North Atlantic Oscillation
Colder to End October 2013
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here is a nice picture of how the snow pack is spreading, compared to normal for this time of year: The purple shows where snow cover is expanding greater than climatology. The red shows where there is a lack of snow cover in comparison to normal. […]
Warm October 2013
You’ll need to book a flight, drive a long way, or just go on Facebook to find any snow for at least the next couple of weeks. Right now, snow cover over the lower United States is limited to the highest elevations of the Rocky Mountains.
Early Adirondack Outlook for Winter 2013-14
The start of August is usually way too early for me to seriously start looking into what kind of winter we might have. But there are a couple of strong signatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans that have grabbed my attention. Why are ocean temperature patterns so important? Water has high specific heat when […]
Is Winter Smoked? Update 3/13/13
Based on the picture I put up from one of my kids, I think the answer is NO! Will there be a big snowstorm by the end of March? I can’t tell you for sure, but there is pretty strong evidence for the second half of March to be significantly colder than normal on the […]
Just like last winter? Guess again! Update 2/21/13
I’ve got a lot to show you, so here it goes! The Arctic Oscillation (AO), North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Pacific North American Oscillation (PNA) are forecast to be favorable for cold, snowy weather around here into early March. You could say that’s the Triple Crown. This configuration certainly did NOT appear last winter: […]