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12/24/2024, 9:47 am EST

Dealing With Cold Weather After Holiday Season in U.S.

An expected cold change in January for North America is indicated by ECMWF which is vividly much colder in the extended range outlook. Most of the precipitation across the Northern U.S. is snow helping to enhance the cold.
12/20/2024, 10:58 am EST

Cold Snap Next Few Days East U.S., Another One Second Week of January

The next cold temperature issue arises in the week-3 forecast when all “weeklies” models project an evolving upper trough in the East U.S. ECM continues with the strongest trough forecast. For the moment, arctic air is not anticipated with this upper trough.
12/19/2024, 6:55 am EST

Does The “Hot” U.S. Pattern Cool Off in Early January?

The mega-cluster ensemble, combining ECM and GFS, projects “most likely” temperature anomaly scenarios for early January cooling off the U.S. to near normal while Canada stays warm. The most likely candidate for colder than normal temperatures is the Interior West and possibly Western Canada.
12/16/2024, 4:43 am EST

Regional SSTA Patterns Bring Surprising Climate Regimes

Typical of climate pattern(s) nowadays, regional SSTA are influencing local climate in unexpected ways. The best recent example is the cooling of the western North Atlantic basin initiated by north-turning tropical cyclones during the late warm season. The low-pressure area off the U.S. East Coast has invited surprising chill to the East U.S. as meteorological winter begins.