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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Parts of Europe in the deep freeze
Wow I had to share this article with you. It's just amazing to see these pictures from Romania where up to 15 feet of snow is on the ground.
Click to read: Digging out from deep snow in Romania
Click to read: Digging out from deep snow in Romania
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Winter finally shows in the eastern US
Check out the SLEW of watches, warnings and advisories in the eastern half of the nation as Old Man Winter finally decides to make an appearance.
Snow and ice will make for a sloppy and tricky beginning to the week across the central and southern plains, as well as the lower Mississippi River Valley.
Meanwhile, it's cold in the Sunshine State! Temps at or below freezing all the way down to the central reaches of the state. South Florida is even cold with air temps in the 40s and wind chills in the 30s!
Snow and ice will make for a sloppy and tricky beginning to the week across the central and southern plains, as well as the lower Mississippi River Valley.
Meanwhile, it's cold in the Sunshine State! Temps at or below freezing all the way down to the central reaches of the state. South Florida is even cold with air temps in the 40s and wind chills in the 30s!
Friday, February 10, 2012
Will winter finally arrive?
The very warm and snowless winter has made many in the eastern half of the country wonder if they will even get a taste of snow and cold temperatures this year.
Places like North Dakota and Minnesota have really escaped the worst winter has to offer, with very little in the way of snow and prolonged cold temperatures.
The deep south has not really seen much in the way of wintry weather either.
But that could change as we move into the second half of the month, with a more active storm track allowing cold weather and potentially even some snow to fall in places that haven 't seen too much of the white stuff this season.
Places like North Dakota and Minnesota have really escaped the worst winter has to offer, with very little in the way of snow and prolonged cold temperatures.
The deep south has not really seen much in the way of wintry weather either.
But that could change as we move into the second half of the month, with a more active storm track allowing cold weather and potentially even some snow to fall in places that haven 't seen too much of the white stuff this season.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Snow drought in the upper midwest
It's the year without snow in places like western North Dakota, where less than 6 inches has fallen this season in some locations.
Things are on pace to be the driest on record in the city of Bismarck..
Check out this link to read more!
Things are on pace to be the driest on record in the city of Bismarck..
Check out this link to read more!
Denver's record snow
Here is a great map from the Boulder office of the National Weather Service ... showing the record February snowstorm.
The first map is a wide view, the second a close up.
The first map is a wide view, the second a close up.
Storm breaks records in Denver
The slow moving 36+ hour February snow event produced 15 inches of snow at Denver's official weather station (as of 5 AM Saturday) ... that broke the previous "biggest February storm" record of 14.1 inches, dating back to 1912.
It also places the city just 2.5 inches shy of making it into the top 5 snowiest February's on record, and just over 7 inches shy of being the snowiest.
Widespread totals of 1 to 2 feet were common up and down the I-25 urban corridor and on the adjacent plains/Palmer Divide region.
In the foothills west of town, most locations saw 2 to 3 feet, with some isolated pockets in excess of 4 feet near Boulder.
One of the biggest totals was recorded in Coal Creek Canyon near the town of Pinecliffe; at last check, they were sitting at 50.5 inches and climbing!
It also places the city just 2.5 inches shy of making it into the top 5 snowiest February's on record, and just over 7 inches shy of being the snowiest.
Widespread totals of 1 to 2 feet were common up and down the I-25 urban corridor and on the adjacent plains/Palmer Divide region.
In the foothills west of town, most locations saw 2 to 3 feet, with some isolated pockets in excess of 4 feet near Boulder.
One of the biggest totals was recorded in Coal Creek Canyon near the town of Pinecliffe; at last check, they were sitting at 50.5 inches and climbing!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Slammed by a Colorado Hooker
I know this title got your attention!
As I type, eastern Colorado (including here in Denver) is being slammed with an unusually strong February winter storm.
Typically, we see light and fluffy snowfalls during the month of February with just a few inches here and there. The average for the month is about 6 inches.
But as we all have experienced, the weather patterns this winter have been anything BUT typical. The storm hitting Colorado right now is more like something we'd see in mid to late March or early April.
So back to the hooker thing...
This type of storm is called a Colorado Hooker, or a Panhandle Hooker, because it forms east of the Rockies across southern Colorado, northern New Mexico or the Texas panhandle ... and hooks north and east toward the Great Lakes --- all the while, drawing in plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, slinging it back into Colorado's Front Range.
The result, a big snow!
