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John Homenuk

Volatile pattern arrives with multiple storm chances across US

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The days of prolonged warm and benign weather have begun to come to a close across the Central and Eastern USA as we begin the work week, as a volatile weather pattern begins to set in. Happy Monday! After discussing impending changes for several days, and looking to the Pacific Ocean for signals as to when and why the changes would occur, they will finally arrive – with a dramatic pattern change especially across the Central United States.

As a large ridge builds along the Western USA shores, in response to a retrograding Pacific Ocean pattern, colder air will surge south into the Central United States by way of a deep, anomalous trough sliding southward from Canada. Air temperatures will fall much below normal across the majority of these regions as the trough shifts southward, and a low pressure system will develop from the Upper Midwest into the Great Lakes later this week.

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John Homenuk

October Outlook: Why anomalous warmth could return

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Several daily temperature records were broken over the past several days throughout the Eastern United States, particularly this weekend when temperatures reached into the upper 80’s and lower 90’s. Much of this warmth was aided and enhanced by the development of a large, sprawling mid and upper level atmospheric ridge. This ridge acted to enhance the flow of a warm, southwesterly flow, which effectively advected warmth into the agriculture regions and eventually into the Northeast as well.

In the near future, a potent cold front is expected to gradually shift east/southeastward into the Great Lakes, eventually making headway towards the Eastern United States. This front will provide some temporary relief in terms of temperature for harvesting in the near future, and will have many thinking that fall weather is finally on the way — but not so fast. There is more to the forecast, suggesting that anomalous warmth could return very soon.

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John Homenuk

Cool risks exacerbated by recurving typhoon in the Western Pacific

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While much of the focus over the past few days has been on Hurricane Harvey, and rightfully so, another tropical cyclone will have an impact on the weather in the United States. We have spoken many times in the past regarding the importance of re-curving typhoons in the Pacific Ocean. These tropical systems can have major impacts on the mid level atmospheric patterns there, which eventually results in changes downwind over the United States.

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John Homenuk

Cooler risks, Harvey concerns over the next week

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A wonderful Tuesday morning to you, and thank you for joining us for our daily morning roundup. If you haven’t checked your email box for the latest details, we will (as always) lay them out in an understandable post-based format here. Today we’re jumping straight into discussion regarding the cooler risks in the weather pattern over the Central United States as well heightened tropical risks across the Western Gulf of Mexico late week and into the weekend.

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