U.S. seems to have largely escaped winter

[Will E Worm]

U.S. seems to have largely escaped winter

The continental United States, it's been a very warm winter.

"The talk across the whole country has been, 'Where has winter been?'" said Dale Eck, who runs the global forecast center at the Weather Channel in Atlanta.

The answer: A combination of factors has trapped the winter's cold air in the northern latitudes over Canada and Alaska.

"If you look at U.S. temperatures, you'd say, 'Wow, it was a warm winter,'" said Dan Cayan, a climate researcher at the U.S. Geological Service and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. And you'd be right.

"But," he added, "in the coastal West, it's been cool."

Sunshine and nearly 80-degree temperatures in downtown Los Angeles this week — combined with an early January heat wave and vicious Santa Ana winds in late November and early December — might leave locals with the impression that winter has been similarly balmy in Southern California.

But while the season is shaping up to be exceptionally dry, it has not been unusually warm.

In fact, November's average high temperature of 69 degrees in downtown Los Angeles was four degrees below normal, and December's average of 66 was two degrees below normal, said Ryan Kittell, a forecaster at the National Weather Service's Oxnard office.

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I want snow!

 

[Legzman]

not much in the way of winter for us. So what's the problem? Fuck snow!

 

[L3ggy]

'Where has winter been?'

Here.

 

[Will E Worm]

not much in the way of winter for us. So what's the problem? Fuck snow!

We want snow. :tongue:

Here.

Send some to the Midwest.

 

[L3ggy]

Why should I?

 

[Will E Worm]

Why should I?

I asked nicely.

 

[L3ggy]

No, you didn't.

 

[Will E Worm]

No, you didn't.

I did. :yesyes:

I need snow! This is winter! I want to watch the news and see people trying to drive in the snow.

A blizzard would be great.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

I hate this shit. Mild Winters are really good for shit. No cross country, poor outdoor ice for pickup games, and the Winter Carnival just isn't the same. Plus it is a proven fact that the worse the cold the more crime drops, although my area has been really good in the category anyway.

A number of cars have went through the ice as well this year on the lakes which is very rare. Shitty.

 

[Krazy4Kobe]

That's news to me.

I was in Cali mid-Jan.... got to experience my first "hurricane" then got home two days late because the North West was snaggletoothed due to ice storms.

If you call that non-winter, I'd hate to experience your real winters!

 

[STDiva]

We've been hovering around 3-8 degrees (35-45 Fahrenheit) pretty much all winter. If it gets cold enough to snow, it melts the same day.

I love it. Fuck a snow.

 

[Will E Worm]

I hate this shit. Mild Winters are really good for shit. No cross country, poor outdoor ice for pickup games, and the Winter Carnival just isn't the same. Plus it is a proven fact that the worse the cold the more crime drops, although my area has been really good in the category anyway.

A number of cars have went through the ice as well this year on the lakes which is very rare. Shitty.

Freeze those criminals. :elaugh: A good winter also kills insects that need to be thinned out.

I hope this does not mean more mosquitoes and flies this year.

We've been hovering around 3-8 degrees (35-45 Fahrenheit) pretty much all winter. If it gets cold enough to snow, it melts the same day.

I love it. Fuck a snow.

:nono: You love snow.

 

[STDiva]

Informer was alright.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Informer was alright.

Fuck Informer. I still wanna punch that fuck in the face for that song.

 

[maildude]

Just when you let your guard down, you get dumped on with 20 inches of snow in March.

 

[Sam Fisher]

I want to watch the news and see people trying to drive in the snow.

Will, like this?

 

[Supafly]

It's been snowing two nights before, and this night, again, here in Germany.

This night, I woke up early, as I was expecting it and just went outside to clear the boardwalk. If you do that early, you can use a broom, otherwise, if it is trampled stiff, you need the shovel

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

It's been snowing two nights before, and this night, again, here in Germany.

This night, I woke up early, as I was expecting it and just went outside to clear the boardwalk. If you do that early, you can use a broom, otherwise, if it is trampled stiff, you need the shovel

You are not from MN. :nono: Do not you dare critique me on snow shoveling, good sir. :nono:

 

[LukeEl]

Well Winter does need to take a vacation, but hey I wanted to be on the 96 Boston Bruins but that is never going to happen.

 

[Will E Worm]

Just when you let your guard down, you get dumped on with 20 inches of snow in March.

A blizzard would be nice. :stir:

Will, like this?

Good.