850mb temperatures are only around average or slightly below average. There is a large Southeast ridge with positive 500mb height anomalies. The previously large North Pacific block that generated our cold and snow last week has been replaced by negative height anomalies, cutting off the US from any cold airmass. So why is it so […]
While there are a couple of light snow opportunities on Sunday night into Monday morning and again on Tuesday, the pattern will truly begin to evolve to one that’s much more favorable for accumulating snow potential for the Northeast. It all starts on December 8th with the passage of an Arctic cold front. From there, […]
Although we have generally been basked in a sea of warmth, we are getting to the time of year where snow becomes a more realistic possibility. A large storm system traversed the central part of the US, bringing blizzard conditions to the upper Plains and upper Midwest. While the pattern across most of North America […]
Other than a few scattered passing thunderstorms on Wednesday, much of the Northeast US has been devoid of rain over the past several weeks. This is about to change, perhaps dramatically so in some spots. On Sunday, a cold front and associated potent shortwave trough with plenty of vorticity will run into a well established […]