NAO
We've had a string of weather that's most un-New England-like for late January. Today it was cold and gray, but raining. Ordinarily we'd expect the ground to be covered in a thick layer of snow by now, but it really hasn't happened. Outside of a few cold days and some passing snow, my area hasn't seen any significant accumulation practically all winter.
That's about to change, according to New England meteorologist Todd Gross, who reports on his blog that the "North Atlantic Oscillation," a well-documented phenomenon, is indicating that the weather will turn colder next week.
Perhaps that's not exactly a eureka moment. After all, it is February, one of the coldest months of the year.