Winter Thread 2018-19 (Northern Hemisphere) (snow, hot, recorded, temperatures)

[chicagogeorge]

https://twitter.com/MJVentrice/statu...32824557408256

[chicagogeorge]

What? Mild pattern for is too with a SSW event

https://twitter.com/HarrySpoelstra/s...99402623680512

[Botev1912]

There was a very strong windstorm between 2 and 4 last night.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by chicagogeorge

What? Mild pattern for is too with a SSW event

https://twitter.com/HarrySpoelstra/s...99402623680512

Don't expect the kind of winter you like.

[cBach]

Originally Posted by Omegaraptor

It's not even cold. If the average low in the dead of winter is still above freezing, it's not cold IMO.

I didn't realize that Redding was actually rainier on average in winter, though. Summers are ridiculously hot for the latitude and even more impressive when you consider that the comparatively mild Willamette Valley is 4.5 hours away. The more you know...

I consider cold as less than 40F when dry or 45F when wet.

[Botev1912]

Actually I find 45F and drizzle quite refreshing, doesn't really feel cold. It's when it's below 38 and wet that feels cold. Fortunately we rarely have rain when it's below 38. Wind matters too. I would much rather have a 45F drizzly day over 38 dry and windy.

[Omegaraptor]

Originally Posted by cBach

I consider cold as less than 40F when dry or 45F when wet.

I feel zero difference between wet and dry cold. Wind matters much more. In fact, I dislike windy dry cold as it dries out my sinuses, lips, and eyes.

There’s a rule here: The farther the temp gets from 48°F, the less likely it is to rain.

[Cambium]

Unreal. I just posted this pic saying AMEN!!




And within 15 minutes it cloudied over and now it's raining.


Another day with precip. It was supposed to be sunny all day!




Didn't even have time to put the tarp back over the firewood after the strong wind gust before with sun.

[cBach]

Well yesterday in Austin was a bone dry sunny day. There was a pocket of extremely dry air that was over Texas Thurday and Friday.

Thursday saw low of 36F and high of 70F. Friday saw low of 37F and high of 75F. The dewpoint was 15F both days.

Now we're seeing a SSE wind of 9mph and dewpoint has risen to 55F, much better for the skin. Temp is 62F but high is only 68F today because of the humidity. Low was 51 last night.

Tonight the low will be 60F (quite warm for January) and humidity will keep rising into the 60's. Tomorrow will be cloudy and 75F.

So the past few days the temperature hasn't been much different in the day but the nighttime temp has varied greatly and the humidity is on a roller coaster ride.

[GraniteStater]

12Z GFS holds out some small hope for an end to the blowtorch pattern east of the Rockies in the medium to long-range, but that would just bring temperatures back closer to average.