Jet stream flip-flop: Alaska is warmer than the Lower 48 again

[Blue_In_AK]

http://www.adn.com/2014/01/22/3285845/go-figure-alaska-is-warmer-than.html

WASHINGTON — The weather seems more than a bit upside down.

The average temperature for the Lower 48 states midmorning Wednesday was a chilly 22 degrees. The average temperature for the entire state of Alaska at the same time was 24 degrees, according to calculations by Weather Bell Analytics meteorologist Ryan Maue.

Parts of Alaska were 30 degrees warmer than normal, southeastern Alaska hit 57 earlier in the week and the forecast for the rest of week was more unseasonable warmth, said National Weather Service climate science manager Rick Thoman in Fairbanks. He said it's possible that the state record January high of 62 could be broken later this week.

Atlanta dropped to 16, Washington, D.C., to 9 and Central Park in New York fell to 7 on Wednesday.

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[Demeter]

1. Finland is warmer!

This week it's about the same, actually...last vortex, it was above freezing there, below zero in Ann Arbor, MI

[NV Whino]

2. Well, except for California

I've been running around in T-shirts for weeks.

But seriously, truck some of that moisture down here.

[marybourg]

5. And AZ

75 here

[Blue_In_AK]

6. I wish I could, NV

I couldn't believe how warm and dry it was down there when we were down last week. Not at all like I remember January in California.

[shenmue]

3. It'll be good when this is done

I will be happy when spring is here.

[tridim]

4. Agreed, Spring is going to be extra special this year.

Gawd I love Spring.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. We didn't even have spring last year.

It was snowing until the middle of May and then it was suddenly our hottest summer on record. So weird.

[shenmue]

9. Wow

[countryjake]

7. Here in WA, there's this odd yellow ball up in the sky...

It pops up there almost every morning, locals are stumped and a bit worried over its ominous appearance.




I've not seen so much sunshine during the winter months in western wa in all of my 34 yrs of living here. I moved out here because I love the rain and gray skies, where oh where could they have gone?