NH Winter/SH Summer 2019-2020 Discussion Thread

Didn’t even get below 10 (-12 c) this cold snap. 

Next week looks cold and boring with a random 1 day cold shot on Friday which could be the most interesting cold event this winter.

NWS says 14/4 and TWC says 10/2. Hope something like that happens.

Some delayed onsets of wind here today in the wake of the storms' eastward trajectory. Nynäshamn on the open sea bore the brunt of the storm in this area, the entire Nyköping and Oxelösund micropolitan area did a lot better than I first feared the latter would do. In fact, today saw just as strong gusts in Nyköping in spite of the air feeling less ominous than it did yesterday before it hit.

100cm difference between the deepest and shallowest part of the country? Or 100cm difference between this snow pack and the normal depth this time of year?

The second one is exceptional, the first one seems like it would happen often especially if you include Åland.

at 7 am yesterday morning; 57°F difference between Saranac Lake and NYC/Long Island. looks like a station in northern New Hampshire almost matched Saranac Lake.



I was in Lake Placid (which read -22°F at 7 am) on Sunday. It was COLD. from an inversion + cold air mass that left quickly. Extremely fast warm up. wasn't out in the cold for that long early morning but exposed skin felt uncomfortable quickly, and just felt different from normal cold. wear long underwear for short walks from car to store. Was briefly outside at 8:20 am (-16°F), started hiking at 10:30 (4-8°F warming up fast)



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weather has definitely shifted to snowier up north. finally

NWS says 6-13” of snow through Friday, not a snowstorm as it seems spread out over a few days but should still be a good amount. Or not if it busts like the last storm.

Friday is now forecast to be only 14/4 by NWS and 13/7 by TWC. I guess it’ll be the most interesting cold of the winter but that’s a pretty low bar.

After that it looks cold and boring with more 20s and 30s through the end of the 10-day.

Had a brief warm up the middle of the day today with a warm front quickly followed by a cold front. Got up to 71F though it was only above 60F for about 2 hours. Severe threat stayed to the east.

Some heavy rainfall with thunder this evening and temp in the mid 50's.

Taking a look at the calendar season so far it's even more impressive. Since December 1st, almost the entire country has been averaging temperatures 5-7'C above the 61-90 normal. 

A lot of places may have their warmest winter ever. 
Stockholm's warmest winter ever was 2008 with  a 2.3'C average. They've averaged 3.4'C so far with only about a fifth of the winter left, so they'd have to have a really cold latter half of February to not absolutely smash their old winter record. 

Looking at Falsterbo, their warmest winter was 2007 with a 4.8'C average. They've averaged 5.4'C so far. Not as huge of a margin, but due to its very maritime location, it's much more stable and still very likely to shatter the record. 

I don't know what the national record is; whether it's held by Falsterbo or not.
So far this winter, Falsterbo hasn't been the warmest station though.

Both Måseskär and Utklippan have averaged 5.6'C so far this winter.

Umeå has averaged -1.6'C. The record is -1.3'C from 1930, albeit from a warmer station.

Härnösand, a bit closer to Umeå has a record of -0.1'C from 1930, and they've only averaged 0.3'C, so not very likely to break their record, especially considering February has only been averaging -1.1'C there so far.