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Weather Discussion => International => Topic started by: Mark on October 04, 2012, 04:59:16 PM
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How unusual is early October snow in North Dakota?
However, according to the Grand Forks Herald, on average, the first full inch of snow doesn’t fall until Nov. 11 in Fargo and Nov. 15 in Grand Forks, N.D.
They’re talking about ONE inch. But this storm is expected to dump six inches – or more! – of the white stuff on the area.
According to the National Weather Service, the potential exists for six or more inches of snow across the northern Red River Valley into northwest Minnesota.
So, when was the earliest measurable snowfall?
Records going back to 1940 show that, in the Red River Valley and the Devils Lake Basin, it was 62 years ago, on Oct. 2, 1950. Another notable snowstorm in those areas happened on Oct. 7-8, 1985.
The weather service defines measurable snow as 1 inch in depth or greater.
The earliest measurable snowfall in the broader region was on Sept. 11, 1989, in Hansboro, N.D., a small community near the Canadian border, about 40 miles north of Cando, N.D.
Western North Dakota has seen heavy snows in mid- to late September.
On average, the first full inch of snow isn’t seen until Nov. 11 in Fargo and Nov. 15 in Grand Forks.
In Fargo, at least some snow has fallen in every month of the year except July and August, according to records that date back to 1880, Godon said.
In Grand Forks, July is the only month that hasn’t seen snow, said meteorologist Bill Barrett, according to records that also date back to the late 1800s. However, those events might have been as little as a trace of snow.
“Based on the climatological record available, measurable snow is not all uncommon in early October,” said Mark Ewens, weather service climate forecaster in Grand Forks. “Typically, snow that falls early in the season melts off and may even be followed by a period of much milder weather.”
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/376231/
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SHORT RANGE FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD
339 PM EDT WED OCT 03 2012
VALID 00Z THU OCT 04 2012 - 00Z SAT OCT 06 2012
...HEAVY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY......TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE
FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS AND 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW
AVERAGE FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS SOUTHWARD TO PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN
HIGH PLAINS..."
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/hpcdiscussions.php?disc=pmdspd
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Almost double previous record in Grand Forks and other areas.
“An early season snow event produced significant snow amounts for northeast North Dakota into northwest Minnesota for early October,” says NOAA. ”The heaviest snow fell in Roseau county where around a foot of heavy wet snow has been reported as of 3 pm Thursday October 4. This heavy wet snow has also produced numerous power outages across this area.”
“These snow amounts appear to be record amounts for this early in the season for many areas. The previous record snowfall for October 4 or earlier at the NWS in Grand Forks was 2 inches on October 2, 1950. The NWS at Grand Forks reported 3.5 inches of snow with this storm on October 4, 2012. While records from around the area indicate that the October 2, 1950 storm produced about 2-5 inches around the region with localized higher amounts, with Leeds, ND receiving 7.0 inches on October 2, 1950, and Hallock 4.5 inches.”
…PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA…
ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 3PM:
NORTH DAKOTA MAX DEPTH
PEMBINA (PEMBINA CO.) 4 INCHES
LANKIN (WALSH CO.) 3 INCHES
PARK RIVER (WALSH CO.) 2 INCHES
MICHIGAN (NELSON CO.) 3.3 INCHES
GRAND FORKS (GF CO.) 3.5 INCHES
2SE MAYVILLE (TRAILL CO.) 3 INCHES
FARGO (CASS CO.) 1 INCH (VARIABLE 1-2)
MINNESOTA
HALLOCK (KITTSON CO.) 4 INCHES
KARSLSTAD (KITTSON CO.) 6 INCHES
2W BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 12 INCHES
10NNW BADGER (ROSEAU CO.) 14 INCHES
ROSEAU (ROSEAU CO.) 7 INCHES
STEPHEN (MARSHALL CO.) 5 INCHES
MIDDLE RIVER (MARSHALL CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
GRYGLA (MARSHALL CO.) 3 INCHES
THIEF RIVER FALLS 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-6)
(PENNINGTON CO.)
RED LAKE FALLS 4 INCHES
(RED LAKE CO.)
3S ANGUS (POLK CO.) 8 INCHES (VARIABLE 4-8)
3SE CROOKSTON (POLK CO.) 6 INCHES
ADA (NORMAN CO.) 4 INCHES (VARIABLE 3-4)
MOORHEAD (CLAY CO.) 1.4 INCHES (AS OF 7AM)
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=fgf&storyid=87914&source=0
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Thanks for that Mark a good report. Looks like they may be in for a tough winter ofer there.
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The area’s first major snowfall of the year and attending cold snap could harm some late-maturing corn and soybeans crops and delay the harvest, says this article on Reuters.
As of Monday, only 36 percent of North Dakota’s corn crop had been harvested, while 53 percent of Minnesota’s corn crop had been harvested. Some 76 to 80 percent of the soybean crop had been harvested in both states.
Minnesota is the third largest soybean producing state in the United States and the fourth largest corn state. North Dakota ranks number 10 in soybean production.
This storm is “unique for this time of year,” said John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/04/us-markets-crops-weather-idUSBRE8930UU20121004
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Posted: Oct 08, 2012 10:35 PM Updated: Oct 08, 2012 10:35 PM
Alan Crone, News On 6 Weather - bio | email
After a very chilly weekend, we're in store for a modest warm up today and tomorrow before another weak cold front passes the area Tuesday night. The end of this week will feature a very active weather pattern, including the threat of severe storms across the southern or central plains.
The weekend cold snap is just about over. Low temps this morning in the 30s will be replaced with highs in the upper 60s this afternoon along with sunshine and south winds. Temps Tuesday will move into the mid or upper 70s along with gusty south winds, but a cold front will pass the area late Tuesday evening bringing highs back down into the upper 60s to near 70 Wednesday afternoon. A few showers or storms may be possible across far eastern OK late Tuesday evening with the frontal passage but the moisture content will be lacking in quality and depth. I'll only make a mention of this slight probability and not include the pop on the 7 day planner. But as the upper air pattern changes late this week, the south winds will quickly bring gulf moisture northward into the state as a powerful southwestern Upper air low-trough approaches the area. The increase of low level moisture, a surface boundary nearby, and the upper level system could provide the first chance for severe weather we've seen during the early fall season.
Storms may develop Thursday night into Friday across northern OK as Tuesday nights cold front retreats northward as a warm front and becomes stationary near the Kansas state line. This boundary will be near northern OK Friday morning with a good chance of showers and storms across northern OK and southern Kansas.
As the strong upper level low approaches Friday night into Saturday, wind direction and speeds aloft will be favorable for developing sustained updrafts in thunderstorms. The depth and quality of the moisture would support a mention of severe weather, more than likely Saturday afternoon and evening, across the southern plains. The placement of the synoptic features will not be known with any certainty for a few days, but the pattern would suggest northern OK and much of central and eastern Kansas could experience some severe weather threat Friday or Saturday.
The front would pass the area sometime Saturday evening or early Sunday morning as the main upper level trough clears the region. This should result in improving weather late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. The EURO model attempts to develop a small secondary trough at the base of the departing upper level system which would keep a chance of showers or storms in the forecast Sunday night or possibly Monday morning.
We set a few records this weekend regarding the cold air.
Saturday set a record for coldest daytime high of 50 degrees. Sunday set a record for the earliest recorded freeze in Tulsa history.
Our normal-average high for today is 75 and the low is 53.
Daily records include the high of 97 from 1979 and the low of 30 from 2000.
http://www.newson6.com/story/19760800/monday-morning-update
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All this is "weather". The NOAA/CPC expectation for the US winter is not a cold one at this point.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/noaa-favors-warm-winter-for-washington-dc-noncommittal-on-snow/2012/08/17/ff76f48a-e884-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html
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Yes and we are a weather Forum.
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I was responding to the inference about a cold winter, not the existence of the reports. Every autumn in NZ, whenever there's a cold event or two ("weather"), lots of people surmise a forthcoming colder than average winter - which has failed to eventuate on the huge majority of occasions in the last 15 years or so.
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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM … WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE SNOWY AND SIERRA MADRE RANGES TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. VALLEY LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT RAIN WITH SNOW ABOVE 9000 FEET. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO THE EAST SATURDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ENDING BY NOON.
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CENTENNIAL…ALBANY…WOODS LANDING
* TIMING…MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO BEGIN AROUND 9 PM THIS
EVENING WITH BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM SATURDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD END AROUND NOON SATURDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES…WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH LIKELY LEADING TO NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS…WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/riw/
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Press release: Elusive El Niño challenges NOAA’s 2012 U.S. Winter Outlook
The western half of the continental U.S. and central and northern Alaska could be in for a warmer-than-average winter, while most of Florida might be colder-than-normal December through February, according to NOAA’s annual Winter Outlook announced today from the agency’s new Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Md.
Forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center say a wavering El Niño, expected to have developed by now, makes this year’s winter outlook less certain than previous years.
“This is one of the most challenging outlooks we’ve produced in recent years because El Niño decided not to show up as expected,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “In fact, it stalled out last month, leaving neutral conditions in place in the tropical Pacific.”
When El Niño is present, warmer ocean water in the equatorial Pacific shifts the patterns of tropical rainfall that in turn influence the strength and position of the jetstream and storms over the Pacific Ocean and United States. This climate pattern gives seasonal forecasters confidence in how the U.S. winter will unfold. An El Niño watch remains in effect because there’s still a window for it to emerge.
Other climate factors can influence winter weather across the country. Some of these factors, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, a prominent climate pattern, are difficult to predict more than one to two weeks in advance. The NAO adds uncertainty to the winter outlook in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic portions of the country.
Areas ravaged by extreme drought over the past year are unlikely to see much relief from drought conditions this winter.
