Meteorological Winter is on our doorstep, beginning this Sunday! So far, we have seen a light start to winter, only a trace of snow accumulation has been recorded for Lowell; Typically, we see 1.9″ of snowfall on average in November (NOAA 1981-2010 Lowell CO-OP climate data). As we turn the tide of a new season, […]
Weather radar is a common tool we see everywhere, from tv to the internet to apps on our smartphones and watches. We know to look for where we are on a map and the brighter the color, the heavier the precipitation that is coming. Have you ever wondered how to read these radar images more […]
Well, we made it. It’s finally spring and winter is in the rearview mirror! Is it just me, or did it feel like it took a long time to get through March? Since winter recently ended, I feel that it is a good time to review what happened over the course of this winter. Three […]
So what happened with the last nor’easter? We were all saying we would get several inches of snow and it would start Wednesday and get intense that night into Thursday morning. Well, that clearly did not happen. So what caused the change? As late as the 12z GFS run, it was saying that the snow […]
After such a mild February, it seemed as though New England was in for an early spring. That is, until March came about… Barely 3 weeks into the month of and New England has had to contend with 3 consecutive Nor’easter’s. High latitude blocking remains locked in place which positions the jet stream in a […]
There is no rest for storm weary New England. Yet another Nor’easter will impact the region beginning around midnight and continuing throughout the day on Tuesday. Snow, wind, and coastal flood headlines are posted depending on where you live. Cold air will provide a “fluff factor” to the snow so the risk for power outages […]
The first half of February has hardly been like an average winter in New England. The temperatures for Lowell have been all over the place over the course of this winter, however, the average temperature has remained at the average mark or a little below the average mark. The other thing about the current winter […]
You may have heard on social media or heard on the news about el nino and la nina, but did you know that there are other large scale patterns in the Northern Hemisphere that work just like they do to influence our weather? We call these patterns teleconnections because they can affect meteorological phenomenon long […]
Tomorrow is the three year anniversary of the record breaking 45 days. Three years ago on January 27, 2015, started the span of 45 days where we had record breaking cold and record breaking snow. What was unique about that winter was the fact that these records were broken only within a little over a […]
At the beginning of this month, I had the pleasure of attending my first ever American Meteorological Society (AMS) meeting in Austin, Texas. In addition to it being my first meeting as an attendee, it was my first meeting as a presenter; an opportunity I owe to NSF funding as a part of the NWC […]