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Wednesday: Rain and a few storms. Locally heavy rain.
Thursday: Rain ends during the morning hours. A freeze is likely Thursday night.
Friday: I am monitoring Friday morning for freeze conditions.
Saturday: I am monitoring Saturday morning for freeze conditions.
Sunday: A freeze is possible Sunday morning.
Tuesday: No.
Tuesday through Thursday
- Is lightning in the forecast? Yes: A chance on late Tuesday night into Thursday. Peak lightning chances are late Tuesday night and Wednesday.
- Is severe weather in the forecast? Unlikely.
* The NWS officially defines severe weather as 58 mph wind or great, 1″ hail or larger, and/or tornadoes - Is flash flooding in the forecast? Possible: Flash flooding is possible on Wednesday into Thursday. Locally heavy rain on top of already wet soil conditions could cause issues.
- Is Frost in the forecast? No.
- Is a freeze in the forecast? Likely. If the clouds clear then a freeze is likely on Thursday night.
- Is ACCUMULATING snow or ice in the forecast? No.
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Friday through Monday
- Is lightning in the forecast? No.
- Is severe weather in the forecast? No:
* The NWS officially defines severe weather as 58 mph wind or great, 1″ hail or larger, and/or tornadoes - Is flash flooding in the forecast? No.
- Is Frost in the forecast? Yes. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. Friday morning wind conditions may prevent frost from forming.
- Is a freeze in the forecast? Yes. Likely Friday, Saturday, and perhaps Sunday morning.
- Is ACCUMULATING snow or ice in the forecast? No.
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Have there been any significant changes in the forecast over the last 24 hours?
Lowered temperatures Wednesday into Friday.
Updated Wednesday night rain chances.
Ended rain earlier on Thursday.
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What changes might occur in the forecast?
The low temperatures on Thursday night are highly dependent on clouds clearing and winds dying done. To have a freeze would we need both to happen.
Saturday night low temperatures will also need to be monitored for adjustments.
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October 30, 2019
Wednesday’s Forecast: Mostly cloudy with rain likely. A few thunderstorms. Locally heavy rain.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~70% IL ~ 70% KY ~ 70% TN ~ 70%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (80% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 53° to 56° SE MO 48° to 56° South IL 48° to 60° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 54° to 58° West KY 58° to 62° NW TN 60° to 64°
Wind direction and speed: North/northeast wind becoming southeast at 7 to 14 mph with gusts to 20 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 50° to 55°
Coverage of precipitation: Numerous
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways. Heavy rain. A few storms could produce strong wind gusts. Lightning.
What action is required: Slow your vehicles on wet roadways. Avoid flooded roadways.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Have a plan B. Monitor radars.
UV Index: 2 Low
Sunrise: 7:17 AM
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Wednesday night Forecast: Mostly cloudy. Rain will become more and more scattered as we move into the evening and overnight hours. Spotty showers overnight. Any sleet or snow should remain to our northwest. Rain coverage increases again after midnight.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 60% IL ~ 60% KY ~ 70% TN ~ 70%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (70% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 40° to 44° SE MO 36° far northwest to 40° South IL 36° to 42° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 40° to 44° West KY 40° to 44° NW TN 40° to 44°
Wind direction and speed: North and northeast at 10 to 20 mph
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 34° to 44°
Coverage of precipitation: Becoming scattered.
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways. Some flooding is possible.
What action is required: Slow your vehicle on wet roadways. Avoid flooded roadways.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Have a plan B. Monitor radars. Rain will become more spotty on Wednesday night. A more widespread rain event returns after midnight.
Sunset: 5:59 PM
Moonrise: 9:58 AM
The phase of the moon: Waxing Crescent
Moonset: 8:11 PM
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October 31, 2019
Thursday’s Forecast: Colder. Rain ending early in the day. Temperatures will remain steady or fall behind the cold front. A wide range of temperatures ahead and behind the front.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~30% IL ~ 60% KY ~ 60% TN ~ 60%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (70% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 42° to 46° SE MO 40° to 45° South IL 42° to 48° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 46° to 52° West KY 45° far west to 58° towards Hopkinsville NW TN 50° to 54°
Wind direction and speed: Becoming northwest at 20 to 30 mph. Gusty winds.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 40° to 55°
Coverage of precipitation: Ending early in the morning.
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Wet roadways. Monitor the chance of some flooding.
What action is required: Slow your vehicles on wet roadways. Avoid flooded roadways.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? Monitor radars. Rain will end early in the day.
