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Data Trends: Coldest Days of Winter Not as Cold
Dog Days of Winter?Climate Central Wait, It’s Been Snowier Than Average? With all deference to Winston Churchill, the weather is also a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. We all consume weather differently, based on interests, commutes and hometowns....
Old Man Winter Pulls His Punch – California Fires – Lingering Drought
Paul Douglas Storm Impact? Check Timing and Temperature ”I beseech you Paul, how many inches!” That never gets old, by the way. My favorite meteorology college professor was right. Americans are preoccupied with inches, demanding a level of specificity and precision...
Colder But Not Polar – 2020 Tornado and Lightning Numbers Were Down, But Not Fatalities
“Parhelia”Todd Nelson, Praedictix Probably Not a Polar Winter This Year A couple months ago I went out on a tenuous limb and predicted “half a winter” for Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Studying the maps and models I stand by my (reckless) outlook. In spite of a La...
Scattered Areas Of Snow – National Weather Outlook For January 18, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Monday, an area of lower pressure in the Great Lakes will produce snow across the region, stretching into the Ohio Valley. Snow will be possible in the Rockies and Northern Plains. Rain showers can be expected in the Southern Plains. There...
Heavy Snow In The Northeast – National Weather Outlook For January 16, 2021
National Weather Forecast The system that has been impacting the upper Midwest with snow and blizzard conditions will start to move east on Saturday, still bringing the chance of rain and snow to areas of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast to...
Plowable Snow But Lower Totals – 2020 Just Behind 2016 For Warmest Year
NOAA The Forecast Calls For Uncertainty ”Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you wrote Eckhart Tolle. We have all been living with uncertainty for nearly a year now, waiting for vaccines and our better angels to return. Predicting...