Things Change

Cold to Warm ⭐

• Today started pretty chilly in the East with wind chills near freezing in non-Florida places

• It stays cool in the East today but not for long

• Temperatures in the West are warm and will spread eastward this week

• And the switch will be complete this weekend as highs cool down in the West

Quiet Days For a While ⭐

• Wind and lake effect snow impacted the Northeast this weekend

• But by Tuesday, most of the country will have dry and calm weather

• The exception will be rain moving into the Pacific Northwest, but that's our idea of quiet anyway

• Changes arrive next weekend as snow builds into the Rockies and a new frontal system reaches the Plains

Tropics But Not Here ⭐

• There is only one cyclone in the Atlantic now and it's going to flood Central America with potentially 35" of rain for some

• But what will annoy the heck out of you is where it could be going

• Ensemble models, better at looking at longer term forecasts, are returning Eta to the Caribbean after a Central America landfall

• So where the storm will be next week will be on my next blog post

• Eta is pronounced "ate-uh", as in "I ate a pizza".

⚡ Ready for snow reports? I like this page that provides numbers once you zoom in, as well as a searchable list and changeable timeline.