UV Index: 3 Low
Sunrise: 7:18 AM
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Thursday night Forecast: Evening clouds. Clearing. Pathy fog. A freeze is likely. Cold.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (70% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 26° to 30° SE MO 24° to 28° South IL 24° to 28° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 26° to 30° West KY 26° to 30° NW TN 26° to 30°
Wind direction and speed: West and northwest at 10 to 20 mph diminishing late.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 20° to 26°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? A freeze is possible.
What action is required: Sensitive plants may freeze.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Sunset: 5:58 PM
Moonrise:11:04 AM
The phase of the moon: Waxing Crescent
Moonset: 8:59 PM
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November 1, 2019
Friday’s Forecast: Chilly morning. A few clouds. Sky conditions should become Sunny. Patchy fog. A freeze is likely.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (70% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 48° to 52° SE MO 48° to 52° South IL 48° to 52° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 48° to 52° West KY 48° to 52° NW TN 50° to 54°
Wind direction and speed: Southwest to west at 5 to 10 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 45° to 50°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? None
What action is required: None
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
UV Index: 5 Moderate
Sunrise: 7:19 AM
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Friday night Forecast: Mostly clear. Patchy fog. Temperatures should dip to or below freezing.
What is the chance of precipitation? MO ~ 0% IL ~ 0% KY ~ 0% TN ~ 0%
How confident am I that this forecast will verify: High (70% confidence in the forecast)
Temperature range: MO Bootheel 28° to 30° SE MO 26° to 30° South IL 28° to 30° Northwest KY (near Indiana border) 28° to 30° West KY 28° to 30° NW TN 28° to 32°
Wind direction and speed: West at 5 mph.
Wind chill or heat index (feels like) temperature forecast: 28° to 32°
Coverage of precipitation: None
What impacts are anticipated from the weather? Freeze conditions.
What action is required: Sensitive plants may freeze.
Should I cancel my outdoor plans? No
Sunset: 5:57 PM
Moonrise:12:03 PM
The phase of the moon: Waxing Crescent
Moonset: 9:51 PM
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Saturday: High confidence. Mostly sunny. A few passing clouds. Chilly. High 48 to 54. Saturday night: Mostly clear. Patchy fog. A freeze is possible. Low 26 to 30. Northwest wind at 7 to 14 mph during the day and 4 to 8 mph at night.
Sunday: High confidence. Mostly sunny. High 50 to 54. Sunday night: Mostly clear. Chilly. Low 32 to 36. South at 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: Medium confidence. Partly cloudy. High 56 to 62. Monday night: Mostly clear. Chilly. Low 40 to 45. South at 6 to 12 mph.
Tuesday: Medium confidence. Partly cloudy. High 58 to 64. Tuesday night: Mostly clear. Low 40 to 45. South at 6 to 12 mph.
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Wind forecast
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Current conditions.
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School Bus Stop Forecast
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Weekend Camping Forecast
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- Another rain event on Wednesday and Thursday. A widespread one to two inch event. Locally higher.
- A freeze is likely Thursday night and Friday night.
Agriculture Forecast
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Storm Dates.
I will also show you dates that I believe have a chance of precipitation (past day nine). Do not hold me to them! Monitor the trends in the graphics.
Anything past day nine is very low confidence. Do not make plans based on this forecast.
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Graphic-cast
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Missouri
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Illinois
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Kentucky
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Tennessee
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Tuesday through next Monday: Severe weather is unlikely. A few storms on Wednesday could produce gusty winds.
October and November weather can and often does produce severe weather. Keep this in mind over the next few weeks.
The National Weather Service defines a severe thunderstorm as one that produces quarter size hail or larger, 58 mph winds or greater, and/or a tornado.
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Severe Weather Risk Graphic (this is not for regular summer storms. This graphic is for severe thunderstorms)
The National Weather Service defines a severe thunderstorm as one that produces quarter size hail or larger, 58 mph winds or greater, and/or a tornado.
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Today’s outlook (below).
Light green is where thunderstorms may occur but should be below severe levels.
Dark green is a level one risk. Yellow is a level two risk. Orange is a level three (enhanced) risk. Red is a level four (moderate) risk. Pink is a level five (high) risk.
One is the lowest risk. Five is the highest risk.
Light green is not assigned a number. Light green is where storms may occur but should be below severe levels.
A severe storm is one that produces 60 mph winds or higher, quarter size hail, and/or a tornado. One or more of those is defined as a severe thunderstorm.
The black outline is our local area.
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Tomorrow’s outlook.
Light green is where thunderstorms may occur but should be below severe levels.
