Written by Gary Lezak
Sunday, 07 February 2010 08:51
LRC Weather Bloggers,
Happy Superbowl Sunday! Washington D.C. and surrounding areas just had a massive winter storm with snowfall accumulations of around 2 feet. Who thinks that it is just a coincidence that they had a similar snowstorm in December? We believe it is the LRC! There may be an influence from El Nino, the AO, and other oscillations, but more impressively it is the cycling weather pattern.
There are two main aspects to the LRC (Lezak's Recurring Cycle) concept and my theory.
- Long term long-wave troughs and ridges set up during the early fall
- The unique weather pattern cycles regularly through these long term troughs and ridges
So, we strongly believe that it is the LRC that easily could have predicted the major snowstorm that just repeated, and the reason D.C. has had multiple near record to record breaking snowfall events this season. They will likely get another snowstorm this season before spring arrives and then a likely wet spring as well. I will be using this example as one of the strong showcases in my presentation that I am working on for the Broadcast conference of the American Meteorolical Society this June in Miami.
Have a great Superbowl Sunday. I am predicting an Indianapolis victory today! Peyton Manning is just too good and the Saints defense is too suspect! Let's see if our sports prediction can be as accurate as our weather predictions. Predicting the future is tough.
Gary Lezak
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 February 2010 09:06 )
