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[cyclonic happiness]

Morning!
Well today, again not much change, we do have a bit of fresh snow over the himalyas and there's a fair bit of melt 'oop north'.

[summer blizzard]

picog, on 22 August 2011 - 16:17 , said:

Starting to look cold up north! Even though the camera has drafted from the north pole, it's still well within the arctic circle. Signs of refreezing and fresh snow me thinks:-)

http://www.arctic.no...atest/noaa1.jpg

Check out the cam now, pretty sure thats a refreeze.

[cyclonic happiness]

I agree, it looks alot more solid than it did a few days ago.

[cyclonic happiness]

May I introduce a good friend of mine..................WINTER!

[Radiating Dendrite]

I can already feel that raw easterly!

[Isolated Frost]

Long stretch pool of high pressure from Scandinavia to Alaska and we're sorted

[frozencanals]

Hahaha... this thread back already, wonderful.... and its snowing (in Siberia) what a great thread, I'm glad its back

Many thanks

FC

[SNOW_JOKE]

Going to be a interesting season coming up. Volcanic eruptions in Iceland, Africa & Chile releasing huge amounts of CO2 combined. La Nina just about finishing off but still showing SST anomalies over in the Pacific, not to mention the potential for yet more Sudden Stratospheric Warming assuming the same trends shown the previous 2 years start earlier on in the season as last. mid-November was when the vectors shifted predominantly Easterly right up until April..here's looking forward to it.

[Radiating Dendrite]

SNOW_JOKE, on 24 August 2011 - 13:58 , said:

Going to be a interesting season coming up. Volcanic eruptions in Iceland, Africa & Chile releasing huge amounts of CO2 combined. La Nina just about finishing off but still showing SST anomalies over in the Pacific, not to mention the potential for yet more Sudden Stratospheric Warming assuming the same trends shown the previous 2 years start earlier on in the season as last. mid-November was when the vectors shifted predominantly Easterly right up until April..here's looking forward to it.

I thought La Nina was expected to strengthen again and become even stronger than last year possibly?

Edited by Radiating Dendrite, 24 August 2011 - 14:04 .

[SNOW_JOKE]

I assumed La Nina had peaked during mid-summer? but if not then I stand corrected.

[Radiating Dendrite]

SNOW_JOKE, on 24 August 2011 - 14:08 , said:

I assumed La Nina had peaked during mid-summer? but if not then I stand corrected.

She peaked at the start of last winter and after a rise in temps this spring/summer is now expected to gain strength yet again.

I GIVE UP! Trying to post a graph but it does not work. Take a look in the Byond Summer Thread.

Edited by Radiating Dendrite, 24 August 2011 - 14:14 .

[A Scottish Winter's Tale]

cyclonic happiness, on 13 August 2011 - 18:46 , said:

Let's hope for a little more of this winter!!!

Have you got a link to these maps and is there an archive section.

[summer blizzard]

cyclonic happiness, on 24 August 2011 - 06:39 , said:

May I introduce a good friend of mine..................WINTER!

Brilliant, not even under -5C uppers.

http://www.wetterzen...cs/Rhavn724.gif

The big blob of precipitation over central Siberia is what will be the focus in coming days as it looks to stick around with cool uppers.

Radiating Dendrite, on 24 August 2011 - 07:22 , said:

I can already feel that raw easterly!

Can't wait.

2 months and easterlys already produce 10C statocumulas murk.

3-4 months and the easterlies become beasterlies!

Radiating Dendrite, on 24 August 2011 - 14:04 , said:

I thought La Nina was expected to strengthen again and become even stronger than last year possibly?

The La Nina of 2010 was the 2nd strongest in recorded history.

While La Nina is forecast to strengthen (not always a bad thing), it is forecast to be moderate at this time.

[cyclonic happiness]

Well our new snow patch in Siberia is holding fast, not much change other wise today :-)

[Isolated Frost]

Monday's update should see snow on the Scandinavian mountains, snow is forecasted on Sunday night on some Norwegian mountains above 2000m.

[Geordiesnow]

summer blizzard, on 24 August 2011 - 15:59 , said:

2 months and easterlys already produce 10C statocumulas murk.

3-4 months and the easterlies become beasterlies!

For me, the first half of winter, we really should just Look North for cold snowy weather, I know Easterlies can bring cold and snow in November like last year did but its a much more of a struggle and we don't get the full force of them really. January and February and even early March is when the Easterlies pack a punch in particular.

An Easterly in October can still produce a bright showery mix if the air is unstable enough, admittedly we may need more of a ENE-NE'ly but with the North Sea quite warm in October, you don't need much cold air to create an unstable airmass. Of course, snow is more or less ruled out unless we get a stright Northerly and the upper air temps over the Arctic are potent enough.

[cyclonic happiness]

Morning guys!

Here's today's picture, not much happening again :-)

[cyclonic happiness]

Hi guys!
well, we've lost some of that small patch at the far east of russia, but there is a new very thin line of snow running north south at middle eastern north russia.

Edited by cyclonic happiness, 27 August 2011 - 10:17 .

[summer blizzard]

Geordiesnow, on 25 August 2011 - 17:21 , said:

For me, the first half of winter, we really should just Look North for cold snowy weather, I know Easterlies can bring cold and snow in November like last year did but its a much more of a struggle and we don't get the full force of them really. January and February and even early March is when the Easterlies pack a punch in particular.

An Easterly in October can still produce a bright showery mix if the air is unstable enough, admittedly we may need more of a ENE-NE'ly but with the North Sea quite warm in October, you don't need much cold air to create an unstable airmass. Of course, snow is more or less ruled out unless we get a stright Northerly and the upper air temps over the Arctic are potent enough.

I like getting a cold northerly in October as it can feel genuinely cold, but i never really look for snow then. Like snow in April, i consider it more of a novelty.

In regards to the first half of winter, i think i may benefit from being further inland because i have never had problems in regards to cold/snow. You are correct that the real chiller does usually happen in the second half of the winter.

[cyclonic happiness]

Here's today's and area of snowfall in eastern siberia :-)

A Winter, on 24 August 2011 - 15:18 , said:

Have you got a link to these maps and is there an archive section.

Sorry, I didn't see your post .

Here's the archive section of the site :-)
http://www.natice.no...if_archive.html