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Post by rozenn on Dec 18, 2022 11:06:28 GMT -5
Last cold night in a while. No subzero °F reading in lowland France, the coldest being -16.7°C/2°F in Nitting (Lorraine). Plenty of that in Germany though. Very cold week in a band straddling the 10E longitude.
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 18, 2022 11:27:59 GMT -5
A few days ago models were predicting a major snowstorm for the region. Now it looks like it'll just be a rainstorm. Friday's forecast is still interesting nonetheless with a big temp drop and maybe some back end snow. We'll see.
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Post by ral31 on Dec 18, 2022 22:19:18 GMT -5
Right now Friday is forecast to be an ice day! NWS is forecast a high of 31F on the 23rd. Forecast low of 15F Thurs night and may see a wind chill around 0F.
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 19, 2022 1:22:23 GMT -5
First Tropical Cyclone Of Australian Season ( source: Weatherzone ) Tropical Cyclone Darian has become the first cyclone of the season to form inside Australia’s area of responsibility. Darian formed about 440 km west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on Sunday and is now moving towards the southeast. While sea surface temperatures in the region are only just warm enough to support tropical cyclone development, favourable atmospheric conditions should allow it to gain strength in the next 24 hours. news-images.weatherzone.com.au/twc/darian_gif_20221219.gifDarian is not expected to make landfall in any Australian state or territory. However, gale force winds may still affect the Cocos (Keeling) Islands from Tuesday. Most forecast models suggest Darian will move away from the Cocos Islands later this week and track outside Australia’s area of responsibility. Darian is the first tropical cyclone to be named inside the Australia’s area of responsibility since the 2022/23 tropical cyclone season. While there was another unnamed tropical cyclone in a similar region near the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in July, it developed before the official start of the tropical cyclone season in November. Australia tropical cyclone season runs from November until April and the next cyclone that forms in our region will be named Ellie.
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Post by rozenn on Dec 19, 2022 16:45:36 GMT -5
Steady but non-stop temperature rise since yesterday. It's quite a bit colder in the subway, where I can see my breath, than outside, where I can't.
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Post by tommyFL on Dec 19, 2022 18:15:45 GMT -5
Wide range of min temps across the county this morning. A persistent onshore wind prevented the coast from dropping below upper 60s F, while inland areas reached upper 40s.
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Post by nei on Dec 19, 2022 21:53:58 GMT -5
going to be a memorable front on the 23rd
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Post by jetshnl on Dec 19, 2022 23:23:56 GMT -5
First -50C of the season in Canada this evening. Last occurence was January 2022.
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Post by nei on Dec 19, 2022 23:32:41 GMT -5
A few days ago models were predicting a major snowstorm for the region. Now it looks like it'll just be a rainstorm. Friday's forecast is still interesting nonetheless with a big temp drop and maybe some back end snow. We'll see. def one of the bigger forecast downgrades I've seen.
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Post by Crunch41 on Dec 19, 2022 23:37:38 GMT -5
Snow and cold coming just in time for Christmas. December was consistently mild until the past few days. Some snow on the 15th-16th left some thin patchy snow cover in the city. Rural and inland there is 1-2 inches. Snow is better than nothing, but that storm dropped 1.5 inches of precip, which could have been a lot of snow. This morning reached 8F/-13C, nothing unusual but it's the coldest since a 9F low on November 20th! But I'm getting hopeful for a snow storm in a few days. NWS has a winter storm watch: ..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...Blizzard conditions possible. Total snow accumulations of 6 or more inches. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph.After that, much colder air is expected starting Friday. Saturday is forecast for 11/-3F (-12/-19C) and breezy. Winter is coming. I hope it stays for a while.
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 20, 2022 4:48:14 GMT -5
Freezing rain has started in the morning and it still hasn't stopped, -2,9C and still raining at 11 a.m. Riga mayor has asked people not to go outside. From Poland:
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Post by Ariete on Dec 20, 2022 4:53:24 GMT -5
Freezing rain has started in the morning and it still hasn't stopped, -2,9C and still raining at 11 a.m. Riga mayor has asked people not to go outside.
Indeed. This slippery weather is dangerous for: people with heart conditions, women doing yoga in the park, Zidanes in trolleys. Instead you should: read a book, do yoga inside, be on your phone. If you HAVE to go outside: wear a mask and suit.
1.6C and rain here. Slippery.
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 20, 2022 5:34:05 GMT -5
Freezing rain has started in the morning and it still hasn't stopped, -2,9C and still raining at 11 a.m. Riga mayor has asked people not to go outside.
Indeed. This slippery weather is dangerous for: people with heart conditions, women doing yoga in the park, Zidanes in trolleys. Instead you should: read a book, do yoga inside, be on your phone. If you HAVE to go outside: wear a mask and suit. Does Finland never issue warnings? Finno-Ugric people strong!!!
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Post by Ariete on Dec 20, 2022 6:11:58 GMT -5
Does Finland never issue warnings? Finno-Ugric people strong!!!
Of course we issue.
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Post by srfoskey on Dec 20, 2022 15:19:56 GMT -5
Freezing rain has started in the morning and it still hasn't stopped, -2,9C and still raining at 11 a.m. Riga mayor has asked people not to go outside. From Poland: Is freezing rain common there?
