Look what we woke up to this morning. Last year we broke the record for most snow @ 134.5" (in the Anchorage area) and this year we broke the record for the longest winter @ 232 days from the first to the last day of measurable snow. Its 29 degrees and still snowing. It is Alaska but even this is a bit odd.
That is amazing in mid-May. We are just a week away from Memorial Day Weekend which kicks off the summer vacation season on the coast. Yesterday it was 91! Back to mid-80's for most of the week.
Snow in May! I like it. Took this picture on Mothers Day at the beach in San Diego the other corner of the country.
Our lake ice just swept out today, May 18. Latestest ever, following last years earliest ever, March 30th. We had 16 cm of snow less than two weeks ago. (northern Ontario) Icarus
Often when it is colder in the lower 48, Alaska and the Arctic are warmer: Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis | Sea ice data updated daily with one-day lag Sure we had a cold snap for a couple of days in May but we're already back to normal. But we sure do seem to have a lot of early tornadoes this year. Tornadoes are fueled by water vapor, evaporation from the Pacific Ocean that comes in over Mexico and the Gulf. Bob Wilson
Come on now, this is suppose to be family friendly site. Actually, our next trip to the islands will likely be Maui or Kona.
Spiderman come on, that gal wants a family just like you, church on Sundays, home with a white picket fence, smart and healthy children, a good husband who is kind and prosperous, the whole package. Going to Maui for 6 nights in early July with my wife. Saved for a year to do this trip. Always good to have a good vacation after working our stress living jobs you know the drill. Work, make money, save for retirement and take a nice vacation.
Generally, high moisture is a necessary but not sufficient condition for organized severe weather formation, especially tornadoes. Shear, lift and instability are typically also required (collectively know by the acronym "SLIM"). Of all of those conditions, shear is probably the most critical, especially directional shear (changing wind direction with height), which is known as "helicity". The stronger the helicity, the stronger the tornadoes will be potentially. We're still a couple of degrees below climo for the month in East Tennessee despite above climo temps for the past several days.
Along these same lines, here is a pic I took on my street outside Wash DC to document pink Cherry Blossoms still in the trees as of May 1, 2013. Until a week ago there were still a few straggler pink blossoms up there.
A 100 year cold record may about to be broken. Nenana Ice Classic – closing in on all time record latest ice-out | Watts Up With That?
A 100 year cold record may about to be broken. Nenana Ice Classic – closing in on all time record latest ice-out | Watts Up With That?
