Archive for October, 2017
The final days of October will host gusty Santa Ana winds and record heat in Southern California and potentially record cold in the Midwest and interior East. Overall it’s been cold in the Northwest but very warm east of the Rockies. October 2m temperature anomaly so far for October. Late October Santa Ana/Heatwave Event Of […]
As we close the door to autumn’s 2nd month there’s contradiction in the modelling around the end of Oct/beginning of November solution. GFS ensemble indicates a turn to much cooler around Halloween on into the opening days of November, a change from recent years while the CFSv2 weeklies hold on to the milder theme. GFS ensemble […]
The West Pacific has finally woken up with the support of a strong phase 5 MJO. 1 system has already driven west into China (brought eastern US ridge/warmth), now we’ve Lan which is projected to become a super typhoon. High amplitude phase 5 MJO in the forecast for the next 2 weeks. Tends to be a […]
It’s back, the ‘atmospheric river’ season opens in style this year with copious amounts of liquid driving into the Pacific Northwest. Thank the ‘river in the sky’ spanning the entire 5,000 miles of Pacific Ocean from China to British Columbia. As well as powerful winds, record rainfall has affected several places throughout the Pacific Northwest. […]
After weeks of dealing with hurricanes, former hurricanes and storms, we’re edging ever closer to winter, the season many of us are longing for. Up until now it’s been all about the Atlantic with no mention of the Arctic. This will inevitably change as we head into November. So far, our setup has very much […]
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