A large and rapidly-deepening midlatitude cyclone (surface analyses) moved northeastward across the Midwest and Great Lakes on 24 February 2019. GOES-16 (GOES-East) Mid-level Water Vapor (6.9 µm) images (above) showed the storm circulation that featured a pronounced dry slot — strong winds were widespread, with gusts of 60 knots or higher occurring... Read More

A toggle between Observed Precipitation and Percent of Normal Precipitation for the 30-day period ending at 12 UTC on 24 February 2019 (above) showed a large area that received 10-15 inches of rainfall — which was 200-400% of normal — across the Lower Mississippi River and Tennessee River Valleys.A before/after... Read More