In the 2012 U.S. Winter Outlook (December through February) odds favor:
■Warmer-than-average temperatures in much of Texas, northward through the Central and Northern Plains and westward across the Southwest, the Northern Rockies, and eastern Washington, Oregon and California, as well as the northern two-thirds of Alaska.
■Cooler-than-average temperatures in Hawaii and in most of Florida, excluding the panhandle.
■Dryer-than-average conditions in Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and Northern California, including Idaho, western Montana, and portions of Wyoming, Utah and most of Nevada.
■Dryer-than-average conditions in the upper Midwest, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and northern Missouri and eastern parts of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and western Illinois.
■Wetter-than-average conditions across the Gulf Coast states from the northern half of Florida to eastern Texas.
The rest of the country falls into the “equal chance” category, meaning these areas have an equal chance for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and/or precipitation.
This seasonal outlook does not project where and when snowstorms may hit or provide total seasonal snowfall accumulations. Snow forecasts are dependent upon the strength and track of winter storms, which are generally not predictable more than a week in advance.
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Parts of West Virginia are under more than two feet of snow and at least 260,000 customers have no power as of midday Tuesday, says weather.com.
Blizzard conditions slammed West Virginia and Maryland overnight Tuesday, shutting down interstates and knocking out power. Authorities closed 45 miles of Interstate 68 because of little or no visibility and abandoned cars.
“As of Tuesday morning, 17 separate locations had picked up at least a foot of snow from far southwest Pennsylvania and into West Virginia,” says weather.com Senior Meteorologist Jon Erdman.
Western Maryland was hit by the wintry part of the storm with more than a foot of snow accumulating in the mountains. A 40-mile stretch of I-68 in far western Maryland is closed due to snow-related problems.
Record Snowiest October Days
•Elkins, W.V.: 7″ (previous record was Halloween, 1917)
•Bluefield, W.V. – 4.7″ )
As of right now, there is still a winter storm warning in effect for West Virginia above 2500 feet, with total snow accumulations of 6 to 12 inches expected.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/sandy-lets-it-snow/844514
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750,000 without power
Central Park reported 4.4 inches of snowfall yesterday, shattering the 1878 record of 0.1 inches. Not only setting a record for a Nov. 7, it was the earliest 4-inch snowfall total in the park’s history, NBCNewYork.com reported. By Thursday morning the total had reached 4.7 inches.
Snow storms are unusual at this time of year in the New York City area. In fact, it’s the first time in recorded history that snowfall has ever been recorded at Islip, N.Y., Kennedy and LaGuardia airports.
Bridgeport, Conn., saw 3.5 inches, almost doubling the former record of 2.0 inches set in 1953.
Newark, N.J. reported 2.0 inches; far surpassing the previous record of a trace amount in 1981.
Parts of southern New Jersey saw more than 9 inches, while 6.1 inches was recorded at Newark Airport, which canceled most flights in advance of the storm.
Nassau County’s Malverne recorded 6.5 inches, while Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay had 3 inches. Flushing in Queens saw 7 inches, the Bronx’s Riverdale had 4.4 inches, and 6.4 inches was recorded in Great Kills on Staten Island.
The Weather Channel forecast three inches of snow in Philadelphia, and six to 12 inches in southeastern New York and New England.
http://news.msn.com/us/sandy-torn-northeast-deals-with-more-wind-snow
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/07/14987947-noreaster-snow-layers-sandy-destruction-more-evacuations-more-power-outages?lite&
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/08/15016190-record-snow-new-power-outages-as-storm-slams-northeast?lite&
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Noreaster-Tri-State-Weather-Forecast-Sandy-Damage-Outage-177834681.html
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Examiner.com
Adding insult to injury and after seeing signs of recovery from last Monday’s Hurricane Sandy, a Nor’easter storm battered the same areas on Wednesday bringing a storm surge that included strong winds up to 70 mph and 13 inches of snow with police …
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Nor’easter brings record snow to Northeast, 8 days after Superstorm Sandy
Washington Post (blog)
Snowfall totals from Nor’easter (NWS) The powerful Nor’easter is pulling away from New England, leaving behind record snowfall totals from New Jersey to Maine. New York City’s Central Park picked up 4.7 inches of snow, the earliest 4 inch snowstorm on …
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Edmonton auto body shops ‘chaotic all day’ after massive snowfall
Vancouver Sun
EDMONTON – Edmonton police say roads are faring better following the city’s near-record snowfall, despite frigid overnight temperatures that left surfaces slick and icy. The number of crashes recorded so far Thursday morning is down by half compared …
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Record snowfalls, new power outages, flood warnings as storm slams Northeast
NBCNews.com (blog)
New York’s Central Park saw 2.8 inches, which the NWS said beat the previous record of 0.1 inches in 1878. Full NBC coverage of Sandy’s aftermath. A record snowfall of 2 inches was set at Newark, N.J., breaking the old record of a trace amount set in 1981.
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773d LRS ready to tackle the snow head-on this year
Sourdough Sentinel
11/7/2012 – JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — As the temperatures begin to drop, our windshields will begin to freeze over. As darkness takes over our days, we wonder if we are in store for another record snowfall. We are all uncertain, but …
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Nor’easter Dumps Record Snow on Sandy-Weary Northeast
NBC Connecticut
Nor’easter Dumps Record Snow on Sandy-Weary Northeast. Transit and air traffic in the New York area were snarled by record snowfall and gusting winds. By Colleen Long and Frank Eltman.
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Weather Journal: Nor’easter Brought Record Snowfall – Metropolis …
A fierce early season nor’easter is bringing record snowfall to Greater New York, aggravating recovery efforts a little more than a week after superstorm Sandy’s …
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A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 5.2 INCH(ES) WAS SET AT WORCESTER MA … A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 1.7 INCHES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY YESTERDAY.
www.wxedge.com/…/20121108snowstorm_records_totals__gr…>EXTREME WEATHER: Northeast Storm Slams America – Record …
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Record snowfall totals were recorded across the area: New York’s Central Park … A record…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-KazCH3bUSnowfall – Windsor, CT Patch
Photo Gallery: A Look Back at January’s Record Snowfall. A look at Windsor’s record snowfall in January 2011. NEWS; Julian McKinley; Wednesday, January 26 …
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windsor.patch.com/topics/SnowfallVIDEO: Time-Lapse: Athena’s Snowfall
Several people set up cameras to record snowfall as Athena blanketed the east coast. The following cameras were set up in New Jersey, New York and …
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Record Snow as 200,000 More Power Outages Strike Northeast US …
NBC reported record snowfall totals that were recorded across the area: … A record snowfall of 2 inches was set at Newark, N.J., breaking the old record of a …
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Nor’easter slams into already Sandy battered areas with record snowfall. Adding insult to injury and after seeing signs of recovery from last Monday’s Hurricane …
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“Only 6 times since 1868 (144 yrs!) has there been more than 4.6” of snow for entire month of November in Central Park,” says reader Ralph Fato. “2012 has 4.8” already.”
Source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/climate/records/monthseasonsnowfall.html
“And it wasn’t just daily records that were broken,” says Ralph. “Entire Month of November single-storm records were broken for the area of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Newark New Jersey and JFK Airport, NY!”
From National Weather Service, NY
“Many daily snowfall records were set during the recent nor’easter. Also, single storm snowfall records were broken for the month of the November at Bridgeport, Kennedy, and Newark. For more information, check out this graphic”
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/climate/records/monthseasonsnowfall.html
Bridgeport, CT (on the coast) Normal November snowfall is .70”. They have 8.3” already..with one storm. Let me repeat that… Normal November snowfall for BDR is .7”, they have 1,100% more already. 2nd highest November total on record.
Source: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/climate/almanacs/bdrnov.htm
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Hope we dont follow the trend from over there for our winter.
Many years ago we used to more or less follow what England had but things have changed since those days.
Great article Mark and thank you for keeping us informed.
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Sandy stirred up a real hornets nest
re record early snow falls:
sea surface temperatures have been above average in the northern hemisphere, meaning more surface moisture available for snow
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Sorry, but there has never, repeat never, been any correlation between the UK's weather and ours. It's time that legend was buried once and for all. Even the Australian linkage is not all that strong despite the proximity of mobile weather systems.
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Meteorologists use the term "atmospheric river" to describe a long, narrow plume piping deep moisture from the tropics into the mid-latitudes. One type of atmospheric river (hereafter, AR) you may have heard of is the "Pineapple Express", a pronounced plume tapping moisture from the Hawaiian Islands to the U.S. West Coast.
Amazingly, according to NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), a strong AR can transport as water vapor up to 15 times the average flow of liquid water at the mouth of the Mississippi River!
Suffice to say, if an AR stalls over a particular area, significant flooding can be the result. In fact, a study by Ralph et al. (2006) found ARs responsible for every flood of northern Calfornia's Russian River in a 7-year period.
That said, they're also important for western water supply considerations.
According to NOAA/ESRL, 30-50% of the average annual precipitation in the West Coast states typically occurs in just a few AR events.
With that in mind, one such AR is poised to soak parts of the West Coast this week. Let's get to the forecast details
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Flood Threat Looms
The graphic at the top of this article depicts the upper-air pattern that will setup by mid-late week. Namely, a deep dip, or trough, in the jet stream will carve out over the eastern Pacific Ocean.
This will send a parade of frontal systems and upper-level disturbances into the West Coast through this weekend.
The first storm arrived on Wednesday and brought rainfall from California to the Pacific Northwest. The combination of wind and rain led to hefty delays at San Francisco International Airport.
(MAP: Current radar)
Beginning Thursday, the upper-level pattern will begin to tap into an atmospheric river of moisture extending from just north and west of Hawaii to the West Coast.
Rain Forecast
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Most importantly, that plume of moisture won't move appreciably for a couple of days, perhaps through Sunday, aiming its firehose of moisture at northern California and, perhaps, southwest Oregon.
