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Originally posted by Mimosa

Kona wind storms such as the 14th Feb come from the west south west and are usually down drafts from the peaks disrupting jet stream so this is what we get,in the last 40 years been relatively calm as far as these types of events,but 50 to 60 year ago,very common yearly in the winter time.We may be going back into this type pattern for the next 10,maybe 15 years .
This current dry spell is minors,should rain again by Merrie Monarch time near around Easter or around March 8th through the 21st.
We have a old family friend who is in her young 70s,she lives near the Canadian border above Albany NY about 90 miles,she says worst winter in 30 years.Deep snow ice of 12 to 25 foot drifts and weeks on end of 30 below zero since new years.She is soon coming here to our farm in Glenwood to thaw and relax for a month or 3.
Mrs.Mimosa

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M'Lady is from Maine.
All her family is there.
We've been getting reports on the NE's weather.
They sound a little shell shocked.

Then, friends still in AK are experiencing a very warm winter.
Warm in AK and severe in the NE seem to go hand in hand from patterns I've noticed through the last 30 years or so.

Thanks Mimosa for the Kona Wind explanation.
It fits the pattern.
Now,I'll go looking for a cause for the Kona Winds.
That should be easier to work out.