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26 June 2012
Brutal heat and Severe Flooding
Highs reached 109 (over 40 degrees C for the rest of the more enlightened the world) in Oklahoma on Monday and it was 105 in Limon Colorado and above 105 across much of Kansas. It even reached 102 in NW Alabama but I think the heat will get much worse later this week and spread over an unusually large region fo the U.S. In 33 years of forecasting I have never seen an NWP …
12 June 2012
More of The West Burns While Pensacola Floods
The intense drought out west is likely to cause more of these fires and the huge number of dead trees in the forests (due to the Pine Beetle) are certainly aggravating the situation. The opposite is true on the Gulf Coast with a deep layer of tropical moisture moving ashore over the weekend. Over 20 inches of rain fell in western Florida. As of late May, 37% of the U.S. …
24 April 2012
East Coast Soaked By Nor-Easter
The 4km NOAA WRF Model did a pretty good job of forecasting the totals. The image below is from the Friday 00Z model run. Central PA. had 2-10 inches of snow out of this storm!
21 April 2012
Nor-Easter Poised to Break East Coast Drought (Heavy snow possible as well.)
The drought conditions from Florida to NY have been getting steadily worse, but some real relief is on the way starting tonight. A major Nor-easter is on the way as a rapidly deepening surface low runs up the East Coast on Sunday into Monday. While there may be some isolated severe weather, the main threat with this system is high winds and Gale Warnings are likely to be issued (first one just posted …
17 April 2012
Drought Relief Coming For The Eastern U.S.??
The Eastern U.S. is below: Now the good news:
12 August 2006
A Break In The Heat
Well, we finally broke the heat wave. Many areas had some heavy rains over the last 48 hours as well, so that should make the farmers happy. I have a tree in the yard that’s about 3 years old. It was almost dead from lack of water. After a good heavy rain Thursday night, it had perked back up nicely! I had been kicking myself for not noticing it, but …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.