A cold front snuck through southwest Florida overnight. It’s arrival was announced with widespread cloudiness, scattered showers (generally less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall), a wind shift from southwest to north, a small lowering of temperatures and…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/30/13
Read DetailsOn Christmas morning, Chicken, AK (yes, that’s the name of the place) stood frozen in time at -58 degrees. Chicken is located in far eastern interior Alaska. According to the National Weather Service (NWS)…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/29/13
Read DetailsStep outside this Sunday morning (Dec. 15, 2013) anywhere in southwest Florida and you’ll likely have memories of summertime heat and humidity. Naples Municipal Airport (APF), for example, was reporting a sultry temperature reading of 75 degrees with an equally oppressive dew point of 74 just before sunrise…To read the
Read DetailsStarting today (Dec. 1, 2013) and tomorrow across parts of the Pacific Northwest, a complex storm system will herald the arrival of this week’s bitter arctic air mass for much of the US. With meteorological winter starting today…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 12/1/13
Read DetailsHolidays are not the time for major wintry storms.Whenever significant snow, rain and/or wind affects one or more of the major hub travel cities, there is always a domino effect. Airline flights in and out of the affected hub cities eventually influence flight delays…To read the entire feature, click here.
Read DetailsIf you live anywhere east of the Rockies (and that includes most places in the Deep South), the weather watchword for the next two weeks looks to be, “chilly.” This doesn’t mean…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/22/13
Read DetailsToday’s chill in the eastern half of the Nation is about ready to undergo a two-week recycling period. The current arctic blast plowed into the US early this week. Computer models are now indicating that by early next week another arctic blast…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published
Read DetailsHere comes the advertised arctic high-pressure system. With it, frost and freeze watches and warnings (Fig. 1) cover most of the southeastern landscape for Tuesday night and Wednesday morning (Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, 2013). In some places, especially close to the Gulf Coast, a freeze Wednesday morning…To read the
Read DetailsAbout two weeks ago, a large arctic high-pressure system invaded the US. This weather feature brought very cold air into the central and eastern states, even dropping the mercury to 35 in places like Atlanta, GA and 29 in Raleigh, NC…Well, history is repeating itself…To read the entire feature, click
Read DetailsFor the past week, a persistent upper level wind flow pattern has carried a series of storms from the western Pacific into the Alaska region. These have produced abnormally warmer and wetter than average weather in Alaska…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 10/21/13
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