Year: 2013
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Rainy day forecast – EC station down – and how ‘local’ is this?
The forecast has turned decidedly wetter. You can expect drizzle today and rain through the week. This isn’t really a bad thing since up until today we have only received 104mm of the 238mm considered normal for January. November, December, January and February are ranked 1-4 as our wettest months. (Including snow) Even though February…
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Quiet week ahead – Arctic animations
Right now it looks like a quiet week, some rain today but after that it is likely to be mostly foggy with hopefully some sunny breaks. So I will instead… How about some pretty pictures, Here is a 30 day running image of Arctic sea ice thickness. It almost looks alive, Note the thickest ice…
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Snow threat returns for weekend
The floppy floppy snow forecast flipped again. EC has jumped on board with a chance of flurries and small accumulations all weekend. It will of course depend on us getting back down closer to freezing but its certainly possible. Ironically this mornings U of Washington model output has no precipitation at all slated for the…
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Snow threat recedes for now – Arctic Update
The threat of snow is receding slightly for the weekend as temperatures warm up just enough to make a difference. That means rain, and a fair amount of it, between today and Monday. It could still flip flop and end up with snow on Sunday but that is looking less likely now. We will just…
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Still chance for wet snow today/tonight. Sunday east coast?
I’m still sticking to the possibility that Port could see some wet snow from today’s rainy blob. As you can see the front is headed our way. Rain should begin just after noon. Best chance for wet snow will likely be tonight. We shall see. Longer term, Sunday looks like more of a real chance…