Updraft: January 29, 2009 Archive

Not from around here

Posted at 7:28 AM on January 29, 2009 by Craig Edwards (1 Comments)

When writing about the President's first 100 days in office, remember to include the fact that he expects to work through the elements. President Obama commented on the school closings in Washington D.C. yesterday for a little ice accumulation at daybreak.

Asked if he meant the people of the national's capital are wimps, Obama said: "I'm saying, when it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don't seem to be able to handle things

If you are from the Windy City you develop in little endurance of winter weather. That is untll you turn about 60.

CE
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Warm thoughts on a(nother) cold day

Posted at 4:06 PM on January 29, 2009 by Paul Huttner (4 Comments)

Tucson basks in warm Arizona sunshine today

Here's a bulletin: It's cold in Minnesota.

We are ready to close out the month of January around 6 degrees below average.

From the news headlines with a cold inauguration, a plane down in an icy Hudson River and wicked ice storms you'd think we're on the verge of another ice age everywhere in the good ol' USA. We're not.

Draw a line from Rapid City to Omaha to Little Rock to Dallas. Everywhere south and west of that line is running above average for the month. That's a pretty good chunk of the nation.

That's basically because the polar front jet stream has been running along and north of that line for much of the month.

Rapid City has had 4 days in the 60's and is running 1.2 degrees above average for the month.

Want more?

Phoenix +2.7
LA +2.8
Vegas +4.0
Dallas +4.4
Denver +5.5

The same amplitude of jet stream waves that produces warmth in Alaska when we are cold tends to keep the western U.S. warm during our arctic outbreaks.

Bring on February!

PH

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