As I type, eastern Colorado (including here in Denver) is being slammed with an unusually strong February winter storm.
Typically, we see light and fluffy snowfalls during the month of February with just a few inches here and there. The average for the month is about 6 inches.
But as we all have experienced, the weather patterns this winter have been anything BUT typical. The storm hitting Colorado right now is more like something we'd see in mid to late March or early April.
So back to the hooker thing...
This type of storm is called a Colorado Hooker, or a Panhandle Hooker, because it forms east of the Rockies across southern Colorado, northern New Mexico or the Texas panhandle ... and hooks north and east toward the Great Lakes --- all the while, drawing in plenty of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, slinging it back into Colorado's Front Range.
The result, a big snow!
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Alert level raised around Alaskan volcano
Here is the latest about the Cleveland volcano that threaten to erupt and potentially disrupt air travel.
Alaska volcano alert
Alaska volcano alert
Stormy weather brewin' for the weekend
It looks like February will get off to an active start, especially in the middle of the country.
A storm currently moving into the Pacific Northwest will move into the central Rockies and gain strength once on the east side of the Rockies.
Eastern Colorado could be looking at a pretty big snow and wind event, with severe weather out ahead of it in the southern plains states.
A storm currently moving into the Pacific Northwest will move into the central Rockies and gain strength once on the east side of the Rockies.
Eastern Colorado could be looking at a pretty big snow and wind event, with severe weather out ahead of it in the southern plains states.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Bitter cold in Alaska
Wow ... check out these temperatures across portions of central and north-central Alaska. Extreme cold!!
INTERIOR PARC Arctic Village No Report MM 100 Calm 29.46 0 3/4 PABT Bettles BCFG -50 MM NW5 29.74 -68 10 PATW Cantwell Not Available PABI Delta Junction MostlyClear -41 MM SE3 29.56 -55 9 PAIN Denali Park Clear -45 57 Calm 29.41 -45 10 PAEG Eagle No Report MM 100 MMMM 29.75 MM MM PAEI Eielson AFB Freezing Fog -51 MM Calm 29.67 -51 1/2 PFYU Fort Yukon MostlyClear -60 MM Calm 29.82 -60 4 PAFA Fairbanks Freezing Fog -51 MM Calm 29.69 -51 1/4 PAFB Ft. Wainwright Not Available PAGA Galena Fog -56 MM Calm 29.80 -56 21/2 PAHV Healy Not Available PAHL Huslia Clear -58 MM Calm 29.77 -58 11/4 PAKV Kaltag Haze -53 MM Calm 29.80 -53 6 PAMH Lake Minchumina Clear -49 MM Calm 29.61 -49 4 PAML Manley Not Available PAMC McGrath MostlyClear -40 MM Calm 29.64 -40 10 PABN Nabesna Not Available PANN Nenana Fog -52 MM Calm 29.68 -52 21/2 PAOR Northway BRBCFG -45 MM Calm 29.58 -45 4 PADT Slana Not Available PATA Tanana Clear -56 MM Calm 29.78 -56 10
Check out this public information statement by the NWS office in Fairbanks.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 434 AM AKST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...THE DEEP COLD CONTINUES... ...2ND 50 BELOW AT FAIRBANKS... ...POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD... SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DROPPED TO 51 BELOW. THIS IS THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50 BELOW OR LOWER AT THE AIRPORT. YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) THE LOW OF 50 BELOW WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO 50 BELOW AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 27, 2006. THE HIGH YESTERDAY WAS ONLY 42 BELOW. THIS WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 2, 2000. THE LAST TIME THERE WERE BACK TO BACK 50 BELOW DAYS AT THE AIRPORT WAS ON DECEMBER 30-31, 1999. SO FAR THIS JANUARY THERE HAVE BEEN 15 DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER. THIS TIES WITH 1972 FOR THE MOST 40 BELOW DAYS IN JANUARY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 21 SET BACK IN 1971 WILL REMAIN SAFE AS THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE DAYS IN THE MONTH (AFTER TODAY...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS STATEMENT). THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF -25.8 DEGREES IS 18.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE ARE ON PACE FOR THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 1971...AND EASILY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST ON RECORD. 1906...1934...AND 1971 ALL HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER AND WILL NOT BE TOPPED THIS MONTH. THE COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 1906 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -36.4...HOWEVER...IN 1906 TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TAKEN AT THE DOWNTOWN EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORD WERE NOT TAKEN. HAD HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEEN TAKEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT WARMER. ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT THIS WILL END UP AS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. ONLY 4 TIMES DID THE MONTH OF DECEMBER (1917...1933...1956 AND 1964) HAVE AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY (MONTH TO DATE). ONLY 6 TIMES IN JANUARY (1906...1909...1934...1966...1969...1971) WAS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ANY COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY. NEVER HAS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN JANUARY 2012. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT THIS JANUARY WILL END JUST WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST MONTHS EVER ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. $$
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Severe cold across portions of Alaska
Yes, we know Alaska can get cold this time of the year, but on the North Slope right now, it's pretty extreme. Check out these recent temps!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
700 PM AKST TUE JAN 24 2012
...SEVERE COLD CONTINUES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE...COMBINED
WITH WINDS IN SOME AREAS. HERE ARE SOME LOW TEMPERATURES RECORDED
SO FAR TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA.
