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Misc 2022-23 Fall/Winter Whamby Thread

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Snowlover87 said:
It's really strange that Seattle only averages 6" considering they have had some really big snowfalls. They had nearly 70" in one winter. Have any of the big cities in NC ever had 70" in a winter ? It seems very strange for a city that averages 6" to get 70" in a winter. They have a really interesting climate.
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When did they get nearly 70 in? 2019 had the most snow in 70 years from what I just saw.
 
Snowlover87 said:
It's really strange that Seattle only averages 6" considering they have had some really big snowfalls. They had nearly 70" in one winter. Have any of the big cities in NC ever had 70" in a winter ? It seems very strange for a city that averages 6" to get 70" in a winter. They have a really interesting climate.
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I didn't know they had that much one year. So if they had that much in a year it's really skewing that average up as well. So they probably have many years where they get nothing at all . And I can guarantee you nowhere in the Carolinas outside the mountains has ever sniffed anywhere near 70 inches in a year. I think there has been a few with 20-30 inches in a season way back. But those days seem to be long gone.
 
Snowlover87 said:
It's really strange that Seattle only averages 6" considering they have had some really big snowfalls. They had nearly 70" in one winter. Have any of the big cities in NC ever had 70" in a winter ? It seems very strange for a city that averages 6" to get 70" in a winter. They have a really interesting climate.
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Well lets think about this logically for a second. Seattle sits at a high latitude, north of Minneapolis in fact. Seattle's average winter temperatures are mid 30s to mid 40s, plus almost all of their yearly average in precipitation falls during the months of November through March. The Pacific generally controls their mild temperatures, and their winds come from some form of westerly direction. However, some of the coldest air on the continent lives right on the other side of that massive Cascade mountain range, and all it takes is some type of freak weather pattern to push that air through the river valleys west to the coast. When that happens, the Pacific Ocean no long controls their mild temperatures, and if the pineapple express is going, you can end up with a lot of snow in a hurry.
 
Its looking like KATL should finish between +4-6F for December, I hope not more then that, but wouldn't exactly shock me.
 
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