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Official United States Winter Forecast 2013-2014

The overall fall pattern is unfolding as predicted back in August with a largely warm September and start to October with cold end. Also, as expected, the pattern is shifting and November overall is looking milder and wetter for the East while the trough repositions back over the West as the indexes flip. Based on all current […]

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Record Canada Cold, Great Lakes Storm To Produce 15+FT Waves

Written by on October 31, 2013 in North and South America, United States of America with 0 Comments

We of course have the storm system that’s spinning over the Rockies just now with heavy snow breaking out in the Foothills and High Country to the west of Denver but it’s also the weather out ahead of the system that’s going to be particularly noteworthy in the next 48 hours as some very heavy […]

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Mississippi/Ohio Valley Halloween Soaker!

Written by on October 30, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

It’s looking like a rather wet, windy Halloween if you live anywhere from the Mississippi River on east with the core of heaviest wind driven precip focused on the Ohio and Tennessee Valley. The storm system tracks NE up through the Great Lakes where it deepens but because of the +NAO, this system pretty much lifts up […]

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First Big Blow For Great Lakes Followed By Shot Of Cold

Written by on October 29, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

A storm system currently interacting with arctic air dropping out of Western Canada is helping bring a decent snow to parts of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming into the Northern Plains after bringing the first real snow to both Edmonton and Calgary the day before. Clear skies and with snow on the ground is certainly making for […]

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Alberta Goes From Warmth To Snow In 1 DAY, Warmer Times Ahead For Lower 48!

Written by on October 27, 2013 in North and South America, United States of America with 0 Comments

It was a balmy 68 degrees or 20C yesterday in Calgary, Alberta and in previous days, highs reached in the low 20s or low to mid-70s and this morning it started snowing and continues to snow through today. Gone is the major, even record breaking warmth which allowed Western Canada to enjoy some extended summer warmth but since it’s late […]

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Record Cold For South Tonight, Pattern Flips Next Week, Montana Blizzard, 1st 0F!

Written by on October 26, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

The cold continues in the Eastern half of the country and now that high pressure is settling over the Tennessee Valley tonight, clear skies, light winds and cold air in place should make for the coldest night of this current stretch with lows creeping close to freezing all the way to Atlanta, GA. I dipped […]

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US: Cold, Snowy October End Game To Be Followed By Warmer November

Written by on October 24, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

The radar  over the Great Lakes this morning resembled late November and not late October as near white out conditions caused hazardous driving conditions in many downwind areas of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Very cold air blowing out of the northwest crossing the still warm lake waters allowed the heavy bands of snow […]

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Early Snow Breaks Records Across Midwest, Heads East.. Texas Snow Next Week?

Written by on October 23, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

It’s an impressively cold, even snowy end to October from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with record measurable snow in Chicago yesterday. Many sites across Iowa recorded anywhere from a trace to a few inches of snow and even parts of the Ohio Valley are receiving snow up to a month ahead of schedule. […]

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Last 10 Days Of October Could Be America’s Coldest In 20+ Years!

Written by on October 21, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

Last week turned cold towards the end and this week gets considerably colder with the next clipper system dropping out of Canada and through the Great Lakes BUT modelling suggests an even colder air mass drops south towards the end of the month and that may bring some of the coldest temperatures in at least […]

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UNITED STATES PRE-WINTER FORECAST BRIEFING

Written by on October 20, 2013 in United States of America with 0 Comments

My Official USA Winter Forecast is due for release at the end of the month but I thought now would be a good time to show you generally how I think this winter across the US and indeed North America will play out. We’ve seen some very warm weather in the east through the first half […]

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