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Widespread Heavy Rain Expected In The Mid Atlantic This Week As An Upper-Level Low Meanders Slowly Over The Ohio and Tennessee Valleys

Hello everyone! While the threat from tropical storm Arthur is relatively minimal (click here for the latest forecast), the risk of widespread flash flooding from an upper level low unrelated …

by Jack Sillin/ 05/17/2020/ No Comments/

Atmospheric River To Bring Heavy Rain and Possible Flooding To Parts of the East Coast Later This Week

Hello everyone! An atmospheric river event is taking shape over the Appalachian mountains this morning, and it will be responsible for some very heavy rain as it drifts slowly east …

by Jack Sillin/ 04/29/2020/ No Comments/

Powerful Storm Developing Off The East Coast Will Remain Far Enough East To Spare Major Impacts

Hello everyone! A powerful ocean storm is developing off the North Carolina coastline this morning. With strong “blocking” over SE Canada, this would usually mean that a powerful and impactful …

by Jack Sillin/ 04/01/2020/ No Comments/

Weak Storm to Bring Rain and Snow to the Northeast This Weekend

Hello everyone! A weak storm currently moving through the Mississippi River valley will move east over the next couple days before redeveloping off the Mid Atlantic coast this weekend. Light …

by Jack Sillin/ 01/23/2020/ No Comments/

Major Storm To Impact Oregon And California Tomorrow

Hello everyone! A major storm system will impact Oregon and California tomorrow with torrential rain, strong winds, and heavy snow for the mountains. This storm will be notable because of …

by Jack Sillin/ 11/25/2019/ No Comments/

Flash Flooding Expected This Week Across Parts Of The Plains

Hello everyone! The trough responsible for the major winter storm up in Montana will team up with the ridge responsible for record heat in the Southeast and a tropical depression …

by Jack Sillin/ 09/30/2019/ No Comments/

Dynamic Tropopause

Hello everyone! There are lots of parameters that are used for forecasting the weather, some of which are intuitive (surface temperature, wind speed, etc.), and some of which are far …

by Jack Sillin/ 08/08/2019/ No Comments/

An Introduction To Atmospheric Rivers

Hello everyone! Atmospheric rivers play an important role in some of the most impactful weather seen on the West Coast during the wintertime. They can bring feet of rain and …

by Jack Sillin/ 08/05/2019/ No Comments/

Pattern Ripe For Severe Weather To Emerge Across The Plains Beginning Late This Week

Hello everyone! Today’s forecast discussion will be focused on the Tuesday-Friday period, and will come in two parts. The first will discuss the forecast for the nation generally, while the …

by Jack Sillin/ 05/13/2019/ No Comments/

Major Atmospheric River Set To Impact California

Hello everyone! A major atmospheric river event will impact California over the next several days as low pressure develops over the Pacific Ocean to the west of the state. This …

by Jack Sillin/ 02/13/2019/ No Comments/

Strong Storm To Impact California This Weekend

Hello everyone! A storm is developing in the Eastern Pacific this morning, and it will bring heavy rain, mountain snow, and strong winds to California this weekend. In this post …

by Jack Sillin/ 02/01/2019/ No Comments/

Major Storm Moving Ashore In California Today And Tomorrow

Hello everyone! This post will focus on the major Pacific storm moving ashore in California over the next 48 hours or so. The system will bring with it a full …

by Jack Sillin/ 01/16/2019/ No Comments/

Two Part Storm System To Bring Rain And Mountain Snow To The West Coast This Weekend

Hello everyone! A storm system with two parts will approach the West Coast this weekend bringing widespread valley rain and mountain snow. Because there are two parts to this system, …

by Jack Sillin/ 01/03/2019/ No Comments/