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Late Fall/Winter 2011-2012 speculation thread


Harry

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I have made a page on my blog discussing about snowfall averages and such in different ENSO states going back to 1900.

Now this is only for Toronto but this same method can be applied to areas surrounding the Great Lakes region as well. It's in "cm" but I have a converter on my blog.

http://weatherintoro...l-averages.html

I found that La Nina Winters followed by Neutral Winters then El Nino Winters are best preferred.

excelent! Could you compile a list for Ottawa at some point? I think Ottawa's most incredible winter was 1933-34.

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I'm reading alot of discussion about blocking on the Accuweather forums, and that doesn't sound really optimistic for the Great Lakes. Wasn't that what resulted in the slow start to the winter (snow) season last year?

:lmao:

Anyone else stop reading this post at the words Accuweather forums?

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Excellent resource! Thanks. No surprises here that the pecking order is Nina>Nada>Nino.

Thanks man. It seems reasonable. Nino's are often the worst across our region though this doesnt speak for every Nino though, some arent bad.

excelent! Could you compile a list for Ottawa at some point? I think Ottawa's most incredible winter was 1933-34.

Thanks man. I finished a list for Ottawa like you requested. Here check it out. Quite interesting.

http://weatherintoronto.blogspot.com/p/snowfall-averages.html

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Block was so strong we were dry and cold for all of december. Hopefully it will be weaker and pushed further east

But it also meant we had a nice snowcover the whole month, perfect for Christmas. After the New Year, the games began and it snowed like hell. Id take a 2010-11 repeat any day, but that said, I would like an active December, and most forecasts Ive seen have that for this year!

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But it also meant we had a nice snowcover the whole month, perfect for Christmas. After the New Year, the games began and it snowed like hell. Id take a 2010-11 repeat any day, but that said, I would like an active December, and most forecasts Ive seen have that for this year!

Most in the Great Lakes would take a repeat of last year. It may not have been an epic year for snowfall totals, but it was far from boring at any point.

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Environment Canada just released their forecast for the Nov-Dec 2011-Jan 2012 period and it shows much of Canada to be colder than normal. The only exception is in southern Ontario, where near normal temperatures are forecast.

I remember reading that they were going warm this winter, so this would be a massive flip-flop unless they expect the blowtorch of the century in Feb.

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seems to be a lot of lov'n for snow/cold enthusiasts in the OV and lakes. Concensus in longterm forecasting isn't always a good thing though.

2001-02 repeat? Of course that was back in the WWBB days, but I recall everyone going cold and snowy before that winter. :axe:

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Of course. Buckeye seems nervous with the consensus call at the moment. Just thought I'd throw out an example to keep it going. :devilsmiley:

Many people seem to be going for a 08-9 repeat. Funny thing is, we could have a warmer winter than that one,but snowier.

Yeah, I remember 2001-2. Bastardi's first real big online seasonal bust. Then he tried to wiggle out of the disaster, saying he had the "upper levels right" but it didn't translate down to the ground or some type of bs. Funny stuff.

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Many people seem to be going for a 08-9 repeat. Funny thing is, we could have a warmer winter than that one,but snowier.

Yeah, I remember 2001-2. Bastardi's first real big online seasonal bust. Then he tried to wiggle out of the disaster, saying he had the "upper levels right" but it didn't translate down to the ground or some type of bs. Funny stuff.

Like 07-08?:weenie: Actually, that was about as cold as 08-09, just snowier.

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Many people seem to be going for a 08-9 repeat. Funny thing is, we could have a warmer winter than that one,but snowier.

Yeah, I remember 2001-2. Bastardi's first real big online seasonal bust. Then he tried to wiggle out of the disaster, saying he had the "upper levels right" but it didn't translate down to the ground or some type of bs. Funny stuff.

brutal bust for him. In december he was calling for the potential of the coldest january EVER on record for the east. I believe it ended up breaking records on the warm side :lol:

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brutal bust for him. In december he was calling for the potential of the coldest january EVER on record for the east. I believe it ended up breaking records on the warm side :lol:

I think LC was one of the only major forecasters who had anything resembling a successful outlook.

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seems to be a lot of lov'n for snow/cold enthusiasts in the OV and lakes. Concensus in longterm forecasting isn't always a good thing though.

All depends on how they got there. Thus the reasoning used.

Speaking of i am running a bit late with my own outlook. Been very busy the past month or so. I'll try to throw something together in the next week or so IF i get the time.

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