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Even if it's colder than an average winter day, the sun angle makes it feel rather different. My car parked in the sun feels warm inside rather than cold. But it's so dry I feel static electricity shock sometimes when I touch the frame.
I can't say I notice the low dewpoints much. I feel it more when they rise above 20F at least, especially above 40F. I can feel a 40 to 50F increase but not a 20 to 0F decrease.
Current dewpoints and temps. It's actually in the 30s and raining in south Carolina. 33°F here and sunny. Normal is upper 40s.
Feels good to be near freezing during the day with the higher sun angle like Ben mentioned.
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Originally Posted by nei
if this weather pattern doesn't let up soon we're liable to have one coldest March on record:
Almost 8°F below normal
Update: Through March 16
So far Windsor Locks, CT (BDL) monthly mean is 28.4° which is -6.9 below norm with 0.33" precip. 3rd Driest, 2nd Coldest on record since 1905. 1st coldest is a mean of 28.3°
So far Bridgeport, CT (BDR) monthly mean is 32.4° which is -4.6 below normal with 0.34" precip. Driest & 2nd Coldest March on record since 1948
Would you say Orlando has worse storms than Palm Beach?
These cold fronts tend to cause stronger squall lines in central Florida. Once summer convection begins there isn't really any difference. Depends on the day.
These cold fronts tend to cause stronger squall lines in central Florida. Once summer convection begins there isn't really any difference. Depends on the day.
You said in the other thread that it's sunny there today and still below freezing in mid-afternoon? I just looked up your sun angle, and it's what ours is in late August. I probably wouldn't burn by then unless I was out in it most of the day, but at midday it will still just about 'look like summer', although I'll have started to notice the light being less intense. I'd love to be able to get a proper sense of what that sun + cold combination with such a low dew point actually feels like.
Today at lunch I thought about this very thing. Our lat is 39.9 and the max sun angle today at solar noon was 48.6 up from the horizon. This is the same as August 20th where you live or around Sept 27th here. The sun seems rather strong, yet so strange to feel these really cold temps.
I found even more interesting that in the US South a place like Mobile, AL on March 9th, 1932 had a high temp of 30F with the same sun angle you would have in Yorkshire on July 30th. Hmmm.
Pure continental climates are sick when it comes to March, lol.
The total daily solar radiation would be much less, though due to a shorter day length.
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