The “atmospheric river” is taking a direct aim on California, and that will result in eye-popping rainfall totals, heavy mountain snow accumulation, flooding, and mudslides. Weather conditions are ideal for an impressive and climatologically rare heavy-rain event over the weekend over a large section of California. Rainfall amounts from 8 to 12 inches are expected. … Read more
Interesting rainfall tidbits from the deluge in the Metroplex on Monday 7/4/16 The total rainfall at DFW Airport on the 4th of July 2016 was 3.20″ This shattered the daily record for 7/4 by 141% (previous record: 1.31″ in 2006) Compared with the entire month of July, as well as June + July… It ranked … Read more
I typically do not share model data because they can be very complex. I do want to show one of the state-of-the-art programs that I use in my operations to analyze model-simulated soundings. The models do not automatically compute these data; the additional software turns the raw output into meaningful information. At least one of … Read more
Global Wind 7-Day Satellite Loop Note: The purpose of this post is to share advanced forecasting techniques, not present formal research at this time. Example Case: Heavy Rain Event in North Texas ◙ I wanted to show some of the 48-hour rainfall amounts as of 7:00 am CDT April 18, 2016 (officially spans a 48-hour … Read more
This table shows the total precipitation for every month since September 1898 at DFW. Weather records at DFW began [showcurrentage month=”9″ day=”1″ year=”1898″ template=”9″] ago on September 1, 1898. These data include all forms of precipitation; snow and sleet are included as melted liquid equivalent. Other Weather Records: ● DFW Snowfall Records ● Monthly Precipitation … Read more
Latest Forecast ➡ A new post about Tropical Storm Bill was started to help improve readability. All previous forecast updates in the three days leading up to Bill’s formation are archived below, in the order that they were written. ➡ Final Event Recap: As predicted, peak wind gusts of 50 mph and greater, and record … Read more