Phil the Groundhog better get ready

A BIG WEATHER PATTERN CHANGE COMING.. THE HOG WON’T KNOW WHAT HITS HIM..

Seriously.. we are going from a mild winter to a suddenly cold and snowy one here in the East ..  This weather model you’re looking at for example shows what MAY be a February 6ish storm along the coast, Nor’Easter potential… Blizzard condition potential.

The big thing will be a bout of not one but SEVERAL storms that can do the same run along land and water .. 

The battle line will now be about where the rain and snow falls..

Developing weather..

OBSERVATION MODE!! THE 'MAYHEM NOR'EASTER'

This is going to be a big storm.. It strikes tonight. Lots of rain.. lots of wind.. and for those who get it, a ton of snow.

It is the same storm causing absolute horror in the South right now with deadly tornadoes..

Some models showcasing the strangely different forecasts that are simultaneously being run right now by computer systems..

It's almost time for observation mode. Until then, the varied forecasts keep confusing the professionals while the debate continues on the message board on Accuweather that I have been following for weeks about this storm!

I really absolutely cannot believe how much different all of these forecasts maps actually are..
The mayhem Nor'Easter indeed.

Watching closely..

Mid Winter storms.. bizarre mid-winter storms

This is mid winter (or it is supposed to be), but climate did not get the memo. The NWS is watching not 1 but 2 lows that have hurricane force winds in the NORTH ATLANTIC.. 

And a storm developing off the British Isles..  

How many freak storms will we get until we realize something is ‘up’ .. ? 

But remember. Earth changes are NOT happening. Tell yourself that one a few times and try not to laugh.

This is about the time of January 11.. It looks like a big storm on the East Coast with lots of rocking and rolling.

Cold air may be needed to make it snow.. But either way something big will be happening.

This from Accuweather forecaster Henry Margusity.. January could be the end of El Niño?!
I still have doubts .. Other forecasters do too.. But weather is patterns and numbers. And if these numbers aren’t lying the warmth will not be lasting all winter.

This is the map (if you can read it) of a massive storm in the Pacific Ocean right now, Saturday December 5 2015..

OPC 09Z wind/wave analysis & 0930Z GOES-W infrared satellite image. The Eastern Pacific remains active w/seas up to 38 feet as a result of a storm force low (winds ≥ 48 knots) in the region.  

DREAD CENTRAL gives us a list of the top movies for the winter season–horror with cold and chill as the background theme of the flick. The list here..

I disagree–you heard that right–with virtually the entire list.

The biggest problem is the lack of inclusion of my all time favorite snow/cold related movie: STORM OF THE CENTURY, by Stephen King. It’s the amazing near day-long experience, one that’s perfect for a night stuck in because of snow or a day held up because of closings.. Andre Linoge walking the streets of a town during a blizzard, looking for what he wants to go away. That’s scary. The list from DREAD CENTRAL, to me at least, not scary.

I am sure you have your favorite too..
Mine will always be the STORM..

DARK LIGHT. SMALL CITY.

DARK LIGHT. SMALL CITY.

This is the best of times.. the worst of times. Allow me to briefly explain. I love autumn. I have always.. but this year, for some strange reason, I am dreading it. The weather has already cooled off a bit and it’s been rainy.. My throat has that touch of soreness this morning. I also heard my son coughing a bit.. The changing seasons, along with allergic reasons, is making me dread it all a bit…

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The final snow day?

YES… IT’S SPRING.. DESPITE THIS.

Kaia Bonshock, left, Brooke Hovenstine, Kelsee Dunn and Mackenzie Hasuga, freshmen members of the Shamokin Area High School girls’ softball team, decided to practice on their own in a parking lot for Kemp Memorial Stadium on Friday, despite an early dismissal from school because of snow. The team’s first regular season game is tentatively set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and will be played in Kemp Memorial Stadium, instead of the team’s field because it is not ready for play.

See it and weep. Some operational guidance showcases a potential snowstorm this Thursday March 5.. 

By the freakend weekend clocks are being set ahead and spring will be in the air. Maybe.

At this point the darkness is losing. HORUS is rising.. Easter is on the way..

Here is the sight from this weekend’s weather forecast.. anything pink and purple are winter weather somethings. And there are lots of them, storms are a plenty..

The season is almost ready to change. I hear song birds in the morning now and the noon sun—when it is out—is strong.. But until the spring blossoms bloom, it’s going to be considerably cold and snowy. That continues, obviously, this weekend. 

I think the second week of March will be a transition..

Let’s see how good I do with that forecast..

Thundesnow. 90 inches of snow in Boston.. the coldest air for 100 million people since 1994. What more could go wrong?

SINKHOLES!

Everyone in the purple on this map will be about 20 to 30 degrees colder this week than average.. 

It will happen by the end of this week.

And it may very well be the coldest air of the entire winter season poised to strike..

Good lord. It’s bread and milk time.

The piles keep getting higher

Icelandic volcano could trigger Britain's coldest winter EVER this year

BRITAIN could freeze in YEARS of super-cold winters and miserable summers if the Bardarbunga volcano erupts, experts have warned.

Not sure if friends in the UK have any more luck than the Americans across the pond saying the name of the volcano, but apparently they will most dramatically be affected first by a big quake—well, after Iceland and global air travel..

It’s not a nuclear winter.. but an Iceland type.. 

Icelandic volcano could trigger Britain's coldest winter EVER this year

Experts: Record Cold Summer Leads To Changing Leaves In August

Friday morning, Pittsburgh is waking up to temperatures in the 40s.

And the 40sa near me in the Eastern part of the state.

And I concur with the expert quoted: I am seeing yellow and red colors already showing up, a week prior to school evening beginning.. I truly hope this is not a harbinger of a winter of discontent to come..?

We have this from Accuweather: Summer is going to make ‘one last gasp’ late August.. that may upset those who felt summer was just a soft breath of air to begin with. 

Experts: Record Cold Summer Leads To Changing Leaves In August

Winter of 2014/15 predictions ALREADY being made. And it will be bad.

Winter of 2014/15 predictions ALREADY being made. And it will be bad.

The March hurricane: We dodged a big bullet..

Amazing information to contemplate.. if that big blizzard this week would have tracked just a bit closer to the coastline, it would have equaled if not exceeded the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy..

It will be a storm studied for years..