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By Jon Erdman and Linda Lam May 25 2017 11:30 AM EDT weather.com Story Highlights NOAA expects 11 to 17 named storms this season, more than the 30-year average for the Atlantic Basin. The Weather Company predicts 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes this season. Warmer North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and the reduced […]
The great reduction in US drought area during the first 4-5 months of the year has been excellent for growing areas and is likely to influence the fast approaching summer. Greater coverage of wet ground and shrinkage of drought area should translate to cooler, wetter conditions across a broad swathe of the country in June. Amazing contrast between worst (2012) […]
May 18, 2017 will be remembered for it’s record breaking extremes. From 500+ severe weather reports stretching from Texas to New England of which 27 tornadoes were reported to UPPER 90-degree heat just east of the front to the 42 inches of snow in Colorado. Walters, OK reported a thunderstorm wind gust of 104 mph. While you could […]
It’s an incredible day for weather and extremes on this May 18. You don’t see often if ever, winter storm warnings widely over the Rockies where Denver could see 2-4 inches, Cheyenne 12-24 inches while it’s in the low to mid 90s up the East Coast from DC to Boston and let’s not forget the HIGH RISK for […]
A pattern of extremes continues with a record breaking cold system sliding through the West, set to drop 2-4ft of snow in the Western high country while record low/mid 90s swelter the Eastern Seaboard. An unusually cold storm is expected to drop at least a couple of inches on Denver while 2 FEET may fall on Cheyenne, Wyo. This […]
The Mother’s Day Nor’easter certainly was impressive as the deepening coastal low generated gale-force coastal wind, flooding rain as well as heavy snow. Nice swirl seen on visible satellite. Nice wrap around onshore off the Atlantic. Several spots above 2,000ft in Vermont New Hampshire recorded 4-8, locally 10 inches of snow on Mother’s Day. Dover, Vermont Deep snow at Stoddard and Nelson, […]
Below article from weather.com By Chris Dolce May 8 2017 01:00 PM EDT weather.com Just 5 percent of the Lower 48 is experiencing drought conditions as of early May. The change is striking compared to a few years ago when 65 percent of the U.S. was in drought. Drought coverage in the Lower 48 is at […]
Another weekend and a miserable Mother’s Day coming up for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. A Nor’easter will develop during Saturday bringing persistent moderate to heavy rain and gusty winds touching gale-force, especially along the coast. Winds grow strongest along New England coast. Feeling distinctly raw from DC to Boston. Expect to see local flooding and […]
Below article from Weather Underground Bob Henson · May 09, 2017, 6:16 PM Above: Patrick Clark inspects his damaged car after a strong spring storm moved through the metropolitan Denver area, creating rivers of hail, on Monday afternoon, May 8, 2017. Image credit: AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda. Windshields were shattered and roofs left tattered by […]
It’s been another weekend of wild weather across the US featuring a rather soggy side and a rather wintry side. Rare May snow blanketed the high Appalachians as far south as Tennessee and North Carolina. A trough centred over the Tennessee Valley saw warm, juicy air run up the East Coast generating training thunderstorms while southbound cold dove south in the wake […]
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