Author Topic: Winter In The USA 2014-15 (Read 13245 times)

Mark · « **Reply #20 on:** February 05, 2015, 06:06:44 PM »

With New England under an Arctic blast, an all-time low temperature of -50° Fahrenheit (-45.6 C)was recorded in Maine on the morning of January 16.

The new record low was recorded at 7:30 a.m. EST at a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) stream gauge on the Big Black River near Depot Mountain in northwestern Aroostook County.

The previous record, -48° Fahrenheit (-44.4 C), was set in Van Buren, Maine almost 84 years earlier, on January 19, 1925

NOAA's NWS Forecast Office—Caribou, Maine—

Mark · « **Reply #21 on:** February 23, 2015, 07:21:27 PM »

https://twitter.com/NWSBlacksburg/status/568774363392004096/photo/1

Some record lows that where record on the 20th.

Mark · « **Reply #22 on:** March 01, 2015, 07:04:01 PM »

Hundreds (maybe thousands) of records have been set for daily low temperatures, and wave after wave of ice and snowstorms have hit the region. The coldest days of the year usually occur in January, yet February 2015 has been exceptional in many places.

Several satellites captured views of the frozen landscape from above, observing saltwater sea ice in East Coast harbors and freshwater ice in the Great Lakes and other inland waterways. Snow and ice have blanketed land surfaces from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, from the Carolinas to Maine.

On February 20, 2015, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured a natural-color view (above) of the U.S.-Canadian border along the Niagara River. Note how a manmade ice boom keeps the mouth of the Niagara River clear near Buffalo, New York. As of February 27, Lake Erie was 95.9 percent covered in ice, while Lake Ontario was at 48.9 percent. Overall, the five Great Lakes combined were 84.1 percent ice covered.

Below you can see a trio of images showing the Mid-Atlantic region. The first image was captured on February 24 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite. It shows ice in Delaware Bay—between New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware—and in the northern end of the Chesapeake Bay between Maryland and Delaware. The following two images (from February 15) come from the Landsat 8 OLI and show closer views, including ice streamers.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85387&src=nha

JennyLeez · « **Reply #23 on:** March 03, 2015, 11:17:18 PM »

March has arrived, so naturally thoughts of spring start to creep into the minds of the USA people with the heart of winter out of the way. However, the snow cover analysis of the Lower 48 states might make them think differently.

Florida was the only state without at least some snow cover to kick off March. The area covered by snow in the Lower 48 states was 63.4 percent on March 1, according to NOHRSC.

Outside of the Lower 48, Alaska has snow on the ground, but Hawaii does as well on the Big Island peak of Mauna Kea. A winter weather advisory was in effect for the summits of the Big Island until early Monday.

Including Alaska and Hawaii, that makes 49 of 50 states with at least some snow on the ground to start March.

Although rare, snow cover in all 50 states at the same time happened just over five years ago on Feb. 12, 2010.

JennyLeez · « **Reply #24 on:** March 06, 2015, 01:57:39 PM »

94 Million People Affected as Snow Storm Sweeps Across America 6th March 2015

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, March 5 (Xinhua) -- A powerful winter storm moving across the eastern U.S. is bringing heavy snow from parts of the Ohio Valley to the Northeast Thursday and puts 94 million people under Winter Storm Warning or Winter Weather Advisory, U.S. National Weather Service

Nearly a thousand flights have been canceled in New York Tri- State area due to the winter storm. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for New York City, Long Island and areas of New Jersey until 7 p.m. Thursday, predicting snow accumulations of between 4 and 7 inches.

Road traffic in some places were virtually brought to a standstill............ more:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/06/c_134042044.htm

Mark · « **Reply #25 on:** March 28, 2015, 11:47:26 AM »

For portions of the East, spring's changeable temperatures are on full display this week.

On Monday, record cold daily highs were set in Montpelier, Vermont (19), and Watertown, New York (21), among other locations. Bangor, Maine (4 degrees), and Binghamton, New York (10), each tied a daily record low Tuesday.

Then, milder air moved in for midweek. Highs on Thursday reached into the middle 70s in Washington, D.C., while Philadelphia warmed into the 60s. Farther north, Boston topped out in the middle 50s. That said, these more comfortable temperatures were accompanied by rain and clouds.

The latest chapter of this up-and-down temperature story will have you grabbing your coat again in many eastern cities this weekend. This is due to a sharp dip in the jet stream that will force cold air from Canada all the way into the Deep South. In fact, freeze watches and warnings have been issued for Tennessee, as well as parts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas for Saturday and Sunday mornings.

Below is a look at just how cold it will get this time around.
http://www.weather.com/forecast/national/news/temperature-roller-coaster-northeast-first-week-of-spring

Rwood · « **Reply #26 on:** March 28, 2015, 12:55:58 PM »

Worth noting that the winter for the USA overall was warmer than average - record daily highs outnumbered record daily lows by about 4:1.

Cold Comfort: Winter Was No Record-Breaker, NOAA Says

Globally, the winter 2014-2015 was the warmest on record, with the NE of the US the only populated region with a significant temperature deficit.

JennyLeez · « **Reply #27 on:** March 28, 2015, 02:50:47 PM »

Well that certainly surprises me.

Some of their days were freezing.

Thanks for that Rupert, good read

Mark · « **Reply #28 on:** April 02, 2015, 07:34:56 PM »

It's official - although you probably could have guessed it anyway.

January-March 2015 ranks as the coldest first three months of the year in history for Lancaster County, according to Millersville University Weather Center data.

So it's only fitting that the last day of March comes with an expected daytime high - 50 - that's 9 degrees below normal.

