2018-2019 Winter Discussion(Northern Hemisphere)

Today was one of those rare days where it was both very cold and cloudy. It started off mostly clear in the morning when it was -32C but then went up to -24C in the afternoon and became fully overcast. Quite cold. Usually when it gets into the -15C to -20C range it starts to be bright and sunny, but not today...

Also the winter dryness is starting to get to me. The dew point was -35C when I left for work this morning, my hands and lips are cracked and patches of itchy dry skin are popping up all over my body at random. Going through lots of moisturizer but it still isn't enough to fend off this dryness. Bring on a warmup and more humidity!

Some warm nights over the last week but lower afternoon humidity - dewpoints mostly in the 18-22 C range. Quite bad pollution in the mornings that seems to ease in the afternoon (AQI around 100-200).

for Amherst coldest daytime high forecast for Monday since at least 2004. Ugh Umeå still beat it by a lot Babu

Umeå airport reached at least -10'C today though, so the coldest high this season is still -14.4'C

Heavy snow should be starting in an hour or two. Current snow total forecast is 16-28”! 

Not as cold as last year’s cold snap, but Monday is still forecast at 9/-3 which is still very cold (at least the high).

Nice variability too, could not break 10 on Monday then be in the 40s on Wednesday.

5.7” has fallen as of 7 PM, it’s 10 PM now and probably pushing ~8”.

Another 16-28” is still forecast to come by Monday!

The roads are a fucking nightmare, I was going 15 mph on a 40 mph road and it took me 30 fucking minutes to go 4 miles. 

It it was completely deserted too, going down my towns biggest road, I was in the middle of the road creeping along at 15 mph and I saw 1 other car the whole drive. 

I was supposed to be at a party until late at night but after the ordeal getting there, nobody wanted to brave even worse roads at 1 AM, so I was only there a few hours.

Epic storm.

Älvsbyn is continuing to have extremely cold weather. 4 days in a row have broken the seasonal record low.


This its location, so it's not in the far north or in the mountains like Nikkaluokta, Karesuando etc. It's not even above the arctic circle and only 50km from the sea.

Supposed to drop from the 50’s (10C+) to 8°F (-13C) here tonight, single digits are rarely achieved without snowcover so we’ll see.

Got a few inches of snow last night, with a coating of ice as well.

It’s cold AF but the sun is out for the first time in 9 days!