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The latest wind/rain/snowstorm to strike California is doing so as expected. Interestingly the rain which has fallen so far in Downtown San Francisco has exceeded the city’s annual average. The last time SF has done this was March 24, 2011, so a full month earlier than previous. Nice moisture plume connecting Hawaii with San Francisco […]
First it was Northern California which got the constant hammering in January, then it was Southern California’s turn late last week and now the Atmospheric River has repositioned back into Northern California. The Friday storm which is said to have been SoCal’s strongest since December 2010 brought 108 mph gusts to the Grapevine along with heavy flooding rain […]
BELOW ARTICLE By Jon Erdman Feb 18 2017 03:30 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights The first of two powerful storms is moving into the Southwest. Additional showers and mountain snow are expected in Southern California into Saturday. A second storm will bring heavy rain and mountain snow early next week to Northern California. It’s been […]
Big time wind as well as rain expected from Santa Barbara down to San Diego. Ahead of this storm, all river basins in the Sierra are running OVER 200% of normal snow water equivalent! The push of Pacific energy into the West Coast will translate to gusty downslope west wind and record warmth as a result over […]
Pacific storms slamming the Western US helped drive temperatures to historic levels east of the Rockies with Denver hits 80F for the first time in February while Oklahoma ties it’s February record with an astonishing 99F. Where it got warm along the Front Range, it turned downright hot on the Plains! 99 degrees ties the […]
Yesterday was downright spring-like, today is back to full blown winter and tonight, the biggest snow system of the year is lifting out of the Northeast after dropping up to 19 inches of snow in Connecticut. Thanks to 50-60 mph winds along the coast, blizzard conditions affected parts of the coast from Long Island to Boston. As expected, the […]
Wednesday was a record breaking warm February day throughout the East thanks to SSW winds blowing out ahead of an approaching storm. That storm will move into the region during tomorrow bringing a major 30-45 degree drop in maximum temps between Wednesday and Thursday as well as the biggest snowstorm of the winter from DC to Boston. Current radar. This […]
Arctic air is back over the Northern Tier of the US and ready to be drawn south into the Northeast with the passing of low pressure. The first low was an all out warm, wet system but the middle week system is quite different. Rain initially perhaps from Philly down to DC but a changeover to […]
When bitter winds blow WNW across an ice free Lake Ontario, heavy, narrow bands of snow get picked up and stream into Western New York for hours, even days on end. In the last 10 days, favoured upslope areas rising inland from Lake Ontario have seen incredible snow totals. NY’s snow famed Tug Hill Plateau region has witnessed upwards of 74″ within 3 days and 120″ […]
By Linda Lam Feb 5 2017 03:45 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights Widespread above-average temperatures may bring some record highs early this week. Cold conditions will return to the northern tier and much of the East mid-to-late week. An active weather pattern will bring widespread and noticeable temperature changes to much of the U.S. in […]
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