New England Buries Another Climate Prediction; Indore Sets Cold-Wave Record; Cold And Snow To Wallop Europe; SSW Shift; + No U.S. Landfalls
The COLD TIMES are returning...
New England Buries Another Climate Prediction
Mount Washington is off to a strong start this winter.
A November 17 storm added 6.7 inches, pushing the month’s total to 42.5 inches — well above the long-term mid-November average of 35.6 inches, according to the Mount Washington Observatory.
Snow began in early October, and a run of powerful storms hit the summit through early-November — a foot by Nov 5.
Back in 2013, Boston Magazine warned the New England ski industry was “melting away” and insisted “winter is not coming:”
Twelve years on, Vermont’s Jay Peak is opening early with “more snow than we’ve ever had in November:”
Mount Mansfield tells the same story.
Vermont’s highest peak is flirting with record early-season snow depth:
More is on the way...
SSW Shift
The developing stratospheric warming is no longer centered over Siberia. Latest GFS runs now place it over Northern Canada. That shift matters because warming above Canada can push Arctic cold straight into the U.S.
