Wishing for warmth-anyone else wishing?

[Scott Patterson]

-15 again this morning. Cool, but not extreme. Winter is less than half over, but it does get old after so long. Since so many on the forum wish for snow, I thought I could wish for some warmth. Anyone else wishing for warmth as well. January can get old at times. At least it hasn't been as cold as it got last year (knock on wood). What will the rest of the month bring I wonder.

This year (official daily highs and lows are in blue, but it's usually colder at our house near the outskirts of town):

STATION: CRAIG
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2008
LATITUDE: 40 30 N
LONGITUDE: 107 32 W

TEMPERATURE IN F: CPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY K WND
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1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 16 -20 -2 M 67 0 0.00 M M 2.5 13 50 M M 0 16 50
2 16 -15 1 M 64 0 0.00 M M 0.1 5 280 M M 1 6 250
3 25 -11 7 M 58 0 0.00 M M 1.4 9 210 M M 2 10 220
4 44 11 28 M 37 0 0.00 M M 7.9 28 200 M M 6 32 200
5 44 24 34 M 31 0 0.23 M M 16.3 40 210 M M 9 1 56 190
6 36 23 30 M 35 0 0.03 M M 9.6 30 270 M M 7 123 37 260
7 24 -1 12 M 53 0 0.00 M M 2.9 9 200 M M 4 10 200
8 26 -9 9 M 56 0 0.02 M M 3.2 13 70 M M 6 1 17 70
9 28 2 15 M 50 0 0.17 M M 5.3 14 270 M M 9 12 16 250
================================================================================
SM 259 4 451 0 0.45 M 49.2 M 44
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AV 28.8 0.4

Last year:

STATION: CRAIG
MONTH: JANUARY
YEAR: 2007
LATITUDE: 40 30 N
LONGITUDE: 107 32 W

TEMPERATURE IN F: CPN: SNOW: WIND :SUNSHINE: SKY K WND
================================================================================
1 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
AVG MX 2MIN
DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR
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1 27 1 14 M 51 0 0.00 M M 1.1 10 220 M M 1 10 220
2 27 -4 12 M 53 0 0.00 M M 2.5 10 190 M M 0 12 190
3 37 5 21 M 44 0 0.00 M M 2.0 9 290 M M 2 10 220
4 39 5 22 M 43 0 0.37 M M 3.7 15 350 M M 6 18 18 340
5 23 -4 10 M 55 0 0.02 M M 4.1 12 330 M M 5 1 17 310
6 24 -20 2 M 63 0 T M M 6.6 26 280 M M 4 18 31 280
7 18 -11 4 M 61 0 0.00 M M 1.6 22 230 M M 0 24 240
8 36 3 20 M 45 0 0.00 M M 3.5 12 60 M M 6 8 14 70
9 26 -5 11 M 54 0 0.00 M M 1.3 8 210 M M 0 1 10 80
10 41 -5 18 M 47 0 0.00 M M 2.3 18 220 M M 0 25 200
11 40 8 24 M 41 0 0.12 M M 11.0 32 210 M M 3 1 41 230
12 8 1 5 M 60 0 0.24 M M 6.9 14 230 M M 10 128 16 230
13 6 -9 -1 M 66 0 0.01 M M 3.9 13 240 M M 10 18 14 240
14 0 -29 -14 M 79 0 T M M 3.3 12 260 M M 9 18 12 260
15 -6 -35 -20 M 85 0 0.00 M M 0.4 5 230 M M 1 18 6 220
16 1 -30 -14 M 79 0 0.00 M M 0.1 5 120 M M 3 18 5 120
17 6 -27 -10 M 75 0 0.00 M M 0.5 7 210 M M 3 18 8 210
18 12 -19 -3 M 68 0 0.00 M M 2.1 9 200 M M 1 9 200
19 11 -19 -4 M 69 0 0.00 M M 0.7 7 220 M M 1 18 7 220
20 12 -15 -1 M 66 0 0.03 M M 0.6 6 100 M M 6 2 6 100
21 21 -9 6 M 59 0 0.05 M M 0.1 3 130 M M 7 2 5 110
22 12 -18 -3 M 68 0 T M M 0.1 7 300 M M 3 1 7 310
23 18 -13 3 M 62 0 0.00 M M 0.3 6 360 M M 1 6 360
24 22 -14 4 M 61 0 0.00 M M 0.8 6 240 M M 2 12 6 240
25 24 -6 9 M 56 0 0.00 M M 0.0 5 220 M M 4 128 6 210
26 22 -7 8 M 57 0 0.00 M M 0.0 3 180 M M 3 128 5 230
27 20 -14 3 M 62 0 T M M 1.5 7 120 M M 4 128 7 120
28 14 -17 -1 M 66 0 T M M 0.5 7 340 M M 4 2 8 350
29 21 -19 1 M 64 0 0.00 M M 0.5 5 230 M M 0 5 80
30 22 -5 9 M 56 0 T M M 0.7 7 210 M M 8 1 8 220
31 21 -14 4 M 61 0 0.03 M M 5.8 17 250 M M 3 1 18 250
================================================================================
SM 605 -345 1876 0 0.87 M 68.5 M 110
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AV 19.5-11.1

Can anyone send us a nice and toasty 50 degree day? We did have near record heat a few days ago, but it would be nice to see 50.

