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I never understood why some people like really long dark nights in the winter. The cold is one thing, but then you have to combine it with wind and no sun.
US doesn't have many places that have very short daylight hours and sunlight hours in winter compared to Europe, Canada, or Russia. Alaska fits the bill, and locations along and north of 45 degrees latitude have more distinct evenly distributed seasons. I prefer the darkness over excessive solar radiation, but most Americans have Vitamin D deficiencies. I take plenty of supplements. With respect to winter, much of the US gets the worst of both extreme temperature swings and lack of consistent snow cover. If one prefers milder winters, I'll take the Pacific Northwest. Plenty of people from the upper Midwest have moved there over time.
Only people on this forum do. I have never met people who really like these kinds of conditions. Most people like normal weather that doesn't affect their lives.
Well, you couldn't pay me to move to states like Arizona, Texas, or Florida. Those low latitude places would be my worst nightmare.
Which side of the Upper Low would you want to be on tonight? Southeast side or Northwest side?
Nasty evening in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri with Squall lines & Tornado warnings.
Meanwhile heavy snow rates on the northwest side.
Tornado watch just issued for NW Louisiana. The severe threat is marginal where I'm at.
Interesting that storms turning possibly tornadic with little to no lightning.
Quote:
DISCUSSION...A southwest-northeast oriented zone of thunderstorms
has become more productive over the past few hours, as wind fields
continue to increase. Only modest levels of instability exists, but
low-level flow is strong. A few storms have shown signs of
possible/brief tornadoes with little or no lightning, suggesting
minimal instability is needed.
Sporadic severe storms currently exist from northeast TX across
western AR. Additional storms may develop southward into
east-central TX and northwest LA, with shear favoring supercells and
perhaps a tornado or two.
As the cold front reaches the existing batch of storms, they will
likely merge into a line and accelerate eastward. Models suggest
that some threat will likely persist across central AR, and perhaps
far southern MO as warm advection creates minimal instability there.
Overall, the threat is expected to weaken as it approaches the MS
river late tonight.
That line is almost to Indianapolis. I always miss thunderstorms by the middle of winter. Going 5 months or more without one seems so unnatural! So I'm hoping for at least a bit of lightning here!
EDIT: Alas, no lightning and thunder here. Just some decent downpours.
Minimum temperature today here was 0c and maximum was 3c.
In some cities in Serbia there is a few cm of snow but here there is no snow, height of snow in Kopaonik which is at altitude 1700 m is 99 cm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopaonik#Climate
If this winter is colder it would be a lot of snow in Serbia and in region, for exemple height of snow in Bjelašnica in Bosnia and Herzegovina is 154 cm, in Zavižan in Croatia 110 cm, and in Žabljak in montenegro 73 cm. Bjelašnica, Zavižan and Žabljak are at high altitude.
This winter in Serbia and in Balkans is mild and wet with lots of rain.
I could agree with that. I never understand why so many Americans like a brutal sun angle. The heat is one thing, but then you have to combine it with humidity and sun.
And I am the same with cold and wind. I love cold winters but don't care for super windy days, unless it's snowing. 0 is cold enough and I don't mind zero, but add some 20 mph winds and it becomes brutal.
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