Seasonal Forecasts
It’s been a classic Plains temperature roller coaster in the past 7 days. While the final week of October saw record cold and even snow. November opens record hot. Up until yesterday, DFW had never recorded a 90-degree high in November. https://twitter.com/HeatwaveKGNS/status/926196246376837120 https://twitter.com/NWSFortWorth/status/926351922482892800 Just days ago, Dallas and North Texas was dealt with cold, frost […]
Last year saw a chilly Bonfire weekend and it’s looking chilly once again this year with Saturday night and particularly for Bonfire night looking to turn frosty. Over the next 24 hours we’ll see a cold front drop south and merge with a tangle of fronts lifting up from the south. This shall make for […]
Minneapolis just endured it’s coldest Halloween since 2002 with a daytime high of 35 degrees and more cold is dropping out of Canada to end to week. Reinforcing Canadian cold will sink into Montana and the Dakotas while summer-like heat and humidity returns to the South.. Quite the contrast developing.and clash zone for severe weather […]
Today’s winter forecast is based on all current global atmospheric/oceanic drivers in place, their current status and model projection. Here are the main factors taken into consideration for the upcoming 2017-18 winter for the US. Low Arctic Sea Ice/High Eurasia Snow Cover = negative Arctic/North Atlantic Oscillation? Arctic sea ice as well as Eurasian snow […]
Today’s winter forecast is based on all current global atmospheric/oceanic drivers in place, their current status and model projection. Here are the main factors taken into consideration for the upcoming 2017-18 winter for Europe. Low Arctic Sea Ice/High Eurasia Snow Cover = negative Arctic/North Atlantic Oscillation? Arctic sea ice as well as Eurasian snow cover […]
It’s been late coming but wintry weather finally arrived during October’s final week. An October which falls within the top 10 warmest October’s for the UK. https://twitter.com/MetOffice_Sci/status/923159977652518913 Cold northerly winds first brought the snow and ice Sunday to the Cairngorm plateau followed by high pressure Sunday night into Monday which brought the first widespread frost […]
The record cold continued to drill southwards and reached the Gulf Coast with near freezing temperatures recorded as far south as Houston, TX. This is an unusual Arctic outbreak for this far south, this early. Several Southern cities have witnessed their coolest October values in over 20 years. Back on Saturday Dallas, TX registered 34 […]
Halloween 2017 is looking fairly dry and quiet for the majority of the Lower 28 with a variety of temperature depending upon where you are. Away from the Northern interior from Dayton, OH to Bismarck, ND where it will feel distinctly fall-like, it’s not bad if not pretty mild to warm elsewhere from Big Cities […]
This morning comfortably marked our coolest of autumn so far with a widespread frost and minimum down to -5C at Tulloch Bridge. As our high slides off to our south, milder maritime air will quickly return overnight tonight. Sunday’s northerly air flow followed by Monday’s high pressure set the scene for this morning’s cool, crisp […]
The end of October 2017 US cold wave has been impressive but interestingly there’s been little mention of this in the media. October 2017 joins only 43 other October’s since 1884 for measurable snow in Minneapolis. Only 0.1 inches fell at the airport (city’s official station) but it’s the first measurable October snow in 8 years. Beautiful […]
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