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Up until now, winter has delivered the cold but not so much the snow. Well that’s changing and the snow is catching up and as of this writing. Heavy snow has now enveloped the Chicagoland area. Fed by a clash of warm and cold and a deepening system pulling moisture up from the Gulf has […]
Superbowl Sunday dawned frigid cold for Minnesota with pretty much all sites starting off below zero and barely getting above during the day. As is often the case, Embarrass up in the Arrowhead took the prize for lowest temp in the state and Lower 48 with -43 degrees registered both yesterday morning and this morning. […]
We’re firmly back into winter once again with a setup which sees waves of reinforcing arctic air behind a series of Alberta clipper systems. These systems gain storm status as they intensify lifting out of the Ohio Valley over the Great Lakes and into southern Ontario. For the Upper Midwest these aren’t particularly big snow […]
As is often the case during the winter months, it’s been wet in Seattle. So much so that 25 out of the last 31 days has seen measurable rainfall. https://twitter.com/NWSSeattle/status/959261608605188096 It’s the complete opposite in the Southwest and Texas. https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/959071311002660864 https://twitter.com/srcclsu/status/959473779297660928 https://twitter.com/wunderground/status/959180782504894467 https://twitter.com/NWSAmarillo/status/959242097298739200 https://twitter.com/glezak/status/959166982695325697 Blame La Nina which typically increases moisture in the Pacific Northwest […]
What a wild January for the Northeast and much of the country. From coldest opening week of a New Year since records began to least amount of snow cover for final week of January since 2003 and 2nd lowest since records began 15 years ago. It was a truly memorable first half to January 2018 […]
It’s normal for flights to be shorter heading east from North America to Europe than from Europe to North America thanks to the prevailing westerly wind and jet stream. You often shave 30 minutes to sometimes an hour of your flight heading from North America to Europe compared to heading west into the prevailing wind. […]
By Linda Lam Jan 29 2018 05:15 AM EST weather.com The recent milder temperatures will soon be a distant memory as cold conditions will return to portions of the central and eastern U.S. to begin February, courtesy of a weather pattern change. (MORE: Winter Storm Central) The current upper-level weather pattern will continue to allow […]
After observing the warmest January and mid winter days on record with rain falling in Fairbnaks, winter made a comeback to Alaska with persistent snowfall within bitterly cold air. Yes it can snow even at -10, -20 even -30. Truth is it’s never too cold to snow. The snowfall within -30 degree air in Fairbanks […]
Unlike the bombardment of Pacific systems, record rain and snow this time last year, it’s been a very different winter for the West this year thanks to the persistency of high pressure. Sierra snow depth last year vs. this year. https://t.co/HoJmcSuVcm pic.twitter.com/CQGNgyCucc — California Sun (@mmcphate) January 24, 2018 California’s ice box was buried last […]
Up until yesterday, the Minneapolis snow season 2017-18 has been pathetic with the biggest snowstorm being just over 3 inches. Then came yesterday’s 12.4 inch dump. This was the biggest single day snow for the city in 7 years. https://twitter.com/pdouglasweather/status/955816537973194753 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/956273233602506755 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/956285605025140737 Unfortunately, this snowpack gets shrunk as 40-degree air moves in from the south. […]
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