We're heading into the latter half of January and many of us are still saying "where is winter?". I mean when you look back on the last months, we've had our moments of cold weather. We just went through a brief cold spell last week and have another blast of cold air ready to come in by this Wednesday...but these bursts of the winter chill are very short lived.
So what gives? Well, the reason lies in our upper air flow and the La Nina influence. Generally speaking, our upper air flow has not been favorable for the cold weather. If you want to know more about this subject just check out some of our older posts on the blog.
Overall this January will probably go down as a mild one but were not done with the month just yet. So are there hints that the weather will make a turn for the colder stuff?
At this point, I'd have to say NO to that question. In fact, we're expected to stay above normal for the second half of the month. The Climate Prediction Center or CPC seems to be on board with this idea and the Arctic Oscillation is suggesting the same outcome.
Overall we may not deal with the big winter chill during January but the season is not over yet. We still have to get through February - typically the snowiest month of the year.
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