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

[PolarWarsaw]

Outstanding weather in the NE US. Imagine if you had the money and time, the kind of weather you could see in one year in the US. Live anywhere on the Canadian border all along the north coast from November - March. Then in April you could move down to tornado alley and go chasing from April until early June. Then off down to Florida from June to the end of August for Thunderstorm season and a trip to disney. Looks like it may be get a slight push in terms of accumulation totals later today too, especially of the low deepends quickly.

[knocker]

Just How Much Snow Will the Northeast See This Weekend?

[Yozzer]

Arrived at the house in NH for a few days, the caretaker has raked a fair amount of snow off the roof and cleared the surrounds. Currently a winter storm watch in place, although as we're a fair way from the coast here we're only expecting 4-8 inches on top of the approx 36 inches that are lying currently. The main issue here is going to be the wind whipping up lying snow, as well as wind chill. We've got advisories in place for frostbite with winds of 30-40 mph and temps as low as -30C. Going to be fun, and if I can post some pics I will (although I have to use a cafe with wifi in a neighbouring town as I have no internet or mobile coverage at the house).

ps, I flew into Manchester airport in New Hampshire, the piles of snow down there (closer to the coast) are enormous!

[keithlucky]

The new mountain range in Boston http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/13/residents-students-are-climbing-alps-mit/ETPjPwziCiYbhEgjeR6XRO/story.html?hootPostID=d4a671db398ee1029f86371779540d38

Edited February 14, 2015 by keithlucky

[Gustywind]

Arrived at the house in NH for a few days, the caretaker has raked a fair amount of snow off the roof and cleared the surrounds. Currently a winter storm watch in place, although as we're a fair way from the coast here we're only expecting 4-8 inches on top of the approx 36 inches that are lying currently. The main issue here is going to be the wind whipping up lying snow, as well as wind chill. We've got advisories in place for frostbite with winds of 30-40 mph and temps as low as -30C. Going to be fun, and if I can post some pics I will (although I have to use a cafe with wifi in a neighbouring town as I have no internet or mobile coverage at the house).

ps, I flew into Manchester airport in New Hampshire, the piles of snow down there (closer to the coast) are enormous!

LOL only 4-8 inches, bet most snow starved UK folk would bite your arm off for a fall like that!

The weathers so boring here!

[knocker]

50 Shades of Van â€@50ShadesofVan 34m34 minutes ago

Trying to wrap my head around the maximum sustained winds of 65 knots forecast by our hi-res Canadian model:

 

[Airedalejoe]

A poor winter in New England is still a lot colder and snowier than our best ones but the current conditions are extreme in places.

 

Bangor, Maine  tied their max. snow depth, 53" a couple of day's ago and currently under a dangerous blizzard watch, up to 24" more snow, gale force winds and temps way way way below zero. Incredible.

[Hotspur62]

Its official now that Boston has had its snowiest February of all time with 46 inchs of snow(nearly 4 feet!!) and it is still snowing there this morning. I think they have had over 80 inchs of snow this winter and we still have 13 days of winter left(time for a couple more storms which currently are quite possible).I think there all time record is about 106 inchs so they may not beat that record but think it will be in Top 3 of all time snowiest winters that go back to 1889.These figures are quite staggering and this coming week are going to bring life threatening cold as well.Now I like the snow and cold but it is at times like this that I am glad we don't have those extremes. Lets be honest if we got 6 inchs of snow this country pretty much grinds to a halt lol 

[knocker]

 Michael Ventrice @MJVentrice  Â·

Check out the Greenbay Sounding! The tropopause is down near 710mb! Lowest I've seen at this lat! (credit L Bosart)

 

Having said that check out the Chanhassen sounding although I think I see the point he's making as there is no 'second' tropopause on the Greenbay sounding.

Edited February 15, 2015 by knocker

[PolarWarsaw]

http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/news/construction/isc_webcam

[PolarWarsaw]

Check that TWC stream out...if this wasn't enough. We have another storm Tuesday night for places further south, but these could deliver something again in the NE over Tuesday/Wednesday. Looks good for the mid south and the mid atlantic.

 

http://www.weather.com/tv/the-weather-channel-live/video/watch-the-weather-channel-live

Edited February 15, 2015 by PolarWarsaw

[knocker]

[steveinsussex]

LOL brilliant stuff

 

[Daniel*]

LOL brilliant stuff

 

Haha I love his passion and enthusiasm, he likes his thundersnow!

[knocker]

Record mid-February Cold Wave This week for the Eastern U.S.

[knocker]

And the other side of the coin.

 

 

[Summer Sun]

Boston has already had its snowiest month on record (42.3 inches so far) with more snow to come

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/31479864

 

some pics of the snow - http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/14/us/weather-winter-storm/

[knocker]

Arctic blast across U.S. will make the 'polar vortex' winter look tame

 

Frigid air is blasting southeastward from the Arctic, destined to turn all of the U.S. east of the Rockies — with the potential exception of South Florida — an icebox for the next week or more. This cold snap will be longer in duration and more severe than what the country experienced in January of 2014, when the term "polar vortex" caught fire on social media.

Like the 2014 event, this one has its origins in the far north, with a filament of the polar vortex breaking off and slipping south, like a prisoner breaking out of jail. Such events are relatively common, but this one will bring some of the coldest temperatures in decades to parts of the country.

 

http://mashable.com/2015/02/15/arctic-blast-outdoes-polar-vortex/

[Buzz]

I can't help but wonder if this severe US cold will spawn some intense storms for the UK.

[Gray-Wolf]

I can't help but wonder if this severe US cold will spawn some intense storms for the UK.

 

Well we're already seeing what those warm waters off shore do to snow amounts as it circulates the low so plenty of energy there? maybe another run of 'bulls eye' lows in store for us in the UK?

 

Isn't March supposed to 'come in like a Lion!'?

[Summer Sun]

I can't help but wonder if this severe US cold will spawn some intense storms for the UK.

 

Yep I was thinking the same GFS 06z shows a deep low passing just north of Scotland this time next week Gales or severe Gales probable from that low in Scotland if it comes off

 

[keithlucky]

Brutal is only word to use

[keithlucky]

Well we're already seeing what those warm waters off shore do to snow amounts as it circulates the low so plenty of energy there? maybe another run of 'bulls eye' lows in store for us in the UK?

 

Isn't March supposed to 'come in like a Lion!'?

Another quote from Dr Mann who"s wrong. again Look at the temps during this snow blitz, the water vapor, pw.sst you have no case ,

Edited February 16, 2015 by keithlucky

[stewfox]

Brutal is only word to use

 

Love this, maybe us next year ??

 

http://www.weather.com/news/weather/video/thundersnow-surprises-cantore

Edited February 16, 2015 by stewfox

[knocker]

An interesting photo from 1978

 

Old Weather Pictures â€@OldWeatherPics 

Boston's Blizzard of 1978 – 73 killed, 4,324 injured, $500 million in damage (AP Photo):

Edited February 16, 2015 by knocker