Good morning folks, and happy Thursday! There’s quite a lot going on across the country this morning, so let’s waste no time and jump right into the forecast! Current Synoptic Picture The main features to…
Category: Northwest Weather
Increasing Chance of Rain in the Midwest with an ongoing Heatwave in Northwest and Northeast: CONUS Weather Forecast – 8/7/22
Hello everyone, there will be a stationary cold front will be coming through the plains and the Midwest to develop thunderstorms. Also, it possible for the cold front to bring storms at the four Corner…
Polarized weather continues, Central Plains heat and drought, stormy Eastern U.S. and Southwest: CONUS Weather Forecast – 8/6/22
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…
Pacific northwest begins to warm up, Great Plains stays hot in the near term and then cools down in the long term, wet week ahead for the Great Lakes and Ohio River region: CONUS Weather Forecast – 8/5/22
Where some places will cool down over the course of the next 7 days, others will begin to warm up and take their place. The Great Plains will finally be in line for a break…
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…
Extreme Heat for the Northwest as Monsoon Season Continues for the Southwest: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/28/22
There exists a wide range of weather across the lower 48 for the next few days. The Northwest will see near record heat as temperatures soar past 100F while the Southwest begins the peak of…
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,…
Hot weather in the Pacific Northwest, cooler and stormy weather in the Midwest, cold front and stormy weather in the Southeast: CONUS Forecast – 7/26/22
As we look at the 500 mb chart for Thursday evening, two things stand out to me. The first, which I will discuss right now, is the ridge over the Pacific Northwest. This ridge will…
