You know, forecaster pontification about the lack of forecast model accuracy doesn’t tend to engender a lot of public confidence. The latest forecast discussion from NWS Sterling states that “WE/VE ENTERED THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN SPLIT FLOW WRECKS HAVOC…
You know, forecaster pontification about the lack of forecast model accuracy doesn’t tend to engender a lot of public confidence. The latest forecast discussion from NWS Sterling states that “WE/VE ENTERED THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN SPLIT FLOW WRECKS HAVOC…
Yuck! What a rotten weather pattern. There seems to be a continuous succession of strong High pressure systems taking up a semi-permanent position over New England, which means we suffer under an easterly wind bringing in cool low level moisture fro…
King George county actually experienced a thunderstorm today, complete with lightning, thunder, and even some radar-indicated hail. I was – only slightly – tempted to head out and chase, but the infernal cold air damming and accompanying low overcast …
This was taken from underneath a Paris Texas bank drive thru overhang where we were hanging out waiting for hailfall to finish. Fortunately it didn’t last long, but the rain came down in buckets causing street flooding as seen above. After a long day…
It’s certainly NOT official, but our backyard rain gauge recorded 4″ of rain for this past week when I emptied it this afternoon. (It was too “squishy” to trudge out there yesterday!) Considering that our average rainfall for the entire month of Nove…
Yes, this was taken today. And yes, this was taken near the Blue Ridge where the sun was out in all its glory…at least that’s what I think that bright yellow orb in the sky was. With almost no wind and amid bright sunshine today felt like a mid-Oc…
We owe a lot to our veterans, so it’s too bad their day has to be a soggy cool mess. All of this is due to a combination of the remnants of Ida and a “normal” system that passed through here last night. The combo is creating a coastal storm off the C…
On May 15th we started out just outside Pratt Kansas (tornado central) watching as a line of storms grew along a cold front. All afternoon long we moved south and east to stay ahead of the line in hopes of catching a tornado, sharing the byways with o…
Ida is going to factor into our weather this week, but not like it will on the Gulf Coast. We will wind up with some rain and a bit of wind from a nor’easter that Ida will feed moisture into, but it doesn’t look like we’ll see any thunderstorms from t…
