If you’ve been saying, “Man, it’s dry!” you’d be right. Looking back through the archives of the Drought Monitor, this is the worst drought for the region since September of 2000. By coincidence, that was…
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Severe thunderstorms tonight in southern Kansas before summer is in full swing for all: Kansas Agriculture Forecast – 6/27/2023
Greetings! Hi everybody! My name is Kaden Schroeder and I am excited to debut agriculture forecasts once a week for central/eastern Kansas. Special thanks goes to Nick Lilja for giving me the opportunity to do…
NickelBlock Forecasting 2023 Hurricane Season Outlook: Analogs suggest up to 6 tropical systems in the Gulf this Hurricane Season
I’m sure that got your attention. But six topical systems in the Gulf is pretty typical. On the average, since 2000, we’ve seen between 4 and 6 tropical systems (that includes tropical depressions) in the…
Flooding continues as transcontinental front stays stalled, Texas continues to dry up as its neighbors see most of the rain, and heatwave expected for Midwest next week: CONUS Forecast – 7/30/22
I would like to start off this post by saying my heart goes out to my home state of Kentucky where its eastern residents have been impacted by a major flooding event which has claimed…
Severe Weather Expected Again Along with Returning Heat: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/7/22
Summertime patterns are in full swing for the Continental U.S. (CONUS) will high temperatures and plenty of thunderstorms and rain to go around. Currently, we have been seeing rounds of severe weather in the upper-plains…
Eastern US will see storms and drought-busting rainfall as the western and central US heat up: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/6/22
For the last several weeks, the typical pattern has been a heatwave-inducing ridge in the Southeast while the Northwest has seen a trough delivering cool, wet weather. However, this pattern is shifting as the dominant…
More Heat for the Central US, Some Cooler Weather for the Northwest and the Northeast: CONUS Weather Forecast – 06/30/2022
Good morning, folks! Things are relatively quiet now across the country, but that may come to a change by next week as the synoptic-scale patter gets a bit more exiting. General Synoptic Picture Analyzing the…
Temperate conditions for now, but active weather on the horizon for next week: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/28/22
A relatively zonal pattern across the CONUS will lead to more or less seasonal weather, with no huge swings or variations in the next few days. Looking at the short term 500 mb map, most…
Central Gulf Coast is electric – a breakdown of lightning density for Southern MS/AL/LA
Its not really news that this area gets pegged with a whole mess of thunderstorms. It doesn’t matter the time of year, either. January? Yup. July? Totally. October? You bet. March? Definitely. So, it is…
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Wx Info: South Mississippi has been hot… but how hot is hot?
With a big dome of high pressure over the top of the area, the main weather story has been the heat. Afternoon highs have been in the 90s since June 4th. So we are on…
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