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February 2015 will go down as one of the coldest February/maybe month’s overall in Eastern United States weather history. For many Midwest to East Coast cities it ranges as the coldest to one of the coldest. According to Michael Ventrice of WSI Energy, the 1-28 days of Feb 2015 is No 1 coldest for the Eastern US…. TOP IMAGE CREDIT: Ralph Fato (Follow him […]
The latest system diving into the Rockies and Plains will present a renewed MODERATE risk for severe weather Saturday. The SPC is out early with a moderate risk over the Central Plains. Here’s the 500mb height chart for 18z Saturday. Note the trough diving into the Four Corners with energy rounding the base. Perfect setup for strong […]
We have a busy week of weather coming up with a system crossing the country. The SPC has issued a fairly large ‘moderate risk’ area for severe weather tomorrow over the Midwest and so we’ll need to watch this situation closely in the next 2-3 days. Of course the tropics appear to be stirring southwest […]
After a long, tough winter in which Great Lakes ice reached the 2nd greatest extent in recorded history, an unusually cold spring has laid to a much longer, slower ice melt than normal. In fact, ice cover on the Great Lakes and Superior in particular has been continually ‘record breaking’ since late February into early March when it peaked at 92%. Check […]
We have seen a fairly significant snow, ice and rain event over the Carolinas and Virginia last night through today. Some mountain locations in the Carolinas have reported 8-10 inches of snow while half an inch of ice has caused havoc at lower elevations causing up to 300,000 households to loose power. The great news is […]
The opening 48 hours of March 2014 will go down as one of the coldest from Canada to Texas as cities from the Upper Midwest to Southern Plains endure their coldest March weather in history. While vicious cold extends from the Arctic to Texas, very warm, moist air resides across the Southeast and as a consequence, we are […]
The winter of 2013-14 continues to impress with all three meteorological months providing abundant cold and snow across a large swath of the US. There’s currently 64% of the country beneath snow cover and with another plunge of frigid air in the wake of the latest storm system, the coldest temperature of winter thus far dove into […]
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