Temperatures January 31, 2007

I mentioned earlier in my post from today that I might bump up temps. However, if you watched the forecast, you’ll notice that I didn’t. I wrote the previous post from home and gave just a glance at all the newest models. However, after getting to work and actually studying them some, [...]

Cold Air Still There January 30, 2007

The cold air is still there… but as it settles south its beginning to show trends of the core staying a little farther to the east. What does that mean? Well, still brutally cold air here in the metro, but we might be able to reach those elusive double digits for the weekend. [...]

Cold Cold Cold January 29, 2007

It’s entertaining trying to forecast big polar plunges like this. The models can easily be wrong and will switch from run to run. It’s up to the meteorologist to figure out what’s going to happen and what’s right. Anyway, this is what I think…
Tuesday: ColdShould be the coldest day out of the next few. However, [...]

Windy and Cold January 27, 2007

It was an absolutely beautiful day in Miami. Temperatures in the mid 70s and low in the 60s. In Omaha, a completely different story.
The Wind and the ColdThe winds picked up across the area last night. Through the course of the day, the winds gusted close to 40 miles per hour across much of the [...]

What a Day! January 26, 2007

You stepped outside today and it really felt like Spring. Our high today was in the mid 40s with a low right around 20. In fact, the normals for today were 33 and 12 (those are actually on the way up now!). However, our temperatures today felt more like March 3rd (when the normal high [...]

Warm to Cold January 25, 2007

40 is nice… only when it’s at the end of January and it’s coming right before a big long-lasting polar plunge. Sunshine, southwest winds at 10 to 20, and temperatures rising into the upper 30s and lower 40s across the entire area all makes for a great day.
The Polar PlungeIt’s not out of the ordinary [...]

Trying Something New.. January 23, 2007

I’m trying to find an easy way to convert snowfall amounts into a Google Map. This is my first attempt at it, let me know if it works for you.
Snowfall Total Map
When you click on a marker it brings up a box… an E stands for estimated and an M stands for measures. [...]

The Floyd River & Another Weekend Storm? January 22, 2007

(Meteorologist Roger Schwartz writes:)
Hi friends.
The weather has quieted down for a bit now, after this last weekend’s snow, and I thought I would just mention a little trip I took last Tuesday up to Siouxland and Le Mars Iowa. They had just gotten a fresh blanket of 5 or 6 inches of snow from two [...]

Snow Is Done January 21, 2007

It was basically a 12 hour snow across the region Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. In that 12 hours, most places got a total of 5 to 8 inches of snow. The top spot in the metro was Papillion with 8.2 inches of snow. Here at KETV, we got 6 inches. Take a look at [...]

NAM MODEL Vs. GFS MODEL SAME TOTAL-DIFFERENT RATIO January 21, 2007

(meteorologist Roger Schwartz writes:)
Small post here but the 18 Z GFS came in with the same amount of precip as the 18 Z ETA-NAM for Omaha about .42″ from 6 PM Tonight thru 6 AM Tomorrow, but the GFS has a lower snow to liquid ratio of about 11 to 1. Do the math and [...]