As an arctic airmass shifts throughout the United States, the Lake Effect snow “machine” will be turned on for the first time this season. And it’s coming in with a bang. The combination of extremely cold air aloft, the surge of cold air advection, and warmer air/moisture along the Great Lakes is leading to the […]
This was the coldest morning in the United States since 1976. How’s that for a statistic to start your day. The average temperature in the United States fell to 19.4 F at 12z this morning, beating the 19.9 F average reading from 1976. That average temperature is simply a statistical testament to the breadth and […]
With news of an impending rain storm and warmup on Monday, hope may be rising for increasingly pleasant weather during the next week. That hope will come crashing down as quickly as Monday Night, along with temperatures throughout the forecast area. An arctic blast, straight out of Canada, will rush into the area on Tuesday […]
The warmth is over. A surface cold front moving through the Northeast US has reached western and central parts of the forecast area this afternoon, and it will continue to slide eastward tonight. Southeasterly winds, which brought in fog and drizzle as well as warm temperatures in the 60’s this morning, will flip to drier […]