WEATHER53 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Low of 6.5 and currently 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb@MAWS Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 1 hour ago, AfewUniversesBelowNormal said: The cold was not that bad for best in 20 years or something. Today is surprisingly nice although it's only in the 20s. Nevermind the averages, normal for here is 20-30 degrees colder. No wind makes all the diff in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 6 hours ago, MN Transplant said: 6.7 is my low and current temp. Wind never died down, though I’m not in a good radiational spot anyway. 4th lowest temp since early 2011 in my yard. Jan. 14 and Feb. 15 has colder days. Still, solid with very minimal snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 19 here currently. Thought I would see 20 or so today, but maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 22F with some sun and no wind feels like summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poolz1 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 18 minutes ago, C.A.P.E. said: 19 here currently. Thought I would see 20 or so today, but maybe not. I was just thinking how today wound up colder than forecast. looks like 21 will be my high for the day...forecast was 24. Too bad we couldnt get a nice slug of WAA moisture tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAPE Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 6 minutes ago, poolz1 said: I was just thinking how today wound up colder than forecast. looks like 21 will be my high for the day...forecast was 24. Too bad we couldnt get a nice slug of WAA moisture tomorrow. Yeah the cold is going to be pretty stubborn to exit. A few days ago the forecast high for tomorrow here was 42...now its 35. It is too bad tomorrow looks like really weak sauce. Could have been a tad more interesting. Not to downplay the impact of a light coating of freezing rain/drizzle on super cold ground near rush hour.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 24 highest so far, direct sun thermometer cracked 32 for first time in 3 days with a 35 reading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfewUniversesBelowNormal Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Looking through the northeast snowstorms book, these are so weak! It's hard to get into Winter tracking when average is so bland, especially compared to normal. Did you know we just had the strongest winter low pressure since the 1800s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 For as cold as it was in the area this morning, it's a heck of a lot better than the 116 degrees it was in Sydney, AU today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 5 hours ago, das said: Bringing this to the top of the thread. Swing by and say hi! Sitting at a balmy 13.5°F in Clarksburg at the noon hour as I pack up my skates to head out. Did anyone skate today? Any meet ups? Most importantly, any pictures??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. August Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 High of 21. Below the forecast by a few Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATreglown Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 High today was forecast to be 26, made it to 22. Yesterday my low for tonight was forecast to be 12. NWS today changed it to 4, with the potential for areas with higher snow pack to get to 0. Currently it is 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 hours ago, losetoa6 said: -2 for the low ( 2nd low below 0 this season) High of 19 . Drove to Atlanta, Ga Friday using i81 . The only real snow cover was in my own yard besides a couple dusting patches in the East Tennessee and NC mountains the whole drive . Pretty unusual. Forgot how Beautiful that drive was . Been 20 years since I've gone the rout . Story of the winter so far for us I-81'ers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris78 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, WVclimo said: Story of the winter so far for us I-81'ers Yes it has lol. Hopefully we can score something over the next few weeks. My concern is we get a few weeks relax period and before we know it, it' Feb. 1st and we are still sitting at 1 inch for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Woke up to -14F in Canaan. Incredible to walk out into that air this AM. So clean and refreshing. Bright sun there today just glistening over the snow. Then, I make the sad drive home and drive out of Heaven and back into desert hell. That map posted above says everything about living in this cursed place. Doesn't matter if it's showing snow cover or precip; always the same. Dry, dry, dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVsnowlover Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Current satellite image. Pretty much sums up the winter for us westerners so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 6 hours ago, WVsnowlover said: Current satellite image. Pretty much sums up the winter for us westerners so far. Yep, that was the photo I was slightly upset about earlier lol. But you know, I found out about something that really makes me feel a lot better, a whole lot better. Boston got storm surge from that badass storm a few days ago. The ocean water was like 1 to 4 feet deep. It inundated houses and cars. But you want to know the best thing about it? The ocean water FROZE. https://watchers.news/2018/01/05/boston-breaks-the-highest-ever-recorded-tide-followed-by-frozen-floods/ Thats right, a total catastrophe. This is the kind of winter weather I like best. I would be the ONLY person able to walk on that ice. I would literally be the last man standing. I