North and South America
It really hasn’t been much of a winter this year across Chicago although, while snow has been sparse, it is colder than last winter at least. This morning marked the 2nd subzero low of the season at O’Hare International Airport and according to WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling, the low of 0 and wind chill near -20, makes […]
Tonight may very well be the coldest of winter up in North Dakota and over parts of Northern Minnesota as temps dive into the -20s and 30s but it won’t be for the Arrowhead region as they’ve managed to get down to -42 already. For Chicago it’s heading for 0 by dawn, single digits all the way […]
As we look out into the longer term, there appears to be a swaying towards an up and down temperature profile through the first 15 days of February. The NAO and AO are going negative in the 7-10 day and with the PNA currently positive, the snapper in the works’ may be that it returns […]
Boy what an incredible turnaround we are seeing across the Midwest over the past 24 to 48 hours as long standing warm records fell but now that the front has barrelled through Iowa, Illinois and adjacent areas, these same areas are now enduring a major winter storm with parts of Iowa receiving 1-2″ per hour snow rates, powerful icy winds accompanied by blowing and drifting. Nearly […]
The temperatures during the day today were simply amazing for this time of year with near 40 above normal readings to START the day over southern Iowa (pointed out by Joe Bastardi). Yes, it was in the low 60s to start the day and while readings rose during the daytime hours with 70s creeping into […]
BREAKING: TOPEKA, KANSAS HAS HIT 75 DEGREES THIS PM WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME JANUARY RECORD! The pattern that’s now evolving across the US is one that always grabs my attention and even excites as a huge temperature imbalance sets up from West to East. A major ridge now pumping warmth up into areas that shouldn’t be warm at this time of […]
The big story at the moment is the ice storm which is encompassing the Midwest and eventually the East Coast. Freezing rain, sleet and snow is causing headaches tonight throughout the Lower Midwest and into the interior Northeast later. Warm, moist air is pushing north and bumping up against cold air already in place. Many areas including Minneapolis, Madison […]
The snow and ice storm from the Lakes to Northeast will lead the warming for early next week, starting in the Plains now. As heights rise and slide east, the arctic air gets kicked out into the Atlantic and finally the coldest spell for the Northeast since Jan 2004 is over, however while warming replaces […]
A somewhat unimpressive system which brought a few inches of snow to the US Mid-Atlantic and ice to parts of the South is now pushing out into the North Atlantic like most do but what the models are picking up on is what is capturing the attention of the meteorological community. The models for days now have shown this low ‘bombing out’ […]
Since before I left for my vacation back on January 4th, I have been banging home the point that the 2nd half to this winter would be very different to the 1st and while it may be cold now, get ready because if the CFSv2 is correct, then you ain’t seen nothing yet my friends. While temperatures bottomed out […]
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