Arctic Hounds Unleashed: Long Duration Late January/Early February Cold Snap

[Baroclinic Zone]

Clouds and precip kept things up last night. 17F 

[BrianW]

Warm night at BDR. Spent most of the night at 28.

 

[Modfan2]

4 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Warm night at BDR. Spent most of the night at 28.

 

Almost time to install!

[tamarack]

12th consecutive subzero morning, near -5.  Might break the string tomorrow.

[Modfan2]

How is it looking for the weekend? Core of the cold still western New England into NY?

[Sey-Mour Snow]

13 minutes ago, Modfan2 said:

How is it looking for the weekend? Core of the cold still western New England into NY?

Yes, still going to be frigid, just not as bad as it looked earlier in the week... Core is north and west, not directly over us.. It will feel worse with the wind and after the thaw Monday through today

[HoarfrostHubb]

This morning was the warmest I've had in a while   16F when I let the dog out

Sunday morning looks to be the coldest of the weekend, but nothing we haven't seen before

[Damage In Tolland]

31 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Yes, still going to be frigid, just not as bad as it looked earlier in the week... Core is north and west, not directly over us.. It will feel worse with the wind and after the thaw Monday through today

Thaw today? With highs in 20’s

[Sey-Mour Snow]

9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Thaw today? With highs in 20’s

It’s all relative my friend morning low was 20. You know that felt amazing on your morning run. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

It’s all relative my friend morning low was 20. You know that felt amazing on your morning run. 

Shorts and tees?

[Sey-Mour Snow]

11 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Shorts and tees?

Idk did you ? Today was the first day I programmed outdoor running in the gym workouts since early January and they didn’t complain. 

[Damage In Tolland]

21 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Idk did you ? Today was the first day I programmed outdoor running in the gym workouts since early January and they didn’t complain. 

Today was off day actually. Tomorrow we run 

[mreaves]

December and January were below normal in based on the most recent 30 year period but how do they compare to the previous period?

[ariof]

1 hour ago, mreaves said:

December and January were below normal in based on the most recent 30 year period but how do they compare to the previous period?

For BOS 30 year periods back to when they started gathering the data at Logan:

	Dec	Jan
1941-1970	32.9	29.0
1951-1980	33.5	29.2
1961-1990	33.5	28.7
1971-2000	34.7	29.3
1981-2010	35.0	29.3
1991-2020	36.0	30.2
2025/2026	31.3	28.8

So December was colder than any 30-year climate period, and January was colder than any climate period but 1961-1990 (colder by 0.1°). Feb will need to torch the end of the month to be much above!

 

 

[mreaves]

Just now, ariof said:

For BOS 30 year periods back to when they started gathering the data at Logan:

 

	Dec	Jan
1941-1970	32.9	29.0
1951-1980	33.5	29.2
1961-1990	33.5	28.7
1971-2000	34.7	29.3
1981-2010	35.0	29.3
1991-2020	36.0	30.2
2025/2026	31.3	28.8

So December was colder than any 30-year climate period, and January was colder than any climate period but 1961-1990 (colder by 0.1°). Feb will need to torch the end of the month to be much above!

 

 

Thanks!  This is exactly what I was wondering and I didn't know I had worded my question correctly.

[dendrite]

6 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Thanks!  This is exactly what I was wondering and I didn't know I had worded my question correctly.

I did the math out for the sites already

 

[Damage In Tolland]

Winds really cranked this afternoon here with a biting feel out there . 
25.5 

[dendrite]

Another pleasant sunny day. High 29°

[FXWX]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Winds really cranked this afternoon here with a biting feel out there . 
25.5 

Amazing what a little wind can do to change the tenor of the outdoor feel...  Almost the same temp as yesterday right now, but with a steady 12 mph wind, gusting to 25 mph... The walk around the neighborhood was nowhere near as comfortable as it was yesterday!

[DavisStraight]

7 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Winds really cranked this afternoon here with a biting feel out there . 
25.5 

31 but feels colder.

[dendrite]

9 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Winds really cranked this afternoon here with a biting feel out there . 
25.5 

Very little wind up here. Glad we here.

[NeonPeon]

This winter has been relatively boring for me, given I was abroad for the only significant snowfall.

That said, the retention of this pack is fantastic, the best I've seen since 2015. Once I smashed through the crust I have a couple nice tracks through the cemetery and am able to cross country ski two weeks after the snowfall, and will be able to for the foreseeable.

Sledding hills have been taken for granted and are mostly empty. 

Today was gorgeous for cross country.

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I did the math out for the sites already

 

I knew I had seen that somewhere.  There was no way that could have been an original thought on my part!

[SnoSki14]

1 hour ago, FXWX said:

Amazing what a little wind can do to change the tenor of the outdoor feel...  Almost the same temp as yesterday right now, but with a steady 12 mph wind, gusting to 25 mph... The walk around the neighborhood was nowhere near as comfortable as it was yesterday!

Which is why this weekend will feel so much worse than any "fake" cold 

Gusts 50-60mph