No way
December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥
Probably none.
CPC has always been part of the National Weather Service…. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
A view we will not soon forget.
The Blizzard of 2026.
It’s been 26 days since the snow/sleet. It remains in some areas shadowed from the sun and in piles, but it has become quite patchy. :)
Our snow/sleet fell 23 days ago. Temperatures rising into the 40s and 50s lately have aided the melt, but work continues.
The evolving situation
How things are going so far
@aliciambentley.bsky.social’s standardized anomalies in the sea level pressure for 0600 UTC tell the tale quite well. A large area of 3 to 4+ sigmas below climatology for this time of year.
Many February low pressure records could be set over the next 24 hours in and near ID as well as northwest NE/western SD.
Happy Valentine’s Day. ☺️
Whispering “your days are numbered” to the many inches of snow that have plagued us for weeks here
When in “Nome”…
Dawn
Today, something completely different.
Our neighbor works on cars and likes to rev his upon start up. This afternoon, he revved his car for a half hour. The cats were not amused.
The result was an uncomfortably close car-b-que, which was being put out as I got home.
Oh wow. I’m more impressed then.
Gen X figured this stuff out on AOL in the early to mid 90s.
You’re welcome. 😉
“fun”
From 11 years ago, January 7, 2015.
It turns out even the shorter POR sites were higher in some other year, such as 2005 or 1984. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’ll check the January pressure records. I believe only eastern IA, southeast MN, and short POR sites of WI stood any chance of setting January records this morning. This is near the border of records set in 2015 and 1927 (for longer POR sites).
Is this coming? 🐻⌚️
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
Views of the Aurora from mountain point (south of Ketchikan) at 5:30 am on Jan 20. It covered the entire sky and was flickering and pulsing. Incredible 😍
#AlaskaSky
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
Second year in a row of measurable snow? Impressive.
The well-defined low-level circulation becoming apparent Saturday afternoon.
The disturbance continues to show organization. Yesterday afternoon, a well-defined low-level circulation popped out of the system.
Development has occurred and it still looks decent.
