Revisiting the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard with Matt Lanza

Matt Lanza, a meteorologist for an energy company in Houston, spent some time earlier this year researching the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard. It was a widespread winter weather outbreak across the Gulf Coast region around…

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Timeline: New York City and Boston blizzard

To steal a phrase from WTNH’s Chris Velardi – good morning early risers and up-all-nighters! Here are my latest thoughts on the blizzard. Monday 12pm: Light snow begins falling in New York City and points…

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UPDATE: Blizzard Watches & Warnings issued for Major NE hubs, New York City, Boston

UPDATE (1/25/15 11:00pm): Here is the latest graphics from the 21z SREF (for Boston and NYC), 0z GFS and 0z NAM: It will be interesting to see where the most intense snow bands occur. Depending…

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New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma all brace for snow

UPDATE (1/21/15 @ 9:55am): Snow totals are being increased for some western counties and the snow will being slightly earlier than anticipated for some areas of the northern Texas panhandle. Snowfall estimates:  8″ to 14″…

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Winter returns to southern high plains

Scenario A quasi-zonal flow with a few embedded systems will keep the southern high plains active in the coming days. This will increase the “prospects for precip” in the coming week. In fact, a relatively,…

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Blizzard Warning issued for Texas and Oklahoma panhandles

From the National Weather Service: The National Weather Service in Amarillo has issued a Blizzard Warning…Which is in effect from 6 pm this evening to 3 am cst Tuesday. The winter storm watch is no longer in…

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