Spring 2015
HAPPY ST PATRICK’S DAY!! The above is current SST anomalies globally. CFSv2 SST forecast looks like this. April-June [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] June-August Notice it has a strengthening El Nino with warmest waters shifting into the eastern Pacific while it remains very warm up the West Coast of North America and cold in the North Atlantic. This […]
Yesterday comprised as a day of record breaking contrasts. While 20-25 above throughout Southern California and as much as 40 ABOVE normal on the Northern Plains, it was 10 below normal with all-time snow records tumbling in New England. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] The models are all over the return of arctic air and further record setting cold as we […]
While today we remain under the influence of the Scandinavian blocking high, feeding a modest chill in from a predominantly mild continent, we see this large system weaken and drift east through this week. An Azores high builds in to replace and this should herald some lighter winds and brighter skies also. Daytime temps will rise from […]
It’s been another hot summer-like day for Southern California and Southwest as well as the Northern Plains where records have melted. Temps widely 30-40 above normal throughout Nebraska and the Dakotas but it’s been quite different further east where winter’s returned to the Northeast with heavy snowfall over New England including Boston where they’ve officially broke their 1995-96 record for […]
You have to go back to November for the last time the NAO went negative but for a brief few days this week, it’s back negative. This is a superb upper air pattern for cold to get delivered into the UK from Siberia. One big problem, there’s NO truly cold continental air to get pulled in […]
Both atmosphere and ocean over the Pacific are showing signs of a strengthening El Nino (finally). There also appears to be a trend more and more towards a stronger El Nino as we head through summer into next autumn. While I would take this somewhat with a pinch of salt as models have frequently showed a stronger nino only to have […]
As warmth tracks northward this week, so snow pack warms and melts further. The deep Northeast snowpack is fair getting chipped away from the ‘southern edges’. All the yellow area is where the model sees snow gone by 48 hours. Still over 40 inch depths up in Maine. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Flooding Rain Potential 30 Above […]
The wind stream map off MeteoEarth shows just how busy the North Atlantic is today. Four lows are spinning and three are producing hurricane-force gusts. It’s all eyes on the high building and expanding over Scandinavia as this will turn our flow easterly over the next 24 hours. These chilly easterly winds will pick up […]
The spring warmth continues (as expected) to lift north and in response, snow cover continues to shrink. Meteorologist Tim Kelley took this image from outside his Boston home today’s. His snow depth went to 23″ last Friday to 15″ today. These temp anomalies across the country say it all. SPRING FEVER! As stated, 60s have […]
Article from www.weathertoski.co.uk Blog: Italian village breaks world snowfall record! Wednesday 11 March 2015 The sleepy Italian village of Capracotta, 3 hours south-east of Rome in the Italian Apennines, claims to have broken the world 24 hour snowfall record with a staggering 256cm of snow (8.34 feet) on Thursday 5 March 2015. Capracotta, Italy – Photo: […]
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