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Cold tempeatures in the Red River valley of MN/ND this early morning. Sitting at -22F at the NWS Grand Forks office at 5 am local. Just enough wind for -40s wind chills.
Cold tempeatures in the Red River valley of MN/ND this early morning. Sitting at -22F at the NWS Grand Forks office at 5 am local. Just enough wind for -40s wind chills.
It's amazing and more amazing people complain about teens and 20s around here. lol (I know, I know, it's all relative to what your used to). Going to walk my dog now and we will love every minute of the 6°F. :-)
February 2014′s been the sunniest here in 8 years but with precious little impact on temps
Posted on Feb 27 2014 - 12:33 am by tvallewgntv
By Meteorologist Tom Skilling
You would think a month dominated by sunshine—as February 2014 has been— might be able to muster warmer temps. But that’s not been the case—far from it.
While true that February 2014 managed 59% of its possible sun—13% more than normal and an impressive 24% more than its counterpart a year ago—only 5 of its 26 days have generated an above normal temp. 80% of this February’s days have posted temp deficits and the month is running nearly 9-degrees below normal.
Frigid February 2014 among Chicago’s coldest 8% ranking 12th chilliest since 1871; book closes on 3rd coldest winter in 143 years midnight Friday
In terms of its temperature, February 2014 ranks among the coldest 8% on the books to date and 12th coldest over the 143-year term of the city’s instrument record dating back to 1871.
The broader “Meteorological Winter” season, within which it sits, is generating its own frigid metrics.
Since Dec 1, Chicago has logged 62 days with sub-freezing temps—168% the long-term average of 37. Even more illustrative of this season’s unusual nature is its sub-zero temp tally since Dec 1.
Taking into account the sub-zero temp we’re likely to record before February 2014 closes at midnight this Friday night, the city’s logged 23 days with bitter sub-zero temps—more than 3 times the normal of 7!
So the system comes from the Pacific and is VERY wet as is.
Add Gulf moisture into the mix and even some Atlantic moisture and we can get some heavy precip.
Maybe even more than shown.
But we wont know the conditions of these things until we get closer. If there is no Gulf interaction (or less) then obviously this would be a non event IMO around here.
Or if the Pacific system isn't as robust as it's showing then we get less.
This isn't the typical storm we get, this is a front thats sitting south of here and waves of low pressure keep riding along the front with added moisture. Moisture always rides along the front. So that's why there is potential for a lot of snow here. We would be on north side of front so that would mean snow.
Anyone along or south of my purple line would be rain or mix. Just too close a call for them to call snow right now
THIS STORM WILL ALSO BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO HIGHER TERRAIN
AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF SAN LUIS OBISPO AND SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES.
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SANTA
BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS...WHERE A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.
WIDESPREAD WIND ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR LOWER
ELEVATIONS...WHERE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS SECOND STORM COULD BE VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR COASTAL AND VALLEY
AREAS AND 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS... WITH
LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG FAVORED SOUTH
FACING SLOPES.
SNOW LEVELS ON FRIDAY WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET BUT WILL DROP DOWN TO
AROUND 6000 TO 7000 FEET BY SATURDAY...WITH 1 TO 3 FEET OF SNOWFALL
POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
MOUNTAINS OF VENTURA AND LOS ANGELS COUNTIES DUE TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY SNOW AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
ONE AREA OF SPECIAL CONCERN WITH THE SECOND STORM WILL BE THE
POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND
AROUND RECENT BURN AREAS...INCLUDING THE COLBY...MADISON...
POWERHOUSE...MADRE AND SPRINGS BURN AREAS. GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR
HEAVY AND INTENSE RAINFALL...RESIDENTS LOCATED NEAR THESE BURN AREAS
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
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Walking your dog with no jacket and barely 10F OMG 
