Heat dome peaks today in the east; Severe weather today and Wednesday: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/24/25

The heat wave in the east has intensified, with today being the worst of it. Many locations will crush their record highs, and this could be the hottest day of the summer for many. Severe…

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Heart shaped Enhanced severe risk zone today; Broad Slight risk tomorrow: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/17/25

Today, we have a severe weather threat for the central plains. This moves east tomorrow and will cause major impacts along it’s path. Plus, summer will start to feel full swing for the east this…

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Severe weather threat continues: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/10/25

Severe weather is expected today for southwestern Texas through Lousiana and the mid-Atlantic. Let’s take a look at the details: Today’s Overall Setup The overall atmospheric pattern includes a very large negatively tilted trough spanning…

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Severe weather in the central plains today: CONUS Weather Forecast – 6/3/25

Hi everyone! Severe weather is in store for today in the central plains. Let’s take a look at the setup: Today’s Overall Setup As we can see from the mid-level (500 mb) pattern for the…

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National forecast for 8/11/24: Continued flood threat for the Carolina coasts, a warm Southeast, monsoonal moisture for the Southwest, and fire threat in the Northwest

Hello there. Thanks for reading this national forecast report for August 11th, 2024; there is a lot to discuss in this discussion. If you have been paying attention to the weather news recently, you may…

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National Forecast for 8/2/24: Tropical Storm moving to the Southeast, heat for the west and Gulf Coast, and rain for the East Coast.

As August approaches, we are starting to see quite a lot of action in our weather nationwide, from heat waves to tropical storms and heavy rainfall. We will get into all of that in this…

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National Forecast for 7/28/24: Severe weather in Northern Plains, heavy rain in the upland south, fire weather in the west

We have had a lot of interesting weather this last week and I am expecting this trend to continue today. Looking at the Northern Plains, we have a slight risk of severe this afternoon. Areas…

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National Forecast for 7/14/2024: Western heat spreading eastward and severe weather in the north

It’s been quite a sizzling week for much of the U.S., and the heat is expected only to spread eastwards. Heat advisories have been issued from California to Massachusetts. Areas of the Western U.S. are…

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7/12/24 – US Forecast: Wet weekend for the Carolinas, more severe weather for the plains, and extreme heat returning in the east.

Happy Friday! Several weather-related topics are going on throughout the country this weekend, including severe weather, extreme heat, and flooding concerns. Heat across the country’s southern half will stick around through the weekend and well…

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Second research project: how weather models can improve upslope snowfall forecasting

Hello there; thanks for taking the time to read this research. This is my second piece of research for the summer, and I have decided to switch things up from my last research paper. This…

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