Happy 2015! Most likely, many folks can’t wait to clean the weather palate from 2014 and get rid of the bad weather they experienced (namely the “Polar Vortex”). Yet, when considering all events, 2014 wasn’t really that bad weatherwise…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 1/4/15
Read DetailsSouthwest Florida has had a few chilly days (and nights) in the past two months. In fact, until this week, southwest Florida has been averaging about a cold front a week for the past 8 weeks. And, according to the National Weather Service in Miami, FL, those cool downs have
Read DetailsEvery day, National Weather Service (NWS) offices report on weather records. Most of these center on temperature and rainfall; however, they can include anything meteorological or hydrological. National centers report on droughts, Great Lakes ice cover, national snow cover…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally published 11/24/14
Read DetailsAlthough the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC) data set has only been in existence since 2003, the snow cover the NOHRSC reported across the U.S. (and a small part of southwest Canada) on the morning of Nov. 16, 2014 is the greatest for the date during the last
Read DetailsImagine that the weather pattern this week and last week represents a rock concert. There will be lots of acts, many with different flavors, yet, all within the theme of the main program. If that analogy works, then, last week’s Typhoon Nuri was the opening act…To read the entire feature,
Read DetailsYesterday morning, it looked as though heavy snow was going to affect parts of south-central Minnesota. That snow came with a vengeance, especially to the northwest of the Minneapolis, MN area and then northeastward to the Upper Peninsula (UP) of Michigan. St. Cloud, MN broke a daily snowfall record, as
Read DetailsNovember can produce some early snowfalls in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.” But heavy snows across the Minneapolis area are somewhat unusual. The snowstorm that is affecting the area today and tonight (Mon., Nov. 10, 2014) may yield some impressive snowfall totals in and near the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St.
Read DetailsThe first in a series of strong upper level troughs and associated surface low-pressure systems (one of which helped spawn several days of severe weather and heavy thunderstorms) is exiting the western Great Lakes region today (Fig. 1). In its wake, a second, stronger system will be moving into…To read
Read DetailsLast week saw some pretty incredible storminess. First, an outbreak of tornadoes and severe wind and hail storms moved across parts of the Midwest and the Deep South. About three dozen people lost their lives as a result, mostly across Arkansas and Mississippi…To read the entire feature, click here. Originally
Read DetailsWhile another record-breaking winter storm crippled parts of the eastern U.S., many areas of the Southwest saw record-breaking warmth and a continued lack of precipitation. In fact, record reports documented by National Weather Service (NWS) offices soared during the past few days (Fig. 1). Fully one-third of NWS offices nationwide
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