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Storms From The Northeast To Southern Plains – September 5, 2021
National Weather Forecast A frontal boundary working eastward on Sunday will bring showers and thunderstorms from the Northeast to the Southern Plains. A continued stalled-out boundary along the Gulf Coast into Florida will also bring the chance of storms. A system...
Where Could It Rain This Labor Day Weekend? – September 4, 2021
National Weather Forecast On Saturday, a lingering boundary from the Gulf Coast to Florida will help produce some showers and thunderstorms. A system moving through the central US will also help produce some storms, with rain possible into the Great Lakes. The...
Ida’s Legacy: Historic Floods and Oklahoma-Size Tornadoes Batter Northeast
Salvaging A Pretty Nice Holiday Weekend I’ve been tracking weather systems for 45 years, but nothing has prepared me for 2021’s dueling weather disasters. Our weather models have consistently underestimated the intensity of drought, fires and eastern floods. Why?...
Weather Disasters 4-5 Times More Common Than 1970s – 200 Year Flood and Kansas-size Tornadoes Reported Philadelphia to New York City Area
A Record-Setting Summer for Minnesota Meteorological Summer (June 1 to August 31) was the warmest on record for the Twin Cities, Brainerd and Duluth. Daytime highs weren’t as hot as 1988 but nighttime lows were consistently milder than average. The heat combined with...
Severe Flood Potential From Ida Reaches Mid Atlantic – Wildfire Evacuations in Lake Tahoe
Why September May Offer Year’s Best Weather ”September tries its best to have us forget summer” wrote English philosopher Bernard Williams. I love all the seasons (and the fact that Minnesota HAS 4 seasons) but September is my favorite month of the year. Days are...
Soggy Remains of “Ida” Spark Severe Flooding Well Inland – Mandatory Wildfire Evacuations Lakes Tahoe Area
I’m OK With A Quiet Spell of Weather Most days I’m just a bewildered spectator trying to connect the weather-dots. Right now I’m amazed by how much of America is either on fire or underwater. And weather models have consistently underestimated the ferocity of...