As active as this hurricane season has been........

[NCGal]

Does that mean that we have to watch out this Winter for above normal snow and ice??? Just curious...

[Guest]

Does that mean that we have to watch out this Winter for above normal snow and ice??? Just curious...

I think thats a load of BS. Look at the past 9 winters. Most have been above normal except for 02-03 "el Nino", and 95-96. Another thing is a strong Atlantic high the past few seasons is also another reason why the winters in the east and parts of the Midwest such as Missouri have been warm. Although this season the azores high is not quite as strong. I can recall a couple years back in South Florida in late Nov, early Dec I was hitting 80s for the high and it was very humid because of a easterly flow which is more of a summer pattern. Also stronger High could be the reason hurricane seasons has lasted longer the past year and warmer wx. There are other factors that come into play of what kind of winter to have. Although I will say winter wx I think it almost impossible to predict unless El Nino.

[Patrick99]

For South Florida this winter, I believe the fronts will come through - but winds will come around easterly quickly, and not really allow any Arctic air to take a foothold. I think it will be another warm, one-month winter in Miami, similar to last year. Other than January, we had no winter.

[cswitwer]

Local lore here includes a large snowfall (for Charleston) 6-8 weeks after Hugo, but I haven't researched that.

[Stormsfury]

Hurricane Hugo hit on the first day of fall ...

The Christmas Snowstorm in Coastal Carolinas, including Charleston, began on the first day of winter ...

By my OWN research, there seems to be some correlation to snowstorms either prior to a hurricane or afterwards at or near a location affected directly by a hurricane (although, this rule doesn't apply to Florida, and Coastal Texas and the Gulf Coast) ... not very scientific by any means, BUT very interesting ... which actually lies in principal storm tracks due to the overall weather pattern ...

Isabel last year, followed by the exceptionally heavy snowfall in the Carolinas, and Virginia in February ...

Andrew in 1992, followed by the Superstorm of 1993 ... (although, this can also have some ties to Mt. Pinatubo's some 25 major eruptions as well) ...

Hurricane Floyd in 1999, followed by the Carolina Crusher in 2000 ... (January 24th-25th, 2000) ...

I would LOVE to be able to put some more in the way of scientific research into this, much like the "hurricane corridors" and the principal idea of the 1st or 2nd Tropical Cyclone rule with a general idea of where storms are going to track or intersect at a common point ... and the idea basically relates the same way to major snowstorms ...

SF

[Guest]

For South Florida this winter, I believe the fronts will come through - but winds will come around easterly quickly, and not really allow any Arctic air to take a foothold. I think it will be another warm, one-month winter in Miami, similar to last year. Other than January, we had no winter.

One thing is that SE Florida coast winters are different then the West coast. Example night time temps would always be up to 5 degrees cooler on the west coast then the East coast. So thats why it seems winter doesnt last long on the east coast cause of the Gulf Stream and the warm waters from it and the Bahamas keep Miami, ect warmer at night.