Texas Cold Hinting At A Cold Start to February Across The US

[bluewave]

The models are forecasting a significant arctic shot making all the way down to Texas this coming week.

In the past when Texas saw much below normal temperatures during the first half of February,it was usually an indication that much

of the US would experience a cold first half of February.I put together a 17 year composite that featured notable arctic cold

making it down to Texas during the first half of the month.I'll use the composite to see how much value it has for the first half

of the month.

[A-L-E-X]

Those two analogs..... 1917 and 1918 seem to be popping up again.

[bluewave]

Those two analogs..... 1917 and 1918 seem to be popping up again.

We really had to reach back far into the past this winter to try

to find some analogs that had at least some similarities.

[rainstorm]

LC is indicating the nation south of 45n should see a nice warm up during february.

[pcbjr]

LC is indicating the nation south of 45n should see a nice warm up during february.

LC is pretty spot on, usually; let's hope he had a bad day, today, with his longer range thoughts in the:

WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 5:10 P.M. CT

[thunderbolt]

LC is indicating the nation south of 45n should see a nice warm up during february.

Hey Rainstorm, I read LC's article and from what i read it sounds like the 1st half of february is going to be warm. I could use a warmup right now considering I'm well above average for snowfall already for this year.

Chris