Things are a little slow in the weather office as we quickly approach meteorological summer (June-August). That said, I thought I would shed a little light on the meteorological seasons and why guys like me prefer this way to classify our climate. First and foremost, the four meteorological seasons were developed for weather-observing and forecasting purposes since they are more closely tied to our monthly civil calendar than the astronomical seasons, which can start on a dif

Well, we all wished for warmer weather back in April but May has certainly proved more than just warm. For the country it's expected to be the warmest on record. In much of my area May will finish up anywhere from 1st to 3rd warmest...just the opposite of April! Here's the May temperature departures with 2 days to go. While the MJO (Madden Julian Oscillation) is not as good of a temperature indicator in the warmer months of summer, it still has merit when looking at trends. A

I've already heard COMPLAINTS about the heat we experienced over the holiday weekend. Yea, it was toasty and most of my area set records Sunday and Monday in the range of 93-97 degrees. Here's Sunday's highs with readings of 102 in Sioux City and 101 In Omaha. But, if you're one of the gripers, just think about what people were legitimately crabbing about on the same date in 1947. Snow! Up to 10" fell over the NW third of Iowa into SW Wisconsin. The heavy wet snow clung to tr

We're going to talk about the record breaking heat of the weekend in a moment, but first some a housekeeping item! We appreciate your support on tswails.com and we know many of you access it from Facebook. Because Facebook has changed the way you see posts. We want to make sure you are seeing our posts. One way you can do this is on Facebook - go to Terry's Facebook page then hover over "Following" and click "See First." Now let's talk about this heat! It was a scorcher on Su