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In other news, we've been having "frost quakes" here! It was very prevalent Saturday night into Sunday morning. I heard several at the house, almost sounded like part of the eaves of the house had fallen off in the weight of the ice. I'm sure I've heard them before but yesterday was the first I remember reading about them.
Don't think I've experienced Frost Quakes but we are experiencing Road buckling due to the cold...again. 2015 was nuts. Some roads felt like a rollercoaster. lol Hope you can get some snow for 2nd half of winter!
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Originally Posted by speagles84
Dropped to 4 last night. Cold morning again, but hey a day of skiing is always better than being at the office! 2-4" of new snow expected tonight
The cold today caught me by surprise. Bridgeport at the coast has 17 days dropping below 20°F. That's most since 1996 for Dec 1 - Jan 15 period. It's felt different I must say.
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Yet the signs (MJO specifically) do seem to indicate an above average east for the majority of the following two weeks after this week.
I haven't even looked at the tellies much lately but I agree with the MJO on above normal period coming.
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Weather sites like NWS shows Boston getting snow this morning but when you look at the radar, nothing shows up!
Happens.. Either the flakes are just too light and isolated to be picked up or its falling from a level below the radar beam.
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Winter weather advisory issued for Houston, and winter storm warning for San Antonio & Austin.
Been watching. Interesting to see. Isn't this like the 3rd time the south got a winter alert this season?
Interesting discussion from NWS Minneapolis and a map to show it. Reason why the Arctic Air is leaving is...........
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National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1121 AM CST Mon Jan 15 2018
Main theme for the extended is the expected pattern shift this
week that will have two impacts. One, the arctic air is out of
here after Tuesday. The other is a longwave weather pattern will
be in place by next weekend that will leave the door open for more
active weather locally.
The reason our arctic air will get out of here so quickly is tied to the energy we are seeing this morning out over the north Pacific. The broad trough out there will continue to work toward western North America over the next couple of days, which will finally break down the western ridge. The western ridge that has been the source of our northwest flow and arctic air. As the ridge breaks down, we will see it flatten out and slide east. This will result in the compressional warming of an airmass that will be heading our way from the Canadian Rockies.
For Wednesday thru Saturday, our highs
and lows could be as much 5 degrees warmer than what we currently
have. The ECMWF continues to be the warmest guidance these days, and
the last time we got into a Pacific airmass back between the 7th and 11th, it was the ECMWF that performed best in that pattern. The one
difference tough between then and now is back on the 7th-11th, we
had a rather beige snowpack that had lots of bare ground showing
Thanks to yesterdays clipper, we have a more complete snowpack in
place, so kept the more tempered SuperBlend numbers in place. Still,
on Friday, as a cold front moves into MN, we could very well see
lots of 40s show up from west central into south central MN.
Current Upper Level Heights..
There's the dipping Jet stream over the Pacific which will move east into Western U.S/Canada and that will flatten the current ridge in place and move that east. Hence the warmup coming later this week for Eastern U.S.
That Upper Level Low over Great Lakes will just dwindle out. I don't think the Northeast had any Upper Lows over the area this winter. Just troughs.
8am-12pm Radar loop with snowfall total reports. I see 2.5" of snow fell near Boston this morning. 2-3" across Indiana and other states. Even down to MO/AR border.
Those icons over South Dakota are reports of Extreme Wind Chill Values (-30°F & colder)
Interesting discussion from NWS Minneapolis and a map to show it. Reason why the Arctic Air is leaving is...........
Current Upper Level Heights..
There's the dipping Jet stream over the Pacific which will move east into Western U.S/Canada and that will flatten the current ridge in place and move that east. Hence the warmup coming later this week for Eastern U.S.
That Upper Level Low over Great Lakes will just dwindle out. I don't think the Northeast had any Upper Lows over the area this winter. Just troughs.
14C mostly sunny again today. Luckily it's a holiday also.
Guess its your turn coming up now. Wonder if we're done here with the below normal temps after this week. Doubt it, but I dont see it being consistent anymore. Maybe up and down in Feb.
Guess its your turn coming up now. Wonder if we're done here with the below normal temps after this week. Doubt it, but I dont see it being consistent anymore. Maybe up and down in Feb.
Downtown Houston is now under a Winter Storm Warning. If tomorrow's forecast pans out, this would be the second time they've seen snow this winter. Cold epoch Anthony is probably punching a wall right about now!
Guess its your turn coming up now. Wonder if we're done here with the below normal temps after this week. Doubt it, but I dont see it being consistent anymore. Maybe up and down in Feb.
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