North American Weather (U.S.A & Canada)

[Gael_Force]

Not according to the date.

 

It is from February 2013 - look at the dates on related articles.

 

 

[Summer Sun]

Looks like the cold air will continue into next week

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/30025930

 

BBC news report on the Artic blast which has hit the US and Canada

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-30008650?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_weather&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

Edited November 12, 2014 by Summer Sun

[keithlucky]

Cold blast hits Canada http://t.co/X7mxlVMCCc

[yukichon]

I moved from Hetfordshire to Colorado 5 months ago, love the weather here, although it didn't get above -15 Celsius today !!

[knocker]

Fascinating imagery of the cold weather outbreak the US is now experiencing:

 

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/equirectangular=-266.05,74.91,502 â€¦

[knocker]

I moved from Hetfordshire to Colorado 5 months ago, love the weather here, although it didn't get above -15 Celsius today !!

 

You must be feeling a bit chilly today. 40-50F below normal.

[halny]

Amazing cold plunge.

 

Dalhart, TX, 10th at 1pm: +29C (high) and at midnight -3C (low)

Dalhart, TX, 12th at 4pm: -7C (high).

 

Denver, CO, 9th at 4pm: +21C (high)

Denver, CO, 12th at 3pm: -14C (high) and at midnight -25C (low)

 

Casper, WY, 8th at 3pm: +18C (high)

Casper, WY, 12th at 3pm: -16C (high) and at midnight -33C (low).

[Blessed Weather]

The question many people in the US are asking as they currently shiver under the early season cold blast is how long will the onslaught continue? Here's the view given in two WSI Weatherwise blogs today & yesterday which includes talk of an "abrupt end" to the cold spell:

 

HEADLINE: The current unusually strong cold snap in the Midwest does not necessarily increase the odds of a cold December

Given the moderating trends in the models as we head towards the end of the month, the question on all our clients’ minds is “will the cold reload and unload again in December?†Our current December forecast is rather dismissive of this idea.... http://www.wsi.com/blog/energy/extended-and-extreme-november-cold-in-the-midwest-doesnt-portend-cold-december/

 

HEADLINE: Highly anomalous arctic cold will continue to grip a vast portion of the nation during the remainder of the week and into middle of next week.  However, the pattern responsible for these arctic intrusions may break down during the 11-15 day period allowing for a moderating and warming trend.There is reasonably good medium range model agreement that the large scale pattern responsible for these cold air intrusions may break down during the 11-15 day period.
http://www.wsi.com/blog/energy/us-cold-air-locked-in-place-through-the-middle-of-next-week-but-a-potentially-abrupt-change-is-possible-by-the-11-15-day-period/
 

 

[keithlucky]

Impressive cold spell in USA ,cold  extending to southern states

[Roger J Smith]

Severe lake effect snow squalls will develop Monday-Tuesday with a reload on Thursday, probably almost non-stop heavy snow in the usual westerly to northwesterly belts coming in from all five of the Great Lakes. There is already some light snow out ahead of this developing arctic blast but that is fairly tame by comparison, 1-2 inch amounts being reported around Chicago and 3-5 inches may develop in lake enhancement downwind from Lakes Michigan and Huron today.

 

The more impressive lake effect will begin mid-day Monday as a tighter gradient develops and temperatures drop to near record low values in the -6 to -10 C range daytime.

 

Would not be surprised if 30-50 cm amounts develop and highways are closed in some parts of Michigan, Ontario and upstate New York.

 

In the recent cold spell, Denver Colorado saw their cumulative anomaly drop from +6.0 (F deg) on the 10th down to -6 F deg relative to normal at present, and some days have been as much as 45 degrees below daily normals.

 

A more sedate fall is occurring on both coasts as the massive arctic air mass drains out to the coasts, here on the west coast we have been running 4-5 C deg below normal for about a week after some very mild weather earlier, and the east coast is seeing similar falls.

 

By the way, I have to disagree with all this talk about how typhoon Nuri created all these events. This is a common misconception, tropical weather systems just go where upper level steering currents send them, they do not force these patterns to happen. Of course, there is a hidden agenda in these tall tales since it can then be argued that changing weather patterns blah blah tropical storms blah blah, but this is sheer nonsense -- global warming was supposed to make everything

 

w a r m e r

 

not cold like the 1880s.

 

But nice try -- it won't work, the theory is wrong and everybody but a few holdouts can now see this. Some of the attempts to argue things backwards are actually quite amusing. Next we will be hearing that if a storm forms off the east coast of America, a butterfly will flap its wings in Africa.

 

 

[BornFromTheVoid]

 

By the way, I have to disagree with all this talk about how typhoon Nuri created all these events. This is a common misconception, tropical weather systems just go where upper level steering currents send them, they do not force these patterns to happen. Of course, there is a hidden agenda in these tall tales since it can then be argued that changing weather patterns blah blah tropical storms blah blah, but this is sheer nonsense -- global warming was supposed to make everything

 

w a r m e r

 

not cold like the 1880s.