Dark green is a level one risk. Yellow is a level two risk. Orange is a level three (enhanced) risk. Red is a level four (moderate) risk. Pink is a level five (high) risk.
One is the lowest risk. Five is the highest risk. Light green is not assigned a number.
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Here is the latest graphic from the WPC/NOAA.
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24-hour precipitation outlook.
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48-hour precipitation outlook.
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72-hour precipitation outlook.
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Days one through seven added together. Seven-day rainfall totals.
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- Rain chances increase today and Thursday. Locally heavy rain.
- A freeze is likely Thursday night, Friday night, and perhaps Saturday night.
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Weather
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Advice:
It appears the rain will end by Halloween evening. It will be windy and chilly for trick or treaters.
Freeze conditions are likely Thursday night and Friday night. I am monitoring Saturday night, as well. Expect lows in the 20s.
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Weather Forecast Analysis.
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Wet weather arrives today and Thursday. A widespread rain event will blanket the region with several waves of precipitation. There will be some lulls in precipitation coverage, as well.
I am anticipating a few thunderstorms to be embedded in the rain shield.
I removed the severe weather chances from the forecast. Not enough instability.
There will be spotty showers on Wednesday night. Another round of widespread rain across portions of the region on Thursday.
There are some questions about the placement of Thursday’s rain. The rain may end fairly early in the day.
I am forecasting a widespread one to two inches of rain with pockets of greater than two inches.
This comes on top of the recent one to five inches of rain that fell across the region.
I can’t rule out some flash flooding or general field flooding. A few of the commonly flooded roadways may flood. Avoid flooded roadways, as always.
Colder air arrives on Thursday as a cold front sweeps across the region. This front will usher in the coldest air since last spring. A widespread freeze is forecast Thursday and Friday night. Perhaps Saturday night, as well.
There should be some fog Thursday night into the weekend. That will partly depend on wind conditions. Use care on bridges during fog. They can occasionally have a thin layer of ice on them.
As far as rain on Halloween…
Rain should end early on Thursday.
I do expect rain on Thursday morning. Rain will then end west to east as the cold front sweeps further to the east and the area of low pressure to our north pushes furthern into the Great Lakes and Canada.
Trick or treaters will have blustery conditions with temperatures in the 40s. Winds will gust above 20 mph. It will feel like autumn. A bit chilly and a bit windy.
Dry weather is anticipated on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Chilly temperatures. An autumn weekend. Bon-fire weather.
Temperatuers Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night should drop into the 20s. A freeze is likely to occur during these nights.
Winds will be gusty on Halloween. Halloween night will be quite raw with falling temperatures and strong wind gusts.
1 PM Thursday
Wind gust map. Click to enlarge.
7 PM Thursday (wind gust map)
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Here are the WPC forecast graphics for the six to ten and eight to fourteen-day period. This is for precipitation and temperatures.
Darker colors equal a higher chance of it happening. Deep red means a high chance that temperatures will be above normal. Dark blue means a high chance that temperatures will be below normal.
The light green colors represent a lower end chance of above-normal rainfall. Dark green means a high chance of precipitation being above normal.
The yellow/orange color means a high chance that precipitation will be below normal.
The 6 to 10-day outlook.
Precipitation
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Temperatures
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And the 8 to 14-day outlook.
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Again, as a reminder, these are models. They are never 100% accurate. Take the general idea from them.
Timestamp upper left.
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What should I take from these?
- The general idea and not specifics. Models usually do well with the generalities.
- The time-stamp is located in the upper left corner.
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GFS model guidance.
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Blue is snow. Pink is ice. Green, yellow, orange, and red would be rain and thunderstorms.
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NAM model
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Blue is snow. Pink is ice. Green, yellow, orange, and red would be rain and thunderstorms.
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NAM 3K
Blue is snow. Pink is ice. Green, yellow, orange, and red would be rain and thunderstorms.
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Hrrr model
Blue is snow. Pink is ice. Green, yellow, orange, and red would be rain and thunderstorms.
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WRF Model
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These maps below update several times a day. Occasionally, in between updates, you may see a duplicate day or one out of sync.
Forty-eight-hour temperature outlook.
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These are bonus videos and maps for subscribers. I bring these to you from the BAMwx team. I pay them to help with videos.
The Ohio and Missouri Valley videos cover most of our area. They do not have a specific Tennessee Valley forecast but they may add one in the future.
The long-range video is a bit technical. Over time, you can learn a lot about meteorology from the long-range video.
NOTE: These may not be updated on Saturday and Sunday.
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These are bonus videos for subscribers.