It's also supposed to rain off and on today, according to Accuweather.com. North of Lancaster County, snow is expected.

Millersville meteorologist Eric Horst on Monday declared this January-March the coldest in the 101 years for which weather records have been kept in Lancaster County.

Combined, those three months averaged 7.1 degrees below the normal temperature here.

Individually, January was 4 degrees below normal, February was 11.3 degrees below normal and March was 6 degrees below normal.

This year's 7.1-degree average below the normal temperature follows last year's 6.9-degree variation below average, which was the third coldest, three-month start to a year on record.

So in two years, Lancaster County saw two of the three coldest first three months of the year of the past century.

In keeping with that theme, Accuweather predicts that when the clouds blow out around midnight tonight, the temperature is really going to drop.

Accuweather is calling for the mercury to hit 28 before sunrise Wednesday, which would be 8 degrees below the normal low for April 1.

Wednesday should be sunny, but it's still going to be cold, with a high of only 49 expected. That's 10 degrees below normal.

Temperatures should dip below freezing during the night yet again, before the warm-up begins Thursday.

A high of 64 is expected Thursday, under mostly sunny skies, followed by a high of 67 Friday, which should come with some rain.

That warm spell should blow away Saturday, when a high of 48 is expected, followed by a high of 52 on Sunday.
Rain, cold close out coldest January-March in 101 years - LancasterOnline: Local News

Mark · « **Reply #29 on:** April 10, 2015, 12:55:38 PM »

ce coverage on eastern Lake Superior has hamstrung ship traffic this week, with 18 vessels waiting Wednesday in Whitefish Bay to move through a soup of ice 8 feet thick in some places, with slabs of ice as big as pickup trucks.

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“This is just crazy how much ice we have out there; we’ve had 35 square miles of ice descend upon and affix itself (to existing ice),” said Mark Gill, director of vessel traffic services for the U.S. Coast Guard, who likened Whitefish Bay to a bathtub drain that took in all of Lake Superior’s ice during several days of westerly winds dating back to last weekend. “The wind blew all the ice down from the open lake. It’s all packed in there and rolled up on itself.”

None of the vessels are beset in ice; rather, they’re staged in the ice waiting for Canadian and U.S. coast guard icebreakers to reestablish tracklines through the bay. Six of the vessels are downbound, headed for the nearby Soo Locks, while 12 are upbound.

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder, from Duluth, and the Mackinaw — the largest U.S. icebreaker serving the Great Lakes — have been chipping away with assistance from several other, smaller icebreakers. Canada’s big icebreaker Pierre Radisson was set to join the fray later Wednesday.

“The ice is very mobile; there’s a lot of water in it,” Gill said. “Hit with the icebreakers, it moves and doesn’t take the break. It’s been very slow to say the least.”

The Kaye E. Barker, a 767-foot iron ore and coal hauler which wintered in Duluth, suffered damage to its forepeak while trying to maneuver in the ice. A hole in the Barker’s ballast tank wasn’t dangerous, Gill said, but it was forcing her into the adjacent Waiska Bay, where it will transfer its load of iron ore onto the Lee A. Tregurtha. The Kaye E. Barker will then receive a temporary fix before carrying on to Sturgeon Bay, Wis., for permanent repairs.

“Hopefully, by midday Friday, we’ll be back to normal — after that it’s a matter for Mother Nature,” Gill said, adding that rain in the forecast would help, as well as some sunshine.
Ice conditions tie up shipping traffic on eastern Lake Superior | Duluth News Tribune

Mark · « **Reply #30 on:** April 18, 2015, 11:24:32 AM »

The Denver Post

The following Colorado snow totals have been reported by the National Weather Service for the April 16-17, 2015 storm, as of 10:30 a.m. Friday:

Allenspark — 23 inches

Antero Reservoir — 6 inches

Aspen Springs — 10.5 inches

Aurora — 6 inches

Bailey — 11.4 inches

Bergen Park — 7 inches

Black Hawk — 24.5 inches

Boulder — 3.7 inches

Breckenridge — 2.7 inches

Brookvale — 8 inches

Broomfield — 5.1 inches

Buckhorn Mountain — 28.3 inches

Central City — 6 inches

Cheesman Reservoir — 6.5 inches

Conifer — 22.2 inches

Denver — 1.5 inches

Denver International Airport — 4.1 inches

Dillon — 2.5 inches

Eldorado Springs — 6.2 inches

Elizabeth — 10 inches

Estes Park — 17.4 inches

Evergreen — 18 inches

Fairplay — 6.3 inches

Federal Heights — 4 inches

Franktown — 9.5 inches

Fort Collins — 2 inches

Four Corners — 5 inches

Genesee — 22.3 inches

Golden — 24 inches

Grant — 10 inches

Greeley — 1.1 inches

Hereford — 2 inches

Highlands Ranch — 8.5 inches

Idledale — 10.3 inches

Jamestown — 16.2 inches

Kassler — 6 inches

Lake George — 3 inches

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Lakewood — 3 inches

Lafayette — 1.8 inches

Livermore — 20 inches

Longmont — 1.5 inches

Louisville — 3 inches

Nederland — 21 inches

Northglenn — 3.4 inches

Parker — 8 inches

Pinecliffe — 14 inches

Pingree Park — 18 inches

Roxborough Park — 12.7 inches

Tabernash — 5 inches

Thornton — 4 inches

Tiny Town — 17.5 inches

Virginia Dale — 8 inches

Wellington — 1 inch

Westminster — 3 inches

Wheat Ridge — 4.1 inches

Williams Fork Reservoir — 8 inches

Colorado snow totals for April 16-17, 2015 - The Denver Post

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