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ABUS34 KPIT 260052
PNSPIT
OHZ041-050-059-PAZ013-014-020>023-029>032-WVZ001>004-261200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT-A WARM WINTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
800 PM EST WED FEB 25 1998
...THIS SHOULD BE THE WARMEST FEBRUARY IN PITTSBURGH SINCE 1930 AND
THE WARMEST WINTER SINCE THE WINTER OF 1949-50...
...FEBRUARY...
INCLUDING THE HIGH TEMPERATURE...BUT NOT LOW...FOR FEBRUARY 25TH...
THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS FEBRUARY IS 44.5 AND THE AVERAGE
LOW IS 31.1. THIS GIVES A MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 38.3 WHICH IS
9.6 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 28.7. WITH MILD WEATHER IN THE
FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH...WE PROJECT THE MONTHLY MEAN TO
BE NEAR 38.6 DEGREES. THIS IS 9.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...THE WARMEST
SINCE 1930... AND THE 9TH WARMEST EVER RECORDED.
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ABUS34 KPHL 271902
PNSPHL
PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-DEZALL-MDZ008-
012-015-019-020-281000-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT - THREE MONTHS OF MARCH THIS WINTER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
200 PM EST FRI FEB 27 1998
...LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL HAVE THE WARMEST FEBRUARY
ON RECORD...
...FEBRUARY 1998 AND THE METEOROLOGICAL WINTER OF 1997-98 WILL BE
AMONG THE TEN WARMEST ON RECORD FOR MOST AREAS...
THE NORMAL MONTHLY MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT PHILADELPHIA
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IS 42.4 DEGREES. THE NORMAL MEAN TEMPERATURE
FOR WINTER IS 33.1 DEGREES. THROUGH FEBRUARY 26TH...THE MEAN
TEMPERATURE FOR THIS WINTER IN PHILADELPHIA IS 40.2 DEGREES. THIS
WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO MAKE THIS THE 3RD WARMEST WINTER ON RECORD.
THE WARMEST STILL IS 43.3 DEGREES SET DURING THE WINTER OF 1931-32.
THAT WINTER WAS NOT AN EL NINO WINTER.
FEBRUARY 1998 HAS KEPT THE TREND GOING. MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE ONE
OF THE TEN WARMEST FEBRUARYS ON RECORD. IN FACT FEBRUARY 1998 WILL
BE THE WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD FOR THE LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT. THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 37.9 DEGREES THROUGH FEBRUARY 26TH
ALREADY SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 36.8 DEGREES SET IN 1954.
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Jesse Ferrell - Meteorologist - j{at}weatherwatchers.org
Central Atlantic Storm Investigators - www.weatherwatchers.org
"A tornado? Why wasn't it dissipated by the weather
modification net?" --Jean-Luc Picard || ICQ No. 136862 ||