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Post by greysrigging on Dec 20, 2022 15:24:06 GMT -5
Australia's Longest Day Of The Year Almost Here ( source: Weatherzone ) The summer solstice will take place later this week, marking the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere based on daylight hours. Earth’s tilt relative to the sun changes constantly throughout the year. This changing angle of solar exposure causes our planet’s seasons and affects the length of day and night everywhere on Earth. In late-March and late-September, Earth’s north and south poles are roughly equal distance from the Sun, with the Sun appearing to sit above our planet’s equator. This causes days and nights to be nearly equal in length everywhere on Earth. Towards the end of December and June, the poles reach their maximum tilts towards and away from the Sun. This causes the year’s longest days and shortest nights on Earth. This year’s summer solstice occurs at 8:48am AEDT on Thursday, December 22, marking the moment Earth’s south pole reaches its furthest tilt away from the sun. The December solstice causes the longest day and shortest night of the year in Australia and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere. When is the warmest day of the year? There is a common misconception that the longest amount of daylight hours on the summer solstice should correlate with the warmest day of the year. After all, the days around the summer solstice have the most time for solar heating at the surface. But the warmest weather of the year for most of Australia actually occurs in the weeks following the summer solstice. This lag is caused by the land and ocean both taking a while to absorb energy and heat up. The ocean in particular has a high heat capacity, which means it takes much longer to warm up than the land. This causes the relatively cool oceans in late-December to help keep Australia’s air temperature lower than they do in January. So, while the longest days in Australia happen in late December, the hottest days outside the tropics usually happen in January, when the days are still long, and the oceans are a bit warmer. The two graphs below show that the hottest days of the year in Sydney and Hobart occur in the weeks following the summer solstice. These graphs are based on the modern climate, using all daily observations between 1990 and 2022 to date. In Sydney, the warmest day of the year, based on the average of the last 33 years, is January 21, followed by January 1. The city’s hottest day between 1990 and 2022 occurred on January 18 in 2013. For Hobart, the average warmest day of the year in the past few decades was January 11, followed by January 13. The city’s highest temperature on record was 41.8ºC on January 4, 2013. Tropical areas of Australia don’t follow the same annual temperature trends as the two capital cities shown above. Temperatures in northern Australia are more influenced by the wet and dry seasons. Darwin’s warmest days of the year typically occur in October, before the cooling effect of the wet season’s rain and thunderstorm activity has kicked in. The city also experiences a second spike in daytime temperatures in April, on the back end of the wet season. Darwin’s warmest day of the year on average is October 24, while the city’s hottest day in the last 33 years of records was 38.2ºC on October 21 in 2019.
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Post by Doña Jimena on Dec 20, 2022 15:55:38 GMT -5
Freezing rain has started in the morning and it still hasn't stopped, -2,9C and still raining at 11 a.m. Riga mayor has asked people not to go outside. From Poland: Is freezing rain common there? I would say not very common, it is a rare situation. Fortunately, freezing rain has turned to regular rain in the afternoon, as the temperature has risen, currently 2C/36F.
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Post by rpvan on Dec 20, 2022 16:08:12 GMT -5
Pretty crazy snowstorm in Vancouver from yesterday evening through to this morning. 25-40cm across the region. For most locales in the area its the largest daily snowfall since December 24, 2008.
Also, it all fell with temps hovering between -7c and -10c. Pretty rare.
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Post by aabc123 on Dec 20, 2022 16:12:12 GMT -5
About issuing warnings - well, here, the weather service often issues warnings about various weather phenomena.
By the way, the reason for warnings from various state institutions such as the weather service and also private companies is legal - if I have been warned, then the responsibility is more on me and less on the person who issued the warning, and therefore the reason is not that any ethnic group, or even more, some different ethnic groups belonging to the same language family, are considered to be stronger or weaker.
At the same time, of course, warnings also benefit the recipients of the warnings, as the latter are then more aware of the dangers and can act cautiously. So, although sometimes it seems to me that there are too many warnings, I personally am in favor of giving warnings. Caution is the mother of wisdom - or so says a proverb from my country.
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Post by Benfxmth on Dec 20, 2022 16:45:05 GMT -5
Nonzero chance of a few snowflakes tonight in south-central NC, with sufficient overlap of moisture aloft and evaporative cooling under cold airmass in the low levels
Excerpts from NWS RAH's forecast dicksuction
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... As of 238 PM Tuesday...
Temperatures have struggled to get out of the upper 30s in most locations. The warmest temps currently are over the southern Piedmont and Sandhills with some lower 40s. Temperatures may rise a degree or so before sunset, but we`ll likely be stuck in the upper 30s to low 40s for the early evening. Satellite imagery reveals the mid-level shortwave currently southern LA/MS. Regional and local radar reveal several echoes across GA/SC. Most of the echoes over our southern Piedmont have not been reaching the ground and is likely virga. However, that should change as we go into tonight and especially overnight as the mid-level system tracks into southern GA and southern SC, before moving toward the coast Wed morning. A surface low will also develop offshore of GA/SC overnight. A period of 700-500 mb ascent across our far southern counties will continue to support light precipitation over the southern Piedmont, Sandhills, and southern Coastal Plain.
Not much has changed in the 12Z solutions of the HREF/NAM/GFS/ECMWF. Most guidance indicates that 850-700 mb thicknesses are sub-1540m tonight across the south, favoring a mix of rain/snow possibly transitioning to a short duration of light snow overnight. The best chance of getting all snow would be in some higher precipitation rates, where the column below 850 mb can be cooled to the wet-bulb. A dusting to a 0.3 inches of snow accumulation is possible in these far southern counties. With temperatures still expected to be in the low to middle 30s, any light accumulation would mostly be noticed on grassy or elevated surfaces with little impacts to roads. A sharp cutoff in any precipitation is expected across the central and northern Piedmont/Coastal Plain owing to a sub-850 mb dry layer evident in the 12Z GSO sounding. But if any precipitation can manage to punch through this dry layer, a few lingering snow flurries are not out of the question over southern portions of the Triangle. Across the north and west, temperatures will remain steady into the mid to late evening (low to mid 30s) then drop into the mid to upper 20s across the north and west with clearing toward Wed morning.
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