What a winter it has been so far and I’m sounding like a broken record when I say more snow is expected today across parts of the Southern Plains and Deep South. A strong Arctic cold front is diving southward and will interact with a developing low pressure system bringing locally heavy snow from the [...]
Another significant winter weather event is under way and will dive south and east across the Rockies, Plains, and portions of the Mississippi River Valley through the middle of the week. This will bring an increased risk of moderate-to-heavy accumulations of snow, some mixed wintry precipitation to the south, and gusty winds associated with the strong low pressure center.
Snow is falling across the Northern Rockies this morning as I’m writing this and it looks to increase in coverage and intensity as we head into the afternoon/evening hours. Snow will spread from the Northern Rockies of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and northwestern Colorado south and eastward into the High Plains of Wyoming, northeastern Colorado, western [...]
Here at ImpactWeather we used to have a forecast service that was called a “Weather Window.” A client, typically a photographer or cinematographer, would establish particular weather conditions needed (snow, rain, sun, etc) and when we found those conditions, we would notify the client with the necessary amount of lead time. I remember a particular [...]
Flurries (northern Metro Houston) and sleet (coastal areas near Galveston) have already been reported this morning. This afternoon though is when the precipitation should begin in earnest with accumulations in some areas nearing five inches of snow by tomorrow morning and other areas accumulating 1/4-inch of ice or perhaps even more.
Rolling blackouts are what we awoke to this morning in Houston. The outdoor thermometer read 26° and the power companies are struggling to keep pace with demand. The house was still warm and it certainly wasn’t the end of the world — this New England Yankee can handle some cold! But my cats seemed to [...]
It’s all coming together in dramatic fashion today as record snowfall threatens not only such places as Chicago who are accustomed to heavy snowfall, but places like Houston and perhaps even Corpus Christi where measurable snowfall is a rarity. Accompanying the snow, strong winds and frigid temperatures where in the South especially, temperatures will not just dip low, they dip low and stay there for several days. Wind chill readings of -20 and colder will be common.
There are still lots of questions about what will happen when next week’s Arctic air mass pushes south across the Plains (when, how cold, where). And because substantial overrunning of warm, humid Gulf air is expected, additional questions muddy the situation (rain, snow, freezing rain, when, where).
Today’s YourWeatherBlog entry deals with today’s nor’easter and the continuing nor’easter threat next week — which will be the fourth nor’easter in about four weeks.
A strong low pressure system brought heavy snow and gusty winds across much of the Northeast the past several days. This is the second major snow storm to hit the area in less than a month and once again, it’s causing major travel disruptions, both on land and in the air. Cleanup crews are hard [...]