I'd say the snow hid the bust on the temps-it the winter ends up +3 and we have 50 inches of snow, all is forgiven. If we're +3 and no snow, then different story.
I would tend to agree Don. A warm month is likely in my opinion, the question will be whether it's like Jan and Feb (+5 to 6) or muted somewhat by bouts of cold say +2 to 3
It's made central air conditioning somewhat essential around here as well. Houses built in the 50's-70's around here often did not have it b/c it was not needed.
He's banking on Phase 5 MJO which is colder in March and some EPO dips. I could see some cold spells like the one coming up, but it's not really all that cold in the general scheme of things...
yep, we've slowly dried out after the very wet December-while it's been cloudy and damp, the rain has not added up to much. Tonight's event should give us all .50
yep only 9% of the lakes surface area is frozen-if you look at 01-02 and 11-12 they had some big outbreaks out there too-I think BUF had a record event one of those years
oh to be just south of Buffalo:
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Blizzard conditions expected. Total snow accumulations of
1 to 2 feet. Winds gusting as high as 45 to 55 mph will result
in severe blowing and drifting snow.
* WHERE...Southern Erie and Wyoming counties and the western
Southern Tier.
* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 4 PM EST Friday.
* IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult to impossible. Areas of
blowing snow will produce near zero visibility. The hazardous
conditions will impact the morning and evening commutes Thursday
and Friday. Strong winds could cause some tree damage and
isolated power outages.
oh you're back on the cold/snow train again? Pattern is the same, expect more of what we've had. Jan and Feb are +5 to +6, March will likely be somewhere in the same category-that's a torch
CFS getting warmer by the day as well