December Weather?
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Thursday Christmas Eve right until Sunday, record highs have been broken near every day here in Northeast PA. Around 70 deg was seen on Christmas Day alone which is unheard of in these parts.
Unfortunately most of the time these high temperatures were accompanied by rain throughout this period. (At least you don't have to shovel rain)
This will easily be the warmest December on record in this neck of the woods. November was tied for the warmest on record as a well. This is the polar opposite from the winter of 2014-2015 which was - without any doubt - the Winter from Hell.
Unfortunately most of the time these high temperatures were accompanied by rain throughout this period. (At least you don't have to shovel rain)
This will easily be the warmest December on record in this neck of the woods. November was tied for the warmest on record as a well. This is the polar opposite from the winter of 2014-2015 which was - without any doubt - the Winter from Hell.
We broke a 120 year old record for 48 hour rainfall, and also broke the all-time record for wettest December here - and almost all of it fell in three days. If it had been snow, it would have been around 9' deep.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
looking pretty warm at the north pole ..
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/12/...s-to-72-degrees-f-above-normal-at-north-pole/
http://robertscribbler.com/2015/12/...s-to-72-degrees-f-above-normal-at-north-pole/
Whatever you get - we usually get it about 3 weeks later.
I am not quite sure whether this principle is still as valid as it was years and decades ago. The weather systems all over the world seem to get more and more out of control.
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The German news report that it is currently warmer at the North Pole / Greenland than in California. Forecast is 40° (Fahrenheit) instead of the generally normal -40° (Celsius).
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
Brookfield (Wisconin), home of Steve (Ilikevinyl), will get some REAL Winter weather for more than two weeks now.
I haven't seen snow since Spring 2013. It is unimaginable. Hey, I'm not living in the Sahara.
savatage1973
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Looks like the snow and ice is headed my way, so I'll go ahead and mount my $2K worth of studded snow tires and rims (I have a 4wd Silverado 3500HD dually), so 6 wheels in total. I live in the middle of nowhere, so when it gets ugly, it tends to stay that way. Many of the roads branching off of mine have signs that state "No Winter Maintenance". So 6 studded snow tires and 500lb of rock salt in the bed will let me get around.
sKiZo
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First couple days of actual snow cover here in Michigan. And it's almost January. Snowmobile has yet to leave the shed.
We dodged a bullet here ...That nasty looking storm kinda wimped out. Just as much moisture, but warm enough it stayed as plain old rain until it changed over to snow, so no ice covered trees coming down. Flip side ... what snow we got is HEAVY ... what they call "widow maker" for shoveling.
PS ... freezing rain CAN be quite nice to look at ... here's a couple pics I snapped a few years back.
We dodged a bullet here ...That nasty looking storm kinda wimped out. Just as much moisture, but warm enough it stayed as plain old rain until it changed over to snow, so no ice covered trees coming down. Flip side ... what snow we got is HEAVY ... what they call "widow maker" for shoveling.
PS ... freezing rain CAN be quite nice to look at ... here's a couple pics I snapped a few years back.
