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It’s been pretty hot lately across Alberta and Saskatchewan with a lot of headlines of course coming out of the Fort McMurray area. Sadly this situation remains critical as the fire continues to grow. That heat extended south of the border with Montana reaching the low 9os. Amazingly a system sweeping through the N Rockies early this week […]
Those hoping for a BBQ Mothers Day weekend, your in luck across the majority of the South but for the Plains and West? Not so much! It’s looking unsettled across the West with showers or longer spells of rain but stormy in the Central US. A thanks to the latest Pacific storm pushing through the Rockies which will once […]
It’s another scorching day over south-central Canada with temps once again exceeding 90F in parts of Saskatchewan while it’s snowing in the Smokey Mountains! Fargo and Minot, North Dakota, even Winnipeg, Manitoba have beaten Dallas, Texas for the first 90 of the year today! Temps as high as 93 in both ND, MN this afternoon. Check out the […]
A lack of late winter snowpack and persistent high pressure has dried out the soils and built the heat early over Western Canada. With a gusty wind thrown in for good measure, the stage was set for what could be one of Canada’s worst wildfires. Here’s the Omega blocking pattern responsible for driving summer warmth north early. Core of heat […]
Easterners will have to remain patient on the true arrival of summer. We still have snow on the charts and with a series of sharp May cold shots coming down, we could still see the white stuff as far south as the Smokies where a frost and freeze remains a threat. GFS has snow in […]
The El Nino of 2016 had significant influence on the boreal winter of 2015-16 and it’s influence is now extending into spring. However, the El Nino is on it’s way out and giving way to likely La Nina conditions by mid to late summer but the ground work of the decaying El Nino will have already shaped the upper atmosphere […]
As I write this post, another potent low is crossing the Four Corners bringing yet another snowstorm to Colorado including Denver while Texas gets more heavy, flooding rains. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] This system pushes Denver’s precip above normal for the 7th straight month! This snow could be followed by another Sunday which would make for a 3rd […]
We’ve seen a big increase in rainfall over Texas in recent weeks thanks to a pronounced southerly stream enhanced by the decaying El Nino. This has wiped out the drought. The wet pattern isn’t ending soon as the trough holding over the Four Corners will seen further lows swing through and once over the S Rockies, […]
UPDATE: SPC has issued a PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) Original Post We have a dangerous setup on the Plains today! Juicy air already in place as southerly flow and increases along with daytime heating. Projected highs this afternoon. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Cold air sliding over very warm, moist air leads to incredible CAPE values. Another system follows […]
A deep upper low and trough sliding east through the Four Corners will set the stage for one of the bigger severe weather outbreaks of this sleepy 2016 season as warm, humid air lifts north ahead of the front. SPC have issued a ‘moderate risk’ for Tuesday. [s2If current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] Severe weather on the Plains but […]
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