North American Weather (U.S.A & Canada)

[4wd]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572681/Niagara-Falls-comes-frozen-halt-AGAIN-subfreezing-temperatures-freeze-millions-gallons-water-normally-flow-Falls.htmlhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572681/Niagara-Falls-comes-frozen-halt-AGAIN-subfreezing-temperatures-freeze-millions-gallons-water-normally-flow-Falls.html

[knocker]

Well whaddya know? Next two weeks looking warm and dry for California, cold and snowy for East Coast pic.twitter.com/Eg98FQwghq

 

[March Blizzard]

Well whaddya know? Next two weeks looking warm and dry for California, cold and snowy for East Coast pic.twitter.com/Eg98FQwghq

I reckon a lot of warm records have been broken in Alaska over the last few months; there's been something of an east/west split in North America this winter.

[knocker]

It was so cold! (How cold was it?) Reviewing the winter of our disbelief

http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/11158/it-was-so-cold-how-cold-was-it

[knocker]

Welcome to the Thirsty West

 

A monthlong series about the devastating drought facing a corner of the country.

 

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/03/drought_crisis_arizona_may_be_california_s_future.html

Edited March 8, 2014 by knocker

[knocker]

The 00z Euro ensemble still going gangbusters with this storm... more of low-end tropical storm than winter-y for NYC pic.twitter.com/e3quZbQpbd

 

 

[knocker]

Lake Michigan sets 41-year record for most ice cover

 

On Saturday, 93.29 percent of Lake Michigan was covered by ice, the most in records dating back to 1973.

 

This extent bested the previous record of 93.1 percent set in 1979.

 

Related: Lake Michigan Ice Cover Reaches Record Coverage! (National Weather Service)

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/10/lake-michigan-sets-41-year-record-for-most-ice-cover/

Edited March 10, 2014 by knocker

[cheeky_monkey]

Lake Michigan sets 41-year record for most ice cover

 

On Saturday, 93.29 percent of Lake Michigan was covered by ice, the most in records dating back to 1973.

 

This extent bested the previous record of 93.1 percent set in 1979.

 

Related: Lake Michigan Ice Cover Reaches Record Coverage! (National Weather Service)

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/10/lake-michigan-sets-41-year-record-for-most-ice-cover/

Dont you mean bettered?

[knocker]

Dont you mean bettered?

 

Well I don't actually write for the WP.

[knocker]

..Developing winter storm will impact much of the Northeast onWednesday......Showers and thunderstorms will be possible along the central Gulf Coastand Southeast...A wide axis of precipitation will continue to develop to the north of acold front sinking south and east through the CentralPlains...Midwest...and Ohio Valley on Tuesday.  Falling temperaturesbehind the boundary will allow for snow within the northern edge of theprecipitation shield...resulting in a swath of accumulations stretchingfrom Iowa to the Lower Great Lakes.  On Wednesday...a surface low alongthe front will quickly deepen while it tracks from the Ohio Valley to theNew England Coast...and the brunt of the action will shift focus to theeastern third of the Nation.  Increasing amounts of moisture gettingpulled out of the Gulf and Atlantic will help set up a wide zone ofmoderate to heavy snows to the northwest of the developing surface low. Widespread accumulations are expected from the Lower Great Lakes into theNortheast...with snowfall totals possibly approaching or exceeding a footacross interior New England.  Also...warmer Atlantic air moving in aloftshould allow for a narrow axis of freezing rain closer to the coast.

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd

 

[knocker]

Interesting video.

 

 

Lake Michigan ice coverage is nearing record levels. This video is a look back comparing previous year's peak Lake Michigan ice coverage and subsequent spring and early summer weather along the lake front to see if a correlation exists.

 

[Coopsy]

Stunning weather here this week. Today reached 12oC and deep blue skies. Snow melt is rapid with localised minor flooding on roads.

