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Week begins with transient weather

It’s almost as if “roller coaster” has become an insufficient way to describe the pattern changes that our area has observed over the past several weeks. This past 5-7 day period was no different, as we transitioned from the Polar Vortex with sub-zero wind chills to a strong southerly flow and temperatures in the 60’s. […]

Cooler, drier weather behind cold front

Warm, humid air with showers and thunderstorms were the main characteristics of the airmass on Saturday — but a distinct cold front moved through the area later on Saturday evening and the airmass has changed dramatically since then. Winds shifted from southerly to west-northwesterly by late Saturday evening into Sunday morning, and temperatures in the […]

Heavy rain, strong winds, and potentially thunder highlight Saturday

The snow and freezing rain this morning has left the immediate area, and gave most areas a coating to 1″ of snow, and also very treacherous roads. Now that the warm front has passed the area, temperatures have risen above freezing, moisture has increased, and dense fog is beginning to develop. An extremely saturated low-level […]

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