the least "wintry" in my memory - living in East Midlands as I did at the time, we had avg/ highs of 10°C in January, regular 13-14°C reached. Felt like spring more often than winter. This winter has been normal temperatures here, but just very wet.
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