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Subzero Air Brewing for Late January – NOAA Working on Safer Winter Travel Algorithms
Long ShadowsPaul Douglas Fog, A Thaw - Then Flirting With Zero ”Paul, why does the weather forecast keep changing?” The right question to be asking. Meteorologists refine forecasts over time, reacting to new data and the latest weather models. The closer you get to a...
Bitter Air Brewing for Late January – Early 2021 Hurricane Analysis
Paul Douglas Subzero Air Roughly Two Weeks Away Snowbirds are missing all the fun! While cold weather refugees in Arizona and Florida pick sand out from between their toes, Minnesotans are playing in powder, enjoying 20s and 30s and light winds, with nary a storm in...
A Splitting Polar Vortex Suggests (Much) Colder Third Week of January
Average annual global horizontal solar irradianceNREL (https://www.nrel.gov/gis/solar.html) Fairly Mellow Into Mid-January ”Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves” wrote Scottish novelist James M. Barrie. Although not as sunny...
2020 Weather Highlights – Billion Dollar Disasters Rise – Challenges of Autonomous Driving in Winter Weather
NOAA GFS Model valid 1 am January 17, 2021pivotalweather.com Subzero Blast Roughly Two Weeks Away? ”As the days lengthen, the cold doth strengthen” the old proverb goes. Yes it doth. Historically, we are about 2 weeks away from the midpoint of winter, when...
More Snow And Ice For the Northeast – National Weather Outlook For January 3rd, 2021
National Weather Forecast As low pressure moves through the Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast on Sunday, rain, snow, and ice will be possible across the region. The trailing cold front from the low in the Mid-Atlantic will bring rain to Florida. Rain and snow...
Snow And Ice For The First Weekend Of 2021 – National Weather Outlook For January 2, 2021
National Weather Forecast The storm that has been impacting the central portion of the nation with snow and ice will move into the Northeast on Saturday, but rain, snow, and ice will extend back into the central Plains with the potential of strong storms in the...