Good afternoon, everyone. We continue to watch the end of the year and the beginning of 2014 for a couple of snow systems. The first comes behind the arctic front Sunday night and Monday and the next on the first day of the New Year.
The GFS is finally seeing these and is throwing some snow down…
The GFS will see these systems then lose them and then bring them back… it’s how the model works.
You will have plenty of cold and snow chances coming next week and for most of January. This is also a pattern that can deliver the elusive “big one”. Practice up on those snow dances… you will be getting your groove on a lot in the coming weeks. 😉
Take care.
It does look promising.
awesome possum!
That was a video game.
Chris, I love your enthusiasm!
MJ, if you are out there, please try again to post what you wanted to say about the Christmas 1989 record lows. I’d love to read it.
Here are the stats from December of 1989 during that arctic outbreak.
Fifteen straight days at freezing or below for a high (12/12-12/26). 8 days below zero during that stretch. Six days with highs in the teens, including a high of 0 on 12/22 and 7 on 12/23. It warmed up on Christmas Eve from -10 in the morning all the way to 17! 1983 still hold the record for coldest Christmas. If you look at the historical records the greatest arctic outbreaks here occurred in 1899, 1917, 1936, 1951, 1963, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1994, and 1996. We are overdue.
You are the stat King, thanks, Chris should put you on his blog payroll 🙂
I’m waiting for the first paycheck! 🙂
I’ll try and post later…
In LEX, there was 9.3 inches of snow for the month of December in 1989. Most snow in a 24h period was 4.4 on the 15th. Lows dropped to -19 on the 22nd with a high of zero. Temps for the month were -13.1 below normal. It snowed in Jacksonville FL and sleet was reported as far south as Tampa. That cold air got all the way down to the Keys. -MJ
I was living on the Gulf Coast then. The Gulf froze over out to a mile. I had to pour vodka in the head on my sailboat to keep it from freezing and cracking.
It did torch in early 1990. Jan of 90 was 10.1 degrees above normal for the month. February 90 was 8.5 degrees above normal and March 90 was 5 above normal for the month. 0.2 inches of snow fell in January, a trace in February and 3.7 in March.
Thank you, MJ and Chris Mercer.
I was in Houston in 1983 and our pipes were frozen solid for over a week. It was sunny, very windy, and crazy cold for Houston.
This teacher has her snow dancing PJ’s on and ready to groove❄️❄️⛄️
You are entertaining besides being our favorite weather dude. Santa must have been good to you
Hoping you’re 100% correct, Chris! Just hoping extra cold DOES NOT mean it’s TOO cold and dry for moisture from the south to “find” us!
BRING. ON. JANUARY. Can’t wait!
Looks like this kind of winter
http://www.kyclimate.org/factsheets/winter77_78.html
Ohhhh, I remember the winters of ’77 & ’78 very well. Seemed like it snowed 4″+ at least once per week and we had snow on the ground for weeks at a time. Temp dropped to -20 degrees at least once with heavy snow pack. It was a snow lover’s dream and I’d LOVE to see it again!
Looking for days of snow cover. Snows on top of snow. Freeze all the bugs, add nitrogen to the soil, then a sunny and slow warm up in March to avoid severe weather. That’s my official order. Happy New Year.
CB, dtay away from the Dark Side and use the FORCE! Star Wars bluray marathon, sorry 🙂
I am serious about using the Force though. 🙂
See?! The Dark Side force of the models interfered with my typing!
Stay away from the Dark Side!