Two weather systems will impact the region, one Thursday and the other Saturday, promising a very active period ahead. A wide variety of weather can be expected, including significant ups and downs in temperatures. Here's what's on the table the next 5 days! Thursday: Rain, possible thunderstorms. Heavy rain, up to an inch. Mild temperatures, near 60 far southeast. Saturday: Snow or rain changing to snow. Several inches of accumulation possible, especially in the northwest. S

In my last post Friday, we talked about how both the GFS and EURO were showing an extended period of temperatures at or above freezing through January 17th. Here are the numbers that were indicated, which I had a suspicion would end up nothing more than eye candy. The GFS The EURO Here was my response to those of you who read my post: I'm solid with the idea of the warmth for about 7 days. Then I think, what about the following 7 days. It's common knowledge that the further o

Overall in the short term the weather will be defined by warm and calm weather, but later this week a strengthening storm system will likely bring rain and snow to the region. Confidence in the actual strength of the storm system is limited, but the likelihood of a system continues to increase. The 24-hour European Ensemble precipitation output shows a rather large area of rain/snow, but this will continue to shrink as the exact path of the system comes into better agreement.

The coming days will feature a rather impressive stretch of warmth across the central US during a rather quiet and dry period of weather. A classic January thaw, but instead of a brief period of time this looks to be a rather prolonged period of mild temperatures, for January standards. Anomalies will be pushing 15-20° above normal for a large chunk of the US. Air temperatures just above the surface early next week will be near records for this time of year. The 850mb tempera

The definition of eye candy is a visual image that is superficially attractive and entertaining, but intellectually undemanding, (in other words, easy to understand) . Almost everyday I look at weather charts that are, for a lack of a better term, "exciting" in the type of weather they depict. However, I (or anybody worth their salt) won't put them up because the chances of verification is so low. It's hard enough to get it right 3 days out, let alone 2 weeks or a month la