NUIQSUT.................62 BELOW
UMIAT...................59 BELOW
INIGOK..................54 BELOW
ALPINE..................53 BELOW
ATQASUK.................48 BELOW
DEADHORSE...............47 BELOW
WAINRIGHT...............44 BELOW
KAKTOVIK................40 BELOW
BARROW..................39 BELOW
TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S AND 50S
BELOW WITH POCKETS NEAR 60 BELOW FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND POTENTIALLY
INTO THE WEEKEND.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
700 PM AKST TUE JAN 24 2012
...SEVERE COLD CONTINUES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA...
A VERY COLD AIR MASS CONTINUES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE...COMBINED
WITH WINDS IN SOME AREAS. HERE ARE SOME LOW TEMPERATURES RECORDED
SO FAR TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA.
NUIQSUT.................62 BELOW
UMIAT...................59 BELOW
INIGOK..................54 BELOW
ALPINE..................53 BELOW
ATQASUK.................48 BELOW
DEADHORSE...............47 BELOW
WAINRIGHT...............44 BELOW
KAKTOVIK................40 BELOW
BARROW..................39 BELOW
TEMPERATURES OVER THE NORTH SLOPE WILL REMAIN IN THE 40S AND 50S
BELOW WITH POCKETS NEAR 60 BELOW FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AND POTENTIALLY
INTO THE WEEKEND.
Texas super soaker
After watching Texas burn up right before or eyes on television this past summer, now ... the Lone Star State is getting too much of a good thing.
A slow moving area of low pressure is dropping very heavy rain and causing widespread issues with flash flooding.
There have been numerous high water rescues this morning, including in the Dallas area.
Austin reported a new record for the date with 5.66 inches of rain. Other areas including San Antonio picked up around 3 inches.
3 to 6 inches has also fallen on the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
On the far east side of the storm, there is a threat for tornadoes in the Houston area along with the heavy rain.
A slow moving area of low pressure is dropping very heavy rain and causing widespread issues with flash flooding.
There have been numerous high water rescues this morning, including in the Dallas area.
Austin reported a new record for the date with 5.66 inches of rain. Other areas including San Antonio picked up around 3 inches.
3 to 6 inches has also fallen on the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
On the far east side of the storm, there is a threat for tornadoes in the Houston area along with the heavy rain.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Strong solar storm affecting Earth
Apparently there is a strong solar storm affecting the Earth right now. Click the link below to read more.
More about solar storm
More about solar storm
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Severe weather outbreak likely
Severe storms are likely to develop later today across the mid-Mississippi River valley. Areas outlined in red on the map below have the highest risk.
There are two things that will make this event especially dangerous.
1. It's still early in the year and many people just aren't in severe weather mode yet, so they tend to be caught off guard. The dynamics with this weather system are pretty good for this early in the season and we could see pretty strong storms ... maybe even some long-track tornadoes.
2. The event will start later on Sunday and run into the early morning hours on Monday. No matter what time of the year, nighttime storms pose additional hazards since many are sleeping and unaware of warnings.
There are two things that will make this event especially dangerous.
1. It's still early in the year and many people just aren't in severe weather mode yet, so they tend to be caught off guard. The dynamics with this weather system are pretty good for this early in the season and we could see pretty strong storms ... maybe even some long-track tornadoes.
2. The event will start later on Sunday and run into the early morning hours on Monday. No matter what time of the year, nighttime storms pose additional hazards since many are sleeping and unaware of warnings.
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