[wall_cloud]

here in Amarillo, we hit 50 on the nose yesterday (THU). You're more than welcome to it as we should be a bit higher today.

[boca]

Hey look at this forecast and it should make you more unhappy.
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 1&map.y=84

I'm the opposite I'm wishing for the cold.

[azsnowman]

Scott, I'm with ya on this one! Just a few days above 45° would be nice to help melt the ice jam in my driveways!

PLEASE don't get me wrong, I LOVE the moisture, in fact, this is a NORMAL winter (65" of snow thus far) but the temps have been WAY below normal since 4 December 2007....I'm READY for a 50° day!

[brunota2003]

09 18:54 Calm 10.00 Mostly Cloudy FEW040 BKN080 BKN200 60 56 74 60 30.09 1018.5

Dont mean to rub it off on ya, but that was the high for wednesday here (74)! A high of 73 yesterday, and today 71...You guys can have it, if I can get snow in exchange!

[Ed Mahmoud]

If it isn't going to snow, I'd prefer constant onshore flow, daytime highs in the upper 70s (25ºC), night time lows in mid 60s (20ºC), enough wind to keep fog from forming, and low clouds burning off by lunch. Until March, when it warms up a little more so beach season can begin.




Cold, dry weather makes my skin itch, and I hate static shocks.


But I can handle just below freezing if it comes with precip...

[Scott Patterson]

You guys can have it, if I can get snow in exchange!

We're buried in it, so just send a self addressed big box and I'll send you all you want.

[hial2]

-15 again this morning. Cool, but not extreme.

I don't think I want to live in a place where 15 below is considered "cool but not extreme"..My family down in Miami was breaking out the heating blankets and space heaters and it only went down into the 40s above one night..wimps

[Scott Patterson]

I don't think I want to live in a place where 15 below is considered "cool but not extreme"..

Yes, but on the plus side there are no tornadoes, hurricanes, floods (unless you live next the river-I don't) or high humidity here, so there are advantages to the weather as well.

It gets cold, sometimes colder than -40F, but unlike tornadoes or hurricanes nothing that's going to be dangerous if you dress up for it.

I do sometimes wish that winter wasn't so looooong here. It's supposed to be cold in winter, but I often get more annoyed when you're scraping the ice off the car in mid-June. It just doesn't seem right.

[azsnowman]

I hit 46° for the first time since 4 December yesterday...I had my shorts, flip flops and a ice cold margarita sitting on the back deck


























NOT! But that 46° FELT like 80° to me! But alas, back to reality....it's 31° at 1130 MST with stiff North breeze of 26 mph gusting to near 30, so yeah, it's COLD again!

[Scott Patterson]

It looks like my wish worked. There's a big warm up coming for Tuesday! Another warm before the storm, I suppose. Looks like by Tuesday it's going to warm up to +30!

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 107.55&e=1

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 26. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 1.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8.

Thursday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.

Today is pretty warm too, so I'm off to go snowshoeing.

[Scott Patterson]

Dang, noaa took away our predicted +30 degree day.

I was looking foreward to the warmer weather. I wish it would hit freezing, but looks like it won't happen in a long time.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 107.55&e=1

[azsnowman]

So Scott, what's your average snowfall up there?

[Scott Patterson]

So Scott, what's your average snowfall up there?

82.0 inches at the official weather station.

Anyway, everytime I look at the weather forecast they change it to cooler.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. West southwest wind between 5 and 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. Wind chill values as low as -15. Northwest wind between 10 and 15 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -15. West wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -15. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12.

Friday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20.

Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2.

M.L.King Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.

They say it's only going to be -5 tonight, but it's already +4F.

[Scott Patterson]

Dang they really are changing it everytime I look. Time to stop looking.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 107.55&e=1

Tonight: Areas of fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around -7. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Tuesday: Snow likely after 11am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Southwest wind between 5 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. Wind chill values as low as -15. West wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 7. Wind chill values as low as -15. West northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -13. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12.

Friday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 22.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1.

M.L.King Day: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19.