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02/06/2026, 8:32 am EST

Coldest Days (Feb. 7-8) of Winter in Northeast

Weather warning, watch, and advisories cover the Northeast and East U.S. this morning for the last blast of arctic air of the winter season. Added are High Wind Warnings for the Mid-Atlantic region which drive wind chill to -10F to -20F shortly after dawn tomorrow once the arctic air arrives. Fresh snow helps to enhance the incoming cold. The cold burst marks the coldest air mass of the season for NEPOOL with the second coldest for PJM-East.

02/05/2026, 4:06 pm EST

The Great West Coast of South America Marine Heatwave

The warmest sea surface temperature anomalies (SSTA) on record for early February stretching north-to-south off the coast of Chile and Peru exceeding 3C throughout much of this region has generated. Onset of this large and intense marine heatwave (MHW) occurred in DEC-25. Strengthening continues especially along the immediate coast of Chile during the past 2 weeks. The warming is spreading equatorward. The daily Nino12 SSTA region off the northwest coast of South America is +0.63C today and 1.27C warmer than 30 days ago.

02/05/2026, 9:52 am EST

High Impact Climate for MAR/APR/MAY 2026 According to ECMWF

In March, ECMWF crests an upper ridge across the Southeast U.S. which leads to high risk of unusually warm early spring climate for the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States. In April, the warm ridge shifts westward and settles on the southern Great Plains where dry and warm mid-spring weather is likely. Late meteorological spring brings an upper ridge to the Great Basin promoting dry and very warm climate across the West and Southwest U.S.

02/05/2026, 8:40 am EST

The Asia/Bering Sea/North America Pattern Shifts and Warms The U.S.

One of the strongest climate signals during DEC/JAN/FEB representing extreme temperature across North America is the Asia/Bering Sea/North America (ABNA) index. The ABNA index 16-day forecast indicates a strong positive phase spike next week and representative of a widening anomalous warm pattern in North America.