Therefore, some locations, particularly in the coastal ranges of northwest California and the Sierra foothills, will likely pick up over 10 inches of total rainfall through this weekend, leading to flash flooding, river flooding and, in recent burn areas, debris flows.
(INTERACTIVE: Flood watches)
Depending on exactly where the moisture plume sets up, this heavy rain could produce significant impacts (flash flooding, rock/mudslides, etc.) in at least parts of the Bay Area, as well.
Rainfall amounts in Southern California are expected to be much lighter, with totals over the 5-day period starting Wednesday around an inch or so expected.
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This pattern will also produce heavy snow over the Sierra, not to mention parts of the Bitterroots, Tetons, and the Washington Cascades.
For Northern California our Winter Weather Expert Tom Niziol says, "This is a relatively mild pattern, therefore snow levels will be above 6,000 to 7,000 feet for most of the time with impacts mainly at pass levels. To put this in perspective, the highest elevation of I-80 through Donner Pass is about 7,230 feet".
Niziol adds, "For the first significant system, snow will occur in the Wednesday through Thursday morning time frame there, at this point I am looking at snow totals in the range of 3 to 8 inches for the Sierra and as much as a foot around Mt Shasta. Impacts then spread north as the second system moves in Thursday through Friday bringing more precipitation, which will fall as heavy snow at elevations above 6,000 to 7000 feet across the Sierra. The Cascades through the Bitterroots will also see heavy snowfall with accumulations exceeding a foot at elevations mainly above 6000 feet."
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-forecast/california-flood-threat-20121126
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December 3, 2012 – TEXAS – High temperatures in the Austin area have already broken records during December, after November also brought record high temperatures and, for the first time in decades, no rain in Austin for the entire month. Austin saw no measurable rainfall in November, according to reports compiled on the Austin-Bergstrom Airport Area by the National Weather Service Southern Region Headquarters. According to the report, this is the first year Austin has had only trace amounts of rainfall in the month of November since 1970, more than four decades ago. Record highs were set on Nov. 1 at 88 degrees and Nov. 3 at 87 degrees. High temperatures reached into the 80s on 15 days in November, and lows never reached freezing. The most days it has reached 80 degrees in the area in November was in 1931, with 17 days in the 80s. Temperatures Saturday hit 83 degrees, breaking the daily record of 82 degrees set in 1954. The high reached 80 degrees Sunday, and is forecast to hit 83 degrees Monday. Previous December highs were 84 degrees Dec 2. 2007 and 86 degrees Dec. 3 1995. As of the end of November, the Austin area and 81 percent of the state was in a drought classified as moderate or worse, the second of five classifications for drought severity, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. 54 percent of the state was in a drought classified as severe or worse, 25 percent was classified as extreme or worse and 8 percent was classified as exceptional. –Daily Texan
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MISSOULA - Missoula residents sure are seeing white...lots of white.
The National Weather Service reports that Friday's snowfall set a record for the day.
NWS says 7.7 inches was recorded at Missoula International Airport, shattering the old record of 3.5 inches set in 1971.
Heavy snow fell all across Western Montana, including in Flathead County.
The National Weather Service reports nearly two feet of snow has fallen in the last 24 hours near Essex. That has U.S. Highway 2 down to one lane one mile north of Essex.
Around 10 inches of snow was reported near Libby, about eight inches of snow was reported near Creston and five inches was recorded near Condon and Heron.
http://www.kaj18.com/news/record-snowfall-seen-in-missoula/
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Chicago snow scanty and late...
http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/
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Parts of South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota were digging out this morning after high winds, frigid air and heavy snowfall pounded the Upper Midwest on Sunday.
Parts of Minnesota received more than a foot of snow, prompting the Minnesota Department of Transportation to close some highways due to blizzard conditions.
A record daily snowfall of 10.2 inches was set at Twin Cities, Minnesota, on Sunday, breaking the old daily record of 7.4 inches set in 1961.
The Minnesota State Patrol reported more than 600 crashes by Monday morning, and at least 1,140 spinouts. One person was killed in a crash near Red Wing and injuries were reported in 63 other accidents, the patrol said.
The heaviest snowfall was reported in Sacred Heart, Minn., with more than 17.3 inches.
Bone-chilling winter temperatures were forecast to spread into much of the country in the early part of the week.
Amazing photos:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245898/Twin-Cities-weather-Massive-snow-blizzard-leaves-1-dead-causes-600-crashes-Minnesota.html
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/10/15812394-heavy-snowfall-blankets-upper-midwest-and-northern-plains?lite
http://news.yahoo.com/storm-clobbers-midwest-snow-wind-frigid-air-180928133.html
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December17, 2012 – SEATTLE – Up to 12 inches of further snowfall is forecast for parts of northern New England – and a second wintry storm is crossing the U.S. in its wake, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth. The current snowfall in northern New York state and New England will continue through Tuesday night and into Wednesday, with as much as 15 inches possible in some areas. Meanwhile, another cross-country storm – Winter Storm Draco – was expected to bring heavy snow to the Northwest on Monday. The higher elevations of the Cascades will see as much as 2 to 3 feet of snow above 7000 ft, Weather.com reported, with significant accumulations below 3000 ft. The National Weather Service said the probability of “large amounts of snow remains high across the majority of windward facing slopes of the Pacific Northwest and portions of the Northern Rockies.” King5.com reported that the storm is expected to bring high winds to Western Washington and whiteout conditions to the west slopes of the Cascades and passes. The system is expected to move to the Southwest and Rockies Tuesday and Wednesday before bringing snow to the eastern half of the country later Wednesday through Friday. Roth added there would likely be a lake-effect snow threat behind the storm on Thursday and Friday. -NBC
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/17/15966601-snow-storms-forecast-for-parts-of-new-england-northwest?lite
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Chicago could end up being buried by snow if the storm tracks through central Illinois, a path that cannot be ruled out, says Accuweather.com
Beginning today, the snow will spread from the Sierra to the southern Rockies, reaching Denver Wednesday. Snow will also streak eastward to the central Plains, potentially dropping as far south as the northern Texas panhandle.
Blizzard conditions are possible across eastern Colorado and western portions of Kansas and Nebraska on Wednesday, moving into Northeastern Kansas to Iowa by Wednesday night with the harshest conditions spreading from Iowa to Wisconsin on Thursday.
Snow amounts will steadily increase northeastward from Kansas and eastern Nebraska to Michigan with the highest amounts likely to be in the 6-to-12 inch range.
Winds on the storm’s backside could fuel severe weather across the South Wednesday night into Thursday.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/denver-to-chicago-green-bay-sn/2816377
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December 20, 2012 – CUMBERLAND. Md — The first official day of winter Friday may bring a real taste of seasonal weather with several inches of snow, gusting winds and wind chill readings in the single-digit range. And, to no surprise, the higher elevations are expected to bear the brunt of the storm. AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Walker said Wednesday that a winter storm will be moving into the area Thursday afternoon. “The storm will be starting off with warmer temperatures and rain and then change into snow showers Thursday night and into Friday. There will be a few inches of snow and windy with some pretty cold air moving in,” said Walker, who has been a professional weather forecaster for 35 years. Six to 12 inches of snow could be expected in far Western Maryland and 3 to 6 inches in the lower elevations of the region. The National Weather Service posted a winter storm watch for Garrett County and extreme western Allegany County for the period from Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon. Tim Thomas, local observer of the National Weather Service, said, “This will be a wind-driven event and we will have snow showers but we don’t really expect any snow accumulations in Cumberland.” But for Frostburg and points west, the weather may be much worse. The forecast also calls for wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph, temperatures with high readings in the lower 30s and upper 20s. Wind-chill readings are expected to hover in the 8- to 12-degree range. “The coldest period will be Friday night into Saturday,” said Walker. To the east, precipitation will begin as rain before colder temperatures bring flurries and a possible ground covering of snow into the weekend. The winter storm watch indicates snow could be heavy at times. In Garrett County, public officials warned of possible power outages from the storm. “The National Weather Service has upgraded the weekend weather event to a potential blizzard warning. Extremely high winds and heavy snow accumulations are expected from Thursday night through much of the weekend,” said Brad Frantz, director of the county’s emergency management and 911 operations, Wednesday morning. “Significant power outages are a distinct possibility once again, especially with the many limbs and branches still hanging from Hurricane Sandy,” said Frantz. –Times News
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From the Chicago weather centre:
December 2012’s running 9th warmest on record; 2012 just days away from closing as Chicago's warmest year on record
2012 comes to an end in a little more than a week and it appears on a path to become Chicago's warmest year of the past 142.
Contributing to that average has been Dec. 2012’s stunningly mild average temperature of 40-degrees—the 9th warmest on the books here since 1871.
Saturday is to be the 25th consecutive day at/above normal.
Despite all the snow around us, the lack of snowfall here has been matched or exceeded only twice before in 128 years
Only 2 snow seasons have produced as little or less snow than 2012-13's paltry 0.3" to date: 1943 (0.3") & 1993 (0.2"). But, the snow scene here can change quickly. An average of 80% of Chicago's snow falls from this date forward!
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Midwest digging out from up to 20 inches (51 cm) of snow.
Much of the Midwest is digging out after a major snowstorm dumped more than a foot of snow in some areas.
Airlines canceled more than 1,000 flights on Thursday as the storm dumped up to 20 inches of snow across parts of the Midwest, caused blizzard conditions that led to seven deaths and left more than 400,000 people without electricity.
According to weather forecasters, in some locations a single storm dumped over a month’s worth of snow.
The heavy snowfall was accompanied by strong winds which downed hundreds of trees.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/21/16063767-storm-lashes-northeast-with-wind-rain-hundreds-of-flights-disrupted?lite
http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_12_21/US-hit-by-blizzards-massive-blackouts/
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Will spread from the southern Plains to the eastern Great Lakes and Northeast. Travelers beware!
