By MARK HANOK
When Montana and North Dakota got much warmer
weather than northern Florida early last week, we correctly
predicted that the wintry conditions would quickly
give way to Indian Summer. The jet stream retreated far
to the north, with all the major storms far to our west or
along the coast well to our south. With this kind of pattern,
the next significant snowfall will be many weeks
away, and any change to a classic late autumn weather
pattern may not occur until Thanksgiving week. On Election
Day a developing storm system over the northern
Great Plains moved very slowly eastward, with a southwest
flow of unseasonably warm air well ahead of the low.
At the same time, high pressure remained in place over
New England, while an intensifying storm system east of
Cape Hatteras not only effectively blocked the western
low, it caused another wild upside-down temperature pattern.
Cool easterly winds blowing counterclockwise
around the low, kept temperatures well below normal
from the east coast of Florida northward to the Virginia
coast. The high was just 66 degrees at Jacksonville, Florida,
and with a cool rain all day the high at Raleigh was
only 58 degrees. At the same time, the mercury soared to
the mid-70’s in northern Michigan, and to 71 degrees at
Rochester, NY and at Minneapolis.
The “reverse temperature anomaly” signaled a continuation
of very mild, dry weather in the Western Catskills,
and on Friday a very mild southwesterly flow will send
temperatures to the mid-60’s with partly sunny skies.
áShowers will finally arrive Friday night and continue
early Saturday morning as a cold front approaches from
the west. A dry slow just ahead of low pressure that will
lift northward to the western Great Lakes, will bring
some partial sunshine mid-day Saturday, then a few
showers as the front crosses our region later in the afternon
and evening; highs on Saturday from 57 to 62 degrees.
Much cooler air will take over on northwest winds
on Saturday night, with the chance of rain or snow showers.
It will seem cold on Sunday, but we’re only getting
back to normal temperatures for the second week of November;
with variable cloudiness and some sunshine and
a northwets wind; highs will be from 45 to 50 degrees;
there’s the chance of a few showers. As a northwest flow
continues on Monday and Tuesday, look for intervals of
clouds and sunshine and highs in the mid to uppr 40’s.
Mark Hanok is an Otego-based meteorologist. You
can visit him on the World Wide Web at http://members.
aol.com/weathergazette.
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Imagine what might have been ...
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Time, if not traffic, moves on ...
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Canadian capital captured
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The importance of speaking up ...
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Book takes readers on path for equal rights
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Local Voices From Around the Globe: Experiencing India at every new turn
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Passing along advice of seeing the humor
