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It was one of the warmest May’s on record for Southern California, likely a direct result of the past winter pattern, warm waters offshore and of course the severe drought. Note the warm waters extending from the Gulf of Alaska down to the Baja. Warm water/dry land boost atmospheric pressure which results in warmer/drier than normal conditions. Those warmer […]
It’s the time of year for MCS’s and derechos and that’s exactly what we’ve seen in recent days. Check out the SPC storm report from yesterday and note the line of damaging wind reports stretching from Kansas to the Carolinas. This was courtesy of a MCS and derecho. Tonight we have another over the central […]
The abnormally quiet severe weather season has really picked up once again with the most active day since April. Powerful storms from yesterday and merged overnight into a large, long lasting complex of severe thunderstorms, known as a Mesoscale Convection Complex. These large systems which can span hundreds of miles is bringing damaging wind and large hail and […]
We have a busy week of weather coming up with a system crossing the country. The SPC has issued a fairly large ‘moderate risk’ area for severe weather tomorrow over the Midwest and so we’ll need to watch this situation closely in the next 2-3 days. Of course the tropics appear to be stirring southwest […]
After a long, tough winter in which Great Lakes ice reached the 2nd greatest extent in recorded history, an unusually cold spring has laid to a much longer, slower ice melt than normal. In fact, ice cover on the Great Lakes and Superior in particular has been continually ‘record breaking’ since late February into early March when it peaked at 92%. Check […]
While it’s been summery warm across much of the United States through the Memorial Day weekend and this week, there appears to be plenty of cool on the way. Here were the highs from yesterday. Mid 90s all the way to North Dakota with 80s once again reaching the still icy shores of Lake Superior… Below is the current […]
It’s been pretty warm across the nation since the end of last week, throughout the Memorial Day weekend and into the early half of this week. After another warm but predominantly ‘seasonable’ day, here’s the current temps across the US this evening. Note the cool in the Pacific Northwest and especially the Northeast where it’s […]
We have seen the response of the MJO over the East Pacific. Early development of hurricane Amanda west of Mexico and with signs of an early development on the Atlantic side within the next 10-15 days, one must look at the MJO. Sure enough, The MJO enters phase 1-2 which becomes favourable over the Caribbean week 1-2. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] […]
Before we get to the main subject of today’s post, I want to show you something quick remarkable. Something not unusual about Memorial Day was the warmth which stretched from the Gulf Coast to Great Lakes, what was unusual however and perhaps a first, was that while folks enjoyed a warm, 84 degree afternoon on […]
All model guidance points to a plentiful and helpful soaking for the Southern Plains over the next 10 days. 10 day QPF rainfall the south-central states. CFSv2 week 1-2 has wettest conditions on the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandles, right where the worst of the drought is! [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] When the East Pacific is cold, you tend to get more La Ninas […]
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