Seasonal forecasting is one of the most misunderstood aspects of meteorology. Not only is it a difficult task for the meteorologists themselves, but it is often difficult for readers and public viewers to understand the nature of the forecast. The root of the problem lies in the fact that seasonal forecasting is based on many […]
Weather news this week has been centered around the presence of a large ridge, building into the Central United States. This ridge will reach eastward to the Ohio Valley, with tremendously warm temperatures surging from the desert southwest into the heart of the country. In the East, however — especially the Northeast — this warm […]
Changes in the stratosphere have been well documented and explained over the past several days and, despite the fanfare, have not yet had their dramatic impact on the weather pattern across the Continental United States. But in due time, they will, and it will likely begin — ironically — at the very start of the […]
A hemispheric pattern change is underway, and the effects will be felt throughout the United States quite quickly over the next few weeks. A dramatic change in wind speed and temperature in the stratosphere — near the very top of the Earth’s atmosphere — over the past few days, has re-shuffled the pattern throughout the troposphere […]