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I hope you are aware of how far ahead of the competition TSwails has been in catching the trends of our early winter weather pattern. It takes a heck of a lot of commitment, passion, and knowledge to do that. This is now my job and that's why I'm asking for a voluntary subscription fee of $12 dollars a year, one dollar a month to keep TSwails going. Together we can create one of the best, most unique, and rel...

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I hope you are aware of how far ahead of the competition TSwails has been in catching the trends of our early winter weather pattern. It takes a heck of a lot of commitment, passion, and knowledge to do that. This is now my job and that's why I'm asking for a voluntary subscription fee of $12 dollars a year, one dollar a month to keep TSwails going. Together we can create one of the best, most unique, and rel...

Today was the 4th consecutive day in Cedar Rapids with the temperature not getting out of the 20s. Halfway through November the month would come in as the 2nd coldest on record just behind 1959. That year the average temperature for the entire month was 27.9 degrees. This year with 2 weeks to go we are at 28.1 degrees, just ahead of 1976.

This graphic shows all the average temperatures for November in Cedar Rapids since 1959. You can see the 3 col...

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I hope you are aware of how far ahead of the competition TSwails has been in catching the trends of our early winter weather pattern. It takes a heck of a lot of commitment, passion, and knowledge to do that. This is now my job and that's why I'm asking for a voluntary subscription fee of $12 dollars a year, one dollar a month to keep TSwails going. Together we can create one of the best, most unique, and rel...

I've been trying to get a handle on the long range pattern the past few days and I can tell you I'm challenged.Two of the big teleconnective drivers I look at to determine trends are the MJO and the EPO. I'm getting some conflicting signals. Let's start with the MJO.

The MJO (Madden Julien Oscillation) is essentially tied to waves of convective energy (thunderstorm clusters) that travel through the tropical Pacific. The location of the convection...