Opinion: The Storm Predicition Center Should Become Regionalized

I am all for change within the meteorological world. It’s something that a lot of meteorologists surprisingly fight against, but as with anything, people get set in their ways and refuse to try to do things better. Social media is one example. The weather world (at least NWS affiliates) was several years behind on that […]

A Quick Warm Up Before Winter Returns

We have been stuck in a cold bubble for the past 10 days or so. However, a brief warm up is in store. The Climate Prediction Center has updated their climate outlook to be cooler than originally anticipated, but still much warmer than what we have seen. The next 6 to 10 days will feature near […]

New Winter Forecast From Climate Model

The JAMSTEC (Japanese Weather Model) updated their seasonal models just recently. This model has done a good job with general patterns in the weather over the past few winters. The ENSO forecast from the JAMSTEC shows a weak El NINO during the winter that will strengthen a bit during early spring. JAMSTEC Sea Surface Temperature […]

Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlook

I’m sure you read Landon’s post this morning and saw this image: So what exactly does this graphic tell us? That’s going to be the topic for today’s Weather 101 post. This is an example of the Storm Prediction Center Convective Outlook. It is basically a map depiction of where the Storm Prediction Center, a […]