Archive for December, 2017
It’s been kind of a strange fall with record cold followed by record warm and snow falling in Georgia before much of Maine. Now it’s the Big bend of Texas and Mexico’s turn to see snow before parts of the Northern US. The cities of Omaha, Neb, Detroit, MI and Pittsburgh, PA have still to […]
With an easterly QBO, phase 5 into 6 MJO, La Nina and perturbed polar vortex and reflective high latitude blocking underneath, many things point to a prolonged spell of cooler than average pattern on both sides of the pond. GFS ensemble shows the blocky pattern maintaining. Check out the 500mb height anomaly 5-day means. 2m […]
Dr. Jeff Masters · November 30, 2017, 1:17 PM EST The Atlantic hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 to November 30, has finally drawn to a close. The brutal 2017 season was an awful reminder of the huge hurricane vulnerability problem we face, and how unprepared we are for a potential future where […]
Minneapolis topped a record 57 degrees yesterday and bottomed out at 16 this morning. With the aid of fresh snow, albeit thin, temps are unlikely to get out of the 20s through the next few days with nights dipping into the teens, perhaps upper singles. https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/938048958735241216 https://twitter.com/UWCIMSS/status/938108851831955461 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/938057082481364994 This appears to be the first in […]
In anticipation of the incoming Wed/Thu system, the Met Office has named Storm Caroline, the 3rd of the season so far. Caroline is a deepening feature driven by a large thermal gradient in the Atlantic. Here’s Caroline gaining strength out over the Atlantic today. With this system we’ll get a taste of both ‘very mild’ […]
With the presence of a deepening low you typically get warm southerly winds out ahead and cold behind. Well a strong arctic cold front associated with a deepening low crossing the North-Central states is pushing through Montana and into the Dakotas as of this writing. The first blizzard warnings of the season are in place […]
We have quite the temperature rollercoaster coming this week with warmth early to especially mid week follow immediately by bitter cold , wind and snow showers snow to end. A developing low riding the boundary between arctic and subtropical will cross the country later Wednesday into Thursday. Check out the 24-hour 850mb temperature difference between […]
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