Bye Bye January
01/31/2009 09:27
Today is the last day of January 2009. A memorable January, this has not been. As we banish this wasted January off to the annals of boredom, I pray that February offers some redemption for winter 2009.
Unfortunately, the first days of February don’t really offer us much.
The “storm” that has been the buzz for most of the past week has all but fallen off most model runs (at least for us anyhow). The pieces are still there, but they just don’t come together as the models so evilly teased us with earlier. Moisture is limited in most recent runs, and we will be lucky to even see much in the way of rain.
There are some hints that we could see a passing Flurry or four late Monday into Tuesday and Wednesday. It wouldn’t surprise me if we actually saw a brief dusting in some places. However, the chances of an actual widespread Atlanta SNOW storm are pretty much off the table now. Of course if anything changes, you know I’ll post it right away. Miracles do happen but don’t bet on one.
After the non-event for early this week, February looks to continue the same old story of little in the way of wintery fun. The only glimmer of hope is that the models continue to be all over the place (i.e. anything is possible), and there is still a slightly negative NAO (see picture below). February still has potential to offer something exciting, but my expectations are low.
Unfortunately, the first days of February don’t really offer us much.
The “storm” that has been the buzz for most of the past week has all but fallen off most model runs (at least for us anyhow). The pieces are still there, but they just don’t come together as the models so evilly teased us with earlier. Moisture is limited in most recent runs, and we will be lucky to even see much in the way of rain.
There are some hints that we could see a passing Flurry or four late Monday into Tuesday and Wednesday. It wouldn’t surprise me if we actually saw a brief dusting in some places. However, the chances of an actual widespread Atlanta SNOW storm are pretty much off the table now. Of course if anything changes, you know I’ll post it right away. Miracles do happen but don’t bet on one.
After the non-event for early this week, February looks to continue the same old story of little in the way of wintery fun. The only glimmer of hope is that the models continue to be all over the place (i.e. anything is possible), and there is still a slightly negative NAO (see picture below). February still has potential to offer something exciting, but my expectations are low.