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OK Blizz, we'll be waiting!

Perfectly clear blue sky day in DC. 53F, with mild W winds. Looking forward to my commute. (It'll be a crosswind/tailwind most of the way.)

Blizz - from the last blog...bite your tongue on shooting for 80". Don't make me send PP to Cornell. 40" - 44" is plenty.

How depressing. lol

"pattern change" lol

maybe by june

Pattern change... by December '13, I hope.

I analyzed the 248 official National Weather Service snowfall measuring stations across the lower-48 United States that average at least 0.1” through January 8th.

21 of those 248 (8%) had positive snowfall anomalies, while 227 of 248 (92%) had negative anomalies.

Here are the 21 stations with positive snowfall anomalies through January 8th.

Clayton, NM: +13.0”
Cheyenne, WY: +10.7”
Flagstaff, NM: +10.5”
Roswell, NM: +9.6”
Midland, TX: +6.2”
Denver, CO: +6.1”
Pueblo, CO: +6.0”
Riverton, WY: +5.4”
Concord, NH: +4.8”
Rapid City, SD: +3.2”
Bangor, ME: +2.7”
Jackson, TN: +2.5”
Amarillo, TX: +2.4”
Germantown, TN: +2.0”
Dalhart, TX: +1.1”
Little Rock, AR: +1.0”
East Rapid City, SD: +0.8”
Fort Wayne, IN: +0.8”
Memphis, TN: +0.8”
Pine Bluff, AR: +0.2”
Lubbock, TX: +0.1”
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None of the 248 stations are located in the higher elevations of the mountain west where negative anomalies are much greater than the lower elevation climate stations. Here are the top-21 negative anomalies through January 8th.

Buffalo, NY: -38.1”
Syracuse, NY: -38.1”
Muskegon, MI: -37.9”
Sault Ste. Marie, MI: -34.9”
Rochester, NY: -28.9”
Erie, PA: -28.4”
Marquette, MI: -27.3”
Duluth, MN: -27.2”
Grand Rapids, MI: -25.9”
Alpena, MI: -24.7”
Spokane NWS, WA: -23.2”
Kalispell, MT: -22.2”
Williston, ND: -21.5”
Houghton Lake, MI: -20.1”
Bismarck, ND: -19.2”
Fargo, ND: -19.0”
Sioux Falls, SD: -18.4”
Binghamton, NY: -17.6”
Spokane AP, WA: -16.5”
Madison, WI: -16.4”
Grand Forks, ND: -16.3”

Thanks MM for your hard work in compiling these stats, very interesting.

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Anchorage Alaska 2011-2012 Seasonal Snowfall to Date (through January 9th)

Observed Value: 81.4” (6.8’)
Normal Value: 41.6” (3.5’)
Departure from Norm: +39.8” (+3.3’)
Percent of Norm: 196%
7AM 01/09 Snow Depth: 26” (2.2’)

Valdez Alaska 2011-2012 Seasonal Snowfall to Date (through January 9th)

Observed Value: 290.5” (24.2’)
Normal Value: 145.5” (12.1’)
Departure from Norm: +145.0” (+12.1’)
Percent of Norm: 200%
7AM 01/09 Snow Depth: 74” (6.2’)
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Blizz, the 12Z GFS meteogram is frustrating. It has Harrisburg down to 12F at 7am on January 16th, then 55F at 7am on January 26th. 3.90” total precip with around 1” total snow through January 26th. I'm praying for 1". I have yet to see a snowcovered Marietta (was away that weekend in October).

WHEN IT IS SAID AND DONE LATE THURSDAY EXPECT SLOPPY SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-4 INCHES IN MANY VALLEY AREAS...WITH THE MID-HUDSON VALLEY AND LOWER LITCHFIELD LOOKING AT A COATING TO AN INCH. NWS Albany - it is not much, but this storm will hopefully mark the change to our current weather pattern.

Winter storm watches for Inland New England, only three miles north of me. Sometimes living on the coast isn't so good for snow.

Thanks, Blizz!

Thanks to you as well, MariettaMoon!

Tomorrow I'm headed to the Albany area and back to get my Mini serviced, as the bonnet latch is busted. We won't get a Mini dealer up here until March. Looking forward to easy servicing!

Looks like I'll have the one good traveling day for the trip. =Whew!=

Dare I add that we got another dusting of snow today. I wish I'd counted how many days we've seen it snowing this season, but somehow we never have more than an inch or inch and a half on the ground. We never have to shovel, just sweep sometimes. Never enough for snowshoeing and rarely enough for anything else. Too strange.

WOW, a WWA!!!

Statement as of 4:05 AM EST on January 11, 2012

... Winter Weather Advisory in effect from midnight tonight to
noon EST Thursday...

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Winter
Weather Advisory for snow and freezing rain... which is in effect
from midnight tonight to noon EST Thursday.

* Locations... western New England... and all of eastern New York
excluding the southern Adirondacks.

* Hazard types... snow... sleet and freezing rain.

* Accumulations... 1 to 6 inches of snow accumulation with up to
two tenths of an inch of ice accretion.

* Timing... midnight tonight into Thursday morning.

* Impacts... hazardous travel conditions.

* Winds... northeast 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Temperatures... rising from the mid 20s and lower 30s tonight
into the mid to upper 30s late Thursday morning.

You'll be near my neck of the woods eh Listener? Are you bringing the snow? If so thanks!
Safe trip.

Thanks Blizz, looking foreward to the new blog.

What is a windex event again? I've forgotten. Thanks.

Hi Blizz, if possible would appreciate your thoughts on timing of the "strong windex event with rapidly falling temperatures and advisory-criteria winds" for the DC area. Sounds like the bad weather would be after midnight in our area. Hopefully after rush hour at least on Thursday.

Trees are budding in my area, not good!

Has anyone else noticed this where they are?

Quoting TheF1Man:
Trees are budding in my area, not good!

Has anyone else noticed this where they are?

It's not a big deal. Bulbs push up through the ground and trees bud. Just part of winter. Nothing to worry about.

Blizz - the windex event....sounds like temps in the mid 30's and then the squall passes with a quick 1.5" of snow and the temps fall into the upper 20's by the time the snow stops bringing on a quick layer of ice on the roads? Major icing on the roads I should say. Is that correct?

I read most of the 3rd page. Too funny. That was before I knew you were a child weather prodigy....hahahahaha. I thought you were 30something.

I think that windex event missed me. Surprisingly, I thought we used to see them often...like once a year or every other year.