North and South America

There is no disputing the amount of warmth there is throughout the Lower 48. It has been just incredible how warm those readings have been with 70s in Chicago, DC while 60s have flooded the map. Despite all this warmth, there is plenty of cold air north of the border and boy, is it not […]

This afternoon’s blowtorch has many from the Plains to Mid-Atlantic scratching their heads as exceptionally warm temperatures rocketing to mid-September levels and 20-30°F above normal for Dec 3. Today’s astonishing all-time record warmth is a byproduct of the weeklong wild pattern which has hammered California and the West. As much as 23.4 inches of rain feel at Brandy Creek, […]

The pattern is becoming very zonal across the country and that means mild air will dominate the Lower 48 for probably the next 7 days. However, while there will be a chance of record warmth, a system crossing the Northern Tier next week will pull down cold air out of Canada bringing chilly weather back […]

A messege to all you cold weather fans across the US. Do not start crying about the frying that starts December. Yes, it’s going to get mild, how mild? 1, 2 even 3 day departures of 10-20F ABOVE normal, ouch! The good news is however that there is a ton of frigid air over a large chunk […]

While the 1-2, 2-4 inch snows are beginning to wind down from VW to MA, the attention now turns to California where a set-up known as an ‘Atmospheric River’ begins to setup with the perfect alignment of weather systems. This presents real concern for significant multi-day rainfall and consequencial flooding. A trough developing off the West Coast will have multiple […]

Appologies for the late post on this but through one thing or another I have been slow to get to you my loyal US subscriber. Boy, what a spell of MILD looms to start December! Does that mean a mild the month overall will be warm, no I don’t think so.. More on that in […]

Here is the latest snow forecast off the GFS for the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast snowfall through Wed. I am still going for a potential ALL snow event from around the Delaware-New Jersey line north but potentially SOUTH of Boston now due to a slightly further south track but I am not sure whether to now include DC within the ALL […]

Between Friday and today, the first of two significant late November arctic shots are bringing a distinctly December-like feel from the Dakotas all the way to Central Florida. The core of the cold was over the Upper Midwest Friday with highs only managing 10° in the Dakotas and by Saturday morning, as the cold air slide east as […]

  Well the arctic air has well and truely arrived in the Midwest with temperatures this afternoon a solid 30 below what they were yesterday. Minneapolis is stuck at 25 while Chicago rose to 31 and is now dropping, on their way to the teens tonight quite possibly. As the the trough slides east, biitter northwest winds blowing across […]