Arctic air reverses flow

 

For most of the winter, we had a bobble in the Gulf Stream which threw all the Arctic air on California.  That has ended now, and the air is pouring all over Europe.  

As well, we are seeing the return of severe clear-air convection.  Much more pressure on nasa when the celebrities spill their champagne.  This became a big news item in the 70's and nasa poured a lot of money into atmospheric physics.  Of course, that all ended when they decided that groupthink was cheaper.

ps.  Yes, big celebrities.  Go after naasa for causing all this.  If they had proceeded with all the 70's physics, we would have had monitoring for M9 convection cells, just like earthquakes.  But, no, we need more deaths and injuries....

pps.  whoops, Snark-o-Meter is going up.  blah..

Toronto snow ends for a while

 This is the Pacific plume pattern that gave us all this snow.  It's a plume that strikes way north, and then gets shoved down by cold air.  This causes warm air to cross the mountains at California, and pump up the Gulf air.  It's a bit like the game Mousetrap.

That plume has blown out, and the next one doesn't look strong.  So, it's probably 2 weeks for another storm.  I don't see anything that will change the major snow pattern for the next big plume.

ps.  the general forecast is for another 2 of these monster snowstorms as the Pacific pattern stays the same.  The summer will be short and sharp, maybe snow in May, and early snow in October.  Next winter will be colder.  This winter's warm Pacific air over Toronto will most likely not be repeated -- it was caused by a weird Gulf Stream flip, which should not repeat.  The uncertainties are large.

Toronto gets a foot of very heavy snow

 

Yeah, all done.  That was a foot of very heavy snow.  My 6HP single-throw snowblower couldn't do all of it.  I had to borrow the neighbour's 2-stage heavy machine, and I did his, too.