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vortex95

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On 3/23/2026 at 8:32 PM, dendrite said:

Glad you have thick skin…we bust each other all of the time here. Usually it’s nothing personal. Wolfie loves his CO2 emissions and cold posts so he is fun to razz. 

Social media we all know can be a wicked minefield.  It's the nature of the beast.  As long as you understand that, it is much easier to handle it all.  Still, it is so easy for things to be taken out of context or one's tone misinterpreted.  The pitfalls of social media.  You lose a lot in translation not being face-to-face talking or the like!

Etiquette is important, and also not to knee-jerk react to anything you may not like or offends you, but that is NOT easy!  We all fall into that trap for just about anything one time or another.  And I dislike it b/c it distracts me from enjoying the topic at hand.  I say to myself often, "I liked it so much better when we could all enjoy and weenie out about the wx w/o fostering blame, pushing messaging, or seeing non-wx ppl/the public freak out/worried sick about the world ending!  Can't we just enjoy wx for what it is?   It is amazing and fascinating in its own right.   That is more than enough to keep us busy and engaged!"

It not always about being self-righteous or correct on social media, just, and we know this well being wx weenies, is that so often we see stuff posted all over the place, and we *know* it is factually wrong.  Such as wx history and the media buzzword 'unprecedented" said far too often b/c it sounds dramatic and sells.  And lame derivatives like "almost unprecedented" - yes, I have actually seen that.  Stupid, either it has happened before or not.  How about say, "rare" instead!  LOL.  This is what gets me more and more, how things are worded and communicated.  It's not about being pedantic, despite being precise and accurate is important in many sciences, just I feel for those (the public) who don't know any better, and get duped easily.  And a lot of up and coming mets/wx enthusiasts get the wrong idea about things.

So I don't mind heated discussion or debate, as long as it is kept civil.  I am known for sometimes getting on a high-horse, and then I have to scale it back.  I can't tell you how many times I have written something up quickly on social media n response to something that got under my skin, finish it, then re-read, and then I go "nah, not worth it!" and delete, or edit it down to make it less verbose and pedantic.

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vortex95

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Saw this post the other day:
 
"Numerical weather models are projecting huge westerly wind burst signal over the west Central Pacific over the next few weeks, some AI models are projecting signals that would achieve near record intensity.  
 
The westerly wind burst projected is as zonally and meridionally broad as any historical event I recall, and becomes better centered on the equator than the comparable event of March 1997. 
 
Oh boy, March 1997 comparable?  1997-98 was a super El Nino!  And 2015-16 was a super one as well.  So was 1982-83.  So for next winter here?

Right away, CoastalWx will go, "IT WILL BLOW b/c it is too warm!  Any snow that falls will not stick around!"  LOL.

Well, it is not all lost, all three of those super El Nino years, we go something good in SNE.  Feb 1983 and 2016 E Coast biggies and the "surprise" event 12/23/97 (SNOINCR 8 at Ayer MA).  Also, the nasty ZR event NNE and sern Quebec Jan 1998.

And the only decent cold shots in such winters are in the NEUS, while the rest of the country is a furnace!

 
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BrianW

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16 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Nice to Stein. Do not need or want any more rain for a month 

Yeah. 4.13 inches here this month but what a green up underway. People already mowing and lawns services are out droping fertilizer. Hoping for some sun today for the first mow of the year.  

 

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Ginx snewx

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15 hours ago, dendrite said:

What a run Phoenix is on. 1 March 100° on record before they obliterate the record book with 8 straight. Up to 98° so far today.

 

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Meanwhile  Fairbanks -21 mtd

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Climatological Data for FAIRBANKS INTL AP, AK - March 2026
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Average 5.0 -28.6 -11.8 -21.0 - - - - 32.5
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2026-03-01 -15 -49 -32.0 -36.4 97 0 0.00 0.0 37
2026-03-02 -9 -46 -27.5 -32.2 92 0 0.00 0.0 35
2026-03-03 -1 -43 -22.0 -26.9 87 0 0.00 0.0 34
2026-03-04 1 -38 -18.5 -23.7 83 0 0.00 0.0 34
2026-03-05 4 -35 -15.5 -21.0 80 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-06 15 -12 1.5 -4.3 63 0 0.16 1.6 33
2026-03-07 11 2 6.5 0.4 58 0 0.13 1.3 33
2026-03-08 8 -7 0.5 -5.9 64 0 T 0.1 35
2026-03-09 -5 -30 -17.5 -24.2 82 0 0.01 0.2 34
2026-03-10 -8 -41 -24.5 -31.6 89 0 T T 33
2026-03-11 -7 -41 -24.0 -31.5 89 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-12 1 -40 -19.5 -27.4 84 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-13 -2 -36 -19.0 -27.3 84 0 T T 33
2026-03-14 4 -27 -11.5 -20.3 76 0 T 0.1 32
2026-03-15 6 -32 -13.0 -22.2 78 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-16 4 -16 -6.0 -15.7 71 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-17 0 -29 -14.5 -24.8 79 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-18 -5 -40 -22.5 -33.3 87 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-19 1 -33 -16.0 -27.4 81 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-20 12 -19 -3.5 -15.5 68 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-21 16 -24 -4.0 -16.7 69 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-22 20 -18 1.0 -12.3 64 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-23 12 -26 -7.0 -21.0 72 0 0.00 0.0 30
2026-03-24 20 -24 -2.0 -16.8 67 0 0.00 0.0 30
2026-03-25 22 -19 1.5 -14.0 63 0 0.00 0.0 30
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jbenedet

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This is will be the most progressive exit and transition from winter to spring I’ve seen since living up here.

