Winter Storm miss; warmest January night ever

The winter storm predicted for New Year's Eve into New Year's Day failed to live up to expectations. Although snowfall was predicted (as late as New Year's Eve morning) to arrive in the afternoon or early evening, nothing happened until after 2100, and then it was only rain.

The rain did eventually change to snow, with light to moderate snow throughout New Year's Day. We wound up with 3" of snow by nightfall. A brief cold snap followed, with the high temperatures for the next two days at or just below 20°F.

That was followed by several days of moderating temperatures, culminated yesterday with the warmest January 7th ever, and, in fact, the warmest January low ever. The official high of 66°F shattered the previous daily record of 59 set in 1989; while the official low of 55 erased the previous record warm low for January of 52 set in 1950.

January 7th ended with a line of strong thunderstorms, the preceding edge of a large blob of precipitation which has dumped slightly more than an inch of rain on us so far.

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awc 2008-01-08 10:06:51