It looks more and more like our weather pattern is undergoing a slow but deliberate shift. While the West Coast ridge and East Coast trough are still dominating the weather, there has been an eastern push to the West Coast ridge, while the trough to our east begins to weaken. What this means for our
Seasonal weather continues
Issued: Monday, Mar. 30, 2015 – Covering: April 1 – April 8, 2015
Leaning toward milder conditions
Issued: Monday, Mar. 23, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 25 – April 1, 2015
The weather played out pretty much as the models predicted for last week, except in western regions. The models kept any precipitation and clouds well to our west, but this boundary between dry, cool air and moist air set up close enough that southwestern regions saw more clouds than sun, along with occasional light snow.
Arctic high pressure dominates once again
Issued: Monday, Mar. 16, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 18 – Mar. 25, 2015
Given all the trouble the weather models had with last week’s forecast, they ended up hitting it pretty much right on the mark. An intense low moved in from the Pacific and tracked across the southern Arctic last weekend. That, combined with a ridge of high pressure, brought the warmest weather of the season to
Warmest temperatures of the year expected
Issued: Monday, Mar. 9, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 11 – Mar. 18, 2015
After watching the weather models try to figure out the forecast for the last week or so, you can definitely tell spring is trying to move in. As warmer weather begins its annual battle with winter, the weather models often have a hard time agreeing on just what will happen. This is exactly what’s been
One last shot of arctic air
Issued: Monday, Mar. 2, 2015 – Covering: Mar. 4 – Mar. 11, 2015
It looks like this forecast period will be a transition period, as the weather models have been showing a switch in our weather pattern towards a much more spring-like one. This forecast period will start off much like all the forecasts for the last month, with an area of arctic high pressure dropping southeastward. This
Cold and dry weather to continue
Issued: Monday, Feb. 23, 2015 – Covering: Feb. 25 – Mar. 4, 2015
The cold, dry weather pattern in which we’ve been stuck for pretty much all of February looks as if it will continue into the foreseeable future. This means we will continue to see temperatures at the bottom end of the usual range for this time of the year, along with little significant snow accumulation. As
Arctic high pressure continues to dominate
Issued: Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015 – Covering: Feb. 18 – Feb. 25, 2015
Our weather over the last week was dominated by arctic high pressure as predicted, but those highs didn’t track quite the way the weather models indicated they would, resulting in only a mediocre forecast. This issue’s forecast begins where last week’s left off — with cold arctic high pressure dominating. The first and strongest of
Typical mid-winter weather
Issued: Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 – Covering: Feb. 11 – Feb. 18, 2015
It’s turning out to be quite the battle between cold air to our north and east and warm air to our west and south. Unfortunately, for those hoping for a return to mild melting weather, it looks like we stay on the cold side of things at least for the next week or two, as
Typical winter temperatures expected
Issued: Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 – Covering: Feb. 4 – Feb. 11, 2015
Well, the cold weather pattern won out, as we saw cold arctic air move in during the last couple of days of January, and it looks like it will stick around for a little while longer. This forecast period will start off with another arctic high drifting southeastward across our region. This should bring us
Weather models having trouble agreeing
Issued: Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 – Covering: Jan. 28 – Feb. 4, 2015
Last week’s weather pattern played out pretty much as expected. As anticipated, the timing and exact paths of the lows coming out of the northwest were a little off, with the first low that moved through late last week taking a much more westerly route. Weather models have done a pretty good job with the