Seasonal Forecasts
There has been some quite incredible temperature variability on the Plains this spring. In yesterday’s post I showed Dodge City, Kansas but their not alone. Thank or blame the worsening drought. Dry air cools and heats much more easily. Take Gage, Oklahoma as an example. Within 36 hours the thermometer goes from 10s to low […]
Only in the Plains states do you see weird and wacky and wild back and forth temperature swings within a matter of hours and winter at daybreak followed by mid-July by dinner that same day! That’s exactly what Dodge City, Kansas got this week. Within just 48 hours, Dodge City went from a record low […]
When producing a seasonal forecast I like to look at several global and regional factors/players. They include the current and projected state of the ENSO index (El Nino Southern Oscillation index), global SST’s and particularly for summer, soil moisture content and rainfall distribution. Of course I also like to look back at previous years which […]
By Jesse Beyer Chief Meteorologist Global News April 12, 2018 This year, Edmonton has seen the spring of many seasons. We have had a massive fluctuation in temperatures every week in 2018, with temperatures fluctuating between +8 C and -10 C for daytime highs at Edmonton’s Blatchford weather station. The real story may be the […]
Thanks to a fairly persistent east, southeast air flow during early April, we’ve had quite the extremes on both ends of the precipitation and sunshine ledger in Scotland this month. In fact the driest, wettest, dullest and sunniest places so far this April have all been in Scotland. After observing it’s coldest April day on […]
After a disastrous spring last year with a mild and snowless end to winter, it’s quite the opposite this year. Scotland lost all of it’s snow by the end of summer for the first time since 2006, I don’t think that’s going to happen this year. Here’s an article that will cheer many, especially economically. […]
UPDATE: A storm total of 15.8 inches recorded at Minneapolis-St Paul Intl Airport between 13-16 April makes for the biggest April total in recorded history. Excellent perspective to see #WinterStormXanto’s handiwork during takeoff from @mspairport! #Xanto pic.twitter.com/WVZ9LSaeR5 — Justin Michaels (@JMichaelsNews) April 16, 2018 Here are some fun facts (or maybe not so fun facts) […]
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