Like Weather Maps?

digitS' · Wed Dec 06, 2017 1:59 pm

https://us-climate.blogspot.com

Here is the historical probability of a White Christmas (%): LINK

There are many, many more maps

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Steve

digitS' · Sat Dec 09, 2017 7:42 pm

US Precipitation Map Does the Wave

Steve

thanrose · Sat Dec 09, 2017 8:29 pm

Love it. Looks like the Pacific Northwest is where I need to go.

tomf · Sun Dec 10, 2017 8:21 am

I like the wave one, you can see in the PNW we get tons of it in the winter and almost none in the summer.

digitS' · Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:19 am

Not a Weather Map ..

. but, this may help you identify who it was that brought all those presents to be found under your Christmas tree!

https://jakubmarian.com/wp-content/uplo ... europe.jpg

https://jakubmarian.com/christmas-gift- ... of-europe/

Steve

digitS' · Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:58 am

When can you expect your coldest day if you are in the 48 contiguous United States:

LINK

a surprising amount of difference

Steve

thanrose · Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:50 am

Interesting, and seems accurate enough from my memory of living different areas. We have a curious thing in central Florida though, related to a Christmas freeze. If there is a new moon coinciding with Christmas, we are liable to have a freeze then. Apocryphal? Overall, January is the coldest month of winter throughout Florida. Doesn't mean we can't go surfing, though. And traditionally, New Years Day is the day to start tomato seeds indoors.

digitS' · Thu Dec 28, 2017 6:03 pm

I thought it was Full Moons that foretell frosts.

But then again, people notice a full moon - if there is a clear sky, there are hours of bright moonlight throughout the night. If there is a clear night sky, temperatures drop

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https://digital.weather.gov/

I had fun here, especially looking at "Total New Snow (in)" and pushing the forecast out 48 hours. ooo weee I don't think that this would be a good time for me to drive on over the hill into Montana.

Steve

thanrose · Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:39 am

digitS' wrote:I thought it was Full Moons that foretell frosts.

But then again, people notice a full moon - if there is a clear sky, there are hours of bright moonlight throughout the night. If there is a clear night sky, temperatures drop .

Yeah, that was probably it. I never gave much credence to the moon phase and temperature thing. It just reminded me that sometimes at Christmas we would have serious cold temperatures, although coldest in my parts of Florida would usually be a few weeks later.

"Lies, damned lies, and statistics." Mark Twain via Benjamin Disraeli