Hey GaWx love your insight. Wasn't January 21, 1985,, a day I will never forget in Atlanta, a La Nina year? Temps dropped from 56 to 14 in about 4 hours then down to -8 at KATL, I had -11..
Thank you, you are quite an asset to this board.I was there! It was a very similarly strengthed 2nd year La Nina as a matter of fact that was preceded by a similarly very warm Dec. that also had a near record -PNA, was in the warm MJO phases, and was warmer than November of 1984. January came along with the left side MJO and a transition to very strong +PNA along with very strong -NAO/-AO and then came history with cold throughout the month highlighted by the monster cold front 1/21. What's different about Jan 2022 is that the forecast for the first half of January is neutral AO and slightly +NAO.
Coincidentally, the record high that CLT set today of 78 broke the previous record of 74 on 1/1/1985I was there! It was a very similarly strengthed 2nd year La Nina as a matter of fact that was preceded by a similarly very warm Dec. that also had a near record -PNA, was in the warm MJO phases, and was warmer than November of 1984. January came along with the left side MJO and a transition to very strong +PNA along with very strong -NAO/-AO and then came history with cold throughout the month highlighted by the monster cold front 1/21. What's different about Jan 2022 is that the forecast for the first half of January is neutral AO and slightly +NAO.
Coincidentally, the record high that CLT set today of 78 broke the previous record of 74 on 1/1/1985
I was only 8 that winter, but I do have some memory of that cold front on 1/21. It was a Sunday and the front actually came through while we were in church that morning. It was in the 30s when we went into church, and we came out it was snowing lightly with a coating on the ground and the temperature had dropped to 11… it was in the single digits most of the afternoonYeah, I see that the first two days of January 1985 were mild though I didn't realize that was the old record high at Charlotte. Then the bottom fell out with January 4th-February 16th dominated by intense cold due to a bunch of Arctic highs. Only 9 of those 43 days didn't have a freeze and only 3 warmer than 35 at KATL! So, there was a lot more to the cold than just the historic 1/21 cold front though naturally that's what those of us around then remember the most by far about that winter. If only we had the -AO/-NAO back!
Got my new tempest set up just in time for the big front tomorrow. Oddly enough I’ve warmed from 65 to 68 in the last hour. Classic New Year’s Day temps ?
Can we say round 2???
Mby would be ok with thatThe lack of tall ridging out west from this really hurts us in this case so it’s hard to dig View attachment 100991
Would be a quick hitter but maybe a better chance at small accumulation than this upcoming eventThe lack of tall ridging out west from this really hurts us in this case so it’s hard to dig View attachment 100991