Beginning Tuesday, snow will intensify as it spreads from the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles to the Red River and western Arkansas, then move northeastward into the Ohio Valley, the eastern Great Lakes (perhaps even the central Great Lakes ) and the Northeast, says Accuweather.com.
Some snow could even press as far south as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex Tuesday and northern Louisiana Tuesday night.
The storm has the potential to unleash more than a half of foot of snow in Arkansas. Totals may even top a foot, especially farther north across the eastern Great Lakes and interior Northeast.
The snowstorm is sure to create a nightmare for travelers.
All residents and visitors from the southern Plains to the central Great Lakes and East should closely monitor this impending storm for updates by AccuWeather.com.
http://local.msn.com/WeatherArticle.aspx?cp-documentid=255296118
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For the third Christmas holiday in the past four years, we have a major winter storm to track in the U.S.
Winter Storm Euclid, by the time it departs New England Friday, will have deposited snow from California's Sierra to New England. Unfortunately, this occurs not only during the Christmas holiday, but also in the peak travel period after Christmas Day in the South, Midwest, and East.
After leaving behind up to six feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada on Saturday and Sunday, Euclid brought the Rockies a fresh blanket of snow on Christmas Eve. Amounts of 1 to 3 inches fell around Denver and Salt Lake City with higher amounts in the mountains.
Then, Euclid brought heavy snow to the South on Christmas Day, with up to a foot of snow in Arkansas and blizzard conditions reported in parts of Oklahoma and north Texas.
Now, Euclid is spreading its tentacles into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes, and Northeast. Let's step through the next phases of Winter Storm Euclid, starting with the mess in the Midwest.
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-euclid-forecast
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A wicked winter storm swept east across the United States Wednesday, dumping more than a foot of snow in places, knocking out power to tens of thousands, and leaving hundreds of planes grounded.
“Blizzard warnings stretch for 730 continuous miles,” The Weather Channel’s Tom Niziol reported.
The storm socked Albion, Illinois, about 300 miles south of Chicago, with 18 inches of snow.
In Indianapolis, seven inches of snow fell in three hours Wednesday morning, the Indianapolis Star reported.
Snowiest day EVER in Little Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas, had its snowiest day ever, with nine inches on the ground.
The storm is now headed northeast, where more than a foot of snow is forecast for parts of New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and up to a foot for New England.
By the time it leaves the New England coast on Friday, the storm will have left snow from coast to coast – with still more on the way.
Weather Channel meteorologist Guy Walton said another winter storm is poised to enter the West Coast on Wednesday, move through the Rockies on Thursday, then head for the lower Mississippi Valley, then the Southeast, and hit the Northeast on Sunday.
See entire article:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/26/16162773-holiday-travelers-stranded-as-snow-and-wild-weather-head-east?lite
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The powerful winter storm that swept through the nation’s middle on Wednesday dumped record snowfall in Arkansas, where ice and ten inches of snow snapped power poles and dropped lines.
Some of the nearly 200,000 people who lost power could be without it for as long as a week, said the state’s largest utility, Entergy Arkansas.
Snow hadn’t fallen in Little Rock on Christmas since 1926, but the capital ended Tuesday with 10.3 inches of it.
As the storm, blamed for 12 deaths, moved Northeast, forecasts called for a foot or more snow in some locations.
http://nhregister.com/articles/2012/12/27/news/doc50dc4b7bbef87764066980.txt
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Refer page 14. Will take more than some snowfalls to reverse this (or the 2012 result).
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf
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“Last year it wasn’t like this at all, now it’s catching up to us,” said Eric Cruz of Rochester.
Thursday’s snowfall caught up in a record breaking way. Some parts of the city saw more than 10 inches (25 cm) of snow and some parts of the county up to 14 inches.
“We saw it last night but I wasn’t expecting it to be quite this bad this morning when I got out here,” said Sara Granger of Rochester.
When the snow hits, it’s business as usual at the City’s Operations Center. Norman Jones, the director, says this time with the record breaking snowfall, they had to use additional resources.
The city’s snow removal efforts started Wednesday night and will continue until all roads are clear and safe for everyone.
http://rochester.ynn.com/content/top_stories/625321/rochestarians-dig-out-after-record-sno wfall/
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A fast-moving storm is expected to dump several inches of snow on big cities and up to a foot in other areas of the Northeast.
We’ll see the heaviest of the snow from Boston back into Rhode Island, said NBC meteorologist Dylan Dreyer.
New York City could see 3 to 5 inches of snow.
Several hundred flights were canceled and several thousand delayed by midday Saturday as the storm moved in.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/29/16236065-snowstorm-disrupts-hundreds-of-flights-across-northeast?lite=
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More snow so far this winter than ALL of last winter.
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29 Dec 2012 - “Apparently we are making up for last years lack of snow,” says this article on wdtn.com. “Today we had a record snowfall of 2.2 inches which puts us at 10.6 inches for December. We’ve already seen more snow than we did last year.”
“This morning accumulations varied with a few spots in Mercer county picking up five additional inches while most locations saw about 2 to 3 inches.”
http://blogs.wdtn.com/2012/12/29/record-snowfall-today-helped-us-surpass-last-year-total/
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Heavenly ski area in California
“Kick off 2013 the right way with concerts, parties and snow in South Lake Tahoe! Tahoe has been receiving a lot of snow over the past couple weeks, and so far this season Heavenly has received over 11.5 FEET to 16 FEET of snow. Tear up the slopes on your skis and snowboards all weekend long, the conditions have been absolutely incredible! Heavenly has 4704 acres open – the most in California, you can ski/ride between 2 different states, and there’s everything from beginner to double black diamond terrain to choose from.”
http://blog.skiheavenly.com/2012/12/27/new-years-eve-at-heavenly-2012/
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As of January 1, 2013, we have more snow on the ground in the U.S then in the past 10 years.
And records only go back 10 years calculating the percentages.
January 1 2013: 67%
January 1 2012: 20%
January 1 2011: 50%
January 1 2010: 61%
January 1 2009: 39%
January 1 2008: 47%
January 1 2007: 43%
January 1 2006: 29%
January 1 2005: 25%
January 1 2004: 29%
More interestingly, while there were only a few local spots below normal for the month of December, most of the nation was ABOVE normal. Snow cover went from 13% on Dec 1 to 66% of the U.S covered with snow on Jan 1.
http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/nsa/index.html?region=National&year=2003&month=1&da y=1&units=e
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Next time you’re bombing down the Bomber Run at Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort, consider that you’re cruising through history,” says this article in the Wenatchee World.
The popular ski run, along with every other inch of the 6,820-foot-high ski facility, has received a near-record snowfall this season.
“We’ve had historic, near-perfect snow conditions,” said Jordan Lindstrom, the Ridge’s marketing and sales director. “Early wet snow gave us a good, solid base, and lots of powder came soon after. It’s one of the best starts since we began keeping records 42 years ago.”
Second best, in fact. Through November and December, 124 inches of snow fell at the Ridge for a 62-inch snowpack at the summit with 41 inches at the base. The only season to beat it was back in 1996-97, when 133 inches blanketed the mountain.
And it just keeps on coming. On Monday, a morning storm dumped another 4 inches on Ridge slopes with more snow forecast for Tuesday, Wednesday and the upcoming weekend.
Last season, it took until around Jan. 21 when the mountain’s snow reached optimal ski conditions, said Lindstrom. This season, February conditions arrived in December.
SNOWFALL’S A WINDFALL IN METHOW VALLEY, TOO
Meanwhile in Winthrop, James DeSalvo sat in his office last week and marveled as the snow kept coming down.
The executive director of the Methow Valley Sport Trails Association said some storms this winter have brought an inch an hour and, in one wintry week, 2 feet of new snow in four days.
Across North Central Washington, cross-country and downhill ski operations have benefitted from an early-winter weather pattern that funneled a series of storms through the region in November and December.
At Stevens Pass, that weather pattern has brought some of the deepest snow in the last five years. So far, 282 inches have fallen this season, producing a 90-inch snowpack at the summit and 83 inches at the base. Four inches of new snow fell Monday night, 9 inches in the last 24 hours and 16 inches in the last two days, according to the facility’s website.
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jan/08/historic-snow-favors-ridge-and-crowds-follow/?a
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Blizzard for the Dakotas and Minnesota
There is the potential for close to a foot of snow covering thousands of square miles of the West, including portions of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, northwestern Nebraska, the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota. Heavy snow will also graze Canada from southern Alberta to Northwest Ontario.
Very difficult, if not dangerous travel unfolded over portions of I-90 in western South Dakota and I-94 over much of North Dakota Friday.
In some areas temperatures were 40 to 50 degrees lower than highs experience Thursday, with a push of much colder air to follow.
The storm will drive freezing air into Southern California and Arizona.
The latest snow map for is available on AccuWeather.com’s Winter Weather Center.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/week-ending-snowstorm-utah-to/3832305
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The temperature plunged to a record minus 24 in Ely early Monday, blowing away the old mark of minus 17 set in 2007.
A few other lows early Monday:
•-21 Winnemucca
•-19 Truckee, Calif.
•-12 Elko
•-12 Lovelock
•-11 South Lake Tahoe, Calif.
See entire article:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/14/nv-cold-nevada/
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San Joaquim Valley growers head for 5th cold night of freezing temps. Mandarin and lettuce crops threatened.
Downtown Los Angeles dipped to 35 degrees early Monday, breaking the previous daily record of 36 degrees set on Jan. 14, 2007.
Elsewhere Monday, it was 13 degrees in high desert Lancaster at 6 a.m., 25 degrees in Fresno, 27 in Temecula, 33 in Redondo Beach and Sacramento, 36 in Van Nuys and Palm Springs and 40 in San Francisco.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/14/16506675-los-angeles-sees-record-low-as-cold-front-maintains-grip
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Plus, winter storm watches for parts of Illinois, including Chicago, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa.
