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[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Despite there being a strong -AO, it’s been a toasty October from the Plains to East Coast. Despite this nice tropospheric warming event which forced the tanking of the AO… This is the temperature anomaly across the US through the opening 18 days of Oct. There’s an abrupt shift now underway for the East […]
NHC has decreased the development of Invest 99L from 80 to 50% given the sheared environment it’s in and disorganised appearance this morning. The good news is that even if this thing we’re to develop, it’s unlikely to significantly impact the US East Coast. However, it’s the very eastbound frontal system sliding through the Tennessee/Ohio Valley that will steer 99L away from […]
By Linda Lam and Jon Erdman Published Oct 19 2016 04:54 PM EDT weather.com Story Highlights High temperatures in the 80s and even 90s are baking parts of the East and South. The heat has already set many record highs in the Plains, South and East. More record highs are expected Thursday before fall temperatures […]
It’s a storm with a split personality! Dodge City, KS hit 101F yesterday, their first ever 100 in October! Behind the front it was a chilly 11F at Marbleton, WY this morning. Bigtime flip in 500mb pattern and as a result a 20-40F temp drop. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] [/s2If][s2If current_user_cannot(access_s2member_level1)][magicactionbox id=”18716″][/s2If]
One storm, multiple personalities. The same system which spawn two tornadoes in Oregon and 90+mph wind gusts in 4 states, forced temperatures to a record 102 degrees in Oklahoma and 101 degrees in Texas out ahead and on the backside? dumped 16-24″ of snow! Manzanita, OR picking up the pieces from a record EF2 tornado. High […]
A 185-mph jet stream powered Pacific Northwest parade brought plenty damage this weekend. Midland, WA On the other side of the Rockies, it felt more like July! Here is the setup responsible for such extremes. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Yesterday saw 95 degrees in Amarillo, TX which breaks the record for latest such reading by over a week. Then it […]
Arctic Oscillation and Polar Vortex Analysis and Forecasts October 13, 2016 Special blog on winter retrospective can be found here – http://www.aer.com/winter2016 Dr. Judah Cohen from Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) recently embarked on an experimental process of regular research, review, and analysis of the Arctic Oscillation (AO). This analysis is intended to provide researchers and practitioners real-time insights on one of […]
By Linda Lam Published Oct 15 2016 07:58 AM EDT weather.com Story Highlights The coldest temperatures of the season have been felt by many in the Plains and Midwest this week. Record warmth will return early next week for parts of the central and eastern U.S. This is the time of year when large fluctuations […]
[s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] There’s plenty going on with the Pacific Northwest receiving a slamming this weekend. System 1 of 3 has already came ashore packing 103 mph gusts on the Oregon coast but the worst is likely to come tomorrow as the next storm comes ashore, it’s the remnant low of once Typhoon Songda. Plenty of rain […]
In yesterday’s post I touched on the stormy pattern setting up in the Pacific Northwest, in today’s post I want to show you the seesaw in temperatures this is creating further east. In the wake of the latest Pacific storm system which produced a major snowstorm over Montana, there’s a real taste of fall following on behind but AHEAD […]
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