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Over the past few days, the weather models had been honing in on a strong piece of atmospheric energy diving southeastward out of southern Canada. This was forecast to force a strong surface low that would explosively develop just off the northeastern coast. Associated with this would be strong dynamics, and the ability to force […]
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Christmas Blizzard Affects Upper Midwest
Yesterday, you likely noticed the unseasonable warmth across the region. Temperatures quickly warmed into the 70s across southern Kentucky, making Christmas feel more like Spring. But why was this; why did it get so warm? Well, off to our west, a strong surface low began to develop on the lee side of the Rocky Mountains. This […]
Winter Storm to Impact Much of the Northern US
I feel like this has been a common theme recently. We all get really cold, and then a major storm system developed and moves eastward. What does it do? it advects warm air here locally, leaving us with pure rain and no snow to hope about. While we may be able to hope for snow this […]
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 […]
Opinion: Flash Flooding Needs to Be Severe Criteria
I think people are way too critical of National Weather Service official criteria. Some say “Why don’t you issue warnings for 30 mph winds,” while others say, “I will not acknowledge a warning for a storm that is not of that strength!” It goes on and on with the nitpicking, ridiculous suggestions and opinions that aren’t […]
Incredible Flooding in Minnesota
On Monday evening, a boundary that was laid across northern Minnesota and Wisconsin by overnight convection was a forcing mechanism and a steering mechanism for heavy rainfall. The region saw multiple rounds of convection throughout the day, and this rainfall trained over the region for hours. The environment was prime for crazy amounts of rainfall […]
LeBron James’ Weather News of the Weekend
Sunday night, one of the biggest sports stories of the year wrote itself. After over 50 years without a sports championship, LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won an NBA Championship, the first in the franchise’s history. Not only did they make history in that sense, but the Cavs were the first team in NBA […]
Sixth Anniversary of Infamous Tornado Outbreak was Saturday
On Saturday (June 17th), the sixth anniversary of the 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak occurred. This was a fairly wild tornado outbreak, as it produced well over 50 tornadoes across North Dakota, Minnesota and western Wisconsin. The system was very dynamic in nature, which may be surprising because of the time of year, but it […]
Severe Weather in Northern Great Plains
In addition to the wild weather that we saw yesterday, there was some severe weather over South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. The same shortwave that will propagate towards us tomorrow and influence us today was yesterday forcing some severe storms across that region of the world. There were some supercells, damaging winds and even a […]