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Minneapolis just endured it’s coldest Halloween since 2002 with a daytime high of 35 degrees and more cold is dropping out of Canada to end to week. Reinforcing Canadian cold will sink into Montana and the Dakotas while summer-like heat and humidity returns to the South.. Quite the contrast developing.and clash zone for severe weather […]
Today’s winter forecast is based on all current global atmospheric/oceanic drivers in place, their current status and model projection. Here are the main factors taken into consideration for the upcoming 2017-18 winter for the US. Low Arctic Sea Ice/High Eurasia Snow Cover = negative Arctic/North Atlantic Oscillation? Arctic sea ice as well as Eurasian snow […]
The record cold continued to drill southwards and reached the Gulf Coast with near freezing temperatures recorded as far south as Houston, TX. This is an unusual Arctic outbreak for this far south, this early. Several Southern cities have witnessed their coolest October values in over 20 years. Back on Saturday Dallas, TX registered 34 […]
Halloween 2017 is looking fairly dry and quiet for the majority of the Lower 28 with a variety of temperature depending upon where you are. Away from the Northern interior from Dayton, OH to Bismarck, ND where it will feel distinctly fall-like, it’s not bad if not pretty mild to warm elsewhere from Big Cities […]
The end of October 2017 US cold wave has been impressive but interestingly there’s been little mention of this in the media. October 2017 joins only 43 other October’s since 1884 for measurable snow in Minneapolis. Only 0.1 inches fell at the airport (city’s official station) but it’s the first measurable October snow in 8 years. Beautiful […]
For the past two days, Southern California has baked in exceptional late October heat thanks to strong Santa Ana winds blowing off the desert. The sun is back up this morning with the potential for a 3rd straight 100-degree day for Downtown Los Angeles. One more day of record heat likely across #SoCal. #laheat #cawx […]
The final days of October will host gusty Santa Ana winds and record heat in Southern California and potentially record cold in the Midwest and interior East. Overall it’s been cold in the Northwest but very warm east of the Rockies. October 2m temperature anomaly so far for October. Late October Santa Ana/Heatwave Event Of […]
The West Pacific has finally woken up with the support of a strong phase 5 MJO. 1 system has already driven west into China (brought eastern US ridge/warmth), now we’ve Lan which is projected to become a super typhoon. https://twitter.com/RobElvington/status/919013629214597121 Rather than heading west, Lan is projected to take the northward ‘recurve’ track towards Japan. The […]
It’s back, the ‘atmospheric river’ season opens in style this year with copious amounts of liquid driving into the Pacific Northwest. Thank the ‘river in the sky’ spanning the entire 5,000 miles of Pacific Ocean from China to British Columbia. As well as powerful winds, record rainfall has affected several places throughout the Pacific Northwest. […]
Thanks to clear, calm high pressure settling over the Mid-Atlantic states, the last couple of morning’s have been seasonably chilly with plenty of ‘first frosts’ in the typically cool spots. https://twitter.com/WeatherNut27/status/920230876788789248 https://twitter.com/MWObs/status/920264625307947008 https://twitter.com/hbwx/status/920643259105497088 https://twitter.com/NWS_BaltWash/status/920626556153794561 https://twitter.com/SkyMagicMedia/status/920435424857862144 https://twitter.com/loonmtn/status/920251168466591744 https://twitter.com/NJSnowFan/status/920241582888161280
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