 

But nice try -- it won't work, the theory is wrong and everybody but a few holdouts can now see this. Some of the attempts to argue things backwards are actually quite amusing. Next we will be hearing that if a storm forms off the east coast of America, a butterfly will flap its wings in Africa.

 

Tropical systems can, however, amplify and alter mid latitude and polar set ups, but like everything, do not act in isolation. The nefarious conspiracy theory stuff really ain't necessary and is, quite frankly, below your usual standard.

 

The clue is in the name, global warming. It's not called "nowhere will ever see any cold spells ever again-warming". There will always be colder air over the Arctic, and mid-latitude regions will always get cold spells when that cold air spills south. Nobody within the climate research community has ever said that everything, on every time scale, in every region would see nothing but warming. So of course that particular theory is wrong, because nobody ever claimed it was right in the first place!

 

Now, getting into trends in extreme weather, the influence of Arctic amplification on the jet stream and mid latitude winters and other such topics may be relevant and worthy of further discussion. Perhaps, if you'd like, we could continue on with this theme in a more appropriate part of the forum?

[keithlucky]

More and more cold records tumble across USA http://t.co/ykcXo6pT8W

[be cause]

More and more cold records tumble across USA http://t.co/ykcXo6pT8W

 

   .. not worth it ..

Edited November 16, 2014 by be cause

[Styx]

The clue is in the name, global warming. It's not called "nowhere will ever see any cold spells ever again-warming".

 

 

 

Yep, visitors to the Australian weather thread will appreciate that the story is one of continuous heat records down here, and it is true to say that the anomalous heat is far more pronounced than the anomalous cold in the USA and over a far greater stretch of time. We are talking about a similar geographical area. 

 

Always nice to see a cold weather story on the forum every now and again from the regions though.

Edited November 17, 2014 by Styx

[knocker]

Early Winter Weather Brings Snow Cover to 50% of U.S.

 

The winter of 2014 - 2015 is off to an early start over the continental U.S., where snow covered 50% of the nation as of November 17, 2014. This is an unusually high percentage for mid-November; over the past ten years, the percentage of the continental U.S covered by snow on November 17 has ranged from 4% - 20%. Most of this year’s November snow cover is going to stick around this week, as a renewed Arctic blast will keep temperatures 10 - 30°F below average through Friday for most of the nation. Temperatures will not moderate to near average levels until next Sunday. Extremely cold air flowing over the waters of the Great Lakes will create an epic lake effect snow storm today through Wednesday, particularly in the lees of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, where the west-southwesterly winds of the storm will align with the long axis of these lakes, allowing the air to pick up large amounts of moisture from the unfrozen water. A Lake Effect Snow Warning is in effect for Buffalo, New York, where almost two feet of snow is expected to pile up by Wednesday afternoon. Southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph blowing off of Lake Erie are expected late Monday night through Tuesday night, and may create blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero. Blizzard conditions are uncommon in lake effect snow storms, and this week’s storm will likely be one of the worst lake effect snow storms for Buffalo in the past five years. Up to three feet of snow is expected in the lee of Lake Ontario near Watertown, New York. Lesser snow amounts are expected in the lees of the other Great Lakes, where the wind will not be blowing over such long stretches of open water. Up to 18†of snow is expected in the lee of Lake Michigan in northern Lower Michigan near Bellaire, and in the lee of Lake Superior near Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

 

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2861

[knocker]

Record Breaking Cold Blankets United States -- Coldest November Morning Since 1976

http://models.weatherbell.com/record.php

[keithlucky]

Record Breaking Cold Blankets United States -- Coldest November Morning Since 1976

http://models.weatherbell.com/record.php

 

Lake effect snow to bury areas around the great lakes http://t.co/LdgJYeBQuP

[Martin R]

Afternoon just watching Reed Timmer chasing the Lake Effect Snow ...

https://tvnweather.com/live  click on the red icon Donimator 2

[Daniel*]

Impressive cold... Coldest November morning since 1976

And people in this country complain about the Cold...

[keithlucky]

Impressive cold... Coldest November morning since 1976

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And people in this country complain about the Cold...

Most snow ever recorded on this date across USA

[JoeShmoe]

Anyone seen the pictures from Lancaster NY on Twitter, 48 inches of lake effect snow In 24 hours

[Will Padz]

http://www.buffalonews.com

60 inches of snow according to above in lancaster new york.... Good blog reads and photos...

Edited November 18, 2014 by Will Padz

[Hocus Pocus]

Some impressive record cold and snow over there, amazing after last years brutal winter. The shape of things to come over the coming years IMO.

[Paul]

Jo's blogged about the snow in Buffalo, also looks at what lake effect snow is:

 

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=news;storyid=6302;sess=

[PolarWarsaw]

If I ever become rich enough, I think i'll buy myself an April-June time Oklahoma flat...a Florida June-September home and then a hideout in the Lakes or somewhere like Wisconsin from September to March. You would literally never, ever be bored!