Snow in NOLA

I remember the last accumulation in 1989. I can't remember another since then.

Amazing! Saints go to Chicago and it snows in New Orleans! Three years in a row the Bears ended the Saints season!

HLG

Sub-Polar Storm "LARRY"

I think that in honor of the Larestar's outstanding forecast of this strong winter storm we should categorize this event.

Thus, I propose this storm as a sub-polar storm, since it obviously DID NOT originate in the polar regions, but it's cyclogenesis is along a polar air-mass which has intruded into the tropics in the latest manifestation of the on-coming Ice Age.

So, please take a look at Sub-Polar Storm (01-2008) "LARRY"

-HLG

Nice image in China high valley

Cold air pooled in a high valley of Western China. Nice image of low clouds with surrounding terrain.

HLG

WHEW....

I thought we had a shot at making this list....

http://tech.msn.com/products/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=13523062&GT1=40000

BB

RE: [Four Weather Studs and a Babe!] New comment on Winter Storm?.

Yep BB, I noticed that (I was going by the 06Z run early this AM, which was similar to several previous runs).  The 12Z GFS has dramatically changed from 06Z by pulling the cold core further north and delayed the development of the system by several days--may be a trend or an anomalous run.  For several days has been consistently showing some sort of major southern system around mid-month.......................have to see where (and when) (and if) it eventually settles.

 

larster

Winter Storm?

Anyone notice the big southern winter storm weekend after next (~12-13th)?  540 thickness is north of the coast (snowline for the non-meteorologists) while precipitating, but freeze line is south offshore (icestorm/sleet?).  Have to keep an eye on this one to see if it pans out.

 

larster

2008 Atlantice Hurricane Season Set Multiple Records

- The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season officially came to an end Sunday.

It was the fourth busiest storm season on record, tied with 1944.

This year's season saw 16 named storms. Eight storms became hurricanes, three of which reached category-3 strength or higher.

This year was the first time on record that six consecutive storms struck the U.S. mainland. A record three category-3 storms hit Cuba.

Bertha, in July, was the longest lived July storm on record in the Atlantic. It lasted 17 days.

Fay, in August, became the only storm on record to make landfall in Florida four times. And Paloma reached category-4 strength, the second-strongest November hurricane on record.

- HLG (IMage is from TC 06 B (B is for Bay of Bengal after all from last week)