Joker January

[HoarfrostHubb]

43 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

It’s literally a degree of normal, what are we doing

I’m talking about the past few weeks.  It has been better on the hill.   The previous la 2 winters had been a suckfest of warm and damp. Drizzle.  Slush.  Yuck. 
 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

4 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I’m talking about the past few weeks.  It has been better on the hill.   The previous la 2 winters had been a suckfest of warm and damp. Drizzle.  Slush.  Yuck. 
 

It's been boring but definitely a winter feel since early December.

[mreaves]

8 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

As a weather geek, I find it amazing what transpired yesterday in the deep south.  Parishes in New Orleans got 6"+ of snow and parts of N Florida had 4-8" of snow with some wind swept powder.  Incredible. 

My brother said 8” in SW GA. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, mreaves said:

My brother said 8” in SW GA. 

My brother and SIL are in Hilton Head SC and got 2" - 3" of sleet right on the coast.  He sent me pictures today and it looked like full winter smack down with palm fronds blowing in the background. Once in a lifetime event for so many people. 

[tavwtby]

3 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

 

 

Both options suck , but I think if you had to choose dry and cold is better. Rainy warm winters ruin everything.

down to 7.0 here, don't think I'll get as low as last night...on the preference of winter, if it ain't going to snow, I'd prefer warmer, cold dry sucks in a lot of ways, including energy bills. my attic office is well insulated but still needs a lot of heat in winter and A/C in summer, but winter is worse... just bought a great new heater though, makes it toasty at half the wattage.

[kdxken]

5 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

down to 7.0 here, don't think I'll get as low as last night...on the preference of winter, if it ain't going to snow, I'd prefer warmer, cold dry sucks in a lot of ways, including energy bills. my attic office is well insulated but still needs a lot of heat in winter and A/C in summer, but winter is worse... just bought a great new heater though, makes it toasty at half the wattage.

What kind of heater?

[HIPPYVALLEY]

24 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Will be handing out hats to whomever wants .. MAGA

Make America Gypsy Again 

Gypsy moths are very ectothermic influenced and this January, should ensure, they will be somewhat of a non-issue in summer of 2025 in SNE.

[Torch Tiger]

what a peak winter!   Too bad there's not much natural snow, aside fake upslope.  But ski areas area bangin guns

[powderfreak]

A normal January in progress up here.

The past couple days have featured -15 and -14 departures but the monthly departure is +0.7.  It still takes an act of god to get a below normal month.  We’ll take average.

Normal temps in the means, 24/10 average down in the valley, which is more than enough cold for a winter month to feel like a winter month.

[Patrick-02540]

Down to 7.9.  I was stuck at 11 for a few hours.  

Without wind, it doesn't take much more effort to keep the house heated with exterior of 7F.... vs 25F.  Just maintaining a low/moderate burn in the living room and house is 75F.  If winds were 15, 20mph, I'd be burning a lot more and maybe even supplementing with the oil or propane.  

[ma blizzard]

1 hour ago, kdxken said:

Looks like it's actually going to warm up tonight. Driving around it was 6 in my car. Up to 11 now

 clouds starting to move out, prob will end up just below zero in the cold spots again 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

17 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

what a peak winter!   Too bad there's not much natural snow, aside fake upslope.  But ski areas area bangin guns

The CPC is going to bust too high on late winter / early spring temps.  

[Typhoon Tip]

14 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

A normal January in progress up here.

The past couple days have featured -15 and -14 departures but the monthly departure is +0.7.  It still takes an act of god to get a below normal month.  We’ll take average.

Normal temps in the means, 24/10 average down in the valley, which is more than enough cold for a winter month to feel like a winter month.

This is like a “standard above normal” month … which after multi season acclimation must seem colder than normal. 

[Typhoon Tip]

actually … PVD and BOS are both -1 right now. 

[powderfreak]

13 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

actually … PVD and BOS are both -1 right now. 

Its been much colder than normal lately as you head south.  We’ve been below freezing for a while but the coldest anomalies are definitely south.

-10F here vs 26F half a foot of powder on the GOM palm tree beaches… what’s more impressive .

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, powderfreak said:

Its been much colder than normal lately as you head south.  We’ve been below freezing for a while but the coldest anomalies are definitely south.

-10F here vs 26F half a foot of powder on the GOA beaches… what’s more impressive .

 

[Typhoon Tip]

13 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Its been much colder than normal lately as you head south.  We’ve been below freezing for a while but the coldest anomalies are definitely south.

-10F here vs 26F half a foot of powder on the GOM palm tree beaches… what’s more impressive .

That matches the temp anomaly products that have routinely demoed warm air that morphs to the cold side only when it advects beneath 50 or so n. That’s been a recurring cinema. 

This pattern setting up in 1976 might have been more like cold at both ends
 

[DavisStraight]

My friend in Calabash NC got 3 inches, cancelled todays golf league, I'm down to 8 right now, not like last two nights but still pretty good.

[cleetussnow]

5 hours ago, Typhoon Tip said:

tell them while this is happening, no less -

Exactly.  Its not cold.

[cleetussnow]

But for real.  9 inches of snow or whatever in Florida we should be glaciated and uninhabitable up in here. 

[weathafella]

I would be happy to warm up, melt everything and do it again.  Dry and cold is very tough on old skin.  Lots of skin creams etc.  I am looking forward to summer but will be happy with snow-if it comes.

[DavisStraight]

5 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I would be happy to warm up, melt everything and do it again.  Dry and cold is very tough on old skin.  Lots of skin creams etc.  I am looking forward to summer but will be happy with snow-if it comes.

My feet crack in this weather, have to rub O'Keefes on them every night.

[Modfan2]

Down to 2F this am, slightly warmer than the past couple of mornings. Should start to turn the corner today with more seasonal to slightly BN temps.

[CoastalWx]

Some flurries around now. Congrats cape.

[#NoPoles]

Tues and weds morning lows hit-23 to -25, this morning we didn't radiate efficiently due to cloud cover. I love how the body adjusts to cold weather. It was 5 degrees last night when I took the dog out before bed. We were outside for almost 30 mins and I didn't wear a hat or mittens. It was so much "warmer" than the 2 prior nights where it was -12 when I took the dog out. But before this cold snap, 5 degrees felt like Antarctica

[Lava Rock]

Lol, another photo from FL

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[Sey-Mour Snow]

That Feb 2 storm signal was there on 00z Euro.  6z gfs had a beefed up clipper mid next week for SNE.  6z euro woulda been similar if it ran out further. 

[512high]

2 hours ago, Modfan2 said:

Down to 2F this am, slightly warmer than the past couple of mornings. Should start to turn the corner today with more seasonal to slightly BN temps.

Yes, overnight low for me was 9F, lol heatwave..... 13F @ 630am ASH

[Cold Miser]

1 hour ago, Lava Rock said:

Lol, another photo from FL

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I would have been the only one swimming in that pool, embracing the snow.

[Damage In Tolland]

37 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

That Feb 2 storm signal was there on 00z Euro.  6z gfs had a beefed up clipper mid next week for SNE.  6z euro woulda been similar if it ran out further.