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Coldest US-wide Christmas since 2000, locally since 1996?

Coldest US-wide Christmas since 2000, locally since 1996?

As arctic air begins to filter into Montana, Wyoming, Colorado late this week, warmth remains across the South and Southeast setting the stage for a pre-Christmas system to run in-between. The warmth should hold right up through Saturday, even Christmas Eve before the hammer comes down. AHEAD of the system, mild fights on and even […]

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Two Florida panhandle snow events in the same month?

Two Florida panhandle snow events in the same month?

Remember this back on Dec 8… https://twitter.com/weatheroptics/status/939625848310829056 MAJOR arctic trough makes it all the way to the Gulf Coast Christmas day. Check out the latest GFS snowfall forecast through 192 hours. According to the GFS, this snow event is bang on Christmas day… yes we know it’ll shift around and could well pull away from […]

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US: Cross model agreement… Arctic floodgates open just in time for Christmas!

US: Cross model agreement… Arctic floodgates open just in time for Christmas!

While models can still do a 360 10 days out, it looks pretty much a lock that we’ve cold diving south in time for Christmas. All the models show the same solution with predominantly mild this week. The question is how cold once we reach Christmas? GFS ensemble shows significant warmth across the board mid […]

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TWC: Snow Fell in South Texas, Along the Gulf Coast, Even the Florida Panhandle

TWC: Snow Fell in South Texas, Along the Gulf Coast, Even the Florida Panhandle

By Jonathan Erdman Dec 9 2017 06:00 AM EST weather.com Story Highlights Much of Deep South Texas saw its first accumulating snow since Christmas 2004. Before 2004, some of these areas hadn’t seen measurable snow in decades. Winter Storm Benji was also one of the heaviest December storms on record in the Deep South. Snow […]

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Texas Gulf Coast gets first snow since 2004

Texas Gulf Coast gets first snow since 2004

The last time the Texas Gulf Coast beaches witnessed snow was back on Christmas Eve 2004. Today, Thursday, December 8, 2017 it’s back!   https://twitter.com/_LeaveHerWild/status/939121823161245696 https://twitter.com/MDA_Weather/status/939103697807822848 https://twitter.com/MichaelCiaglo/status/939005702583885824 https://twitter.com/AllyD528/status/939127117056499712 https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/939118036547723264 https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/939064450522501120 https://twitter.com/WeatherBug/status/939120269918199809 https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/939135702100533248 https://twitter.com/JessicaSavageCC/status/939077008193212416 https://twitter.com/GregHeav5/status/939090972444590080 Impressive snow across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. North Georgia and western Carolinas will get hit hard from this. Interesting to see […]

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Atmospheric River dumps 15″ of snow in 1.5 hours, 40″ in 12 hours near Valdez, Alaska

Atmospheric River dumps 15″ of snow in 1.5 hours, 40″ in 12 hours near Valdez, Alaska

ARTICLE FROM CAPITAL WEATHER GANG Imagine going into a movie theater to check out the latest science fiction flick and there is not a single flake of snow on the ground. A couple hours later, as the credits start to roll, you mosey outside and are stunned to find your car buried in more than […]

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Parts of Mexico to see measurable snow before Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston

Parts of Mexico to see measurable snow before Detroit, Pittsburgh, New York, Boston

It’s been kind of a strange fall with record cold followed by record warm and snow falling in Georgia before much of Maine. Now it’s the Big bend of Texas and Mexico’s turn to see snow before parts of the Northern US. The cities of Omaha, Neb, Detroit, MI and Pittsburgh, PA have still to […]

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WU: Good Riddance to the Brutal Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2017

WU: Good Riddance to the Brutal Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2017

Dr. Jeff Masters  ·  November 30, 2017, 1:17 PM EST The Atlantic hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1 to November 30, has finally drawn to a close. The brutal 2017 season was an awful reminder of the huge hurricane vulnerability problem we face, and how unprepared we are for a potential future where […]

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Minneapolis drops from record 57 to 16F with 2″ snow within 15 hrs, CFSv2 weeklies firm up on cold December

Minneapolis drops from record 57 to 16F with 2″ snow within 15 hrs, CFSv2 weeklies firm up on cold December

Minneapolis topped a record 57 degrees yesterday and bottomed out at 16 this morning. With the aid of fresh snow, albeit thin, temps are unlikely to get out of the 20s through the next few days with nights dipping into the teens, perhaps upper singles. https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/938048958735241216 https://twitter.com/UWCIMSS/status/938108851831955461 https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/938057082481364994 This appears to be the first in […]

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POLAR FRONT: Minneapolis goes from highs near 60 to wind blown snow and 20s in 24 hours!

POLAR FRONT: Minneapolis goes from highs near 60 to wind blown snow and 20s in 24 hours!

With the presence of a deepening low you typically get warm southerly winds out ahead and cold behind. Well a strong arctic cold front associated with a deepening low crossing the North-Central states is pushing through Montana and into the Dakotas as of this writing. The first blizzard warnings of the season are in place […]

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