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Firstly, here’s two interesting article titles produced by the same journalist 8 months apart! After ‘years’ of poor rainy seasons and worsening drought, 2017 has started like a dream for California, if not a little too much too quick. While low elevations over parts of Northern/Central California has seen up to a foot of rain, […]
Colorado is no stranger to powerful downslope or Chinook windstorms. Yesterday was right up there with one of the stronger. It was the classic set-up with a strong storm system coming onshore in California with tightening pressure gradient between a high over Montana and low sliding underneath. The pressure squeeze is enhanced by the Rockies and […]
It’s been a fascinating last 5 days of weather. ONE SYSTEM dropped over a foot of rain and 8-10ft of snow in California and drove temps to 44 below zero in Wyoming and 40 below in Laramie, WY (5th coldest on record) behind the storm. The bombardment off the Pacific in the past week has left very […]
By Jon Erdman Published Jan 5 2017 09:23 PM EST weather.com Story Highlights A major atmospheric river event will take shape this weekend in California bringing a threat of heavy rain and snowmelt. The heavy rain and snowmelt could lead to flooding and landslides. Some of the greatest flooding since December 2005 is possible. Another […]
First the heavy snow and now WINDY Arctic high pressure for the Northern Rockies and Plains while the next big Pacific system drives underneath into Oregon, California, Nevada, Wyoming and Utah!! It’s a struggle to get above 0 in many locales from Montana to Minnesota and with still strong winds, wind chills remain dangerous! The latest batch of snow to […]
The Pacific storm track remains highly active with multiple systems traversing northern and eventually southern routes across the U.S while the continent’s cold pool sags south. A lot of moisture shall pile into California with big low level rains and high level snows. Huge amount of water for CA within the next 6 days! Big snow totals also! In […]
Jon Erdman Published: December 22, 2016 Like every year, 2016 had its winter storms, tropical cyclones, heat waves, cold outbreaks, severe weather outbreaks, flooding and droughts. However, there are some weather events every year that are just plain weird. These strange events could be one of the weather phenomena above happening repeatedly in one place, […]
I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2017 when it arrives…
The big interior Northeast snowstorm is underway with light to moderate snow now spreading across the region late Thursday AM. It’s late tonight into Friday that things really fire up as a secondary low forms off Cape Cod and sees a 24mb pressure drop before reaching the mid Maine coast tomorrow afternoon. As this coastal […]
By Brian Donegan Published Dec 28 2016 09:53 AM EST weather.com Story Highlights Winter Storm Fortis is expected to bring heavy snow and wind to parts of New England late Thursday and Friday. Most of the heavily populated Interstate 95 Northeast corridor south of Boston will likely see rain. Lake-effect snow will develop in the […]
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