Winter 2020-2021

[MN Fisher]

And it has begun - clip from my phone this morning

 

[gim]

Ugh I had some at my house this morning too.  Its already melted now but its still a sign of what is coming.  We went from 85 and sunny to 30 and snow in one week.

[12poundbass]

Same here. 
 

 

[slonezp]

We've got a mix of snow and rain forecast for Sunday.

[Crappiebasser]

We would be sold out of bread, milk, and eggs with a blizzard like that.

[Bluebasser86]

[Hammer 4]

On 10/16/2020 at 6:29 PM, Crappiebasser said:

We would be sold out of bread, milk, and eggs with a blizzard like that.

And if your in So. Cali, you could add toilet paper to the list.. 

[NYWayfarer]

It was cold enough to snow here this morning. My lawn was white with frost.

[DitchPanda]

Wind chill this morning was in the teens actual temp was around 28 I believe..to early for this crap

[Way north bass guy]

No snow in the air here yet, but the last two days have been rain, rain, rain with temps not too far above freezing. Got the fireplace and wood stove rockin for the first time this fall. 

[gim]

Oct 20 in central Minnesota: snow falling heavily, 3-6 inches expected.  Winter storm warning issued.  BARF

[TnRiver46]

Batten down the hatches!!!!

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, gimruis said:

Oct 20 in central Minnesota: snow falling heavily, 3-6 inches expected.  Winter storm warning issued.  BARF

Ya, they're saying 3-7 here by Tonka.

[MN Fisher]

Whelp - final figures are 7" there-abouts in the Minnetonka area - up to 12" further south like Glenwood.

 

Officially - it's the second biggest October dump on record. Biggest? Halloween blizzard of 91 that dumped 30" on us over 3 days.

[gim]

It’s the heavy wet crap too. Heart attack shoveling as they say. I tried to use my snowblower and that didn’t work either because it came out like ketchup and just kept getting clogged with slush and leaves.

[MN Fisher]

I got a high-schooler that comes over and shovels for me. $20 well spent IMO.

[Finessegenics]

Yikes, that's a lot of snow for October. Just thinking about it has me feeling depressed. It's been cold here with lots of rain but nothing under freezing yet. The forecast does show that wet snow for next week though...

[MN Fisher]

St Lawrence must be moderating your weather as you're a bit further north than we are - 45.50^o vs 44.97^o

[Finessegenics]

18 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

St Lawrence must be moderating your weather as you're a bit further north than we are - 45.50^o vs 44.97^o

I think that's the case. I just looked up some simple charts on the weather here compared to the twin cities area. Your average lows in the fall months (October-December) are  colder than ours but then the average lows during the winter months (Jan-Mar) seem to be the same for the both of us. Interesting stuff, not really sure what would cause that. 

[Sam]

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/snow-siberia-russia-united-states-cold

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, Sam said:

https://weather.com/news/weather/news/snow-siberia-russia-united-states-cold

Got something a bit more current than 4 years ago, Sam?

 

[Bird]

Got 3 years supply of wood cut, bring it.

 

 

[Sam]

21 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Got something a bit more current than 4 years ago, Sam?

 

Hey Minnesota.

Dave at WXRisk.com, one of the many meteorologists throughout the world, wrote about this phenomena but I can't attach it to this post as it has been blocked by the Forum.

 

The weather people are always debating the impact of the Siberian snow levels and La Nina as to which will take over our winter weather.

 

The following was written for other weather individuals in October, 2020 from Dr. Cohen. Very confusing if you are not a meteorologist. 

 

Enjoy!

 

"In the article there are only two predictors mentioned ENSO and Eurasian snow cover extent (SCE).  It is amazing to me that as far as I know there are really only two predictors mentioned in the media used for winter forecasts.  This demonstrates how hard it is to find a dependable signal to make seasonal forecasts.  Of course, ENSO is universally used and Eurasian or Siberian snow cover is much more controversial and may even be more correctly described as a niche predictor.  And though they are not mentioned in the article, Arctic sea ice and extratropical sea surface temperatures could be thrown into the mix as well. 

 

 

Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover

Snow cover advance continues its climb across Eurasia and is currently near decadal means. Snow cover advance will likely continue to advance especially across East Asia the next two weeks as troughing and cold temperatures spread across the region. Above normal snow cover extent in October, favors a strengthened Siberian high, cold temperatures across northern Eurasia and a weakened polar vortex/negative AO this upcoming winter followed by cold temperatures across the continents of the Northern Hemisphere.

 

North American snow cover is also steadily advancing to near decadal highs and is comparable to last year at this time. The early advance of snow cover across Canada this fall, has likely contributed to an early start of cold temperatures across the Central US."

[MN Fisher]

And into the deep freeze we go - way earlier than normal

[TnRiver46]

We are getting our first snow, a couple weeks later than last year I think. It’s blowing sideways. Good thing we already have a gallon of milk! Hahahaha