MikJournal Monday 03/20/2017...Last Post For Winter Page

 

 

Well, it's that time of year. Right now I hear the birds singing and chirping. We have already 'sprung' forward to Daylight Savings Time. So, without further adieu, let's move on to Spring and forget about this most recent so-called winter.

Okay, you're right. Just one more post about this past winter. After all, it still may snow between now and summer, even here in Kentucky. It's not common, but not impossible either.

If you follow my blog, you will note a running total on the side of the blog with our regional seasonal snowfall amounts, which has been currently updated as of the 19th of March.

Whitesburg, in eastern Kentucky, came in at 9.0". The lowest was Bowling Green, which came in at 0.7". I should have included the northern part of our region, like the Covington area, in with the snowfall amounts, because Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky (or the Covington area) came in at 10.0".

Yes, it is possible other locations may have recorded a higher high and lower low than the ones I follow, but this is just a representation of how our region performed in terms of snowfall, which was puny compared to the last few years.

On the other hand, the mountains in the western U.S. and parts of the Northeast had a banner season for snowfall. I will be updating some seasonal totals as a tribute or farewell in a couple months or so. It's a lot of data. But, at least I won't have to include our totals 😌

How about this March, huh? Louisville has recorded 9 consecutive days of below normal temperatures. That's right. The month of March is below normal for the month, as of this writing. But, is that about to change?

Signs of Spring are back at the drawing table. After a disastrous spell of damaging cold to the young sprouts of early blooming fruit trees and other flowering plants, warmer air is poised to move back into the region. Still, a few hiccups of cold air will penetrate into our region, but overall, it's looking like an above-average trend will be settling in.

Here's a look at the current CPC outlook for April....



In addition, the rest of the month should average out above normal, again with a few hiccups of cold air. Moisture will be more abundant than what we have had recently as well. But, our days of recording any appreciable snowfall is dwindling.

Looking ahead to my Spring page, here's a glimpse of what you may see....

Total Reports = 188

Tornadoes = 12

Hail Reports = 11

Wind Reports = 165 And..... Tornadoes 2017 2016 2015 2014 3-yr avg Preliminary Actual Actual Actual Actual JAN 141 - 17 28 4 16 FEB 115 - 102 3 42 39 MAR 111 - 86 11 20 38 APR - - 141 171 129 146 MAY - - 216 381 130 242 JUN - - 86 184 286 185 JUL - - 107 115 85 102 AUG - - 90 45 33 55 SEP - - 38 17 41 31 OCT - - 20 40 73 45 NOV - - 50* 99 23 63 DEC - - 18* 83 20 39 --- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- SUM 367 - 971 1177 886 1041 One more... Tornado Deaths 2017 2016 2015 2014 3-yr avg JAN 20 2 0 0 1 FEB 4 7 0 0 2 MAR 0 0 1 0 0 APR - 1 2 35 13 MAY - 2 7 0 3 JUN - 0 0 2 1 JUL - 0 0 4 1 AUG - 0 0 0 0 SEP - 0 0 0 0 OCT - 0 0 1 0 NOV - 5 0 0 2 DEC - 0 26 5 10 --- -- -- -- -- -- SUM 24 17 36 47 33   Come back and check out my Spring page, beginning soon. I will have severe reports, rainfall totals, drought status, record highs and lows, and so forth.   Have a good week.   MS