RUNNAWAYICEBERG Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Brad Panovich March 2013 will go down as the 5th coldest March since 1939 in Charlotte, NC when the observations were moved to the Airport. It would rank as the 7th coldest since records began in Charlotte 135 years ago in 1878. In most recent history this is the coldest March since 1969 which was the 4th coldest since 1939. and it stinks we couldnt pull out a 1"+ snowstorm out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 1-2" here on April 2nd per the 12z GFS clown. ALL-IN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 April Fools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 If this was a fishing board he would probably declare himself a Master Baiter. Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POWERSTROKE Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Well played At least you can have one supporter on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 April Fools? Quite possibly. Sometimes I wonder if the NCEP programmers didn't program some sense of humor into the GFS. It would be pretty funny to get snow here on April Fool's. I have a feeling that most of the general public would dismiss it as a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Grant Gilmore (@grant_gilmore) 3/29/13, 3:09 PM Now this would be interesting; Snow in April? PTIA has only seen measurable snow once in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It wasn't measurable, but it snowed on Easter 2007 in the Triad. It has happened other times since I was born too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It wasn't measurable, but it snowed on Easter 2007 in the Triad. It has happened other times since I was born too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCMetroWinston Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Easter 07 was deep in April btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 It wasn't measurable, but it snowed on Easter 2007 in the Triad. It has happened other times since I was born too. I think this post happened another time as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Quite possibly. Sometimes I wonder if the NCEP programmers didn't program some sense of humor into the GFS. It would be pretty funny to get snow here on April Fool's. I have a feeling that most of the general public would dismiss it as a joke. Kind of like our past two winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Grant Gilmore (@grant_gilmore) 3/29/13, 3:09 PM Now this would be interesting; Snow in April? PTIA has only seen measurable snow once in April. April 19, 1983, I assume? I know RDU saw ~2" from that one (amazing for mid-April, to say the least), though I think it was only a dusting out this way. I didn't live here in April 2007 (I lived in WV from 2003-2007), so I don't remember that one. I think places in GA saw snow from that, too. April 3, 1915 saw ~10" of snow in Raleigh, though less out this way. Of course, that was way before PTI was built. With all that being said, I'm not holding my breath. I don't think I've ever seen snow fly in April before, so that would be something to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonhowl Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 April 19, 1983, I assume? I know RDU saw ~2" from that one (amazing for mid-April, to say the least), though I think it was only a dusting out this way. I remember the April 1983 snow in Raleigh. I am certain somewhere I have a picture of snow covered blooming azalea bushes taken during that event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 April 19, 1983, I assume? I know RDU saw ~2" from that one (amazing for mid-April, to say the least), though I think it was only a dusting out this way. I didn't live here in April 2007 (I lived in WV from 2003-2007), so I don't remember that one. I think places in GA saw snow from that, too. April 3, 1915 saw ~10" of snow in Raleigh, though less out this way. Of course, that was way before PTI was built. With all that being said, I'm not holding my breath. I don't think I've ever seen snow fly in April before, so that would be something to see. We had 1" of snow here April 11 1989, then there was Easter 2007 which gave a quick dusting on grass and roofs but temps were upper 30's so it melted as soon as it stopped snowing. Those are the only times I recall of snow in April. Then of course they had 2" here back in the 1915 event but you would have to ask jburns for details on that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Then of course they had 2" here back in the 1915 event but you would have to ask jburns for details on that one... Don't ask me. I was in Havana at the Jess Willard-Jack Johnson fight. Willard KOed Johnson in the 26th round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaculaWeather Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 From FFC: MARCH APPEARS ON TRACK TO BE THE COOLEST MARCH SINCE 1971. THEAVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT ATL THUS FAR IS 47.9 DEGF...WHICH IF THE MONTH ENDED TODAY WOULD BE THE 16TH COOLEST MARCHSINCE 1879. INTERESTINGLY...MARCH 2013 WILL BE COOLER THAN BOTHDECEMBER 2012 AND JANUARY 2013 WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED (MARCH BEINGCOOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS DEC AND JAN) SINCE 1947.HERE ARE THE NUMBERS THUS FAR AT THE 4 CLIMATE SITES THROUGH 28DAYS OF MARCH:SITE....AVG TEMP.....RANK (COOLEST)ATL 47.9 16MCN 49.6 6CSG 52.7 8AHN 48.0 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 From FFC: MARCH APPEARS ON TRACK TO BE THE COOLEST MARCH SINCE 1971. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT ATL THUS FAR IS 47.9 DEG F...WHICH IF THE MONTH ENDED TODAY WOULD BE THE 16TH COOLEST MARCH SINCE 1879. INTERESTINGLY...MARCH 2013 WILL BE COOLER THAN BOTH DECEMBER 2012 AND JANUARY 2013 WHICH HAS NOT HAPPENED (MARCH BEING COOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS DEC AND JAN) SINCE 1947. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS THUS FAR AT THE 4 CLIMATE SITES THROUGH 28 DAYS OF MARCH: SITE....AVG TEMP.....RANK (COOLEST) ATL 47.9 16 MCN 49.6 6 CSG 52.7 8 AHN 48.0 11 Great call by GaWx, sticking with his analogs and going for a chilly end of Feb into March in the face of a warm Dec to early Feb, with no evidence that a turn to below normal temps was looming. A good snow event in the lower lands would have been icing on the cake for the call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griteater Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 This is going to be the most negative Arctic Oscillation (AO) value ever for the month of March, back to 1950. There have only been 5 occurrences of a March AO less than -2.00, and never one less than -3.00, until this year March AO 2013: -3.173 (as of Mar 29) 1962: -2.848 1958: -2.522 1984: -2.386 1970: -2.084 1957: -2.017 Here are the temperature departures for this March and last March - polar opposites... March 2013 March 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marion_NC_WX Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Getting to the end of the month...I have already started a new thread for April. Mods, do ya thing and pin it... http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/39857-april-2013-pattern-and-discussion/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallsLake Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Looking more and more likely that next weeks cold snap will be the last widespread freeze and frost for most (outside mtns) this season. Long range GFS does not show any significant cold shots going into mid April. After this time it would be very rare to see below freezing temps event with a good pattern. So Thursday morning may be the last time you scape your windshields for at least 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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