The National Weather Service warned of snow-covered roads in affected areas.
Rain, sleet and snow will also hit the Plains and Midwest over the weekend, with the potential for a up to 0.5 inch of ice for Omaha, Des Moines, St. Louis and Chicago, said meteorologist Michael Palmer of The Weather Channel.
“The icy mixture will affect Detroit, Pittsburgh and Buffalo going into Monday,” he added.
Palmer warned of “significant travel issues with very slick roadways” and also said some affected areas could see power outages Saturday night through Sunday.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/26/16710398-storm-warnings-issued-as-big-chill-bites?lite=
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Bitter temperatures stretch into a fourth day across several states. Four deaths so far.
The “cold snap” arrived Saturday night as waves of Arctic air swept south from Canada, pushing temperatures to dangerous lows and leaving a section of the country well-versed in winter’s pains reeling.
In International Falls, Minnesota , the temperature dropped to minus 30F on Tuesday morning. The so-called “Nation’s Icebox” climbed to a balmy 3 below zero F for a high.
Among the coldest temperatures recorded Tuesday was 35 below at Crane Lake, Minn., a National Weather Service forecaster said early Wednesday.
The coldest location in the lower 48 states Monday was Embarrass, Minn., at 36 below. On Sunday it was Babbitt, Minn., at 29 below, according to the National Weather Service.
The bitter conditions were expected to persist into the weekend in the Midwest through the eastern half of the U.S.
See entire article:
http://news.yahoo.com/midwest-remains-locked-deep-freeze-083737259.html
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US record highs greatly outnumbering record lows as usual, on all timescales:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records/
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Gosh, I like that site!
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A winter storm heading for the Northeast could bring major snowfall to upstate New York and New England on Friday and into the weekend, according to Weather Channel meteorologist Kevin Roth.
However, there is uncertainty as to exactly where the snow will fall.
The whole region could see significant snow with up to 2 feet dumped on Massachusetts – including Boston – and southern Maine overnight Friday.
That level of snow is “potentially life-threatening,” the Weather Channel’s Chris Warren warned.
The last time Boston had one foot of snow was in January 2011.
Other forecasts call for the snow to fall further east, meaning that northern New England could see heavy snow, but cities such as Boston could receive as little as 2 inches.
Meanwhile, another clipper will bring more snow from the northern plains into the Great Lakes Wednesday night into Thursday. Forecasts call for 1 to 4 inches of snow from northeast North Dakota to northern Wisconsin.
See entire articles:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/06/16864934-snowstorm-alert-northeast-braces-for-possible-winter-blockbuster?lite
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/
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February 8, 2013 – BOSTON, MA – A crippling and potentially historic winter storm barreled toward the Northeast on Thursday, threatening tens of millions of people with 2 feet of snow. Boston canceled school and braced for one of its worst blizzards of all time. Airlines encouraged fliers to change their plans and get out of the way. There were already delays of more than two hours at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, where tangles can snarl air traffic across the country, and hundreds of flights were canceled. The culprits were a so-called clipper system moving through the Upper Midwest and a low-pressure system headed for the waters off New England. When they converge, probably late Friday, they are expected to sock the region with its heaviest snow in at least two years, and perhaps much longer. “When this hits, it’s going to come down very hard,” said Tom Niziol, a meteorologist for The Weather Channel. “This is something we haven’t seen in a while, particularly in New England.” The National Weather Service put the New York City area and Long Island under a blizzard warning and said those areas could get more than a foot of snow. Earlier in the day, the weather service warned that travel in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island could become nearly impossible. Forecasts called for as much as 9 inches of snow across central Michigan, a foot and a half in the Hudson Valley region of New York, and 2 feet or more across coastal New England. Possible hurricane-force winds off Massachusetts and Rhode Island also made flooding a threat. In Boston, the storm had the potential to take out century-old records. The city’s biggest snowstorms since 1892 were a 27.5-inch blast in February 2003 and a 27.1-inch dumping exactly 35 years ago, in 1978. Mayor Thomas Menino closed city schools for Friday and pleaded for common sense. Millions of Americans brace for a massive storm that threatens to pummel the Northeast and dump more than 2 feet of snow on parts of New England. TODAY’s Al Roker shows which areas of the North and Northeast will be hit by snow, wind gusts and coastal flooding. Stay off the streets of our city,” he said. “Basically, stay home.” for survivors of Hurricane Sandy, including thousands of people still displaced and many more with disrupted lives, it was more serious. A much smaller snowstorm followed Sandy in late October. “People were just miserable, unhappy, and it started to get cold,” Annie Petraro of Long Island told NBC New York. “Things just weren’t good. And now it’s freezing, it’s gonna snow.” The Long Island Power Authority, which was strongly criticized for a slow response to the hurricane, said that it was planning for this one and making sure it had enough people working and enough supplies. More than 130 flights into and out of O’Hare were canceled Thursday, and more than 70 were already canceled for Friday, according to FlightAware.com. More than 400 flights into and out of Newark Liberty International Airport were canceled for Friday, as were 100 for Boston Logan. -NBC
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Total accumulations of 18 to 24 inches are expected for southeast Maine, eastern and southeast Massachusetts (including the Boston metro area), northern Connecticut and all of Rhode Island. Further south across eastern New York to Northern New Jersey, total accumulations of 8 to 15 inches are expected, including the New York City metro and Long Island. Light snow will develop by Friday morning, becoming heavy late in the day into the evening commute. The heaviest snowfall, particularly along the Interstate 95 corridor, will fall Friday night into Saturday. North-northeast winds gusting up to 60 mph will lead to blizzard and white-out conditions, creating life-threatening travel conditions. Damage to trees and structures with scattered power outages are anticipated.
In addition, moderate to major coastal flooding is expected from Portland, Maine to the east facing coastline of Massachusetts.
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Take a look at HPC’s Day 1-2 QPF. Although all eyes are on New England with the impending major winter storm, the East Coast is expected to get a good amount of rainfall over the next day or two. To see more information about this, visit our QPF page: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-2.shtml
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..and a link to a satellite pic. That's a monster of a storm
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/new-england-snow-storm-from-space/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Top+Stories%29
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February 10, 2013 – BOSTON, MASS - The Northeast started digging itself out after a blizzard dumped up to 40 inches of snow with hurricane force winds, killing at least nine people and leaving hundreds of thousands without power. By early Sunday, utility companies were reporting roughly 350,000 customers still without electricity across a nine-state region after the wet, heavy snow brought down tree branches and power lines. About half a million had been down as of late Saturday. Air traffic began to return to normal Sunday after some 5,800 flights were canceled Friday and Saturday, according to Flightaware, a flight tracking service. Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, and Long Island MacArthur Airport reopened on Sunday morning. Both were closed on Saturday. Boston’s Logan International Airport reopened late on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Rare travel bans in Connecticut and Massachusetts were lifted but roads throughout the region remained treacherous, according to state transportation departments. As the region recovered, another large winter storm building across the Northern Plains was expected to leave a foot of snow and bring high winds from Colorado to central Minnesota into Monday, the National Weather Service said. South Dakota was expected to be hardest hit, with winds reaching 50 miles per hour, creating white-out conditions. The storm was expected to reach parts of Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming and Wisconsin. Friday and Saturday’s mammoth storm stretched from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and covered several spots in the Northeast with more than 3 feet of snow. Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts took the brunt of the blizzard. Hamden, Connecticut, had 40 inches and nearby Milford 38 inches, the National Weather Service said. Amtrak said it planned to run a limited service between New York and Boston on Sunday and a regular Sunday schedule from New York to the state capital in Albany. However, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority and Connecticut Transit said service would remain suspended Sunday. Stratford, Connecticut, Mayor John Harkins told WTNH television on Saturday snow had fallen at a rate of 6 inches an hour and even plows were getting stuck. The storm dropped 31.9 inches of snow on Portland, Maine, breaking a 1979 record, the weather service said. Winds gusted to 83 miles per hour (134 km per hour) at Cuttyhunk, New York, and brought down trees across the region. The storm contributed to at least five deaths in Connecticut and two each in New York state and Boston, authorities said. A motorist in New Hampshire also died when he went off a road but authorities said his health may have been a factor in the crash. The two deaths in Boston were separate incidents of carbon monoxide poisoning in cars, an 11-year-old boy and a man in his early 20s. The boy had climbed into the family car to keep warm while his father cleared snow. The engine was running but the exhaust was blocked, said authorities. –Reuters
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One of the great winter storms in New England history clobbered much of the region Friday night and into Saturday, making travel nearly impossible across the area.
Some locations across southern Connecticut saw upwards of three feet of snowfall and at least 650,000 lost power.
Just how much snow fell across your area? Accuweather listed the highest amounts by state.
Note: this list was current as of late Saturday morning.
