The focus is on tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, flash flooding, large hail and damaging winds. Saving lives and property is the first priority of Weather Madness.
Key Points: Blizzard for the western Dakota’s into western Nebraska. 6+ inches of snow in a band from South Dakota, through Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, Northern Michigan into New England and parts of New York. Ice runs out ahead of the rain from Virginia in Pennsylvania. Coastal Low should develop off of The Dalmarva. Tough call […]
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I posted this image on twitter but very concerned that the HRRR model is suggesting an initial tornado threat this evening across central PA into WV, VA, MD. Snow the other issue but again fighting the warmth of the ground and temperatures so amounts will be low. Graphics that I used in […]
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Most of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Mets have now picked up on the high wind event that is coming Thursday evening into Friday morning. Even the Storm Prediction Center has upgraded the severe weather risk to an Enhanced Risk of severe weather. This event was predicted two days ago on this site and my clients […]
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Highlights through Friday: Midwest and Great Lakes will see snow of 1-8 inches depending on location. Dam-Breaking High Wind event highs Thursday night and early Friday morning in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Wind gusts 40-70 mph as squall line moves through. Heavy rains from the Tennessee Valley into the Northeast will cause flooding issues on […]
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Thursday night into Friday, the dam of cold air is going to break over the Appalachians into the Mid-Atlantic with a high wind event I call “Dam-Breaking High Winds.” This type of event occurs when the cold air builds up on he west slopes of the Appalachians and eventually break over the mountains into the […]
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A strong cold will blast over the Appalachians Thursday night and into the Mid-Atlantic early Friday producing wind gusts 40-70 mph and perhaps even a few weak tornadoes. This is what I term a “Dam-Breaking High Wind Event” where cold air builds up west of he Appalachians and eventually breaks over the east slopes of […]
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I will be posting after lunch another blog due to the severity of the weather this week. Concerns: Denver gets 4-8 inches of snow. Up to a foot of snow comes into the Midwest. Even Chicago gets some snow. Tropical system comes up from the Yucatan enhances the rainfall in the Tennessee Valley. Severe weather […]
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