North and South America

As you know, the system sweeping through the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic Fri-Sat is no big snow maker. Expect generally 1-3 inches across a broad area extending from Minneapolis to Cleveland to Washington and from Charlotte to Hartford. Due to the cold air in place, there may be swaths of 2-4 inches […]

While modelling shows less snow on Friday for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic compared to a few days ago, one must consider the level of cold throughout the East and potential increase in ratios which could produce greater accumulations, especially nearer relatively warm water. The mountains of West Virginia and Virginia look to take the prize according to the models at perhaps […]

  If you live in the Upper Midwest and Northeast you don’t need me to tell you it was cold this morning, while it dipped overnight to -20 up in International Falls, MN it was a 0 degrees in Minneapolis but this is somewhat ‘warmer’ than the 24 hours previous due to the core of coldest […]

The next 5 days looks like this off the CFSv2. That’s an impressive shot of arctic air. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This follows but it is short lived, as you can see that while warmth covers the East Coast, the next surge of arctic air is already pushing into the Northern Plains and will eventually reach the […]

It was a frigid start throughout the Midwest this morning with lows as cold as -38 up in Babbit, MN. Chicago hit -1 which was quite impressive given the bare ground. As for the Northeast, the rest of this week will be the coldest in at least 2 years. Between Washington and Boston, temperatures struggled […]

Yesterday saw Minneapolis stay below 0F for the first time in 4 years with a high of -2, set just 20 minutes after midnight. By 9am, the temperature had dropped to -10F, the coldest so far this winter but during the day the warm-up was slow with a rise to only -3 before a gradual fall. […]

Lows this morning dipped to the lowest values of winter so far from North Dakota to Illinois as a storm system pushing into eastern Canada carves out the deepest trough yet. This trough has brought frigid NW winds across the Lakes which means the lake-effect snow machine is cranking as well as driving the coldest air yet into the Northeast […]

Two systems this week will bring a covering of snow, the first coats or covers the Upper and Lower Midwest as well as Northeast during Monday and the other, more significant system is being watched closely for later Thursday. A clipper type system riding the powerful northwest flow across the Great Lakes and into the Northeast will bring a widespread coating to […]

The much talked about arctic blast is now beginning to push into North Dakota with sharp temperature drops behind a front. This arctic blast will not only be coldest of the winter but coldest in 4 years for many as highs go from 6 degrees tomorrow in Minneapolis to -4 on Monday. Chicago may struggle to reach […]