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As we well know, May have been rather wet and therefore cool over the Plains but models show the cool/wet area expanding eastwards in June. Soggy May’s in strengthening El Nino years often are a precursor to a cool, damp summer overall and we’re seeing that trend as we head into summer’s opening month with only regional […]
Press release from Colorado State University. FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University researchers are predicting a well below-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2015, citing the likely development of a moderate to strong El Niño event as well as anomalous cooling of the tropical and sub-tropical Atlantic. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team […]
On the road but here’s a few thoughts on the upcoming hurricane season. Straight up… the warm PDO with strengthening El Nino (becoming a basin-wide event), cold AMO signal DOES NOT favour a big 2015 season, however that’s when looking BASIN-WIDE. Total numbers are likely to be below normal but this doesn’t tell the whole […]
It’s another week and another RAINSTORM for California. This looks likely to bring even more rain to California than last week’s. Yes the rain train is going as expected. A pineapple express pattern is in place with long fetch of moisture streaming into California with not 1 but 3 lows. Here’s the latest water vapour […]
There’s a lot going on with the upcoming Northeast snowstorm and California rainstorm but when looking out into the 1-3 week period, boy have we not some exciting indicators starting to reveal themselves. Latest snowfall forecast for the Northeast through 168 hours off ECMWF. NWS in the Bay Area are geared up for a smacking mid […]
As of 6pm, Hurricane Gonzalo remains a dangerous and potentially destructive Category 3 storm with an eye a mere 40 miles off Bermuda. Sustained winds remain at 115 mph with higher gusts. Pressure is still 949mb. This storm is likely to produce damage rivalling that of Fabian back in 2003 which was the last major hit on the island. Winds have already […]
As posted yesterday, there’s a lot of tropical moisture streaming into the interior Southwest over the next 96 hours thanks to Odile. Firstly, here’s the latest track of now tropical depression Odile. No change in projected rain amounts. Still scary for SSE Arizona, WSW New Mexico. If the system makes it over the AZ border as a […]
Part’s of Arizona including Phoenix are sitting at an astonishing 600% normal rainfall for the summer as seen by this NASA graphic. Just at the beginning of last week, the remnants of (weaker) Norbert came up and brought the below scenes to Phoenix Metro and ALL-TIME record rainfall. This was the track and QPF rainfall projections with Norbert. A seemingly worse […]
Hurricane Odile has slammed ashore along the southernmost tip of Baja California Sur late last night near the resort town of Cabo San Lucas as the strongest in recorded history. Estimated winds at landfall where reportedly around 125 mph which blew doors out of their frames. The hurricane continues to push north, pumping tremendous amounts of rich tropical […]
90 mph Hurricane Norbert spins just off the Baja of California generating. Here’s the current infrared rainbow imagery of the hurricane this morning. Sun is now up. Here’s the visible view. Yesterday’s view from Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of the peninsula. Live view of a wet and windy Loreto, located also on the west coast of […]
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