Time to use this as I wanted to!

In the Mid Atlantic Weather .com world we had a few great things happen this week! We hit 200,000 visitors due to the Christmas time blizzard. I have now figured out the Video side of things and will likely produce my first video in the next day or so.

We need the photos up before the next snow storm. I have been debating how to do this and I still do not have a great plan! The issue is making it as easy as possible for members to post, but I do not want potentially bad taste photos posted.

What is the weather news:
Several counties in Virginia were declared disaster areas due to last Summer’s droughts.

This is winter! Feels like it and acting like it. This year’s dominating force will be the La Nina episode which reminds me of 2 things! Cold and desert like for precipitation. I also expect that December may end up as the coldest month of the winter season. We will see hints of winter storms, but models will not handle the pattern well and that is what happened with what I thought could be the first storm of the winter season. The Lion turned into a lamb as a clipper system now looks like it will scoot even south of VA making flurries and light snow showers possible in NC. That storm will get its act together once in the ocean and do nothing but bring very cold winds to the region. Highs will struggle out of the 30s most of next week with wind chills in the 20s! Find the scarf and hats!

So daily – 40s region wide today and even some flurries scattered across central VA. – Saturday will see high mid 30s to mid 40s with increasing clouds. Showers and snow showers possible in the SW portion of VA and western NC, – Saturday night will feature scattered snow showers across the central regions of VA and north half of NC from the mountains to the coast! – Sunday – blustery and cold! Highs likely in the 30s for most, upper 30s south, mid 30s north

Next week – Cold 30s to continue – possibly a few disturbance causing some snow showers.

Long term, if the models are seeing correctly, we could have an ice/snow threat next weekend.

Mid Atlantic Weather GROWING!

I am on the verge of launching yet another part of the Mid Atlantic Weather network of sights. This will include video and podcasts. This is exciting, but I will tell ya, I am a 1 man team, so do not think it will be spectacular! It will be as amateur as it gets! More to come on this.

All for now!

Jimmy

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After yesterday’s really mild weather, today we cool down to highs in the 50 north to 60 south range. Increasing clouds later today will lead to rainy skies for Thanksgiving. Today’s travels should be good along the east coast, but the upper Midwest will see snows and ice, while the OK, TX, AR area could see severe! Please be careful no matter what! Thursday looks cool with mid 40s to mid 50s and rainy skies. After Friday early showers temps will be a bit warmer with mid 50s north and mid 60s south.Air will really cool Saturday and Sunday with Highs in the 40s north and low to mid 50s south.

What is happening with Mid Atlantic Weather! I have created 2 twitter newspapers that are fun! they are located at http://paper.li/midatlanticwx and http://paper.li/breakingmawx

I will work harder on launching the photos area. This was kind of on hold for a bit, but will be a focus. http://photos.midatlanticweather.com will likely launch in a week!

The mobile weather sites that I have include http://mawx.net and http://mawx.us . I need o get these a bit more feature rich.

Need to expand on my links for sites that I use for getting information, but MANY links will be removed as I move to a Word Press template. This will make the site easier to read and stop the overdone and outdated information.

All forecast related information will remain. I will need to see how to wrap it in. I have an idea!

All for now!

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The system in the Northern Plains and now Southern Canada has broken records for lowest pressure in the Continental US. The pressure hit 956 mb which is as strong as a Category 3 Hurricane! We are seeing some of this energy translate into severe storms and winds this morning. The front is slowing so Eastern VA, MD, DE, Eastern PA, and Eastern NC remain in a volatile area so more isolated tornadoes could form. The system will slowly pull out today and so North and west could see sun but the Eastern and Southeastern areas may continue in the showers and storms. Temps are already 7 to 10 degrees above normal at 7am for most locations! Highs will be 70s for North and west to even low 80s in the south! Sunnier skies tomorrow and continued mild with temps in the 70s again. MUCH cooler Friday with many staying in the 50s and some low 60s south. The weekend remains cool with 60s for most, but, as of now, Halloween looks dry!

Stay tuned to News and Weather outlets as tornado watches remain in Southeastern VA.

All for now!

There is a powerful low pressure that is heating through Minnesota that has a pressure comparable to hurricanes. Thus many states have high wind warnings and wind advisories. Also, the system is spawning a huge line of severe weather capable of tornadoes! 10 states have tornado watches and many Severe Storm warnings are posted.. We are east of that system so very warm air is coming into the region. Southern areas will see low to mid 80s for highs today and tomorrow! As the storm’s cold front approaches overnight, showers and storms will become numerous and there may be some severe weather as well as strong winds will be possible in some of them. You can see the severe risks today in the Midwest and the region is under a slight risk for severe storms for the overnight. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day1otlk.html. Tomorrow the focus will be for the eastern areas as the front continues eastward. This will need to be watched as there is a huge amount of energy and how it translates to storminess will be wind and severe weather.The main risk will be high winds, but there is a tornado risk as well.

