For the past couple of weeks, much of the CONUS has been experiencing two extremes: excessive rainfall leading to dangerous flooding and worsening droughts with above average temperatures. On the other hand, monsoonal moisture has…
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Fire Weather in the Northwest with Stormy Weather in Ohio Valley and Midwest:
Hello everyone, the high-pressure system in the west still causing problems of providing hot weather for the western and Central United States. Meanwhile, the Ohio Valley and Midwest will still have more stormy weather for…
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Monsoonal moisture to bring drought relief and flash flooding, Midwest flooding potential as storms roll through: CONUS Weather Forecast – 8/3/22
Multiple extreme flooding events have impacted parts of the Midwest this past week, some being considered ‘thousand-year floods’ meaning there is a 1 in 1000 chance of this type of flood occuring in any year.…
Flooding continues as transcontinental front stays stalled, Texas continues to dry up as its neighbors see most of the rain, and heatwave expected for Midwest next week: CONUS Forecast – 7/30/22
I would like to start off this post by saying my heart goes out to my home state of Kentucky where its eastern residents have been impacted by a major flooding event which has claimed…
Heat over the Great Plains, cooldowns expected over the Southeast and Pacific Northwest: CONUS Forecast – 7/29/22
For this look at the continental United States, we will be focusing on three regions: the Pacific Northwest, the Great Plains, and the Southeast. Today and tomorrow, the ridging pattern in place over the Pacific…
Heatwave continues in Northwest, flood-inducing fronts stall in Colorado and Appalachian Mountains, heatwave expected next week in Midwest: CONUS Forecast – 7/27/22
The weather in CONUS is a tale of two worlds. Most regions west of the Rocky Mountains are sizzling with extreme heat well above normal for this time of year. With a lack of rainfall,…
The High-Pressure Ridge Remain strong in the West and Heavy Rainfall in the Midwest: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/17/22
Hello everybody, the overall CONUS forecast will be heavy rainfall and thunderstorms will occur in the Midwest. The low-pressure system will be moving northeast to provide more rain relief for those areas. Then the High-pressure…
Amplified ridge bringing the heat, approaching northern U.S. cyclone: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/16/22
The CONUS continues to be characterized by an amplified pattern keeping the western half of the U.S. much drier than the East. This weather pattern is also contributing to the well-above average temperatures being experienced…
Scorching heat across the Central and Northern Plains, isolated severe potential across the northern US and Midwest, slight flooding risk from monsoonal rains in the southwest US: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/15/22
In the absence of potent trough ejections, high-end severe weather setups, and tropical development, we have a big blocking high over the southwestern US that has been the main show as of late. This has…
Strong U.S. ridge and heat, unsettled and stormy Southeast: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/13/22
Upper-level ridging has persisted across the western and central U.S. the past few days and is expected to continue throughout the next 7 days. This will keep the majority of the western and central states…
