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Lmao. Once again. Over their heads. No one argued that the -2.6° in chicago in Jan 2025 was record cold. It was brought up because maxim said it would be a WARM month days before the months began. Jan 2026 had impressive cold. It was -5.2° at Detroit and both December and January were solidly colder than avg for even the coldest 30 year normals in the period of record. Jan was -4.4 compared to the entire POR and Dec -2.1 to the entire POR. But thats "seasonal" and "normal". It was such a cold winter in the east that the trolls either disappeared or completely fixated on the west. Thats when you know it WAS cold. Jan 15-Feb 9 was 3rd coldest on record for Detroit (I usually dont post intra month data sets like that but hey, they do all the time when it's warm!). And thats already the coldest time of the year. The warmth of march/April was discussed but apparently not enough for the liking of some which is what started a tantrum because its not discussed enough.

Those winds on the Rockpile seem very meh

I posted a few days ago elsewhere that I thought the window would open around mid-June. We certainly do see models rushing the favorable window sometimes, especially early in the season. Hard to believe we’re almost near the official start of the season.

Mt Washington

Sure some will. Difference between top 5 and top 15 are tenths in some cases

Partly sunny SW of ORH from late morning ion with the jet screaming at 6,000 feet . There’ll be 40-50 mph gusts inland with mixing where sun pops

Tolland

I knew you would find some reason to dismiss. My stability assessment is based on comparing Coatesville to NCEI and other regional stations without station changes. Coatesville tracks NCEI closely. Yes there are three stations; but, the three stations are well matched for annual average temperatures; and, there are no major station changes. You would get the same answer if you used NCEI instead of Coatesville.

Because it is where I live....LOL!

why does chester county matter so much

llvl lapse rates may be steep enough to support gusts 35-40 mph inland. Also, the lack of rain farther inland and even potential for some cloud breaks may allow better than expected mixing (evident by the steep llvl lapse rates)

All models give you at least. .11

Some of the modeling has 35-40mph gusts down there in ORH county. But this is obviously anomalous and dynamic for this time of year. It does give me 2013 sensible wx vibes for NNE though…albeit a different evolution.

MT Washington

Last night's Blue Origin Rocket explosion on KMLB Radar between thunderstorm complexes to north and southwest.

I'm not expecting much for winds in central Mass... breezy sure, but nothing super unusual... further east (esp coastal NH and ME) could be fun

I think it would favor more -NAO events going forward (decadally). Be careful that you are calling the -AMO right now is not from a lot of +NAO/+AO, especially in the warm season. Immediate term the central-south Atlantic has -0.3 to -0.4 SSTA correlation with +NAO conditions. I know, correlated immediately, inverse in the long term.

montrose clears

I will be spending 10 days in June with a much colder view...going to Alaska June 7-17! Bucket list trip.

Diurnal range today is going to be off the charts here.

We will torch late summer into fall/winter

i’ll kick it off with a current view…

Well, it's all connected...sure, the RONI only measures the oceans, but I think the warming oceans are somewhat connected to the more pronounced 500MB ridges....I think there is an element of feedback at play. Bottom line is there is more heat, which is being reflected in the ocean and the atmosphere, but it just so happens that the RONI only measures the former...so technically, yes...it certainly goes beyond the RONI.