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Significant Impacts Expected As Atmospheric River Hits California

An atmospheric river event of somewhat uncommon intensity and duration will landfall in California today, with copious precipitation and significant wind impacting much of the state. Extreme snowfall will make …

by Jacob Feuerstein/ 01/26/2021/ No Comments/

Heavy Rain, High Winds Continue Over Northwest As Significant Atmospheric River Shifts Inland

Potentially significant sensible weather is set to intensify today and tomorrow across the Pacific Northwest, as the most impressive atmospheric river event of the year continues to bring an onslaught …

by Jacob Feuerstein/ 01/12/2021/ No Comments/

Atmospheric River Event to Bring Significant Precipitation, High Winds to Northwest

A strong atmospheric river event will impact parts of the Pacific Northwest from later today into Sunday. Representing an incredible convergence of geographical and atmospheric factors, Pacific atmospheric rivers can …

by Jacob Feuerstein/ 12/19/2020/ No Comments/

Storm Brings Strong Winds, Precipitation to West Coast

A relatively calm November weather pattern will exist today across the United States. This is because a giant ridge is pushing our troublesome trough out to sea over the east …

by Jacob Feuerstein/ 11/17/2020/ No Comments/

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/