Wednesday, February 04, 2004
January Re-Cap; Early February Outlook...
Josh Larson @ 11:45 PM
Make no mistake, January was certainly a cold month in Washington, DC. You can see that except for a couple days early in the month, temperatures were well below-normal. (For those interested in some of the atmospheric reasons behind the cold, the Arctic and North Atlantic Oscillations (AO and NAO) were quite "negative" most of the month.) The National Weather Service reports that at Washington National Airport (DCA), 15 days in January had high temperatures below freezing; that's cold! As for snow, officially 6.2" fell at DCA, which is exactly normal. What does the first half of February have in store for us? Well it appears that we will continue to see below-normal temperatures for much of the next two weeks - the result of a persistent trough over the eastern United States. Precipitation will probably be near normal to perhaps somewhat above-normal, courtesy of a energized jet stream. Thus, much to the chagrin of school administrators and commuters, more wintry precipitation appears probable over the next two weeks...
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