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10/25/2021, 4:07 pm EDT

Gathering Impressive Snow Cover Northeast Eurasia

Right now, snow cover is coming on strong and is above normal in aerial coverage across Northeast Eurasia. This zone is the most likely location to gather early season cold air masses including arctic air. Additionally, the widening snow cover and increased arctic air source region risk in this location implies China is a target for increased risk of unusual cold once we’re well into November and December which is a significant problem given their energy crisis.

10/24/2021, 10:21 am EDT

NCEP CFS V2 Opinion of South America Climate for NOV/DEC 2021

The NCEP CFS V2 (model) upper air forecast offers clues as to what to expect across Brazil and Argentina the next two months. In Brazil, the upper air forecast coupled with warm SSTA in the South Atlantic tropics sustains a wet forecast. However, just to the south of the wet regime a drier than normal climate is favored for northeast Argentina to far Southeast Brazil into early summer where drought concerns evolve.

10/22/2021, 7:55 am EDT

Record-strength Storm Just-off The Northwest U.S. on Sunday

An exceptionally strong upper trough spawns one of the lowest surface pressures in the North Pacific for a mid-latitude storm forecast for Sunday. Hurricane force gusts with heavy rain strikes the northern California and Coastal Northwest late weekend.

10/21/2021, 7:29 pm EDT

Projecting U.S. Gas Population Weight Monthly 20-Year Rankings Vs. Last Year

A comparison between rankings from the past 20 years for the winter 2021-22 forecast vs. 2020-21 observed of gas population weight HDD is issued. The cold risk for the U.S. is on the front half of winter trending milder than last year for late winter.