Maine:
Portland – 31.9 inches (All-Time Record)
Westbrook – 30.0 inches
Kennebunk – 26.0 inches
Lewiston – 25.5 inches
Cumberland – 23.0 inches
Gray – 26,4 inches
Massachusetts:
Spencer – 31.0 inches
Framingham – 30.5 inches
Southwick – 28.3 inches
Worcester – 28.7 inches (3rd Highest Storm Total)
Northboro – 28.0 inches
Shrewsbury – 27.0 inches
Belmont – 27.0 inches
Melrose – 26.5 inches
Wrentham – 26.0 inches
Waltham – 25.0 inches
West Bridgewater – 22.0 inches
Logan Airport (Boston) – 24.9 inches (5th Highest Storm Total)
Rhode Island
West Glocester – 27.6 inches
Burrillville – 25.0 inches
Woonsocket – 24.4 inches
Cumberland – 24.1 inches
Smithfield – 24.0 inches
Providence – 19.5 inches
West Warwick – 21.5 inches
Charlestown – 19.0 inches
Connecticut
Milford – 38.0 inches
Oxford – 36.2 inches
Hamden – 40.0 inches
East Haddam – 35.5 inches
Yalesville – 35.0 inches
New Haven – 34.3 inches
Manchester – 32.0 inches
Clintonville – 37.0 inches
Gilford – 33.0 inches
New York
Medford – 33.5 inches
Upton – 30.9 inches
Central Islip – 30.7 inches
Commack – 29.1 inches
Huntington – 29.0 inches
Islip Airport – 27.8 inches
Port Chester – 23.3 inches
Yonkers – 23.0 inches
Ardsley – 23.0 inches
Scarsdale – 22.5 inches
Washingtonville – 20.7 inches
Plainview – 18.0 inches
Middle Village – 15.0 inches
Flushing – 11.0 inches
La Guardia Airport – 12.1 inches
Central Park – 11.4 inches
Upper West Side – 10.9 inches
New Jersey
Rivervale – 16.8 inches
Hillsdale – 14.0 inches
Paramus – 14.0 inches
Verona – 14.0 inches
Chatham – 14.0 inches
West Milford – 13.2 inches
Oakland – 12.5 inches
East Rutherford – 11.5 inches
West Orange – 10.2 inches
Newark Airport – 10.0 inches
Point Pleasant – 9.0 inches
New Hampshire
Goffstown – 28.0 inches
Nashua – 24.0 inches
Pelham – 24.0 inches
New Boston – 30.4 inches
Concord – 20.3 inches
Peterborough – 19.0 inches
Hudson – 15.8 inches
East Alstead – 14.0 inches
Vermont
Springfield – 16.0 inches
Chester – 14.0 inches
Waterbury – 14.0 inches
Barnet – 11.5 inches
Cornwall – 10.0 inches
Pennsylvania
Lake Harmony – 7.5 inches
Pocono Lake – 8.0 inches
Allentown – 5.7 inches
Portland – 7.0 inches
Plainfield – 6.0 inches
Somerton – 4.7 inches
See also the peak wind gusts during the blizzard as of late Saturday morning:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/stats-snow-totals-from-the-new/5868232
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Stranded in their homes by Friday’s blizzard, frustrated residents on New York’s Long Island spent Monday begging for plows to dig them out.
In Centereach, neighbors took matters into their own hands, using shovels and snowblowers to clear the streets on their own.
Walter Doroski said, “It’s been horrible. This is the worst it’s ever been, we haven’t seen a plow truck at all.”
Suffolk communities like Setauket and Ronkonkoma are still buried under nearly 3 feet of snow.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/12/16933269-long-island-residents-beg-for-snow-plo ws-days-after-northeast-storm
See amazing photo:
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/11/16923813-northeast-returns-to-normal-as-power-comes-on-roads-reopen-flights-resume?lite
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National Summary Information – January 2013
Contiguous U.S. warmer and wetter than average for January
Drought persists for central U.S.; above-average January snow cover extent for Lower 48
The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during January was 32.0°F, 1.6°F above the 20th century average, tying with 1958 as the 39th warmest January on record.
The January nationally-averaged precipitation total of 2.36 inches was 0.14 inch above the long-term average. The January precipitation average masked both wet and dry extremes across nation. Drought conditions remained entrenched across the Southeast, Great Plains, and the mountainous West.
Significant climate events for January 2013.
Click image to enlarge, or click here for the National Overview.
Note: The January Monthly Climate Report for the United States has several pages of supplemental information and data regarding some of the weather/climate events from the month.
Source: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/
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A MAJOR winter storm is expected to bring a foot or more of snow to mountainous areas of California on Tuesday before turning inland and striking as far northeast as Chicago and the Midwest, the National Weather Service said.
Mountainous parts of Los Angeles, San Diego and Ventura counties in California were under winter storm warnings, and snow could present a danger on mountain highways, including I-15, the weather service said.
The storm is expected to dump widespread snowfall across the mountains of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and parts of Arizona on Wednesday and Thursday, Weather.com reported.
Weather Channel meteorologist Nick Wiltgen said the storm could bring snowfalls of up to an inch an hour for several hours, and produce double-digit snowfalls along the I-80 corridor.
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are in the crosshairs, and some computer models suggest that Chicago will get heavy snow late in the week.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/19/17014410-winter-storm-to-hit-us-from-calif-to-midwest?lite=
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A major winter storm — possibly the region’s biggest in two years — could bring more than 10 inches of snow
to northern Missouri and significant ice accumulations over central Missouri,” says The Kansas City Star.
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for the Kansas City region.
The watch covers Atchison, Miami, Linn, Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Johnson counties in Kansas and Buchanan, Clinton, Caldwell, Platte, Clay, Ray, Jackson, Lafayette, Cass, Johnson, Bates and Henry counties in Missouri.
That includes the cities of Leavenworth, Overland Park, Olathe, St. Joseph, Parkville, Platte City, Weston, Liberty, Kansas City, Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill.
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/02/19/4074304/biggest-winter-storm-in-2-years.html
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30 million people in its path.
A massive winter storm promises to dump up to 18 inches of snow – or more – on Kansas.
The biggest threat of heavy snow lies in parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, with the possibility of whiteout conditions in some places, said CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller.
The National Weather Service was predicting as much as 18 inches of snow in Kansas, while parts of Nebraska could see more than a foot of snow. Drifts could make some roads impassable.
Meanwhile, Chicago could receive its largest single snowfall of the year — 4 inches, said Miller. The city usually gets up to 4 feet of snow a year. So far this year, only about a foot has fallen, he said.
Snowy, dangerously icy conditions are also possible in parts of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, Miller added.
Tuesday night, the same storm forced closure of stretches of highway northeast of Los Angeles, stranding some motorists until highway crews and police were able to battle through the snow and clear the backlog.
“The snow came in hard and heavy,” said Officer Ed Smith of the California Highway Patrol.
In all, parts of 18 states were under some form of watch or warning on Wednesday related to the storm.
http://fox6now.com/2013/02/20/30-million-in-path-of-winter-storm-moving-into-central-plains/
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Winter storm pummels central US – As much as 3 inches of snow per hour – More than a dozen more states to be affected in coming days.
By the time the storm ended, said KOMO radio, the storm had dumped 14.2 inches (36 cm) of snow on Wichita, Kansas, Wichita’s 2nd biggest snowfall on record.
The Weather Channel forecast up to a foot of snow for Omaha, Neb., 3 to 6 inches of snow and sleet for St. Louis, 8 to 12 inches of snow for Kansas City, Mo., and 3 to 6 inches of snow for Chicago.
Kansas and Missouri declared states of emergency, while airlines canceled flights and Kansas City International Airport closed altogether.
Along the Kansas-Nebraska state line, up to 1½ feet (45 cm) of snow was expected.
Advisories for snow, ice, wind or rain were posted as far south as the Texas Panhandle, as far north as Minnesota and Wisconsin and as far east as the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.
Earlier this week, the same storm closed roads and stranded cars in California and snowfall delayed a golf tournament in southern Arizona.
The storm was expected to move toward Chicago and Minneapolis on Friday, then dump snow on New England for the third weekend in a row, and douse a stretch of Georgia and the Florida Panhandle with 7 inches of rain and leave a wintry mix of snow and ice on the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains, including parts of Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina, the Weather Channel reported.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/21/17042480-winter-storm-pummels-central-us-most-snow-in-wichita-in-a-generation?lite
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February 23, 2013 – GEORGIA – It will be a messy weekend in the Northeast and the Deep South as the massive weather system that walloped 20 states with a snowstorm rolls off towards the Atlantic Ocean. A winter storm is expected to deposit up to 10 inches of snow in isolated pockets of western Massachusetts, and 6 inches to a foot in parts of southern Vermont and New Hampshire, and central Maine. This is not the same storm that blanketed the Great Plains, said CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri, although it is part of the same overall system that spans the country from north to south. It will be much less intense, he said, and it should not affect the places hardest hit by the blizzard that plastered the Northeast two weeks ago, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. Boston will likely see a slushy mix of rain and snow that could lead to downed branches and power lines, Javaheri said. Rain will continue to soak the eastern United States from Washington, D.C., on down, especially Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. “Across the Southeast, some of the rainfall totals are going to be staggering,” said CNN Meteorologist Karen McGinnis. Parts of the central Southeast should get 4 — 6 inches of rainfall. The outgoing system will have made its mark on virtually the entire country from the southwest corner of California to central Maine, leaving its deepest imprint on Kansas. Wichita saw its second-highest storm snowfall total on record with 14.2 inches over two days, the National Weather Service said. The town of Russell in the state’s middle lay under a 22 inch layer of white by the time the storm roared by. Missouri was not far behind, with accumulations of around a foot in some places. The snow set a record at Kansas City International Airport, with 9 inches falling in a single day. The old record was 5.1 inches set in 2010. Some businesses and universities shut down Thursday as state officials urged residents to stay off the roads. The white blanket emptied the streets of Kansas City. –CNN
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A powerful storm system ejected out of the southern Rockies and into the plains on February 21st and brought some of the highest snowfall amounts this area has seen in decades.
As of 7 pm on February 21st the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport has measured a storm total snowfall of 14.2 inches which makes this storm the 2nd worst on record! The highest storm total snowfall for Wichita occurred back in 1962 when a storm dumped 15 inches.
One of the more unique aspects of this storm was the amount of thundersnow that took place during the early morning hours of February 21st. Below is video taken from a security camera at the National Weather Service in Wichita showing the lightning associated with the thundersnow.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ict&storyid=92760&source=0
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Thanks for the link Mark. Hard to believe for me up here closeted from those acts of nature.
