Insanely Strong Polar Vortex Pummels the Midwest

By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard of the infamous “polar vortex.” While this term has been in the meteorological literature since 1853, it sprung into the vernacular during the 2013-2014 winter, which featured repeated arctic outbreaks that punished the Midwest and Northeast with record low temperatures. The first “Sharknado” movie was released in the […]

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Crazy Heat East Of The Rockies

For the majority of July, we’ve been nice and seasonably cool here in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve been warming up over the past couple days, and by next week, we may have our first day of the month above 80 degrees! So the end of our “normal” summer weather is in sight. However, while we’ve […]

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Sea-Level Snow Looking Pretty Likely

Tuesday, January 10, 201212:48 P.M. Photo Credit: Alistair Grant I’m actually taking a class that discusses the current weather over the world once every week, so I thought I’d go ahead and post my notes on my blog! Of course, it will be more of a summary/story of my notes, because my notes are pretty […]

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Southern Plains Snowstorm!!

Monday, December 19, 2011 3:55 P.M. Santa Fe – December 19, 2011 – Photo Credit: AP Photo/The Albuquerque Journal, Dean Hanson I’ve been trying to find creative things to write about on this blog, but I haven’t had the creativity because of finals week, and I haven’t found anything interesting about the weather either. The […]

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Huge Midwest Storm!!!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 11:05 P.M. Hey everybody! I am now a second semester senior, so I’m sure you know what that means. It means, of course, that I will be writing a lot more weather forecasts because I now have some additional time to do so! I want to thank everybody who has been […]

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