-=> Quoting Mark Hofmann to Janis Kracht on 28 Jan 14  10:58:00 <=-   
      
    JK> I was reading an article recently about weather patterns "these days".. I   
    JK> guess what makes these weather patterns we're seeing now so surprising is   
    JK> that for example in NY, we haven't had temperatures drop below 0F since   
    JK> 1998.. and now we've dropped below zero (well below 0F) a number of times   
    JK> in two weeks.. brrrr..   
      
    MH> One interesting note that I read recently from a NOAA forecaster.   
    MH> The temps this week (lows/highs) in our location in Maryland are much   
    MH> colder (20 degrees on average) than the temp/forecasted temps for   
    MH> Anchorage, Alaska!    
      
   They're on the coast, or close, aren't they...?  They'd have some   
   mitigation from the ocean streams...  But it still is rather amazing,   
   for MD to be that much colder...  ;)   
      
    MH> The cold dome of air is located in a different location this winter,   
    MH> creating a highway for cold air to hit the northeast directly from the   
    MH> artic.      
      
   And it keeps coming back to cool us off again...  ;0  Northwest Canada's   
   been pretty cold, too, though... which is more normal for them, at   
   least...  :)   
      
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