WINTER, THE PARTY STARTS NOW
LIVE WINTER STORM BRIEFING WEDNESDAY Wednesday evening at 7:00, myself and meteorologist Nick Stewart will do a special Facebook live briefing on the impending holiday weekend storm. We'll give you some specifics on what models we are leaning on, timing, snow amounts, and essentially what to plan for if you are traveling. Also, we are entering into a significant pattern change that could bring wintry weather much of December. We'll discuss the implications of the MJO (Madden
POW, IT'S THE 1-2 PUNCH!
December is just a week away, and so far we haven't heard much from old man winter. But, just because he's quiet, doesn't mean he isn't up to no good. Rest assured, he's alive and well and ready to pay a personal visit. The long awaited pattern change is on the doorstep, and it's time to pay the piper. THE INITIAL VOLLEY (Punch number 1) By all accounts, Tuesday is your basic late November day. Nothing pretty to be sure, with a solid overcast and scattered showers in the sou
A WINTER STORM IS BREWING
Overall confidence in a weekend winter storm is slowly increasing. One thing I want to stress right now is that, yes, we are talking about it quite a bit but that does not necessarily mean it will be a big impact for you or our area. We know there will be impacts potentially in the region, and given the Thanksgiving holiday travel period it is worth watching for all parties. Above you can see the Weather Prediction Center is currently advertising increasing confidence at Day
THE BATTLE MAP IS GETTING A LITTLE MORE CLEAR
Overall prior to Thanksgiving it looks like a somewhat benign pattern still. A weak system late Monday into Tuesday will lead to rain showers across the area, but the weekend is when we continue to watch for potentially more potent issues. Virtually every member of the American GEFS (above), the 20-member ensemble forecast, has a storm somewhere in the Saturday Nov. 29 through Monday Dec. 1 time frame which could have impacts during one of the most traveled days of the year.
A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER?
The last few Decembers haven't been much to write home about. On the whole, recent ones have been relatively mild and short on snow. Not like the ones I remember as a youngster in the 60s. Back then, even if we didn't have a lot of snow, we at least had cold. Maybe It's just my age, but the good old days seemed just a little bit tougher. One fact that stands out the past decade or so is we rarely see a white Christmas. In the Quad Cities, only 3 of the last 14 Christmas days
