doug1991 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 What a dissapointment. Things were looking better. Im suprised i still have snow in my yard. Parts of the northern vermont got the shaft this winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yes, it's too early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 I didn't realize winter ended at the end of January. Oh and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msg112469 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 NECP has temps at or above normal until mid-Feb. We are pretty much done around here. Anything's possible but it doesn't look good. The trend is against any kind of comeback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 next winter is going to be the bugger....cold and snowy. And that's not me joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joey2002 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 next winter is going to be the bugger....cold and snowy. And that's not me joking. Days and days of snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthCoastMA Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 next winter is going to be the bugger....cold and snowy. And that's not me joking. Odds say you are probably right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom12309 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Oh, shucks, I thought we couldn't have two winters in a row that were a complete wipeout and maybe we won't but my faith is a little shaken. Then I thought a little about this last wicked little heat wave after all the relatively long lasting little heat waves and wondered if this isn't sort of like a sickness that lingered and lingered until then there was the mass puking and fever. Then we return to health. Naw, it's just weather. It bums me out not so much for me but my brother and his wife's family do this cooperative cross country ski trail thing in my hometown, they're up to something like 25km of trails and this weekend is their big tiki torch bonfire cookout fundraiser. Last year they actually asked the town road crew if they could sand the quarter mile of trail up to where it happens because it was sheet ice and they didn't want to have to patch up anybody's melon after the poor bugger fell trying to walk in. The town actually did it! A lot of people come in to use these trails and then go to the diner for eats or over to the tavern for beers. One last little bit of hope I cling to is the story my now deceased neighbor told me about coming to town many years ago and starting his medical practice as a GP. The first winter his secretary brought in her son with a wicked rash, it was the middle of January, and he said that it was poison ivy. They all looked at him like 'Oh, great, this new doctor is an idiot!' but it was an open winter and the kid was playing out in the brush behind the shed... sure enough, he was right.... but the upshot is that back in the 1940s we had winters where in mid January the ground was bare in the Dorptown. Cycles. I just keep telling myself it is cycles, not a slide down to an ever muddy bare and brown pit. Some day it will be bright and crystalline, and I'm not just talking about the stuff cooked up in various sketchy basements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Although he had the wrong years - jumped the gun by 1 I think...I suspect the general trend will hold true. Next year cold and probably snowy. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/bastardi-three-of-next-five-wi-1/45220 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Odds say you are probably right. odds say it's a reset and a coin flip every year this far out. if 2 winters stink, the odds are the same of next year stinking as much as they were for the winter 5 years from now to blow or 2 years ago. that being said it will probably blow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 La Nina is taking off so that may be a better sign further north, more hopelessness down here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 La nina is not a lock. Another downwelling wave is pushing west with lots of warm water and westerly winds. That may not slow down the cooler waters, but I don't think Nina is a lock. Watch that next wind burst to see if it puts a dent in things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 La nina is not a lock. Another downwelling wave is pushing west with lots of warm water and westerly winds. That may not slow down the cooler waters, but I don't think Nina is a lock. Watch that next wind burst to see if it puts a dent in things. It's still too early to judge ENSO but leaning colder would be wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's still too early to judge ENSO but leaning colder would be wise. This year ENSO models were a fail but they are leaning weak nino in the fall. I really don't know or care either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 It is a safe bet to say that in Winter 13-14 that it will snow but not as much as some would like and that there will be storms that will prove disappointing to some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Can anyone tell me if I will be getting a white Christmas this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR Airglow Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 The prediction: There will be snow, rain, some winter weather advisories, some winter storm warnings, torches, cold fronts, busted forecasts, and we will be right here tracking it every step of the way. In all seriousness, it's too early. There are three legit threats over the next 10 days (2-3, 2-5, 2-10), so focus the energy on this winter, it's not dead yet. -skisheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKpowdah Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 lol And yeah, this doesn't look like La Nina to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Yeah Sam look at the subsurface waters too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJwinter23 Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Greatest thread EVER . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Greatest thread EVER . Pretty much after this year I'm going back to weighing Jerry's squirrels in December and making my call from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go Kart Mozart Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The following graphic compares our current solar cycle against some of the real weak sisters in the past. As you can see, cycle 24 is a true 98 pound weakling. However weak it is, we are stil at a max which gives us middling solar activity. We will likely muddle along like this for another 20 or so months before solar activity crashes. So next year could well be another clunker (three in a row isn't all that unusual, taken as a whole the past 20 years have been very good to us). Starting in 2014/2015 and lasting for at least ten years it will be time to fasten your seatbelts...we will have stretch for the history books! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb65 Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 I didn't realize winter ended at the end of January. Oh and AIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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