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Originally Posted by Island Life
I'm betting winter will come early this year, too.
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The way things stand right now, you will be right. We've been seeing highs in the mid-70s this week. Tuesday felt like September. It's supposed to be the hottest time of the year right now. As I've said in other threads, one major feature of this summer's weather has been the non-stop cold fronts coming from Canada. They have been doing battle with the summer warmth, resulting in all the rain and thunderstorms.
One of those cold fronts - a very slow mover - was the reason behind the recent tornado in NH. Warm and humid summertime air was trying to stream northward in to New England, while the cold air was moving out of Canada and putting the squeeze-play on it. When moving streams get squeezed (like when you put your thumb over the end of the hose) the streams move faster. The air that day was moving at an incredible clip from south to north (and so was the tornado itself, which had a forward speed of 50 mph). That was all thanks to cold air from Canada putting the squeeze play on the summertime flow of air coming up from the south.
It all ties in, and it all points to more of the same followed by early winter (provided this pattern keeps up.) If it does, I think we'll see snow at the top of Mount Washington by Labor Day.