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As I mentioned in the forecast post this morning, a shortwave is moving towards the region, and will exit quickly this afternoon. While the weather here has been pretty quiet and subdued, that is not the case in central Indiana and central Ohio. A band of heavy snowfall has formed along a band of frontogenesis […]
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Snowfall Impacts Great Lakes States Over the Weekend
Each wintertime, plenty of snowfall impacts the Great Lakes region of the US. The proximity to warm lake waters and cold air creates a combination that produces a lot of precipitation along the lake shores and inland from them. Late last week and into this past weekend, a major outbreak of Arctic air spread southward […]
What Are the Odds of a Bowling Green White Christmas?
“I’m dreaming of a White Christmas/Just like the ones I used to know” (Video from christmas 123100’s channel) The infamous song sang by Bing Crosby rings everywhere around Christmas time. You get it at the grocery store, the mall, restaurants and in your car. This song creates a dichotomy between snow and Christmas that doesn’t really […]
Significant Snow Event Affects Iowa and Illinois
Yesterday, one of the first winter storms of the season impacted much of central/northern Illinois and eastern Iowa. An amplified and fairly strong shortwave trough propagated eastward across the central Midwestern states yesterday, setting the region to see a fairly significant snowfall. Much of the day, strong divergence was present within the mid and upper […]
Squall Line Causes Damage in Bowling Green
Above is a severe weather outlook issued by the Storm Prediction Center on Monday afternoon. Southern Kentucky was not in a slight risk (yellow), barely even within a marginal risk (hunter green). Why is this important? There was wind damage reported across the region, and some pretty significant damage across Bowling Green specifically. Monday was […]
Massive Wildfire Impacts Gatlinburg, TN
Yesterday afternoon, reports began to surface of Gatlinburg, TN being immanently threatened by a wildfire that had started in the Smokies just to its south. The origin of the blaze is unknown, but it was suspected that arson may be to blame for the fire. The fire started on the outskirts of town on Sunday, […]
WxOrNotBG Tweets of the Week
Twitter is a meteorologist’s best friend and worst enemy. Meteorologists send out hundreds of tweets per day, and it is such a useful tool for dispensing information. Many times, though, hype will begin and spread like fire on Twitter. Other times, it saves someone’s life. Therefore, Twitter sees the best and worst out of meteorologists […]
Tropical Storm Otto Forms
You may have noticed that I haven’t done a “This Week in Tropical Weather” post since Hurricane Matthew/Nicole. Well, that is easily explained by the fact that literally nothing else has happened since then. Hurricane Matthew made his close approach to Florida, and then the Atlantic went to sleep (basically). It has now sort of woken […]
On This Day: Ohio River Valley Severe Weather Outbreak
On this day on 2013, one of the larger severe weather and tornado outbreaks since 2011 took place across much of the central and northern Ohio Valley. The system produced over 70 tornadoes across 7 states, and Illinois/Indiana had 55 of those tornadoes. The system was well anticipated ahead of time, as the SPC started […]
First Winter Storm of the Season Expected Across the Northern Plains
If you read the forecast post this morning, then you caught the reference to this in the discussion section! If not, you’re in luck. The central and northern Plains states are expecting their first winter storm of the season, and I am kinda excited about that as well. As I mentioned this morning, the first […]