worship winter, no matter what, to the total and utter exclusion of everyone and everything else. I call subzero weather with 55 mph gusts HOME. I absolutely ADORE and WORSHIP these kinds of winter weather catastrophes. This is exactly what I pray for every day. Those photographs, of feet of frozen ocean water around homes and yards and cars, are the ultimate expression of winter weather beauty. And, FEMA is completely BANKRUPT after this past fall. Thats the best part of all. We gotta learn to help OURSELVES, because no one else is gonna do it. No exceptions, ever. Don't you love this winter so far? Let's see Boston deal with that ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GramaxRefugee Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Wake up temp 16/6 Has warmed a degree overnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 At 18-20 degrees, the walk to work in downtown DC was downright pleasant this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 14 hours ago, nw baltimore wx said: Did anyone skate today? Any meet ups? Most importantly, any pictures??? Sure did. It was glorious; 19°F, the ice was 8 inches thick and a beautiful defused sunlight shining through the overrunning cirrus. First picture is some of us chilling by a roaring fire and the second is of me and my twin sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxdude64 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 The 16.6 this morning left balmy lol. Nice pics das, 8 inches is pretty deep ice for around here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Surprised by the 12.7°F low here in Clarksburg this morning. Very nice. Here is the running tally for the cold snap so far: 25Dec H/L: 36.6°F/27.1°F; 26Dec: 28.2°F/15.1°F; 27Dec: 23.9°F/9.8°F; 28Dec: 18.7°F/9.5°F; 29Dec: 25.5°F/14.6°F; 30Dec: 29.8°F/11.1°F; 31Dec: 17.7°F/4.8°F; 01Jan: 19.1°F/4.7°F; 02Jan: 22.2°F/5.6°F; 03Jan: 29.1°F/15.1°F; 04Jan: 25.3°F/11.4°F; 05Jan: 14.1°F/4.1°F; 06Jan: 15.1°F/0.4°F; 07Jan: 21.2°F/12.7°F; 08Jan: xx°F/xx°F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Low of 13.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 @das I wish I had been smart enough to bring my skates to work today. I got Mattie-d by a 3 hour early dismissal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonjon Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Amazing stretch of cold coming to an end. Even the snow today seems really "warm" with it in the low 30s. I've recorded three lows below minus 10 (-11, -16 and -19) over the last couple of weeks. We've certainly seen snowier periods, but apparently the coldest 13 day stretch in Canaan Valley's history -- see below. The last 13-days ( 12-26-17 through 1-7-18) are the coldest 13 days ever recorded in Canaan Valley, WV’s official National Weather Service 73-year climate record (based on preliminary data). What was noteworthy of this brutally cold period was not that any one day had extremely low temperatures, but that this period experienced such consistently, much below average readings. The warmest temperature recorded during the 13 days was 24 F with one day staying below zero F all 24-hours. The average high temperature for the period was 12.0 F with the average daily minimum temperature being -2.9 F. That yields a 13-day average temperature of 4.6 F, a whopping 2.5 degrees lower than the next coldest 13-day period in any other year. Ten of the 13 subject morning’s recorded sub-zero F minimum temperatures. The average temperature during this cold snap was equivalent to average January temperatures found at sea-level around the frigid northernmost shores of Lake Superior in Canada, 1,400 miles north in central Canada. While the extreme low during the period was a modest -13 F by Valley standards, a new high quality research station in the Canaan Valley Wildlife Refuge located in a frost hollow, recorded two separate mornings of -25 F and -24 F on 1/3 and 1/7/18 respectively. The research temperature station is only 125 miles due west of Washington/Regan National Airport (DCA) as the crow flies. Canaan Valley’s official National Weather Service COOP weather station has recorded minimum temperatures in the 20’s F in all 3 summer months (June, July, August). Canaan’s valley floor has an average growing season shorter than that found in Fairbanks, Alaska in the cold interior of that state. It is the highest, large valley floor in eastern North America with an average valley bottom elevation of 3,250 feet. It’s bath-tub like shape also helps trap cold air forming overnight extremely efficiently during clear, calm, dry weather conditions. This frigid pattern is coming to an abrupt end this week. Temperature should soar well into the 50’s F on several days by week’s end. Some data courtesy of David Lesher. Bob Leffler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVclimo Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 ^ That's good stuff Jon. Thanks for sharing. The only thing that kept this cold snap from joining the all-time greats in the eastern panhandle was a lack of snow cover. Still a lot of records were set here. There's a lot of 2018 and 2014 now dotting the early January records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoast NPZ Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Black Water Falls Sunday. Hike was a bit challenging in the snow-packed stairs with children in tow, but so worth it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw baltimore wx Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 ^^^^^^ @EastCoast NPZ Spectacular!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhotoGuy Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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