United States of America

The temperatures during the day today were simply amazing for this time of year with near 40 above normal readings to START the day over southern Iowa (pointed out by Joe Bastardi). Yes, it was in the low 60s to start the day and while readings rose during the daytime hours with 70s creeping into […]

BREAKING: TOPEKA, KANSAS HAS HIT 75 DEGREES THIS PM WHICH IS AN ALL-TIME JANUARY RECORD! The pattern that’s now evolving across the US is one that always grabs my attention and even excites as a huge temperature imbalance sets up from West to East. A major ridge now pumping warmth up into areas that shouldn’t be warm at this time of […]

The big story at the moment is the ice storm which is encompassing the Midwest and eventually the East Coast. Freezing rain, sleet and snow is causing headaches tonight throughout the Lower Midwest and into the interior Northeast later. Warm, moist air is pushing north and bumping up against cold air already in place. Many areas including Minneapolis, Madison […]

The snow and ice storm from the Lakes to Northeast will lead the warming for early next week, starting in the Plains now. As heights rise and slide east, the arctic air gets kicked out into the Atlantic and finally the coldest spell for the Northeast since Jan 2004 is over, however while warming replaces […]

Since before I left for my vacation back on January 4th, I have been banging home the point that the 2nd half to this winter would be very different to the 1st and while it may be cold now, get ready because if the CFSv2 is correct, then you ain’t seen nothing yet my friends. While temperatures bottomed out […]

As you know, the system sweeping through the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley into the Mid-Atlantic Fri-Sat is no big snow maker. Expect generally 1-3 inches across a broad area extending from Minneapolis to Cleveland to Washington and from Charlotte to Hartford. Due to the cold air in place, there may be swaths of 2-4 inches […]

While modelling shows less snow on Friday for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic compared to a few days ago, one must consider the level of cold throughout the East and potential increase in ratios which could produce greater accumulations, especially nearer relatively warm water. The mountains of West Virginia and Virginia look to take the prize according to the models at perhaps […]

  If you live in the Upper Midwest and Northeast you don’t need me to tell you it was cold this morning, while it dipped overnight to -20 up in International Falls, MN it was a 0 degrees in Minneapolis but this is somewhat ‘warmer’ than the 24 hours previous due to the core of coldest […]

The next 5 days looks like this off the CFSv2. That’s an impressive shot of arctic air. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This follows but it is short lived, as you can see that while warmth covers the East Coast, the next surge of arctic air is already pushing into the Northern Plains and will eventually reach the […]

It was a frigid start throughout the Midwest this morning with lows as cold as -38 up in Babbit, MN. Chicago hit -1 which was quite impressive given the bare ground. As for the Northeast, the rest of this week will be the coldest in at least 2 years. Between Washington and Boston, temperatures struggled […]