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The East had a winter. The West had a summer.

7-day departures from normal were -18 to -22 in this area (ending yesterday) with a coldest 1-week period at Orlando, apparently, for these (exact) 7 calendar days

Toledo was 30.25 degrees from Jan 1-16, and 11.3 degrees for Jan 17-31. The average temperature was 21.1 degrees which was 6.4 degrees below normal. Fort Wayne was just 4.2 degrees below normal. (That's kind of because Toledo's climatology is oddly too warm...) The large Greenland blocking toward the beginning of the month was correlated with some warmer temperatures here (as discussed.) Then, the really cold air came in when the ridge developed in/near Alaska. Of course, we ended with a large block west of Greenland that helped the polar air stay over us. (my loop of 500mb anomalies) https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_2026_500mb_loop.html

North Carolina completely white on satellite? What is the last time that has happened. I remember the colder winters of 2003, 2010. Maybe those 1/24/2000 should have been a situation where the flatter areas of NC were completely white

I know this is a bit silly, but I think these are a couple of supercells far off the coast

NC radar and some huge 12.5" to 13" storm reports close to Charlotte!

-5 to -20 in eastern Ohio

A long time ago on EasternUSWX, a guy named RaleighWX (I believe) was a meteorology student (or professor) and studied each NC snowstorm. He made a composite of various maps from different times that Raleigh got a snowstorm. I wonder if anybody remembers that. I think he even programmed a model web site for.. EasternUSWX?

kind of looks like a little supercell of snow making landfall at the Outer Banks (no lightning). Already northerly wind gusts to 35-36mph at Cape Fear/Morehead City and 40mph at Piney Island

-40C at 500mb is cold! It's also nearly bottom-tier for ILX (Lincoln, IL) upper-air observations for all time

My loops from the previous storm. I actually saved a lot more data for making a 500mb loop, but I didn't post that. https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_23_2026_GFS_surface_loop.html https://great-lakes-salsite.web.app/Jan_24_2026_radar_loop.html

Hey guys, I am thinking of getting a new laptop because I've heard computer prices are going up. I have a laptop from 2019 that is working well. And by the way, whoever answered my question about fixing my computer battery, thanks a lot. It cost me a good bit to fix my battery, but it was necessary. I was shopping for new laptops, and possibly refurbished laptops. I am not sure I want to buy someone else's 3-year-old laptop. That might already have a lot of wear and tear, when a new laptop could be nearly the same price. I was also considering the possibility of Linux, which I have never done before. If you look up information about Windows 11, they will say that it's bloated and it's spying on you. But I might still go with it. I have questions about radar programs GRLevel3 and Radarscope. They're not designed for Linux at all. Can they be run in Linux anyway? That sort of question is what's going through my mind-- Linux is an unknown. I don't know if some of my favorite programs (or files,) will do the same thing on Linux. I know GRLevel3 and Radarscope aren't written for Linux. If I go with Windows 11, I know my GRLevel3 can be put on it with my license code. I assume Radarscope won't have this capability and I could purchase it again. (Any thoughts on the Radarscope? I got the full package for Radarscope a while back, so I could see 4 panels. I don't know if that could transfer over to a new computer.) One of the things I've struggled with is this: is trying to determine if a new laptop's monitor will be bright and as colorful as it could be. I want one that's above average. It's tough to tell from computer descriptions on the "nits" and "%NTSC" I'm pretty sure 300 nits could appear quite bright, but I've heard there's better brightness. Are 60Hz and 45% NTSC reasonable? I like a good display. (I'm not exactly sure what I have.) I'm kind of assuming Intel i5 and/or Ryzen-5 series does fairly well if you're not running modern graphics-heavy games. There's a part of me that says, "go with i7" because I don't want to be running something that's too slow in 5 years. I've also noticed there's not a lot of 14" laptops listed when you search. For me, 14" is fine for portabilty. I don't quite understand it when the description says "AI Copilot+ laptop."

This is one of the greatest -AO's of recent years. This months approximate AO value of -1 (or more negative,) may be a bit worse than Feb 2025 you would think the computed NAO value would be quite negative, but it's not

wavy waves

I think my place got 6.5" after doing a bit more measuring and shoveling Monday. Today, a snow squall formed between me and Cleveland. That brought briefly very bad conditions over by Cleveland. The third image posted may not be representing the snowfall values between Columbus and Toledo the best. I think my brother and sister got 9". They're in different places.