The system will move east and allow precipitation to wind down in the afternoon tomorrow and more unseasonably warm air will remain. Thursday will see a step down in temps, but still slightly above normal temperatures with variably cloudy skies. Friday will be much cooler with temps a bit below normal. Friday night it is likely we will see another risk for frost in areas.

Please stay tuned to radio and news outlets this evening and then potentially into the night. Severe weather overnight is dangerous as many are asleep and unaware of the storms coming.

All for now!

As of now, I am going to go for a very normal temperature but it will be normal based on some warmer and cooler months. I think we start cooler and end warmer to equal out. Snow will be near normal in the north and below normal south. For NC and Southern VA, the winter will be mild and not that snowy, but I expect some icy times. In the Northern regions of VA and MD, mixed bags will be common. I suspect many storms will start as snow and end as rain due to overrunning and storms heading west of the Mountains. We will likely see 2 to 3 snow storms. Nothing like last year! PA will see normal to just above normal snow and normal temps.

I do expect leading into winter that we will see a couple storms that will crush the rest of the drought concerns. Later in the winter, NC and SC may see the dry weather return.

We will see how this goes!

I will post it later this week!

Jimmy

Today we will see an increase in clouds and rain overspread the region from the south. Rain will increase tonight and become heavy at times. Rainfall rates on a saturated ground will make for a high potential that flash flooding could occur so Flood Watches are up now, and warnings will likely be put up for locations by tomorrow morning.

As noted before, flooding rains do kill people so please do not drive through standing water!

Tomorrow will bring more turbulence so localized severe weather could affect the area including the potential for short lived tornadoes.

This will be another time to stay tuned to weather and news outlets for severe watches and warnings!

Friday will see a return to sunny conditions and highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. This weekend into early next week looks cool with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s and nighttime lows in the 40s and lower 50s.

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*THE RAIN!* The next 2 days we will see a lot of rains. We have the potential region wide to see 2 to 4 inches of rain. There will be bigger rains in SW VA, Western NC, and NW GA. The concerns there are for 4 to 6″ of rain with isolated 8″ amounts. There are multiple flash flood watches up which will be replaced by warnings in parts! Please stay tuned to local media and weather outlets! *NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SAY IT, PEOPLE WILL DO IT! DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER!!!! IT CAN KILL! IT TAKES ONE STUPID DECISION TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH YOU NOT THERE!

*OK, what is coming up next? Well we have unanimous support for a tropical/nor’easter system to come on in Thursday time frame. Now this will be bad news. Again a half foot or more of rain could fall for parts of the region! This will have a wind and severe component too! Please be in tune with the weather this week!

*SEVERE!!!* With such a dynamic system we have the opportunity to see severe storms tomorrow and tomorrow night and even Tuesday in the region. Strong winds and even tornadoes are possible! This will need to be watched and again, you need to stay tuned to news and radio outlets, ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT! That makes it hard to stay alert when it is overnight!

*MUCH COOLER!!! *Yes, it is much cooler and will pretty much stay that way except Tuesday, when we could see some warmer air punch in the region and make the temps jump to the mid and upper 80s! That may also be problematic for severe weather. 70s will otherwise dominate.

*A LOT TO MONITOR!!!!!!

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Now we feel like Fall! Today will be cloudy and cool with showers and maybe isolated storms in the southern regions. Some storms and persistent rains have caused floods in southern VA and parts of NC. Be careful. Highs will be in the 70s for most with some lower 80s south. Such a relief after this summer. Clouds will slowly clear tomorrow with highs staying in the upper 70s to mid 80s for the most part. Then 80s rule until Sunday into Monday when temps will approach 90 for a while into next week. Rain chances diminish slowly the next 24 hours.

5 Years ago today TD12 strengthened into Katrina. What a crazy year that was! For now, Daniele has been very healthy looking out in the mid Atlantic, she kind of went through a restructuring cycle the last several hours, but still looks on track to make it to Major status by tomorrow. On her heals is another system that could become a Tropical Depression today and a storm in the next day or so. His name would be Earle.

Enjoy the cooler weather! After a summer of such heat, it is nice, even if cloudy, to get a break and give AC’s a break too!

All for now!