Extreme weather continues to ravage the United States throughout this summer. From catastrophic flooding in Missouri and Kentucky, to scorching heat in the central part of the US, and intense wildfires throughout the western US,…
Category: Midwest Weather
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…
Heatwave continues in Northwest, flood-inducing fronts stall in Colorado and Appalachian Mountains, heatwave expected next week in Midwest: CONUS Forecast – 7/27/22
The weather in CONUS is a tale of two worlds. Most regions west of the Rocky Mountains are sizzling with extreme heat well above normal for this time of year. With a lack of rainfall,…
Hot weather in the Pacific Northwest, cooler and stormy weather in the Midwest, cold front and stormy weather in the Southeast: CONUS Forecast – 7/26/22
As we look at the 500 mb chart for Thursday evening, two things stand out to me. The first, which I will discuss right now, is the ridge over the Pacific Northwest. This ridge will…
Summertime heat continues… severe weather threat in Great Lakes and Northeast: CONUS Weather Forecast-7/20/22
Happy Wednesday everyone! Today’s CONUS weather forecast will be a look at the major weather features in each part of the country over the next seven days, with a more general long-range outlook at the…
Severe Weather in the Ohio Valley and Heat in the South: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/19/22
Good morning! In this post, we’ll be taking a look at some interesting weather features across the Contiguous United States coming up this week. This discussion is mostly going to be related to severe weather…
The High-Pressure Ridge Remain strong in the West and Heavy Rainfall in the Midwest: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/17/22
Hello everybody, the overall CONUS forecast will be heavy rainfall and thunderstorms will occur in the Midwest. The low-pressure system will be moving northeast to provide more rain relief for those areas. Then the High-pressure…
Amplified ridge bringing the heat, approaching northern U.S. cyclone: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/16/22
The CONUS continues to be characterized by an amplified pattern keeping the western half of the U.S. much drier than the East. This weather pattern is also contributing to the well-above average temperatures being experienced…
Scorching heat across the Central and Northern Plains, isolated severe potential across the northern US and Midwest, slight flooding risk from monsoonal rains in the southwest US: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/15/22
In the absence of potent trough ejections, high-end severe weather setups, and tropical development, we have a big blocking high over the southwestern US that has been the main show as of late. This has…
Strong U.S. ridge and heat, unsettled and stormy Southeast: CONUS Weather Forecast – 7/13/22
Upper-level ridging has persisted across the western and central U.S. the past few days and is expected to continue throughout the next 7 days. This will keep the majority of the western and central states…