I hire BAMwx to help with videos.
They do not currently have a Kentucky/Tennessee specific video.
The Ohio Valley video does capture our region.
The long-range video does cover our region.
There may be some differences in the videos vs my forecast thoughts. Keep that in mind.
Videos will be in the app only the next few days. Load your WeathrrTalk app. Click video tab. You can also log into the www.weathertalk.com website to view videos.
Ohio Valley video
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This video is a bit more meteorologically technical. An in-depth discussion about the coming weeks.
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Long Range VIdeo
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The Missouri Valley Forecast Vide0
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Key Points: This was written by the BAMwx team. I don’t edit it.
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Normal high temperatures for this time of the year are around 67 degrees.
Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 43 degrees.
Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 0.80″ to 1.00″
Yellow and orange are above normal. Red is much above normal. Light blue and blue is below normal. Green to purple is much below normal.
This outlook covers October 30th through November 5th
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The next update for these two graphics will be on Thursday.
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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. Brown is below normal. Green is above normal. Blue is much above normal.
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Outlook definitions
EC = Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal
Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 42 degrees
Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.00″ to 1.30″
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This outlook covers November 6th through November 12th
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The next update for these two graphics will be on Thursday
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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. For example, if your normal rainfall is 1.00″ and the graphic shows 25%, then that would mean 0.25″ of rain is anticipated.
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Outlook definitions
EC = Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal
Normal high temperatures for this time of the year are around 56 degrees
Normal low temperatures for this time of the year are around 36 degrees
Normal precipitation during this time period ranges from 1.60″ to 2.00″
This outlook covers November 12th through November 25th
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The next update for these two graphics will be on Friday morning.
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The precipitation forecast is PERCENT OF NORMAL. For example, if your normal rainfall is 1.00″ and the graphic shows 10%, then that would mean 0.10″ of rain is anticipated.
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Outlook definitions
EC= Equal chances of above or below normal
BN= Below normal
M/BN = Much below normal
AN = Above normal
M/AN = Much above normal
E/AN = Extremely above normal
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Fall Outlook
September, October, and November Temperature outlook
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Temperature outlook.
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Precipitation outlook
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November
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December
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January
February
March
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BAMwx has released its preliminary winter forecast. Keep in mind, what you really want to know is not covered in a general winter outlook. What you want to know is how much snow or ice will fall. That is not possible to predict.
The best long-range forecasters can do is to tell you above or below normal temperatures and precipitation.
This initial winter outlook indicates odds favor above-normal temperatures when everything is averaged out from November into March. That does not mean we won’t have cold weather. It just means when you average all of those months together we could end up above normal.
They indicate above-normal snowfall, as well.
Winter analogs. BAMwx found years that have a pattern similar to what we are currently experiencing. Those are called analogs. We can compare past years with the present.
Their analogs indicate colder than normal across portions of the central and northern United States. They indicate above normal temperatures along the West Coast south and east into Texas.
Blue and purple are below normal (bright green, as well). Yellow and orange are above normal.
Winter Precipitation
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Looking back at last year. None of the models handled last year all that well.
Upper air pattern.
Here is the BAMwx temperature forecast. This covers all of winter. They have us in the above normal temperature zone. Near normal just to our north. For now, they have this marked as a low confidence forecast.
Additional winter forecasts will be posted over the next couple of months. This is the preliminary outlook.
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Who do you trust for your weather information and who holds them accountable?
I have studied the weather in our region since the late 1970s. I have 40 years of experience in observing our regions weather patterns.
My degree is in Broadcast Meteorology from Mississippi State University and a Bachelor of Science (BS).
I am an NOAA Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador. I am the Meteorologist for McCracken County rescue squad. When asked, I assist Ballard and Massac Counties, as well.
I own and operate the Southern Illinois Weather Observatory and WeatherTalk LLC.
There is a lot of noise on the internet. Over time you should learn who to trust for your weather information.
My forecast philosophy is simple and straight forward.
- Communicate in simple terms
- To be as accurate as possible within a reasonable time frame before an event
- Interact with you on Twitter, Facebook, and the blog
- Minimize the “hype” that you might see on television or through other weather sources
- Push you towards utilizing wall-to-wall LOCAL TV coverage during severe weather events
I am a recipient of the Mark Trail Award, WPSD Six Who Make A Difference Award, Kentucky Colonel, and the Caesar J. Fiamma” Award from the American Red Cross.
In 2009 I was presented with the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety Award.
I was recognized by the Kentucky House of Representatives for my service to the State of Kentucky leading up to several winter storms and severe weather outbreaks.
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