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Last week’s forecast played out surprisingly well. The storm system predicted to slide to our south at the start of the forecast period developed as expected but tracked further south than originally forecast, thanks to — you guessed it — strong arctic high pressure over our region. The quick weekend storm system looks to be

You can tell when the weather pattern starts to switch into spring mode, not because we necessarily see warmer weather, but because the weather models have a tough time with medium-range forecasts. We saw this in the last forecast. Confidence was low and it looked as though we would be stuck between the two main

Once again last week’s forecast began on the right track, with warm weather moving in last Wednesday followed by a cooling trend on Thursday and Friday. What it missed out on was the strength of the warming trend. The push of warm air ended up being much stronger than anticipated as the upper ridge of

The nice mid-winter weather continued, and if you are like me, you know that eventually this pattern will break down and we will see a return of average or below-average temperatures. Last week’s forecast did pretty well, considering the sluggish weather pattern. We saw mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures, with occasional periods of light snow and fog.