[knocker]

Snowiest Winter on Record in Portions of Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana

 

 

The relentless winter of 2013 - 2014 continues to add to its extraordinary resume over the Eastern U.S., where yet another near-record cold blast is underway. Temperatures on Thursday will be 10 - 25° below normal over the eastern 1/3 of the country, and it will be a serious case of weather whiplash in places like New York City, where the temperature peaked at 65°F at JFK Airport on Tuesday, a record high for the date. Temperatures will struggle to reach the upper-20s on Thursday--a spectacular 40° swing, and one of the coldest high temperatures so late in the year. The weather pattern that brought this winter's persistent cold to the Midwest and Eastern U.S., and record warmth and drought to the West Coast, is going to remain in place through most of the remainder of March. The latest 16-day forecast from the GFS model predicts a continuation of the dominant ridge over the Western U.S. and trough over the Midwest and Eastern U.S. that we've all grown very, very, very tired of (said Dr. Masters, after shoveling the latest installment of 6.5" of concrete-like snow of this winter's 90.7 inches that have fallen in the Detroit area--second only to the 93.6" that fell in the winter of 1880 - 1881.) Detroit has now had over 1" of snow on the ground for 72 consecutive days, and will easily break the record of 74 straight days, set during the notorious winter of 1978. Just to the south, in Toledo, Ohio, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wednesday's dumping of 6.7 - 7" of snow from Winter Storm Vulcan made the winter of 2013 - 2014 the snowiest on record at both cities. Chicago's 3.2" brought the winter total to 79.1", making it the Windy City's 3rd snowiest winter (the record: 89.7" in 1978 - 1979.) Some major cities that have had a top-five snowiest winters on record during 2013 - 2014:

 

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2645

[knocker]

All that agony, yet US winter (Dec-Feb) came in only 34th coldest on record

 

https://www.ncdc.noa...ndbaseyear=2000

[Styx]

 ^ Looks like California had their warmest winter on record

[knocker]

So - wait.. NYC.. 52 on Saturday, and then heavy snow Sun night-Mon with 7-10" poss?

Edited March 14, 2014 by knocker

[keithlucky]

Winter will not let go in USA http://www.wunderground.com/news/winter-storm-vulcan-latest-news-20140311

[Coopsy]

Woke up to snow today....only about half an inch. Surprised after a week of double digit temps and sunshine

[cheeky_monkey]

Woke up to snow today....only about half an inch. Surprised after a week of double digit temps and sunshine

Yes had a dusting of snow here..which wasnt forecast esp as it had been 15c the day before...bad news is spring looks to be put on hold temporarily this weekend with highs of -10c and some snow in the forecast.

[Coopsy]

Woke up to 4 inches of snow today and still snowing. I did utter a few choice words and yup CM looking like winter is returning *grumble grumble

[knocker]

ECMWF 12z (WMO-Essential) 850-hPa temperature + wind streams. Final 10-day outcome after 2nd Arctic blast. Brutal. pic.twitter.com/UGTCCoIoeH

Edited March 17, 2014 by knocker

[keithlucky]

This winter will most likely end up being Boston's 54th coldest on record

77%of USA temperatures have been below normal since October

Edited March 17, 2014 by keithlucky

[knocker]

Our latest snow storm is exiting the region, is a warm up on the way? I’ll have the details on what to expect for tonight and through the rest of the week!

 

 

http://www.nynjpaweather.com/2014/03/17/video-discussion-for-march-17-2014/

[knocker]

77%of USA temperatures have been below normal since October

 

Not totally clear to me how March can be included unless someone is clairvoyant so................................

 

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/tmp/3/110/0/2/1895-2014?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000

[cheeky_monkey]

Not totally clear to me how March can be included unless someone is clairvoyant so................................

 

https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/time-series/us/tmp/3/110/0/2/1895-2014?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000

Its easy to be selective when trying to get a point across..you could quite easily throw Alaska into the mix (its is part of the USA)and you probably end up with an average winter temp wise across the USA as a whole..some areas have been very cold..some areas very mild..some areas very snowy and some areas very dry...possibly because it has been the most populated areas that have been hit by cold and snow that it has grabbed the headlines.