The average winter conditions to annihilation of the pack in early March, and then last freeze March 29.

Really nice.

 

It’s remarkably easy to see, in that we’ve had no -NAO conditions forecasted or otherwise , and so it’s just the northern jet migrating subtly north due to the seasonal tide of the increasing sun angle…

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dendrite

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45 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Meanwhile  Fairbanks -21 mtd

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Station:AURORAFAIRBANKS MIDTOWNFAIRBANKS 4.4 WCOLLEGE OBSERVATORYUNIVERSITY EXPERIMENTAL STATIONFAIRBANKS AIRPORT #2FAIRBANKS INTL APGOLDSTREAM CREEKCOLLEGE 5 NWESTER 5NEFOX 2 SEESTERGILMORE CREEKFAIRBANKS 11 NENORTH POLE 1NNORTH POLEFORT KNOX MINEFAIRBANKS 18.4 WNWKEYSTONE RIDGEEIELSON FIELDTWO RIVERSMANCHU ALASKACARIBOU PEAK ALASKA
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Climatological Data for FAIRBANKS INTL AP, AK - March 2026
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Sum 130 -743 - - 1989 0 0.30 3.3 -
Average 5.0 -28.6 -11.8 -21.0 - - - - 32.5
Normal 23.5 -5.0 9.2 - 1450 0 0.34  
2026-03-01 -15 -49 -32.0 -36.4 97 0 0.00 0.0 37
2026-03-02 -9 -46 -27.5 -32.2 92 0 0.00 0.0 35
2026-03-03 -1 -43 -22.0 -26.9 87 0 0.00 0.0 34
2026-03-04 1 -38 -18.5 -23.7 83 0 0.00 0.0 34
2026-03-05 4 -35 -15.5 -21.0 80 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-06 15 -12 1.5 -4.3 63 0 0.16 1.6 33
2026-03-07 11 2 6.5 0.4 58 0 0.13 1.3 33
2026-03-08 8 -7 0.5 -5.9 64 0 T 0.1 35
2026-03-09 -5 -30 -17.5 -24.2 82 0 0.01 0.2 34
2026-03-10 -8 -41 -24.5 -31.6 89 0 T T 33
2026-03-11 -7 -41 -24.0 -31.5 89 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-12 1 -40 -19.5 -27.4 84 0 0.00 0.0 33
2026-03-13 -2 -36 -19.0 -27.3 84 0 T T 33
2026-03-14 4 -27 -11.5 -20.3 76 0 T 0.1 32
2026-03-15 6 -32 -13.0 -22.2 78 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-16 4 -16 -6.0 -15.7 71 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-17 0 -29 -14.5 -24.8 79 0 0.00 0.0 32
2026-03-18 -5 -40 -22.5 -33.3 87 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-19 1 -33 -16.0 -27.4 81 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-20 12 -19 -3.5 -15.5 68 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-21 16 -24 -4.0 -16.7 69 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-22 20 -18 1.0 -12.3 64 0 0.00 0.0 31
2026-03-23 12 -26 -7.0 -21.0 72 0 0.00 0.0 30
2026-03-24 20 -24 -2.0 -16.8 67 0 0.00 0.0 30
2026-03-25 22 -19 1.5 -14.0 63 0 0.00 0.0 30
2026-03-26 25 -20 2.5 -13.8 62 0 0.00 M M
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Yup. Impressive month up there even if it’s just dead rad cooling airmasses. Kinda surprised they haven’t broken one record low max although they’ve come close a few times. They’ve had 4 or 5 low mins though. But just a relentless barrage of 25 to 35 BN days. 

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5 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

The last of my snow on my property vanished late yesterday.  It was a nice run

Mostly piles here except for some areas that receive less sun.

It’s brutal out there this morning. Down to 29.9° after a 2am high of 45.6°.

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18 hours ago, dendrite said:

Managed 60.6° here despite no sun!

Hazy sun noon-2 PM pushed the temp to 48 before the clouds closed back in.  GYX day crew upped QPF here from <0.10" to 0.10-0.25.  Should've stuck with the lower call - got 0.02".  Penobscot Valley towns reporting 1/4-1/2".  Different air this AM after the CF, sunny with chilly wind.  At 10 AM FVE 10° with WCI -7.

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Typhoon Tip

Typhoon Tip

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31 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Impressive gradient N to S this morning.

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Yeah ... I guess. 
It is about as objectively/meteorologically impressive, as it is becoming methodically apoplectic to bear witness too. 

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