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Pattern Freezing Ferocious February

Amazing to think it's been three years since that storm already. Here's an old picture I have from it.

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Edit: Rome, GA, in case people didn't remember.
 
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What a wet Feb it has been here. Tornado warning here last night followed by another 1.5 in of rain. Over 13 inches already this year. another 2-4 in expected Wednesday. I care care less if i ever see rain again
 
pcbjr said:
Larry,
Records, and aberrations, especially those like what we're currently experiencing, though disconcerting, are interesting, as is most weather, so long as there is no resulting loss of life, limb or property associated with the phenomena; in this case, some warm weather, though not "fun", is at least "safe" ... however a long term early Spring cold spell would be far more enjoyable, and interesting, IMHO ... :cool:

And we may just get something akin ...

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Phil
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We did it! 87! Warmest met winter day in SAV history back to the 1870s!
 
Possible localized 10 inch rains across the Mid-South? :confused:

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Memphis TN
535 AM CST Mon Feb 26 2018

.UPDATE...

Updated to include 12Z aviation discussion below.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /issued 400 AM CST Mon Feb 26 2018/

DISCUSSION...

Two more days of February, one of the wettest Februaries on
record, and it looks like we are facing another heavy rain event.
A few light showers may linger this morning in Northeast
Mississippi, but most of the Midsouth will be dry with clearing
skies. Temperatures will rebound this afternoon. Highs should
climb into the low to middle 60s. Clear conditions will continue
overnight. Lows will be seasonable...in the middle 30s to low 40s.
Over the next 48 hours a trough will deepen over the Western US
resulting in strong Southwest flow across the Southern Plains and
middle to lower Mississippi River Valley. Weak southerly surface
winds will return to the Midsouth Tuesday ushering Gulf Moisture
back across the region. Dew points will creep back into the low
60s and clouds will return to the region. Late Tuesday into early
Wednesday a warm front will lift North across the area. A surface
low will track from West Oklahoma into North Missouri Wednesday.
Nearly all of the Midsouth will be in the warm sector of this
storm system for an extended period of time. Multiple rounds of
thunderstorms are expected to track from southern Arkansas across
North Mississippi Tuesday night Wednesday, Wednesday night and
much of the day Thursday. Widespread rainfall totals over three
inches are expected with an axis approaching 5 inches along and
just South of the Mississippi/Tennessee state line West into East
central Arkansas. Localized rainfall totals approaching 10 inches
are not out of the question. As a result, widespread flooding is
expected. A Flood watch will likely be required today or this
evening. There is also a risk for strong to severe thunderstorms
Wednesday...mainly in Northwest Mississippi and East central
Arkansas. The primary threat from any thunderstorms would be
damaging wind. Trees may be easily toppled due to saturated soils.
They could also be a bit top-heavy due to early blooms. Even 40
mph winds can bring trees down under these conditions.
However...it looks almost certain that flooding will be our main
weather story midweek. Rivers are already swollen and area soils
saturated, so flooding could become a problem with only an inch or
two of rainfall. Rain should taper off Thursday...but floodwater
may take quite a while to recede and Rivers/creeks and streams
will likely continue to rise. River flooding will certainly
continue through the weekend or longer.

Friday looks cooler and dry. The weekend also looks dry with
rebounding temperatures. Morning lows should be in the middle 30s
to middle 40s with highs in the low to middle 60s. Unfortunately
it looks like the beginning of next week looks wet again.
 
Feb 2018 will end up being either the warmest ever, or 2nd warmest on record for CHA. Pretty incredible. The last freeze was on the 9th. If this March cold pattern doesn't produce another freeze, that will likely be CHA's earliest last freeze as well.
 
They did it: by far the warmest Feb on record at ATL and SAV as well as the largest rise in mean temp from Jan to Feb going back to the late 1800s! This has been forecasted for a couple of weeks.

Major history made! Congrats! Speech!
 
Even with weeks of torching, I managed to get a -1 on last year on the average February high hah #winning.

(the actual average temp may very well have broken what was probably a record last year)
 
So I just looked over my backyard recorded temps for February and here’s the info. The average high was 56.25 degrees which was 6.25 degrees above normal. The average low was 37.59 degrees which was 10.59 degrees above normal. And the average mean temp was 46.92 degrees which was 8.42 degrees above normal. If it wasn’t for the first 15 days of the month just getting into the leading edge of the cold fronts I can’t even imagine how warm this month would have been here. As far as records I’m not sure exactly where this February ranks but I’m pretty sure it’s one of the warmest.
 
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