Arctic Outbreaks

» Paym Bergson - Artic Outbreaks

As I sit here berating the cold snap we have right now (Ontario) I found your article fascinating, and a gentle reminder that it could be worse. The photos/graphs/diagrams (um, not sure what to call one of them) were an excellent visual aid.

I look forward to reading many many more of your articles

-Paym

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» jerrib - There are definitely

some irregular weather patterns going on here in the states: cold then hot, hot then cold. Up and down, setting records.

I didn't know the mountain ranges in Europe extend east to west! Learned a lot new here today.

I'm subscribing to your topic and will be back!

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» weather_doctor - Re: Artic Outbreaks

In response to Artic Outbreaks posted by paymb26:

Thanks Paym,

We had a cold arctic outflow here on Vancouver Island in early January as well. Depending on where one is on the coast, the cold advection was not as bad as as Ontario's cold which I experienced for two decades before moving out here. Though it was cold in Victoria during this month, we set no records (Victoria's coldest ever is -13C)and no days failed to reach freezing for a high, but when the cold broke, we set a record high of 17C!

But I remember those cold outbreaks in Ontario in the late 1970s that never seemed to end!

Unfortunately the new size restriction on diagrams will make those like "air mass origin" map fairly unreadable.

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» weather_doctor - Re: There are definitely

In response to There are definitely posted by jerrib:

Thanks Jerri,

Such temperature patterns are actually rather normal, particularly on the eastern side of the Rockies...and like a roller coaster, often the bigger the rise, the bigger the fall, as the dance of arctic cold and tropical warm swings wide and wild.

For us on the Pacific Coast, we rarely see such tropical air as we saw this past month, but the East sees Gulf of Mexico air frequently during the winter followed by Siberian Expresses.

I find it surprising that Victoria BC record high/low temperatures for many January days (say 13C/-6C) are almost expected daily ranges around the Great Lakes each year when strong storm systems move through.

And come on back, next month's feature is on a topic more to our experience in the PNW, avalanches.

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» jerrib - Re: Re: There are definitely

In response to Re: There are definitely posted by weather_doctor:
I will be back. See you then.

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