March 2010- In Like A Lamb, Out Like A Lion?

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Ed Mahmoud wrote:If Red is the color for the mods, and yellow for the pro-mets, shouldn't WxData be orange and Ptarmigan be red?
Maybe because I'm one of the site admins? Dunno.
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Ed Mahmoud wrote:If Red is the color for the mods, and yellow for the pro-mets, shouldn't WxData be orange and Ptarmigan be red?
I don't think it matters, they're ALL great! :D
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Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10
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srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10
what are the oranges in that map mean?
thanks
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msanwxfan wrote:
srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10
what are the oranges in that map mean?
thanks
Subsiding/dry air.
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srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10


we are in March...El Nino fading...sun angle higher...snow pack shrinking....IMO, winter is OVER!!
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wxdata wrote:
Ed Mahmoud wrote:If Red is the color for the mods, and yellow for the pro-mets, shouldn't WxData be orange and Ptarmigan be red?
Maybe because I'm one of the site admins? Dunno.
Red=Admins and Mods
Yellow=Professional Meteorologist
Orange=Statistical Specialist. I am the only one who has that title.
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srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10
Why so?
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Ptarmigan wrote:
Ed Mahmoud wrote:We had a freeze in March 4 or 6 years back, IIRC.
The last time March had a freeze was in 2002. It was also the last time Houston saw below 25 degrees Fahrenheit temperature.
The latest freeze on record was April 13, 1940 when we had a record low of 32. Of course that wasn't at KIAH. Found this in Tim Heller's blog I've been in Houston 37 years and I remember at least one time in march we had a freeze. Can't tell you the year except I know it is after 1972 because I waas married. I believe it was on March 20.
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vbhoutex wrote:
The latest freeze on record was April 13, 1940 when we had a record low of 32. Of course that wasn't at KIAH. Found this in Tim Heller's blog I've been in Houston 37 years and I remember at least one time in march we had a freeze. Can't tell you the year except I know it is after 1972 because I waas married. I believe it was on March 20.
Hobby was the official station in 1940.

The year with freezes in which the low reached 32 or below at least two days in a row in March after 1972 at IAH were:
1978-March 3-5, 9-10
1980-March 1-3
1984-February 28-March 1
1989-March 4-9
1993-March 13-14 Start of the Great Storm of 1993.
1996-March 8-10
2002-March 2-5
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Paul wrote:
srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10


we are in March...El Nino fading...sun angle higher...snow pack shrinking....IMO, winter is OVER!!
Although no wintry weather for us. The GFS has been rather persistent on some 'cooler'/wet weather near the middle of March... ;)

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Still bad news on the 80F front. Latest GFS keeps us cold through 15 days:

Remember on March 4, 2002 IAH hit 22F. That's almost the coldest ever recorded in March. Houston hit 21F on March 3, 1943.

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Winter season ends, but we can usually count on more cold weather around Easter. It has been like that here in Texas since I can remember, and I see nothing that would prevent that this year. Let's get past that before calling it done??? :)
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biggerbyte wrote:Winter season ends, but we can usually count on more cold weather around Easter. It has been like that here in Texas since I can remember, and I see nothing that would prevent that this year. Let's get past that before calling it done??? :)
Winter over? Ha! I certainly wouldn't say that. GFS temperature forecast is for colder after March 15th. I expect that April, too, will turn out 3-5F below normal. We'll continue to see cold fronts through early May, at least. However, our chances of any additional winter precipitation are remote.
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biggerbyte wrote:Winter season ends, but we can usually count on more cold weather around Easter. It has been like that here in Texas since I can remember, and I see nothing that would prevent that this year. Let's get past that before calling it done??? :)
Winter over? Ha! I certainly wouldn't say that. GFS temperature forecast is for colder after March 15th. I expect that April, too, will turn out 3-5F below normal. We'll continue to see cold fronts through early May, at least. However, our chances of any additional winter precipitation are remote.
Agreed! But didn't I say that already? Lol

Your reply must have been meant for someone else.

Anyway, folks we are not done with cold weather, no matter when Spring has sprung. Speaking of which, my yard is showing signs of now.
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ugggh......This winter is getting old. I am craving warmth.

Guess this year will be no record breaker for heat.
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srainhoutx wrote:
Paul wrote:
srainhoutx wrote:Crazy pattern we are in. Enjoy the 'warmth' while it lasts IMHO...

http://wxweb.meteostar.com/models/noaap ... UMBLOOP=10


we are in March...El Nino fading...sun angle higher...snow pack shrinking....IMO, winter is OVER!!
Although no wintry weather for us. The GFS has been rather persistent on some 'cooler'/wet weather near the middle of March... ;)

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I got up into the mid-60's today....March 15 is la la land.....I doubt we will see cold fronts into May also. JMO.....
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Don't be so sure the fronts won't continue into May. It's a rare May that we DON'T get a cold front through, in fact. Had a strong front pass Houston last May 16th and a weak front in early June last year. See the Houston climo from last year here: http://www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=hgx

Note the 1055mb high the GFS has building in western Canada now. The GFS is quite cool for mid March, but the Euro is even colder. Here's the 06Z GFS forecast for temps/precip the next 15 days:

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And here's the Euro 500mb pattern and 850mb temps for next week. Quite a cold pattern.
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Ready to enjoy the sunny warm weather the next few days. Its about time!!
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I know that some of us on this weather forum are very much looking forward to the season of Spring & warmer temperatures which I am too. I think that we need to enjoy the last cool and cold days and nights during the last of these winter days and however many that the season of Spring does happen to have in them this year because come summer time some of us are going to wish that they were much much cooler.
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