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February 26, 2013 – TEXAS - A strong winter storm blowing through the Texas Panhandle has lead to road closures and blizzard conditions in the area, where as many as 100 motorists are stranded between Amarillo and Lubbock. Trooper David Hawthorne of the Texas Department of Public Safety in Amarillo said National Guard troops are helping state troopers and local deputies and police find and help motorists stranded in whiteout conditions. Numerous major Texas Panhandle highways were closed for the night as sub-freezing temperatures froze ice and compacted snow on the pavement. The Texas Department of Transportation website showed most major routes in the region were closed. The National Weather Service said as many as 100 motorists on Interstate 27 between Amarillo and Lubbock found themselves stalled in whiteout conditions in the worst of the storm, Monday. The American Red Cross set up two shelters for stranded motorists. Red Cross spokeswoman Martha Riddlesburger says about 50 stranded Interstate 27 motorists sought shelter at its shelter in Tulia, about 50 miles south of Amarillo. Red Cross spokesman Steven Pair says 45 motorists stranded on Interstate 40 sought refuge in a shelter in Groom, 45 miles east of Amarillo. As of 7 p.m., the heaviest snowfall in Texas was recorded in Amarillo with 19 inches of snow, 16 inches in Fritch, 15 inches in Pampa and 14 inches in Booker. In Oklahoma, 15 inches was recorded in Woodward and 11 inches in Shattuck. While snowfall is expected to taper off by Monday afternoon, wind gusts of up to 35 mph will remain a hazard, said Sarah Johnson, a meteorologist in the National Weather Service’s Amarillo, Texas, office. The strong storm is expected to bring cooler temperatures and a wintery mix to DFW Monday evening with possible wind gusts of 75 miles an hour. Whiteouts were also reported in Oklahoma, where as of 10 a.m. Central time, the state had closed all highways in six counties — Ellis, Harper, Woodward, Beaver, Texas and Cimarron — until further notice. –NBCDWF, CNN
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Heavy snowfall rates and stronger north winds with this system resulted in periods of blizzard conditions across portions of south central and southwest Kansas. Snowfall exceeded one foot across Kingman and Harper counties with thundersnow reported for the second time in less than a week.
Wichita, Kansas recorded 6.8 inches of snowfall which was preceeded by 14.2 inches the previous week. This total of 21 inches set the all-time snowfall record for any month !
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ict&storyid=92886&source=0
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Including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois.
Many cities will likely see their biggest snowstorm of the winter season.
Snowfall accumulations today and Tuesday should be from 6-12 inches from Fargo, N.D. through Minneapolis, Minn., through the southern suburbs of Chicago, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards.
By Wednesday, the storm could bring significant snow to Washington D.C. and Baltimore metro areas.
AccuWeather reports that Starkweather, N.D., and Rocky Boy, Mont., have already picked up 10 inches of snow.
Yesterday, Calgary, Alberta, received about a foot of snow from the storm.
By Wednesday, the storm will head east, spreading heavy snow in the Appalachian mountains of West Virginia, and Virginia, reports Weather Channel meteorologist Jon Erdman, who says the snow will be heavy and wet, which, along with high winds, could lead to power outages.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bis/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/03/04/winter-storm-midwest-midatlantic/1961753/
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March 5, 2013 – CHICAGO - Mother Nature is apparently saving the best, or at least the biggest, for last. Chicago residents expected to find themselves in the midst of a storm that could wind up dumping as much as 10 inches of snow in the area before the end of Tuesday — the most since the 2011 blizzard and its more than 20 inches of snow.
“This will be the biggest widespread storm of the winter,” National Weather Service meteorologist
Amy Seeley said. The forecast is for 8 to 10 inches throughout northeastern Illinois and northwest Indiana, a far cry from last March, which saw less than a half-inch of snow and was the warmest one on record in Illinois. Hardware stores in and around the city did brisk business Monday, selling salt and snow shovels at a time many usually turn their thoughts toward gardening and baseball.
“Everybody’s got a little comment with every bag they’re buying,” said Mike McIntosh, who works at Dressel’s Hardware in Oak Park just outside Chicago. Workers had started to stock the shelves with tools and supplies associated with spring and summer, only to find the shovels and salt they thought they’d hold for another year were still in demand.
“Everybody’s a bit surprised, but it’s good for us, we’ve got a lot of this stuff to move,” he said. On Monday, the system moved across the Dakotas and Minnesota, dropping up to a foot of snow in some areas and freezing rain in others. Some schools closed and officials warned motorists to stay off the roads.
As it moved eastward, emergency officials in a number of states issued similar warnings in the hopes that commuters will leave their cars in the garage and take public transportation to work.
In Wisconsin, where as much as a foot of snow is in the forecast, emergency managers urged residents to put winter survival kits in their vehicles and check on road conditions.
State patrol officers were searching for a semi driver in the Red Cedar River near Menomonie in western Wisconsin early Tuesday after the vehicle slid off the nearby snow-covered Interstate 94 into the frigid waterway.
A wet snow pelted commuters as they slid along the slick streets of downtown Chicago through the soggy wintery mix early Tuesday. Snow was forecast for the morning and afternoon rush hours, Seeley said.
The weather service also said that as much as 1.5 inches of snow could fall per hour, “making snow removal difficult and travel extremely dangerous.”Ill.
Gov. Pat Quinn urged motorists to avoid driving unless absolutely necessary, insisting that “safety comes first.
” The Illinois Department of Transportation planned to send a fleet of 360 trucks to plow roadways in northeastern Illinois early Tuesday, with a total of 600 throughout Northern Illinois. The storm is creating wet, heavy snow — known euphemistically as “heart attack snow” — which could pose a risk when it comes time to shovel for the elderly, sedentary people or those who have heart problems. –US NEWS
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The blizzard that hammered the central United States dumped 19.1 inches (48½ cm)of snow on Amarillo, breaking a 120-year-old record for one-day February snowfall.
National Weather Service meteorologist Krissy Scotten in Amarillo says Monday’s snowfall bested the 19-inch record set on Feb. 16, 1893.
http://www.abqjournal.com/main/2013/02/26/abqnewsseeker/some-roads-still-closed-in-panhand le.html
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A winter storm swept over Washington, D.C. today, forcing federal offices to close and threatening to dump 4 to 8 inches of snow — the heaviest in Washington in two years.
“It will be a wet, heavy, gloppy snow consistent with wallpaper paste,” National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro said.
More than 1,100 flights were canceled at Reagan National airport and Washington Dulles, and power outages were expected in some parts of Virginia.
Meanwhile, in the Chicago suburbs, part of the roof of a banquet hall caved in, and snow poured into one wing of the building.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/06/17205699-wallpaper-paste-snowstorm-shuts-down-nations-capital?lite
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Grand Forks received a record amount of snow for the date on Monday, besting the third day of the super blizzard of 1966, according to the National Weather Service.
Some 7.6 inches of snow fell in Grand Forks, while more than nine inches fell on the western edge of town at the airport.
http://www.wdaz.com/event/article/id/16631/
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An overnight storm dumped record snowfall on Allen County, Indiana, and police were busy with emergency calls, including a fatal snowmobile crash this morning in Whitley County.
As of 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported 9 inches of snow at Fort Wayne International Airport – setting a record for the day – on top of 1 inch that was already on the ground. At Huntertown, 7 inches fell by 9 p.m. Monday, with 2 inches having fallen in the previous hour.
http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130306/NEWS/130309705
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“Major” winter storm - Winter weather warnings in effect for 18 states.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND … MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION…
LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE ACROSS THE WESTERN DAKOTAS AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM…STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY.
VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN COUNTRY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
SNOW WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR RAPID ACCUMULATION IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BY MONDAY EVENING.
HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST MONDAY…STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS …MAY CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION.
HUBBARD-EAST BECKER-WADENA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… PARK RAPIDS… WOLF LAKE… WADENA
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/fgf/
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Denver can expect 5 to 8 inches of snow, with some parts of the High Plains of Colorado and northwest Kansas getting a foot or more tonight and Sunday, said Michael Palmer of weather.com.
“The heavier snow, potentially 6 to 12 inches plus, then pounds much of Indiana, northern Kentucky and Ohio Sunday into Sunday night,” Palmer added, with the potential for some accumulating snow “as far north as New York City on Monday.”
“Most areas will be 10-30 degrees below average with freezing temps extending deep into the South at times,” said Palmer. “The only areas escaping the chill will be parts of Florida and from the Rio Grand Valley into the Desert Southwest.”
“Many areas of the Upper Midwest are on track to have a top 5 or top 10 coldest March on record after the warmest March just last year.”
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/23/17427758-more-snow-coming-with-much-of-us-set-to-shiver-through-march?lite
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Many parts of the U.S. will soon plunge back into winter-like temperatures as a cold front moving through the Northern USA today heads south to the Gulf of Mexico.
Temperatures will drop into the 20s in many parts of the Midwest, Great Lake Region and some states in the Plains.
The mercury will drop even further – into the teens – in parts of the Upper Midwest, Dakotas, and Upper New England regions, challenging cold records across the Eastern United States.
As the cold front sinks southward, lows across Texas will also drop into the 30s.
http://www.theweatherspace.com/2013/03/31/april-arctic-air-blast-will-challenge-records-across-eastern-u-s/
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Out of a possible 176,217 records: 1,034 (Broken) + 411 (Tied) = 1,445 Total
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records/daily/mint/2013/03/00?sts%5b%5d=US#records_look_up
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Just as Anchorage is digging out from Saturday’s record snowfall, another big storm has begun.
This storm is expected to deposit 9 to 15 inches of fresh snow on top of the 6 to 10 inches that accumulated Saturday in Anchorage, according to the National Weather Service.
The snow is predicted to get heavy by afternoon, said meteorologist Jason Ahsenmacher.
The 6.2 inches of snowfall measured Saturday at the National Weather Service office on Sand Lake Road topped the prior record of 4.6 inches for April 6, set back in 1949. The Hilltop ski area got an estimated 10 inches.
