A soaking wet forecast for West/Southwest Europe trends wetter overnight. Excessive rains and flooding emerge. A persistent deep upper trough off Southwest Europe is the culprit. A transient Madden Julian oscillation across the tropical Atlantic enhances the rainfall.

A blizzard is forecast for the North-central U.S. early next week featuring 10-20 in. of snow, high wind, and frigid late season temperatures. The expansive snow cover helps to bias the West/North-central U.S. medium-range forecasts into early April cooler than normal.

During the past week, extreme heat has attacked Northern Argentina to Southwest Brazil where weekly temperature anomalies are in the +4C to +8C range. As a result, sudden drying of soils has developed and accelerated in Northern Argentina, Paraguay, and Southwest Brazil.

Winter 2023-24 forecast verification: The Climate Impact Company (CIC) DEC/JAN/FEB 2023-24 temperature and precipitation outlook scored exceptionally well except for the cold regime in Northwest Russia.