Hello everyone! This post is the first in a short series designed to give a brief overview of what weather models are and why they’re important. I hope that by […]
Hello everyone! We recently added upper air observations including Skew-T/Log-P diagrams to weather.us so you can better understand the vertical structure of the atmosphere as measured by instruments attached to […]
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! 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 […]
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! With the Great Plains severe thunderstorm season now getting underway, it’s a great time to take a look at a phenomenon known as the dryline. The dryline is […]
Hello everyone! Mid-latitude cyclones are responsible for the majority of our ‘interesting’ weather here in the US given that we’re far enough north to be mostly out of the tropics […]
Hello everyone! The US rarely gets direct impacts from tropical waves, and when that does happen it’s almost always confined to parts of southern Florida. Despite the fact that these […]
Hello everyone! Sea breezes are features that you could practically set your watch to in places like Florida, and they make regular appearances all the way up the East Coast […]
Welcome to weather.us! In this overview video, Forecaster Jack Sillin outlines where to find different types of weather information at weather.us, including town-specific forecasts, satellite imagery, radar imagery, current observations, […]
Hello everyone! This post will talk about upper level ridges and how their effects on something called the Planetary Boundary Layer can lead to decreased air quality. To illustrate this, […]
In this video, forecaster Jack Sillin discusses our new Weather Overview interface that lets you quickly and easily look at all the most critical weather information you need to plan […]