tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post2906102676419485259..comments2024-03-28T07:09:59.093-08:00Comments on Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Daily Minimum TemperaturesRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946704894714514716noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-30163080979454167422017-02-22T18:03:42.092-09:002017-02-22T18:03:42.092-09:00Well spotted Eric. For fun, I added the previous ...Well spotted Eric. For fun, I added the previous two winters; 2014-2015 was also similar in some respects. Quite a coincidence!<br />Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-40654766475240434022017-02-22T17:50:10.185-09:002017-02-22T17:50:10.185-09:00Great comment, Jim. We noted the contrast at the ...Great comment, Jim. We noted the contrast at the end of March here:<br /><br />http://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2016/03/statewide-extremes.html<br /><br />It was -40° at Colville Village on April 1st!<br />Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-707679059618619052017-02-22T17:48:48.943-09:002017-02-22T17:48:48.943-09:00Gary, yes some of the models are quite aggressive ...Gary, yes some of the models are quite aggressive with their El Nino forecasts. I'm not buying it just yet; they were also much too aggressive back in 2014, as I recall. But La Nina is certainly on the way out.<br />Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-68398713119280471152017-02-22T11:40:58.853-09:002017-02-22T11:40:58.853-09:00Interesting graph for several reasons besides your...Interesting graph for several reasons besides your main point and the matching spikes and dips, as noted: That last year's cold dip at the end of March/1st of April occurred at the same time that all-time March record highs were being broken from Eagle to Homer to the panhandle. And the sobering fact that for half the year, somewhere in Alaska gets below zero!Jim Greenhttp://williwaw.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-21008222050276814372017-02-21T23:07:33.653-09:002017-02-21T23:07:33.653-09:00Good obs Eric...maybe the WX follows the bouncing ...Good obs Eric...maybe the WX follows the bouncing ball for some good reason.<br /><br />GaryNL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-63192036899982093482017-02-21T21:06:57.436-09:002017-02-21T21:06:57.436-09:00Isn't it a wonderful coincidence that temperat...Isn't it a wonderful coincidence that temperatures for both years follow each other relatively closely. They both first bottom out at the beginning of December. Then rise to the beginning of January. Fall till around January 20th. Rising till today. I predict that it will be relatively warm till the beginning of March and then cool off for the month.Eric Lundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914784378747801359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-7292914017714881502017-02-21T19:01:12.046-09:002017-02-21T19:01:12.046-09:00Enough of this cold and snow...moving right along ...Enough of this cold and snow...moving right along it looks like these forecasts indicate La Nina is waning and a neutral to El Nino event is possible. <br /><br />http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf<br /><br />GaryNL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.com