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January 2020 General Discussions & Observations Thread


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As of 3 pm, daily record high temperatures include:

Albany: 66° (old record: 57°, 1975)
Allentown: 67° (old record: 66°, 1975)
Atlantic City: 63° (old record: 62°, 2018)
Boston: 69° (old record: 62°, 1975)
Bridgeport: 57° (old record: 56°, 1975)
Concord: 61° (old record: 58°, 1980)
Dayton, OH: 67° (old record: 59°, 2013, 2017, and 2018)
Erie, PA: 68° (old record: 66°, 1890)
Hartford: 68° (old record: 60°, 1983)
Lexington, KY: 75° (old record: 66°, 2018)
Louisville: 70° (old record: 69°, 1890)
New York City-LGA: 66° (old record: 62°, 1975)
New York City-NYC: 68° (old record: 63°, 1975)
Newark: 70° (old record: 66°, 1975)
Poughkeepsie: 68° (old record: 63°, 1975)
Portland: 60° (old record: 54°, 1983 and 2017)
Providence: 65° (old record: 61°, 1975)
White Plains: 65° (old record: 57°, 1975)

In addition, daily rainfall records were set in parts of the Great Lakes region. Daily records through 3 pm include:

Detroit: 1.86" (old daily record: 0.96", 1905; old January daily record: 1.76", January 12, 1908)
Indianapolis: 1.32" (old daily record: 1.16", 2005)
South Bend, IN: 2.31" (old daily record: 0.70", 1895)
Toledo: 1.08" (old daily record: 0.76", 2013)

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Under partly sunny skies that lasted until near mid-afternoon before overcast conditions developed, the temperature soared to a record 68° in New York City. Throughout the region, record high temperatures, many set in 1975 when a similar 500 mb pattern prevailed and a storm brought heavy precipitation to the Great Lakes region, were toppled.  Four photos from the New York Botanical Garden early this afternoon:

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1 minute ago, bluewave said:

This may be our first MJO phase 4 to reach 3 SD during January.


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The MJO had an amplitude of 3.131 when in it was in Phase 4 on January 11, 1986. The highest January amplitude when the MJO was in Phase 5 is 2.712, which occurred on January 16, 1990.

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Did some garden work today. Still have fresh herbs going strong, thyme, rosemary, and some other stuff my wife planted, maybe sage. Have creeping charlie invading the pots. Still not the tomato seedlings I had growing in Dec 2015, but close enough. Blueberries started budding. All very disorienting. Looks like winter will return shortly according to people here. we'll see.

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40 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Under partly sunny skies that lasted until near mid-afternoon before overcast conditions developed, the temperature soared to a record 68° in New York City. Throughout the region, record high temperatures, many set in 1975 when a similar 500 mb pattern prevailed and a storm brought heavy precipitation to the Great Lakes region, were toppled.  Four photos from the New York Botanical Garden early this afternoon:

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Camilla in bloom. A southern plant tha hS done quite well in my postage stamp UHI blessed yard. Although Don, mid January is a bit early for them even by souther standards. . 

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22 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

The MJO had an amplitude of 3.131 when in it was in Phase 4 on January 11, 1986. The highest January amplitude when the MJO was in Phase 5 is 2.712, which occurred on January 16, 1990.

Looks like we have a chance to beat both those readings the next few days when the site updates.

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12 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

GFS is not cooperating-WHERE IS THE PRECIP MAP FOR THE GEFS ????

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Why would you be looking at the gfs that far out? It will change at 00z. You use the ensembles at that range. If it makes you feel better the euro has a costal snowstorm in that timeframe 

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6 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Why would you be looking at the gfs that far out? It will change at 00z. You use the ensembles at that range. If it makes you feel better the euro has a costal snowstorm in that timeframe 

Post the Euro map at hour 282

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23 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

GFS is not cooperating-WHERE IS THE PRECIP MAP FOR THE GEFS ????

 

Ensembles begin to correctly pick up the general 500 mb pattern in the day 8-10 range. So I never really pay attention to what the operational GFS shows for an individual storm that far out in time. The NCEP should follow the ECMWF lead and stop running the OP beyond 240 hrs. Notice how the ECMWF only has the control and ensembles day 11-15. And those are often too low skill to be of use that far out in time.

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26 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

Not even the most pessimistic scientists are saying winter will go away. Not any time soon. But yeah, it's getting warmer. 

Climate change is certainly part of it but we’re not doomed to warm winters and little snow from now on because of it. The overall pattern has switched back to a Nina heavy pattern with the SE ridge and western trough favored. 

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9 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

when did I say I was taking it seriously ?

 

While you hope we get a favorable storm track for heavy snows at the coast, just pointing out a colder pattern coming around the 20th isn’t a guarantee. That’s why storm tracks are so important. Late last January with a similar 500 mb pattern we only got some light snows. 
 

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2 minutes ago, bluewave said:

While you hope we get a favorable storm track for heavy snows at the coast, just pointing out a colder pattern coming around the 20th isn’t a guarantee. That’s why storm tracks are so important. Late last January with a similar 500 mb pattern we only got some light snows. 

Yep. We very well could swing and Miss. let’s hope for better luck this time. Last January we missed a storm to our south that crushed DCA. 

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