Comments on: UPDATE 9:30 AM: Bit of wintry precipitation passes through, cold til Tuesday

By: NEWxSFC

NEWxSFC — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:27:09 +0000

When trying to decide how much weight to give an extended forecast for the AO / NAO…keep these recent examples in mind…

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/indices/ncep/20121214/nao.20121214.gif

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/indices/ncep/20121219/nao.20121219.gif

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/indices/ncep/20121221/nao.20121221.gif

Tank / No tank…
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/indices/ncep/20121230/nao.20121230.gif

http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/ssaha/indices/ncep/20121231/nao.20121231.gif

These forecasts are…at best…good for about seven days.

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:19:12 +0000

Will be watching the Red Wolves on ESPN in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in a couple of hours, Doug. We’re the training ground for SEC coaches right now — our last 2 have gone to Ole Miss and Auburn after just 1 year.

Will try to get a blog entry up before then.

By: Julie in Cave Spring

Julie in Cave Spring — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:31:57 +0000

Glad to hear the ten days of above normal temps have now been reduced to 4-5. I am a snow lover….. and hope for a big dose of it soon! With the Flu being widespread… we need a good cold snowy stretch to kill the germs! Thanks for all you do

By: Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft

Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:12:57 +0000

I hope that I can play golf Wednesday afternoon. Haven’t played 18 holes in a long time.

By: Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft

Doug G, SW ROA County, 1420 Ft — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:12:02 +0000

Good luck tonight to your Arkansas State Red Wolves, Kevin. They play in a college football bowl in Mobile, Alabama.

By: Clarkdocvet

Clarkdocvet — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 23:02:18 +0000

Hey,Doug,I’ll be checking my box…glad not too cold in Woodlawn,35*, cuz got home a while ago from Charlotte,and my upstairs heat pump is out!! Boy do I miss the ‘ole wood stove…

By: Gavin, Blacksburg 2,150'

Gavin, Blacksburg 2,150' — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:53:05 +0000

Doug, I first noticed a sundog around 1 or 2, but remember noticing it again some time later in the afternoon.

WD, they put equipment malfunctions at the end of the “Area forecast discussion” which I access from Weather Underground’s site at http://m.wund.com/auto/mobile/DisplayDisc.asp?DiscussionCode=RNK&StateCode=VA&SafeCityName=Blacksburg

I often get a chuckle on that page. The NWS staff write it with lots of abbreviations that a computer expands into English. Its logic creates a movie star name from Virginia’s highest point — Montana Rogers!! The forecasters initials notate which part of the report they wrote. One has initials ‘ams’, which becomes ‘air mass’!

By: wdbrand-SW Rke Co.-1827'

wdbrand-SW Rke Co.-1827' — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:24:36 +0000

At 3:34 PM- 52.2*
At 4:00 PM- 43.9*

By: wdbrand-SW Rke Co.-1827'

wdbrand-SW Rke Co.-1827' — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:11:06 +0000

Not to worry about the dopp. Charleston and Raleigh cover us just as well.

By: Kevin Myatt

Kevin Myatt — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:02:38 +0000

Looked like we were headed to about 10 days of much above normal temps just a few days ago. Now, it looks like Wednesday is mild (50s-low 60s), Thursday and Friday get a chilly, drizzly, showery wedge with lots of 40s, then Saturday-Monday are warm with highs 60-low 70s. Warm spell may only really be 4-5 days, divided in 2 parts. Colder pattern, for now, looks to start building back about 16th/17th or so, but if there is an extreme Arctic motherlode cascading over us, it’s probably 5-10 days later.