MikJournal Monday 02/29/16

Welcome to the first MikJournal Monday leap day. Here is a couple of snippets from on-this-day.com

1944 - The Office of Defense Transportation, for the second year in a row, restricted attendance at the Kentucky Derby to residents of the Louisville area. This was an effort to prevent a railroad traffic burden during wartime.

2010 - In Japan, the Tokyo Skytree tower was completed as the tallest tower in the world.

Let's go back in time, oh, let's just say 1992, a random pick for another leap year.

...And here is your Billboard Top Ten for the week of February 29, 1992:

1.....To Be With You  (Mr. Big)
2.....I'm Too Sexy  (Right Said Fred)
3.....I Love Your Smile  (Shanice)
4.....Remember The Time  (Michael Jackson)
5.....Diamonds and Pearls  (Prince and the N.G.P)
6.....Tell Me What You Want Me To Do (Tevin Campbell)
7.....Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me (George Michael/Elton John)
8.....Masterpiece  (Atlantic Starr)
9.....Smells Like Teen Spirit  (Nirvana)
10...All 4 Love  (Color Me Badd)

...Or if you're into Country (for the week of February 29, 1992):

1.....What She's Doing Now  (Garth Brooks)
2.....Better Class Of Losers  (Randy Travis)
3.....Straight Tequila Night  (John Anderson)
4.....Maybe It Was Memphis (Pam Tillis)
5.....Except For Monday  (Lorrie Morgan)
6.....Is It Cold In Here  (Joe Diffie)
7.....Dallas  (Alan Jackson)
8.....That's What I Like About You  (Trisha Yearwood)
9.....Born Country  (Alabama)
10...Is There Life Out There  (Reba McEntire)


Notable weather events on February 29, 1992 included the following...

Boise ID set a new February record high temperature of 71 degrees
Danbury CT 62 mph wind gust in the wake of a sharp cold front
Caribou ME Up to 16" snow fell within a 24-hour period
Other parts of the Northeast like Vermont, New Hampshire, and upstate New York experienced moderate to heavy snowfall associated with the same storm system that affected Maine.

Now, back to good old 2016...Is anyone going to experience any notable weather events today? Well, not a whole lot of action to speak of.

Winter Storm products are out near Chicago, including Rockford IL, also parts of Wisconsin for snow amounts of 4-6" of the heavy wet variety type of snow, primarily tonight into Tuesday.

Also, high winds along the coast of south-central Oregon may produce gusts of 60-80 mph along the Capes and Headlands.

But, a developing storm system will take shape and affect our region with changing weather conditions starting tomorrow, bringing in the month of March with a lion-like aggression.

I'm telling you now, Old Man Winter's bag of snow chances are going to have to hurry and make something happen because his time is running out. The teleconnection patterns just are not aligning correctly for any serious winter weather around here.

As the month ends, there should be a barrage of data coming in on how warm the winter season was for much of the country, including the south, where El Nino was supposed to bring below normal temperatures to that part of the country. However, the severe aspect associated with El Nino's influence on the southern jet stream lived up to its billing.

MS