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 …

Hello everyone! In discussions of large-scale weather phenomenon, particularly in the mid latitudes, advection is a concept that gets brought up a lot. This post will be a quick explainer …

Hello everyone! On July 31st, 2019, a microburst impacted parts of downtown Boston MA as well as nearby Logan Airport, bringing winds in excess of 70 mph to a very …

Hello everyone! I know it’s the middle of summer, but between all the snow events, I didn’t get around to writing this blog when it would’ve been most timely. Thus …

Hello everyone! Today’s severe weather discussion comes in video form, and can be viewed in the player below. There are two setups of primary interest in the Plains today, each …

Hello everyone! All eyes this morning are on the Plains where a powerful storm system will take shape today. The impacts from this system will be wide-ranging, and will include …

Hello everyone! Instead of my usual forward-looking forecast based posts, I want to take a more current (or, by the time you’re reading this, slightly retrospective) look at the ongoing …

Hello everyone! As we move into the spring season, our focus begins shifting from winter storms to severe weather outbreaks. While today’s severe storms are unlikely to be widespread or …

Hello everyone! Today will feature a fairly widespread severe weather outbreak across the Mid South as a strong storm system moves through the Northern Ohio Valley. Thunderstorms are already ongoing …