Although we haven't had a huge snowfall, the persistent pattern which features a monster trough across the eastern 1/2 of the continent allows cold air originating from Siberia (which deepens over the heavy snow cover in northern Canada) to drain south on a frequent basis in pockets along with fast moving "Alberta Clipper type" snows to fall across the Great Lakes and northern Ohio.
The diverging wind field aloft and smaller scale cyclonic winds in the mid levels (rotating energy) within the jet stream are amplifying these clippers as they sag through the middle of the US at the base of this large scale eastern trough.
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| Map courtesy: Weatherbell |
2 comments:
Great post as usual. I was wondering what colder than average winters like this can tell us about the spring and summer. Does the data show any trend that says cold winters are followed by a colder or warmer spring? I'm trying to look forward to the end of this winter already!
Unless we were unde the influence of a super strong El Nino or La Nina, this winter tells us virtually nothing about spring and summer. The drivers are not the same
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