Mother nature's gone choo-choo

[Chickenman]

I'm thinking that mother nature is bi-polar, and she's off her meds. This weather is crazy. -4 one day, 32 the next, followed by 40 degrees and back to 20. Throw in 8 to 16 inches of snow overnight, then pouring rain, followed by more snow. UUUUgggg. Be done with this already. What's wrong with simple below freezing at night like 28 degrees and above freezing during the day like 36 degrees for 4 to 6 weeks.

[ecolbeck]

Classic symptoms of climate change. A warmer atmosphere has more energy to move air and moisture around.

[Chickenman]

I really think she hopped on the crazy train and now she's driving and it ain't stopping.

[wnybassman]

What's wrong with simple below freezing at night like 28 degrees and above freezing during the day like 36 degrees for 4 to 6 weeks.

Well, it is January. I am hoping that 4 to 6 weeks you are looking for starts the end of February............like it should. lol

[fred]

it only January , lets not rush it.

[DaveB]

Classic symptoms of climate change. A warmer atmosphere has more energy to move air and moisture around.

Not really. It's just the pattern that we're in. We had weather like this for most of the 80s believe it or not.

Parts of northern New England are having record snows and haven't seen nearly the fluctuations that places south of there have seen. The problem is the lack of high pressure or blocking in Quebec. The storms are coming at a typical pace and we are seasonable between systems but when the system approaches, it cuts west and so places get flow from the south so it warms it. The system passes and we return to "normal". We've been rinsing and repeating all winter, save for a few systems. Climate change wouldn't be represented by a pattern like that.

[littleTapper]

We've got a 69 degree swing in the forecast...

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[DaveB]

We've got a 69 degree swing in the forecast...

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You guys are getting cold on another level. I was looking at some of the forecasts and you don't often see highs in the minus teens for days and lows -40 to -50. With the windchill in the -60s, you might start seeing some trees explode.

[MN Jake]

Threres no doubt there will be some frost cracking

[ecolbeck]

Not really. It's just the pattern that we're in. We had weather like this for most of the 80s believe it or not.

Parts of northern New England are having record snows and haven't seen nearly the fluctuations that places south of there have seen. The problem is the lack of high pressure or blocking in Quebec. The storms are coming at a typical pace and we are seasonable between systems but when the system approaches, it cuts west and so places get flow from the south so it warms it. The system passes and we return to "normal". We've been rinsing and repeating all winter, save for a few systems. Climate change wouldn't be represented by a pattern like that.

Perhaps you are right and I have made the error of confusing weather with climate. However, it is believed by the scientific community that more weather extremes (both warm/cold and wet/dry) are features of climate change. We can’t attribute any particular weather event to climate change but we do know that certain types of events may occur more frequently and with more intensity. That could easily mean record snow for some areas, more rain in winter for others areas, and lots of times and places were things seem “normal”.