MJO812 Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 Happy October 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Star Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 22 hours ago, FPizz said: Has nothing to do with it. Move on, it isn't 2012 anymore. They make new normals for a reason. It would be funny on the news if they said today's normal high is 75, but if were living in 1950, it would 72. I'm beating a dead horse, but if we only use the previous 20 years as the current average, shouldn't we only use the same set to base our minimum/maximum record temperatures on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Star Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 19 hours ago, Brian5671 said: The whole winter was essentially waiting for a good pattern-went from late Dec to mid Jan-finally shows up but craps out after a week-then another long wait and we got 5 cold days in Feb then that was it... Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPizz Posted October 1 Share Posted October 1 34 minutes ago, Dark Star said: I'm beating a dead horse, but if we only use the previous 20 years as the current average, shouldn't we only use the same set to base our minimum/maximum record temperatures on? I say we use all the years, not just 30. Not sure why we even do that. If we have all the data, use it all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalland Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 i've recently gotten into running and so at least i can look forward to many months of my ideal running weather ahead (35-55F) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 9/30/2024 at 10:15 AM, Brian5671 said: Who is in denial about a warming climate at this stage? Even JB says we are warming up. Yeah. I have not heard anyone say it's not warmer out. I think the argument is more about whether stronger storms, and therefore higher snowfall events, can compensate for shorter seasons/less events. That is still open for debate. We are still in line, strictly snowfall average wise, with 1970 through 1999 (comparing 2020/2021 to now). Amazing to think that period had only 4 above average snowfall years in a 30 year stretch despite the frigid 70s, however larger events....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 56 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said: Yeah. I have not heard anyone say it's not warmer out. I think the argument is more about whether stronger storms, and therefore higher snowfall events, can compensate for shorter seasons/less events. That is still open for debate. We are still in line, strictly snowfall average wise, with 1970 through 1999 (comparing 2020/2021 to now). Amazing to think that period had only 4 above average snowfall years in a 30 year stretch despite the frigid 70s, however larger events....... i think most in this subforum would do backflips for a month like january 1985. normal snow with temp departure around -8f 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 1 hour ago, EastonSN+ said: Yeah. I have not heard anyone say it's not warmer out. I think the argument is more about whether stronger storms, and therefore higher snowfall events, can compensate for shorter seasons/less events. That is still open for debate. We are still in line, strictly snowfall average wise, with 1970 through 1999 (comparing 2020/2021 to now). Amazing to think that period had only 4 above average snowfall years in a 30 year stretch despite the frigid 70s, however larger events....... Sooner or later the warming climate will win out against the tendency for bigger storms. Hopefully the constant background Nina and -PDO state can reverse soon and we get back into a favorable pattern. We see how cold the upper Plains and NW can still get, so it’s still around but it can’t get here in a sustained way. But that “balance line” where warmer climate overcomes the bigger storms tendency is creeping north and probably already went north of DC which is in a long term decline (although that might also be due to fewer Miller A type storms and more big offshore Miller B storms that can nail our area). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 44 minutes ago, forkyfork said: i think most in this subforum would do backflips for a month like january 1985. normal snow with temp departure around -8f Beautiful month... a bit dry though. I would say snowfall was actually probably somewhat above normal - maybe 10 to 12 inches if measured today. They didn't inflate their snow totals like we do today either. If 4 inches fell, 4 inches was on the ground. If 1.5 inches fell, 1.5 inches was on the ground [and rounded up to 2"]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 5 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said: Beautiful month... a bit dry though. I would say snowfall was actually probably somewhat above normal - maybe 10 to 12 inches if measured today. They didn't inflate their snow totals like we do today either. If 4 inches fell, 4 inches was on the ground. If 1.5 inches fell, 1.5 inches was on the ground [and rounded up to 2"]. And we also weren't spoiled by KUs every winter like in the 2000s and 2010s. We were used to cold and dry with small storms but longer periods of snow cover and it felt like winter (imagine a high temp of 9) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 49 minutes ago, forkyfork said: i think most in this subforum would do backflips for a month like january 1985. normal snow with temp departure around -8f I personally hate the cold, give me 32 and heavy snow. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 1 minute ago, EastonSN+ said: I personally hate the cold, give me 32 and heavy snow. a high of 32 is below average at any point in winter. we need cold for snow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Star Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 25 minutes ago, forkyfork said: a high of 32 is below average at any point in winter. we need cold for snow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastonSN+ Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 22 minutes ago, forkyfork said: a high of 32 is below average at any point in winter. we need cold for snow True, however seen many storms start out 34 and wet bulb downward (March 2019). I think generally 2021/2022 is a good blueprint on how to succeed. Perhaps 17/18 is a better example given the historically warm February that included a snow storm in that same timeframe. Even Raleigh NC still gets snow, albeit less often. I get that 1977 is highly unlikely if not impossible, however I hold out hope that we can still at the very least least match the 1970 to 1999 snowfall average with this new set-up. Yeah warming will eventually win out, unless a successful environmental engineering endeavor remedies the issue beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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donsutherland1 Posted Saturday at 01:22 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:22 PM New ECMWF Winter 2024-2025 Forecast: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted Saturday at 01:38 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:38 PM 15 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said: New ECMWF Winter 2024-2025 Forecast: Disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WX-PA Posted Saturday at 02:24 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:24 PM 40 minutes ago, qg_omega said: Disaster It looks warm but here's the problem with these 3 month weather forecasts. It says 1-2 degrees above normal temps for the winter as a whole, if correct. Doesn't mean it's going to be warm all the time..and yes guess what?..it could be wrong!...First lets get 3-7 day forecasts correct. No model can see ahead 2 months in advance. I hope we can look back on this post and say I told you so! If not it saves on heating bills lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted Saturday at 02:27 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:27 PM 2 minutes ago, WX-PA said: It looks warm but here's the problem with these 3 month weather forecasts. It says 1-2 degrees above normal temps for the winter as a whole, if correct. Doesn't mean it's going to be warm all the time..and yes guess what?..it could be wrong!...First lets get 3-7 day forecasts correct. No model can see ahead 2 months in advance. I hope we can look back on this post and say I told you so! If not it saves on heating bills lol. +1 to +2 is in line with most forecasts and most of our recent winters. Probably even cooler than the last 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted Saturday at 02:52 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:52 PM 1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said: New ECMWF Winter 2024-2025 Forecast: I’m more concerned with Alaska being cold. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted Saturday at 03:40 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:40 PM 2 hours ago, qg_omega said: Disaster But not as warm as the past two winters if these numbers verify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted Saturday at 03:41 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:41 PM 48 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: I’m more concerned with Alaska being cold. I agree. It's difficult to have a cold winter down here when Alaska is also cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qg_omega Posted Saturday at 05:39 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:39 PM 2 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said: I’m more concerned with Alaska being cold. 1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said: But not as warm as the past two winters if these numbers verify. Alaska below normal we are going to be 4 to 6 above normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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