Tag: arctic blast
It’s safe to say we have a very wintry, potentially worst week ahead with persistent easterlies winds driving frequent ‘sea effect’ snow showers in off the North Sea with enhanced polar-low system snow propagating westwards. So, the wait is over and the stage is set. Can I just say, what a textbook example of a Siberian blast […]
You know by now that the Eastern US just shivered through it’s coldest first week of January in recorded history, now it’s all about the warmth which quickly follows but on the horizon we have more arctic air on the way. Unfortunately with these rapid thaws come with flooding and ice jams. The thing is […]
The coldest air compared to normal globally is currently over North America. First the snow then the cold. Updated snowfall totals from the lake effect snow event off Lakes Erie and Ontario during the last few days. pic.twitter.com/gS7AbC9txD — NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) December 27, 2017 At least 24 daily record lows, 29 daily cold […]
We observed the greatest Christmas Day snow cover across the Lower 48 in 5 years as well as a record shattering snow event for Erie, Pennsylvania and historic snowfall for Seattle too. Seattle had at least 1″ of snow both Christmas Eve and Day for the first time in over 120 years! Seattle also tied […]
Check out these latest images of the Boston snow pack captured today by resident Chris Faulkner! According to the NWS, Boston tied the all-time record snow depth following the latest dump which dropped 22″ and this quantified as the city’s 7th biggest snowstorm in history and amazingly the 2nd top 10 snowstorm in the last 10 days. Boston’s seen the most […]
The NWS has issued a Blizzard Warning for the Chicago Metro as the biggest storm of winter get’s cranking. It’s already a snowy scene across the region. This storm will be impressive as there’s a strong west to east baroclinic zone setting up with abundant Gulf moisture driving into some pretty cold air. High moisture amounts […]
The air mass that’s ready to drop out of Canada sure means business. On the charts certainly but will it deliver the kind of severity we saw last early/mid-January when Green Bay hit 18 below, Chicago hit 16 below, Cleveland 9 below, Charlotte and Atlanta 6? Snow cover has increased significantly in the last 5 days from the 1st of […]
The latest in a series of cold fronts has pushed through Scotland and heading SE over England and Wales. The coldest air to date (Greenland sourced) is bringing the first snowfall to many parts of Scotland today. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Here’s the surface chart at 12z today. We’ve a true northwest flow blowing in straight from […]
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