WHERE'S THE HEAT?

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WHERE'S THE HEAT?

I STATED THE OTHER DAY THAT WITH THE CHANGES IN THE ATMOSPHERE (WHICH ARE TAKING PLACE LIKE GANG BUSTERS RIGHT NOW), WE WOULD START T SEE CHANGES IN OUR WEATHER PATTERNS IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO 2 WEEKS. I SET THE 23RD OR 24TH AS MY TARGET DATE. WHENEVER THE SEASONAL WEATHER PATTERNS CHANGE, SOMEWHERE WITHIN THAT CHANGE, THERE IS A BREAKING POINT. I THINK THAT BREAKING POINT WILL BE AROUND THE 23RD/24TH......SNOWSTORM? RAINSTORM? BOTH? THOSE ARE HARD TO HIT. THE TYPE OF CHANGE IS MUCH HARDER TO HIT THAN THE CHANGE ITSELF......THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF WE LOOK AT SEASONAL SNOWFALL RIGHT NOW, FORECASTING ANOTHER MAJOR SNOW WOULD BE INSANE. WE'RE AT AND ABOVE SEASONAL MAXES THRU-OUT THE ENTIRE NORTH WESTERN 2/3 OF THE STATE. RECORDS HAVE FALLEN, AND WITH EVERY SNOW FLAKE THAT FALLS FROM POW CTY - WEST FROM HERE ON OUT, THE RECORDS WILL BUILD.

THE PATTERN ITSELF IS GOING TO QUIET DOWN. VIRTUALL EVERYDAY THRU THIS MONTH, WE HAVE SEEN AT LEAST A FLURRY FLOAT BY - OR HAD A DUSTING ON THE WINDSHIELD IN THE MORNING. WE'LL GET MORE THAN A DUSTING OVER THIS WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY....BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WON'T BE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT UNTIL THE (23RD OR 24TH). BUT THE OVERALL PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE. THE ONLY SIGNS I'M SEEING IN THOSE DATES THUS FAR FOR BEING MY MAGIC NUMBERS IS - WELL NOTHING.....THERE IS NOTHING ON A CHART, NOTHING WRITTEN, AND THERE IS NO GOLDEN WEATHER RULE OUT THERE SAYING THAT THE 23RD OR 24TH SHOULD BE MY MAGIC NUMBER THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. I KNOW HOW WEATHER PATTERNS ACT, AND I KNOW HOW THEY "SHOULD" ACT. AND THE NEXT 10 DAYS "SHOULD" PROVE TO BE A CHANGE.....I'LL SAY 4-6 INCHES RIGHT NOW - THEN A SHORT WARM UP AND MAYBE RAIN TO FOLLOW. THAT WOULD BE A BIG OUCH!!!!! WE'LL SEE.........

I THINK THERE'S AN EVEN BIGGER ISSUE FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. IN MY NOV 23RD WINTER FORECAST, I MENTIONED THE TEMPERATURES TURNING VERY COLD DURING THE 3RD WEEK OF FEB., AND TEMPS BEING 7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF MARCH. ON THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER, THAT PROBABLY PASSED RIGHT BY MOST PEOPLE THAT LOOKED AT THE FORECAST. THE SNOWFALL WAS THE FOCUS, AND THE TEMPS TOOK A BACKSEAT. NOW IT'S AN ISSUE - A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GOT THE SNOWFALL. WE HAVE A LOT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND GOING TO GET MORE. WE NORMALLY HAVE SNOW MELT FROM TIME TO TIME THRU-OUT THE WINTER MONTHS. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY. FOG/CLOUD COVER AND NEAR FREZZING TEMPS IN LATE JANUARY PREVENTED ANY MELT AT ALL. THE SNOW JUST KEPT COMING. THE TEMPS ARE GOING TO REMAIN BELOW NORMAL THRU MID MARCH. THE LONGER WE GO WITHOUT A MELT, ODDS INCREASE FOR A WEEK TO 10 DAYS OF SIGNIFICANT MELT, AND A MAJOR STORM TO FOLLOW THAT. THAT IS THE LAST WE NEED........YOU WILL BE HEARING A LOT ABOUT THAT (FLOODING) IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE......BULLSEYE - IOWA!

A COUPLE MORE THINGS: IS IT GLOBAL WARMING/CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSING ALL THIS STUFF? THE QUICK ANSWER - NO......IS IT GLOBAL WARMING CAUSING THE SNOW RECORDS TO COME AND GO IN THE MID WEST AND EAST COAST AND SNOW IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA? THE QUICK ANSWER - NO....WAS IT GLOBAL WARMING THAT CAUSED MUD SLIDES AND 7 FOOT SNOWFALLS IN CALIFORNIA? THE QUICK ANSWER - NO.....IS IT GLOBAL WARMING, THAT JUST YESTERDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY 49 OF OUR 50 STATES HAD SNOWFALL ON THE GROUND? THE QUICK ANSWER - NO.....WAS IT GLOBAL WARMING THAT CAUSED THE "GREAT WHITE HURRICANE" BLIZZARD OF 1864 OR THE HALLOWEEN BLIZZARD IN 1991? THE QUICK ANSWER - NO......JUST ONE MORE-----WHEN THIS WINTER IS ALL SAID AND DONE, THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST (AVERAGE TEMP) WINTER IN HISTORY FROM EAST OF THE ROCKY MTNS TO THE EAST COAST....IS THIS GLOBAL WARMING? THE "REAL" ANSWER IS NO.................IT'S CALLED CLIMATE FOLKS......................THANKS FOR READING.