As of Sunday afternoon, the official Anchorage snowfall this winter measured 84.1 inches, more than a foot above average, Ahsenmacher said.
This storm is expected to center on Anchorage but reach north as far as Talkeetna and south onto the Kenai Peninsula.
http://www.adn.com/2013/04/07/2856184/another-spring-storm-expected.html
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An April snowstorm stretching from Utah into Minnesota could dump as much as 16 inches of snow
by the end of Tuesday in parts of Wyoming and South Dakota, says CNN.
The Denver area braced for frigid temperatures and another wintry blast – as much as 5 inches of snow – as the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning in Arapahoe and Adams counties, where temperatures could fall into the single digits Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, as much as an inch of ice brought down trees and power lines in Sioux Falls, Slouth Dakota, said Accuweather.com.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2013/04/09/Wintery-weather-hits-the-US-Plains/UPI-899913655 04772/
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Record snowfall in Rapid City, South Dakota.
The winter storm battering much of South Dakota dumped 20 inches of snow on Rapid City yesterday, which makes it the single snowiest day since record-keeping began in 1942.
“The previous record for the airport was 18 inches on April 22nd in 2001. So yesterday was the snowiest 24 hour period ever at the Rapid City airport. And it’s going to keep snowing for another hour or two. At this rate so this is going to turn out to be an epic storm,” says Eric Helgeson, a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
In downtown Rapid City, the National Weather Service recorded 15 inches of snowfall, making it the fifth snowiest day on the record and the snowiest April 9 on record.
Snowstorm totals
Deadwood: 30 inches
Downtown Hot Springs: 28.2 inches
Rapid City airport: 25 inches
Saint Onge: 24 inches
Kyle: 24 inches
Downtown Rapid City: 23.5 inches
Box Elder: 22 inches
Martin: 21 inches
Ellsworth AFB: 21 inches
Downtown Spearfish: 19.1 inches
Whitewood: 17.3 inches
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/heavy-snow-breaks-records-in-rapid-city-see-updated-snow/article_f36efb1a-2ba4-5f0d-9bfe-ca57411dacbe.html
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Duluth could see snow every day for the next 7 days, says the National Weather Service.
7-DAY FORECAST
•This Afternoon Snow with areas of blowing snow before 5pm, then snow likely after 5pm. High near 33. Breezy, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
•Tonight Snow likely, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.
•Saturday A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
•Saturday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
•Sunday Snow, mainly after 1pm. High near 33. East wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
•Sunday Night Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1am, then a chance of snow. Low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
•Monday A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
•Monday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.
•Tuesday A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
•Tuesday Night A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.
•Wednesday A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36.
•Wednesday Night A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28.
•Thursday A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 35.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.78667189999999&lon=-92.10048519999998&site=all&smap=
1&searchresult=Duluth%2C%20MN%2C%20USA
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A vast storm that spawned tornadoes and killed three people marched toward the East Coast on Friday, delivering spring snow and ice to New England.
Parts of New Hampshire were expecting 3 to 5 inches of snow, according to meteorologists for The Weather Channel, which forecast a similar storm next week, bringing yet more snow to the Rockies, parts of the Plains and Upper Midwest as it plows east.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/12/17719227-strong-storms-march-toward-east-coast-after-killing-3-and-tearing-apart-homes?lite
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Snow will spread from east central Minnesota and west central Wisconsin into northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin through the rest of this afternoon and into this evening.
The precipitation will mainly remain a wet and heavy snow across northeast Minnesota, but there will be a transition to a wintry mixture of precipitation across northwest Wisconsin. Much of northwest Wisconsin could see a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain this afternoon and this evening.
The highest snowfall amounts will be across northeast Minnesota where much of the region will see about 4 to 9 inches. Lesser snowfall amounts will fall across northwest Wisconsin.
Very gusty winds will occur by late afternoon around the twin ports…and expand along the north shore this evening. The combination of locally heavy snow and gusty winds will cause rapidly deteriorating travel conditions from Duluth to Grand Marais.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/wxstory.php?site=dlh
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“Once again, another snowstorm with a historic record and still snowing at the time of this report,”
Snow report of 16.2” and still snowing at 3:50CDT:
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Top 10 April snowstorms:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=bis
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Long duration snow event” thru Wednesday over SE Wyoming and the Western Nebraska Panhandle.
Snow heavy at times. Significant accumulations. Heaviest snow – up to 14 inches – will be over the south part of the area.
Includes Laramie, Cheyenne, and the I-80 corridor.
“Travel safe!”
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/cys/?n=webbriefing
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“And records began in 1888!” says reader Ralph Fato. “Plus, it was done in 2 weeks!”
RECORD SNOWFALL OF 34.1 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WAS SET AT
RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY THROUGH 600 PM MDT.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 30.6 INCHES SET IN 1970.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/validProds.php?prod=RER&node=KUNR
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RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD…
A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 2.5 INCHES WAS SET AT RAPID CITY AIRPORT SD
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 2.1 SET IN 1970.
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They have 61.8″ of snow for the season. Normal to date is 44.4”
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=unr
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Snowiest EVER April (as of April 19th) with 41.7 inches.
Snowiest EVER Feb, March, April with 86.6 inches.
5th snowiest year on record so far with 120.3 inches.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=93989&source=0
At Duluth, Minnesota:
•There has been at least 1″ of snow on the ground since December 9th, 2012. (133 days as of April 20th)
•There has been at least 5″ of snow on the ground for 91 consecutive days (as of April 20th).
•There has been at least 10″ of snow on the ground for 59 consecutive days (as of April 20th).
•The morning low temperature of 11 degrees on April 20th, 2013 broke the old daily low record of 14 degrees set in 1928
•The morning low temperature of 8 degrees on April 14th, 2013 tied the old daily low record set in 1926
•As of April 20th, there was 27 inches of snow on the ground.
•The previous record for the latest observed snow depth of at least 20″ was April 15th, 1950 & 1975.
•The previous record for the latest observed snow depth of at least 12″ was April 18th, 1975.
At International Falls, MN:
•There has been at least 1″ of snow on the ground since December 9th, 2012. (133 days as of April 20th)
•There has been at least 5″ of snow on the ground for 126 consecutive days (as of April 20th).
•There has been at least 10″ of snow on the ground for 99 consecutive days (as of April 20th).
•The morning low temperature of 4 degrees on April 20th, 2013 broke the old daily low record of 18 degrees set in 1966
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=93989&source=0
Snow reports
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/?n=snowtotals
Forecast (best chance for snows now will be at night which is much more normal for April)
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=46.78667189999999&lon=-92.10048519999998&site=
all&smap=1&searchresult=Duluth%2C%20MN%2C%20USA
Here’s a map of the snow totals from this last storm.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dlh&storyid=94132&source=0
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http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate/very_cold_and_stormy_april/
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“Historic Snowstorm Potential for Omaha to Minneapolis,” reads the headline.
“The same storm bringing heavy snow to Denver and Cheyenne Wednesday … has the potential to bring a swath of heavy, wet snow from eastern Nebraska to northwestern Wisconsin and the western Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
In May!
“The upcoming storm, like many in recent weeks, seems to be ignoring the date. (It) could bring 6 inches to a foot of snow on its northwestern flank Wednesday night and Thursday over the central Plains into the Upper Midwest.”
“There have been some snowstorms in May in the region, but they are rare,” says MSN.
According to National Weather Service records, 2 inches of snow fell on Omaha on May 9, 1945. The only other snowfalls both came on May 3 in Omaha. One was 1.3 inches in 1907 and another was 1.0 inch in 1967.
The heaviest May snowfall on record for Des Moines, Iowa, was in 1907, when 1.2 inches fell on May 3.
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/
http://local.msn.com/historic-snowstorm-potential-for-omaha-to-minneapolis-1
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A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER NORTHERN ALASKA RESULTED IN A HANDFUL OF RECORD LOWS THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES DROPPED BELOW ZERO IN THE BROOKS RANGE AND INTO THE TEENS AND 20S OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE INTERIOR. WINDS GUSTING OVER 25 MPH IN THE BROOKS RANGE PASSES ALSO RESULTED IN WIND CHILLS APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO.
IN ADDITION TO NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING…SOME OCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TIE OR BREAK RECORD COLD MAXIMUM EMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF THE INTERIOR WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO THE 30S THIS LATER TODAY…ALTHOUGH SOME AREAS IN THE NORTHERN INTERIOR WILL EMAIN IN THE 20S. NORMAL HIGHS FOR TODAY ARE IN THE 50S AND LOWER 60S.
BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF LOW TEMPERATURES REPORTED THIS MORNING. ONLY LONG TERM STATIONS WITH A SUFFICIENT PERIOD OF RECORD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IF A RECORD LOW WAS BROKEN.
KILLIK PASS…………….6 BELOW
ATIGUN PASS…………….5 BELOW
NORUTAK LAKE……………2 BELOW
CHANDALAR SHELF DOT……..2 ABOVE
BETTLES……………….10 ABOVE* (OLD RECORD 20 IN 2007)
AMBLER………………..12 ABOVE
HUSLIA………………..12 ABOVE
RUBY………………….13 ABOVE
LAKE MINCHUMINA COOP……15 ABOVE
TANANA………………..16 ABOVE
GALENA………………..17 ABOVE
FORT YUKON…………….18 ABOVE
NENANA………………..19 ABOVE
COLLEGE OBSERVATORY…….22 ABOVE* (TIE RECORD 22 IN 1954)
FAIRBANKS AIRPORT………22 ABOVE* (OLD RECORD 26 IN 1938)
EIELSON AFB……………22 ABOVE* (OLD RECORD 26 IN 1965)
* INDICATES NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=NOAK49PAFG&type=public
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There has been a major upsurge in temperatures in recent days. Chicago recorded a rise from 2C to 32-33C in less than 36 hours.
http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/