Warning… The image above is not from the Alabama fireball, but just a representation of what it may have looked like according to witnesses. We are working to get pictures and video of the event… If you have pictures or video, please contact me by e-mail to rscott@wvuatv.com Many of you in west and central [...]
Above is the current surface map across the eastern half of the US. The remnant low of Sandy is located over south central Pennsylvania at this hour and is slowly weakening. Sandy is still producing heavy rain and snow across the northeast; in-fact, heavy snow has been reported as far south as the Gatlinburg, TN area. 1 to [...]
After an exceptionally warm week last week, colder air made a return to the Commonwealth Friday and the colder temperatures and clouds stuck around for much of the weekend. The cold front that ushered in the colder weather weakened as it moved to our east thanks to a very strong low pressure system moving up [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Sunday , October 28, 2012 Hurricane Sandy's Transformation A lot has been said of the severe damage that may accompany Hurricane Sandy---10-20 inches of precipitation west and southwest of the storm , coastal wind gusts exceeding 80 mph , severe damage to barrier beaches , flooding over western L.I . sound and other vulnerable locations . nbsp The threat is great and . imminent But what has not been discussed in depth is the extraordinary transformation that will occur as Sandy makes landfall and moves inland . from a tropical to an extratropical storm , the first with a warm core and the latter with a cold core . nbsp I will talk about that . here Right now Hurricane Sandy is
Much of the area saw some sunshine this afternoon as the clouds finally started progressing eastward. Cold advection will continue tonight and tomorrow as the pressure gradient increases due to the combination of high pressure to the northwest and very low pressure associated with Hurricane Sandy. Expect blustery conditions during the day tomorrow with 925 [...]
The afternoon has turned out to be rather cool with temperatures several degrees cooler than indicated by model guidance. A stubborn deck of low clouds has continued to persist across much of the area. These clouds should slowly erode tonight and into Sunday. As tropical system Sandy moves northward and phases with a strong mid [...]
Good Saturday morning! The new 10am advisory is in from the National Hurricane Center, and the report isn’t good at all. Pressure continues to fall to a level of 958mb and Tropical Storm Force winds extend out 450 miles from the center… that’s in all directions! Tropical Storm Force winds are starting to impact a [...]
The past couple of days have been pretty boring, but a great chance to enjoy the beautiful leaves and sunshine. The upper level ridge allowing this persistent pattern will begin to break down tomorrow into Friday. A deepening trough from the west is approaching our area bringing strong winds aloft beginning early Friday into the [...]
Check out these photos of mammatus clouds and a developing tornado!
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Monday , October 22, 2012 A Faltering El Nino The difference between a strong El Nino winter and a neutral winter neither El Nino nor La Nina can be a large . one Strong El Nino winters are generally warmer and drier than normal . Less big storms . nbsp Considerably less snowpack in the Cascades and little , if any , snow in the . lowlands Neutral winters bring normal weather and have a bit of a twist : nbsp the biggest storms--the greatest floods , windstorms , snowstorms--when they happen which is rare tend to occur in neutral . years Years that Seattle mayors need to worry about , as should the keepers of the 520 bridge . nbsp Buckle your meteorological seatbelts--its looks
Current conditions have Bowling Green under the dominance of a surface high pressure system. As Chris stated in the previous forecast, it will linger around through the middle of the week. There is an upper level ridge situated over the central US preventing the influence of any disturbances into our area. This looks to change [...]
Warmer conditions have flooded much of the region for the past couple of days as highs have gradually warmed into the low to mid 70′s across the area. Mostly sunny conditions have ruled the skies for Wednesday as those fall time colors have began to really show across the area. We wrapped up the weekend [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , October 17, 2012 How high do weather balloons rise This week we were all thrilled by the jump of Felix Baumgartner from a balloon that ascended to 128,000 ft . nbsp At that height he was above the vast majority of the atmosphere 99 of the atmosphere was below him the sky was nearly as black as space , and the curvature of the earth was obvious see picture Simply . amazing But what about weather balloons . also know as radiosondes . how high do they fly Radiosondes are launched twice a day at 92 locations around the U.S . see map and picture As shown by the picture , these units include a balloon , a parachute , and an instrument package that radios back temperature ,
Saturday kicked off the weekend on a relatively nice note. A cool morning eventually led to partly sunny skies and slightly warmer conditions across the region. Highs across the area quickly warmed up after a chilly start as temperatures topped out in the mid to upper 70′s statewide. A warm front moving through the region [...]
Moving into the weekend, we will see a strong shortwave trough continue to advance east over our area. This disturbance will have weakened somewhat upon arrival but will still allow for the development of severe weather across Western Kentucky. The lacking factor in this set up will be instability. CAPE parameters are lacking [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Saturday , October 13, 2012 The Faucet Turns On This year we have experienced one of the most profound late summer early fall dry spells and it is not ending in a subtle way . nbsp The rain is coming back with an abrupt and powerful transition , bringing particularly heavy amounts over the Olympics , north Cascades , and the mountains of Vancouver . Island As you know , we have had virtually no rainfall over the region since late July , resulting in many drought records at locations on both sides of the Cascades . nbsp Now take a look at the forecast predicted by the UW WRF model for the 72 hours ending at 5 AM on Tuesday both regional and WA views , click to get a larger image In
We have experienced a cool week here in Warren County with frost advisory most mornings and cools starts to the day. Tonight a Freeze Advisory has been issued by the NWS in Louisville valid until 8 am CDT tomorrow. Tonight, we will have clear skies over the area allowing the temperature to drop lower than [...]
Temperatures are beginning to become more fall like after a strong cold front and canadian air mass moved through Kentucky over the weekend. Surface high pressure has built in behind with winds remaining out of the north allowing the colder temperatures to continue to be advected into Kentucky. Another area of low pressure has [...]
: Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Friday , October 5, 2012 Presidential Debate Weather There have been a number of suggestions , particularly from ex-Vice President Al Gore , that President Obama's lackluster performance had a meteorological origin the effects of low atmospheric pressure in Denver on the President's mental functions Now a number of folks criticized this explanation , and they may be right , but I have an alternative Something else meteorological happened during the debates that has not gotten a lot of press . nbsp Now , first lets consider the pressure change idea . that the President flew into Denver that afternoon , while Governor Romney spent days in the mile-high city which the pressure is
: , , Cliff Mass Weather Blog This blog provides updated forecasts and comments on current weather or other topics Wednesday , October 3, 2012 First Fall Cold Front , Dust Storm , and Major Records Fall Late yesterday the first strong cold front of the fall moved across eastern Washington , bringing northerly winds gusting to 30-50 mph that picked up large amounts of material from the surface , and resulting in a veritable dust storm over large sections of the inland empire . nbsp To illustrate , here are the weather observations Moses Lake Airport time in GMT , 1752 is 10:52 AM , etc Wind gusts hit 41 knots at 5:52 PM and you can see reports of haze H and blowing dust BD I have enhanced a visible satellite photo at 4:30 PM shown below You can see the arc-shaped leading edge of the strong