United States of America
The major snow, ice and rain producer of the past few days is clearing the playing field, weakening as it pushes through the Southeast. In comes the next feature but this, while could bring a foot of snow to parts of the Plains, Upper Midwest, won’t have the same level of cold to work with. […]
US: ‘Strong El Nino Pattern’ Very Evident Into December But More Northern Blocking January/February?
Now and on into next week, the strongly +AO/NAO will continue to drive a powerful and very zonal upper flow pattern around the mid-latitudes with an El Nino enhanced, hose-like southern branch that’s essentially pumping tropical energy northward into the middle latitudes. This means a continued active but largely mild pattern across North America. The GFS […]
Happy belated Thanksgiving to all my American subscribers and followers. Hope you’re enjoying the holidays with your friends and family. We’re now on Black Friday, that crazy time when everyone flocks to the stores to grab a great deal. For those who spent the night patiently waiting in line, outdoor conditions, as is often the case, widely […]
Rather than writing individual write-ups for Europe and US today I wanted to share this interesting read from Dr Judah Cohen. He sheds detail on the Arctic Oscillation, where we’re at and where we may be heading…. This complies to Europe/North America and Globe. Below article source: http://www.aer.com/science-research/climate-weather/arctic-oscillation AER scientists provide researchers and enthusiasts real-time insights […]
Today is the busiest travel day of the year for the US on the eve of Thanksgiving. On the road today? Looks like a tricky drive if travelling west of the Mississippi but up and down the East Coast, your in luck. Big snows are now affecting the mountains of the West from Sierra to […]
There’s a lot of snow and cold air headed for the Intermountain West and Plains in the run up to Thanksgiving. In fact tomorrow looks nasty if your travelling the high road routes over the Cascades, Sawtooth, Bitterroots etc as wind and heavy snow combined may produce blizzard conditions. Last year saw a cold and snowy Thanksgiving for […]
Despite the impressive blast of arctic air into the Midwest on the rear of one of November’s biggest snowstorms across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, November overall will wind up much warmer than normal east of the Rockies. Yesterday was a very cold day by November standards. However… month to date looks like this. It looks like we’ve a very interesting close […]
Following a record breaking Midwest November snowstorm, temps plummeted over the fresh snow cover last night. Visible satellite view of the blanket if fresh snow. Top snow totals for the weekend storm. Here is a sampling of official snowfall totals by state (compiled by TWC): South Dakota: Tea (18 inches), Sioux Falls Regional Airport (7.2 inches) Iowa: […]
I’ve been out digging in my garden this afternoon and into the evening (extending my driveway) and feeling rather tired so tonight’s write-up will be short I’m afraid. As snow clears and a cold sunshine returns to Iowa, it also looks like the snow is tapering off in Chicago. With at least 11.2 inches, it would seem the Windy City […]
With ridging driving warm air northward into Alaska, the building cold is being forced south. This very cold air is now connecting with the northern flank of the latest Pacific low crossing the Rockies into the central Plains. With moisture wrapping into the southbound ‘coldest air of the season’, much of Iowa, northern Illinois, southern Wisconsin and Michigan is in for the first major […]
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