Polar Vortex
Winter’s Path to Redemption: Update 1/15/13
Much has been made about Lance Armstrong’s “Path to Redemption.” But I’m here to talk about something that’s actually important: Winter’s Redemption. It turns out that January Thaw has caused people to forget the big snow blitz that we had to close out December, like it never happened! Well it DID happen and we’re going […]
December Winter Woe! Update 12/8/12
Wow! This ECMWF ensemble for December 18th is a serious kick in the gut: Lots of problems for us, including: 1. Strong Polar Vortex (PV) over eastern Siberia 2. No hint of a North American Polar Vortex 3. No hit of a Greenland based NAO- 4. Screaming Pacific Jet stream This pattern leaves NO path […]
When will winter stand up and be counted? Update 12/3/12
Winter poked his head around here last week, but that seems like a distant memory now. What’s going on? This forecast panel for December 4th shows the problem that I have been talking about for the past week or so: The powerful Bering Sea Omega Ridge and Gulf of Alaska Vortex couplet remains cemented in […]
