Stormy Pattern Headed This Way?

During the winter, we are always looking for long range trends. El Nino has impacted our weather significantly so far this winter. The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is another weather pattern that greatly affects the East Coast. Here are a couple links to read more about NAO:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_oscillation

http://www.appinsys.com/GlobalWarming/AO_NAO.htm

Basically, when NAO is negative, we will see an extended period of cold weather...something we have endured for most of this month. Latest data is suggesting that NAO will trend towards neutral, which means that it could get stormy for the first couple weeks of March (in like a lion?). We'll keep tracking it and keep you posted!

What A Day!

This was the first dry Saturday we have seen since January 23rd, I hope you enjoyed it! Here is a shot from our Skytracker camera in downtown Richmond during sunset...gorgeous!

Beautiful Weekend In Store!

Friday should be a great start to the weekend, with highs breaking above 50 degrees for the first time since the end of January. You may recall that was right before the big snowstorm in Central Virginia occurred the last two days of January. All that old snow pack, plus more new snow in February, and reinforcing shots of colder air in a deep trough over the region much of this month have kept high temperatures down in the 30's and 40's. Before Thursday, the highest temperature this month was 44 degrees, which only occurred twice (the 1st and the 11th). Enjoy the highs around 50 degrees this weekend, as it does appear our pattern will shift back to cooler weather during next week, with the potential for more winter weather by the end of the week.