IEM Daily Feature
Friday, 15 March 2013
Friday, 15 March 2013
Streak below 50 degrees
Posted: 15 Mar 2013 05:37 AM
Warm air finally returned to the state on Thursday with the high
temperature exceeding 50 degrees in Des Moines for the first time since
13 February. The featured chart displays the streak of days with a
high temperature below 50 degrees and the date on which the streak
ended. The black dots are streaks that happened this winter season and
the red dots are for last winter. April 1 appears to be a boundary
that long term streaks are unable to cross. The reason is that
eventually increasing solar angle and warm air advection from south
will destroy any snowpack that exists in March and help to push
temperatures into the 50s. Another relatively warm day is in store
today before colder weather returns.
Voting:
Good = 39
Bad = 8
Tags: 50
Voting:
Good = 39
Bad = 8
Tags: 50