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Post by Beercules on Dec 27, 2022 18:14:18 GMT -5
Mildura had a 29C low, but me, only 140km west, only had a mere 19C, due to the cold front passing here but not there yet at the 9am reset cutoff.
My high is unlikely to reach their low...
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Post by Beercules on Dec 28, 2022 5:39:15 GMT -5
High ended up being 25.8C under overcast rot. A truly despicable day after 2 days of 40C.
Forecast is boring until NYE with incredibly cold 11C lows, and days which will be 22C at midday before struggling up to the below avg high for 2 seconds at 5.30pm.
New Years has 2x 40C days, then back to below avg highs with extremely cold lows indefinitely
Looks like summer this year is gonna be like a stuttering internet connection
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Post by Steelernation on Dec 28, 2022 11:35:10 GMT -5
Huge contrast between Buffalo and Rochester so far this winter:
Seasonal snowfall:
Buffalo: 101.6” Rochester: 9.3”
December snowfall:
Buffalo: 64.7” Rochester: 4.8”
So far this winter, Buffalo has had days with:
22.3” 21.5” 17.9” 10.2” 9.4” 7.3”
They just keep getting hammered with Lake effect snow but it’s extremely localized so Rochester just 65 miles away has gotten very little.
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Post by ral31 on Dec 28, 2022 19:20:08 GMT -5
First warm day we've had in a while. Got up to 73F. Humidity also returned with DP nearing 60F right now. Was down to 31F this morning.
Before today, last time it had been above 59F (15C) was Dec 16 - an 11 day stretch. 7 days in a row with freezing lows.
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Post by ral31 on Dec 28, 2022 20:08:06 GMT -5
The South and California look quite wet over the next 7 days.
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Post by okwx2k4 on Dec 28, 2022 21:04:11 GMT -5
First warm day we've had in a while. Got up to 73F. Humidity also returned with DP nearing 60F right now. Was down to 31F this morning. Before today, last time it had been above 59F (15C) was Dec 16 - an 11 day stretch. 7 days in a row with freezing lows. Same here around the south-central US. That was a pretty tough cold blast.
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Post by Emma Eton on Dec 28, 2022 21:25:02 GMT -5
2022 the warmest year on record for the UK"2022 will be warmest year ever for UK, Met Office says" "According to provisional figures, every month was hotter than average, with the exception of December when the UK experienced a notable cold snap. The year's average temperature will likely beat the previous all-time high of 9.88C, set in 2014. The exact mean temperature is set to be confirmed in the new year but the Met office said the consistent heat this year had been noteworthy. Dr Mark McCarthy, a senior climate scientist at the Met Office, said the provisional figures are in line with the "genuine impacts we expect as a result of human-induced climate change"." Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64111625
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Dec 29, 2022 8:56:22 GMT -5
The South and California look quite wet over the next 7 days. Looks like an El Niño rainfall pattern based on wet California and Gulf Coast.
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Post by rpvan on Dec 29, 2022 17:00:11 GMT -5
We had an ice storm up here in Vancouver that day as well. About 10-15mm of ice accretion at my place in the eastern suburbs. Snow depth across the region peaked at roughly between 40cm and 60cm on the 22nd-23rd. It's pretty much poured rain every day since then, which resulted in a bit of flooding in some locales. Settled snow is pretty much all melted but lots of piles remain everywhere.
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Post by Benfxmth on Dec 29, 2022 17:07:12 GMT -5
Larger than usual temperature gradient late this afternoon, due to nearly calm winds + cool river temps. It shows in these WU PWS'es (New Bern AP was 65°F at 4 PM). tommyFL
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Post by tommyFL on Dec 29, 2022 18:28:17 GMT -5
Even though Lake Okeechobee is only about 12 ft deep, it still has enough moderating influence to keep max temps about 10 F cooler than elsewhere, not even reaching 70 F at SFWMD's L006 platform.
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 29, 2022 19:19:29 GMT -5
Even though Lake Okeechobee is only about 12 ft deep, it still has enough moderating influence to keep max temps about 10 F cooler than elsewhere, not even reaching 70 F at SFWMD's L006 platform. What station is the 87 F?
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Post by tommyFL on Dec 29, 2022 19:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by nei on Dec 29, 2022 20:29:42 GMT -5
Looks like an El Niño rainfall pattern based on wet California and Gulf Coast.[/quote] except it's a La Niña winter right now weatherwest.com/archives/22165There has been a lot of speculation online regarding the upcoming active pattern–which does, indeed, in many ways resemble an “El Nino”-like sequence. In the short term, that’s a reasonable assertion–persistent low pressure in the Gulf of Alaska plus an extended East Asian jet slinging repeated winter storms toward California does resemble the canonical warm ENSO setup. But the problem with the claim that “El Nino has arrived early” is…well, it simply hasn’t! The tropical eastern Pacific is still much cooler than average, and although a pool of warm water continues to build in the tropical West Pacific–and shows some initial signs of slowly sloshing eastward–it hasn’t actually done so yet. The atmospheric teleconnections associated with El Nino simply can’t develop until anomalous warm conditions have been present in the east Pacific for a month or two–and that likely won’t happen at least until this coming spring or summer. For the Jan-Mar period (and likely the Jan-May period), moderate La Nina-like atmospheric patterns are still the most likely outcome. (I say “most likely” for a reason: it’s not the only possible outcome.) What we’re seeing at the moment, which over the next 10 days or so will decidedly not resemble a La Nina pattern, is likely due to a combination of transient subseasonal tropical forcing (brief El Nino-like atmospheric conditions in the tropics) and the aftereffects of very amplified atmospheric wind patterns in the wake of the recent extreme Arctic blocking pattern.
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Post by Crunch41 on Dec 29, 2022 22:52:14 GMT -5
Milwaukee airport reached 61F today, a huge change from a week ago. The cold weather last weekend is just a distant memory. Compare - Imperial: Dec 23rd, 04:00: -8, dew -17, wind W 25G36, wind chill -34. Light snow. Dec 29th, 14:30: 61, dew 52, wind SSW 14, overcast Metric Dec 23rd, 04:00: -22, dew -27, wind W 40 G 58, wind chill -37. Light snow. Dec 29th, 14:30: +16, dew +11, wind SSW 23, overcast 61 is not a record but it's only 2 degrees from January's record high. The ground is covered in dew, like a frosty glass on a hot day. The ground is much colder than the air. Same thing Baba commented on a few days ago, except it's warm enough that the ice is gone from the pavement.
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Post by Emma Eton on Dec 30, 2022 10:29:15 GMT -5
Temps across much of England right now... my favourite kind of day.
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Post by srfoskey on Dec 30, 2022 15:16:10 GMT -5
It hit 71°F (22°C) at RDU today. If that hadn't happened, this month would've had the coldest max for any December since 1997 at only 66°F (19°C).
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 31, 2022 11:51:54 GMT -5
A week of extremes with Christmas Eve high/low of 14/4 F (-10/-15.5 C) and yesterday being 62/31 F (17/-1 C). The coolest high in the forecast through Wednesday January 4th is 51 F/11 C and all lows are above freezing.
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Post by rozenn on Dec 31, 2022 13:54:52 GMT -5
Midwinter heatwave. Morning temps at midsummer levels.
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Post by jgtheone on Jan 1, 2023 4:08:28 GMT -5
Far away, but still the same...
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