An Alberta Clipper disturbance quickly moved through the north-central US during the day on 08 January 2014, leaving only light amounts of snowfall (generally 1 inch or less). However, very strong winds in the wake of the system (with gusts as high as 59 mph at Bismarck,... Read More

McIDAS images of GOES-13 0.63 µm visible channel data with overlays of surface weather type (above; click image to play animation) showed a large lake effect cloud band that had formed over Lake Huron, moved inland across southern Ontario, and then became further lake-enhanced as it moved over Lake Erie... Read More

A band of strong westerly/northwesterly winds moved across northern Scotland and southern Norway on 02 January 2015 (surface analyses), with a number of locations reporting wind gusts in excess of 50-60 knots. The highest wind gust seen was 64 knots at the Read More

A cold storm system moving through the Southwest US on 31 December 2014 produced significant snowfall in many of the higher-elevation mountain ranges of California, Baja California, Nevada, and Arizona (up to 20 inches at Mountainaire AZ), but also left lighter amounts of... Read More