Good Friday Evening. While we await the arrival of a stormy Saturday… let’s talk temps. I have made zero bones about where this pattern is going… COLD!
Check out the latest temperature anomalies (in Celsius)…
Folks… that’s cold and I think it gets even colder from there. Why? Say hello to the polar vortex dropping southward…
That has an extreme look to it as we head into January. Any outlet forecasting a warm month has had way too much eggnog. 🙂
Take care.
Thanks Chris for setting the record straight.
We will see about that, Mr Rose. All of the sources I follow plus the indices point to WARMTH
57 average for January is pure and utter ManBearPig propaganda. Just like the ice caps that were supposed to have melted by this year and have increased 50% to highest levels.
Just gracefully back away from it. Just let go 🙂
I stated 57 degree average for Daily high temps, not a composite average
Don’t worry about it Bryant nobody is concerned with what you state.
Said well before winter got started this year it would be a cold one. It already has been cold and looks to stay that way. Snow? Meh. Maybe a little.
You simply can not back up your claim. I would pay to see you try to decipher the indices. You have gave no one a reason to believe a word you say.
Your a moron blowtorch. I think you have been standing to close to the microwave.
What? Is standing to close to the microwave dangerous? I hope not. I like to put my face against it and watch the food go round. So much fun. And I love those pot pies.
*turns and looks*
Hey kitty that’s my pot pie.
I guess that’s good news it should allow some Clippers systems 2 drive south.
we have a better chance to see some snow from those systems tban an organize system coming out of the gulf.
Plus the snow ratioS are pretty high when they come blowing in from the north.
Ill take the cold weather, but mauna kea Hawaii and nirth of the ohio river can keep the snow.. Ha
Bryant and his 57 degree average wont like hearing this 🙂
That would be nuts. I thought that was average highs, but if overall average that is as whack as saying it will snow everyday in CKY.
Think about that. 47 would be more reasonable for a “warm” average rather than 57.
I know right, sometimes we don’t average that much for the month of April, but it would save on the heating bill!
put that in your blowtorch….and smoke it!
really active pattern -let’s see if we can get a good snow.
Don’t see Blowtorch Bryant trolling around tonight. Mom must have cut off the internet access to his room in her basement.
You spoke too soon. The blowtorch has posted.
Right. Mom hasn’t gotten to his I-Face-Mini-Pad Station yet. She’ll get there.
Fairly confident areas of KY will see a decent snow in January, but still not seeing it for Central. We need Clipper to return from the four year sabbatical.
DT on WxRisk.com is on to the polar vortex dropping southward too. He says that +TNH pattern that we are currently in will continue and he calls this type of pattern along with the polar vortex dropping is the best case scenario for eastern US snow lovers without the -AO. He is seeing a lot of similarities in this pattern from patterns in 1993-1994. He is saying January, at least the first two weeks are looking very cold for the eastern half of the US.
Another good breakdown on a possible arctic outbreak was just posted by DT on his Facebook page, WxRisk. I won’t go into the details, but he suggests a good analog is January 1994. We all know what happened that month.
It should be noted DT is not one to hype things. In fact, he’s usually one who pours cold water on the “snow weenies”. He’s been aggressively confident these past few weeks, though, the cold is here to stay thanks to the warm pool of anomalies in the Gulf of Alaska and the warmer western Pacific vs. the cooler eastern pacific. Joe Bastardi at Weatherbell has been hitting on this theme as well for the last month. He’s talked recently about the 1917-1918 winter.
Needless to say, Chris is in some fine company with his views.
But wait……Blowtorch posted on xWeatherFromMy Mom’sBasement that the Burger Anomolies he’s learned at work will lead us to all be flame broiled and custom ordered in January.
Speaking of, Outdoor Burger in Richmond rocks!
Speaking of the ’94 Jan storm……..I’m guessing that wasn’t forecast for this area very well. Was that another bust storm (in a good way) for you guys?
In western NC, where I was living at the time, we all were under wsw for heavy snow. All the moisture was moving due north instead of NE toward us, and they dropped the WSW at the last minute while KY got hammered with heavy snow and bitter cold…I was so mad
Mark,
Yes, it was a total surprise for us. They forecasted up to 1″ of snow or so, and we woke up the following morning to about 16″ in our backyard. Snowfall of 10″ to 22″ was common in north central KY along the Ohio River and from Lexington north I believe.
After that a huge arctic high moved in and temps fell to -20’s to as low as -37F in Shelbyville setting a new all time state record low. The old record was -34F from 1963. What an event… I was in high school back then (1994 mind you, Junior year) and will never forget it!
Nice balmy day of Xmas shopping. Kinda made me miss spring. Not…..bring on the cold and snow chances. Gulf to the apps one day with a couple clippers out of the north and bam there is snow for everyone……oh…except BubbaG…..A very small swath In central ky will remain untouched. At least you won’t have to shovel your long drive….both ways up hill….
Nope, along with the CKY snow misses and driveway shoveling it has also been clearly and repeatedly stated that clippers are the only snow above a few inches we have got in the great CKY city of Richmond since 98. Jeesh, get it all right! 🙂 😉
So then the ’98 storm was a forecast bust for this area, along with the jan ’94 storm………..
It’s almost like if this area gets a big snow, it won’t be forecast. I wonder if there were any other huge snows that were a busted forecast other than those two?