Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 26, 2014 19:50:59 GMT -6
OK, since even bringing up to 70s on the other board gets everyone in a frenzy I'll say it here. Now read slowly folks. I do not think this is a 70s winter. That does not mean it does not remind me of one. The repeated sharp cold fronts and the real chance at 3 months of winter are what I remember as a youth. I can't recall anything like that in the last 35 years, at least.
When this winter is over they are gonna have a hell of a time trying to compare it to any winter in the last 40 and maybe 50. Lord knows 2013-14 has not had the favorable ocean setup the doozies of the 70s had, but something was really lined up this winter. I would hazard they are going to have to go back into the early to mid 50s perhaps, to find a close match to this one. It's just that different.
That all said, I think that trend towards colder is well in place now. Time will tell. If these next couple of solar cycles are down hold onto your hats. We are gonna see more of these types of winters and eventually the NAO may trip to the type of stuff we saw in the late mid century. It may do that fairly soon. We'll see.
have fun
When this winter is over they are gonna have a hell of a time trying to compare it to any winter in the last 40 and maybe 50. Lord knows 2013-14 has not had the favorable ocean setup the doozies of the 70s had, but something was really lined up this winter. I would hazard they are going to have to go back into the early to mid 50s perhaps, to find a close match to this one. It's just that different.
That all said, I think that trend towards colder is well in place now. Time will tell. If these next couple of solar cycles are down hold onto your hats. We are gonna see more of these types of winters and eventually the NAO may trip to the type of stuff we saw in the late mid century. It may do that fairly soon. We'll see.
have fun
