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Post by Babu on Mar 4, 2023 10:06:12 GMT -5
Day when the permanent snowpack started to form in Turku was 18 February, likely 2nd latest in history. What's defined as permanent snowpack? Wouldn't it be better to simply say that you didn't have a permanent snowpack this winter? |
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Post by Ariete on Mar 4, 2023 11:47:47 GMT -5
What's defined as permanent snowpack? Wouldn't it be better to simply say that you didn't have a permanent snowpack this winter?
Good question.  IDK if there's a strict definition, but I'd say it's one which lasts until spring.
Yeah, we didn't have a permanent snowpack this winter.
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Post by kandek on Mar 4, 2023 13:06:49 GMT -5
What's defined as permanent snowpack? Wouldn't it be better to simply say that you didn't have a permanent snowpack this winter?
Good question. IDK if there's a strict definition, but I'd say it's one which lasts until spring.
Yeah, we didn't have a permanent snowpack this winter.
We did, although it was less than average and it took a while to become established. At least in my backyard. Other parts of this island were more like Turku. |
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Post by srfoskey on Mar 4, 2023 23:49:08 GMT -5
February 2023 was slightly warmer and wetter than average. We had a surprise coating of snow on the 8th. But the most impactful thing, which doesn't show up in a weatherbox, is that I almost got hit by a tornado on the 26th. That was quite scary and I do not recommend. It disrupted the road network severely for about 36 hours and moderately for another 36 hours. People who suffered significant home damage will be dealing with the aftereffects for months or more. The tornado wound up being rated an EF-2 on the enhanced Fujita scale. But I've only seen EF-1 damage with my own eyes, as the worst damage was off the main roads to my northeast, and I didn't want to get in the way of tornado cleanup.
On a lighter note, this month had its coldest low on the 1st and warmest high on the 28th, which is a bit unusual.
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Post by flamingGalah on Mar 5, 2023 16:35:20 GMT -5
February was warmer & much drier than average, with above average sunshine. The media here have made a big deal of how dry it was, ignoring the fact that the past few months have seen well above average rainfall, so I for one was very pleased to get a break from the incessant downpours. Stats from my PWS Av.Max 10.1C (+1.4C*) Av.Min 3.2C (+0.5C*) Mean 6.7C (+1.0C*) Highest Max 14.3C (15th) Lowest Min -1.9C (8th) Lowest Max 7.3C (28th) Highest Min 8.9C (18th) Rainfall 8.7mm (15%*) Days with Rain 10 Days with >1.0mm 3 Sunshine 93.6hrs (110%*) Max UV 2 Min UV 1 High Sea Temp 8.0C Low Sea Temp 7.2C Mean Sea Temp 7.6C *based against Thorney Island 1991-2020 averages     |
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Post by ral31 on Mar 5, 2023 21:19:09 GMT -5
 6.1F warmer than normal and 1.02" wetter than normal. Barely missed the top 10 warmest Feb list. This past winter tied for 8th warmest on record despite the cold blast around Christmas. Average temps thru the Feb 19th were nothing too unusual, then turned well above normal and stable the 20th thru remainder of the month (also pretty humid). First half of the month had some heavy rainfall, but second half of the month was dry. Had strong storms on the 8th but nothing severe.  |
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Post by longaotian on Mar 6, 2023 11:17:23 GMT -5
Another below average, wet and cloudy summer month in Milford Sound.  Cyclone Gabrielle hit the North Island from February 11th-16th and pretty much washed away some towns on the east coast. It was the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the southern hemisphere, and was the deadliest weather system to hit New Zealand since Cyclone Giselle in 1968. |
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Post by kandek on Mar 6, 2023 19:02:58 GMT -5
Oops...totally forgot about this as I was in San Antonio last week. Anyway, February was more normal temp-wise than Junuary but less snowy than normal. Coldest temps on the island since 1994 with a quick-hitting but potent cold blast on the 4th day. It's snowier where I am than Charlottetown by about 2 or 3 times, but it's pointless to measure each snowfall as the wind continually blows the snow and I can't be bothered because that is tedious af. Measured snow depth at my place was 45 cm mid-month. Still around that number at the moment.  |
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Post by Babu on Mar 10, 2023 4:15:23 GMT -5
Mild, snowy and fairly decently sunny year so far at the airport, although not nearly as mild as the surroundings as you'll see.  Vs 91-20 This is what SMHI's temp map looks like for February, with Umeå marked in red.   Stugunäs, a roadside station 15 km SW of the airport recorded these means for Jan/Feb respectively, 0.6'C and 1.3'C milder.  And the university station recorded max/min/means of -0.7/-6.1/-3.1 and 1.0/-5.7/-2.6 respectively, with -15.7'C and -16.9'C minimums. Remarkable difference for being such a mild winter over all. Those 1.5'C mean temp differences are what I'd expect from frigid months with lots of clear and calm weather. Most other SMHI stations in the region had twice the mean temp deviation from average. Also notable is how much snow we've had. 76 cm in Umeå which is quite supranormal although to be fair we've had a lot of extremely snowy years in the last few years. Rickleå a couple dozen miles to the NE, right on the coast, managed to reach 102 cm a few days ago, which is an absolutely insane amount for a sea level station on the immediate coast. A 200m station a couple dozen kilometers to the SW had the deepest snow cover in the entire country for a while (including mountain stations) and even managed to reach 123 cm in January! |
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Post by jgtheone on Mar 12, 2023 3:19:44 GMT -5
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Post by Speagles84 on Mar 16, 2023 9:55:57 GMT -5
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Post by AJ1013 on Mar 16, 2023 9:58:14 GMT -5
Another below average, wet and cloudy summer month in Milford Sound. Cyclone Gabrielle hit the North Island from February 11th-16th and pretty much washed away some towns on the east coast. It was the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the southern hemisphere, and was the deadliest weather system to hit New Zealand since Cyclone Giselle in 1968. Yet some would claim this is a subtropical climate lol |
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Post by Cadeau (Parisien Penetrator) on Apr 3, 2023 8:48:06 GMT -5
▼ <Monthly Climate Anomaly over Japan>
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IDK if there's a strict definition, but I'd say it's one which lasts until spring.
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