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2019 Preliminary Growing/Cooling Season Outlook. M.

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2019 Preliminary Growing/Cooling Season Outlook. M.

2019 Preliminary Growing/Cooling Season Outlook. M. The preliminary forecast package for Summer 2019 has been completed. Overall we foresee a cooler and wetter Summer VS the statistical average. The evolution of ENSO is crucial and we will be watching that closely. As of today we anticipate a weak to moderate strength El Nino…

3-29-19 Long-range: Substantial warmer trends overnight. Updated week’s 3/4 & April outlooks. B.

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By Vince Bryan

3-29-19 Long-range: Substantial warmer trends overnight. Updated week’s 3/4 & April outlooks. B.

Today's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHCZOyMQ2M&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-29-19 Long-Range Analysis Images: Key Points: Additional rain likely today and tomorrow for portions of the Midwest and Ohio Valley as a system slowly progresses eastward. Temperatures will crash behind this storm and lead to a big blast…

3-28-19 Long Range Analysis: Updated flooding concerns transitioning into April + sifting thru current model differences in the extended. K.

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By Bret Walts

3-28-19 Long Range Analysis: Updated flooding concerns transitioning into April + sifting thru current model differences in the extended. K.

Today's Video: http://youtu.be/4Zh7nYoPiA8?hd=1 PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-28 Long-Range Analysis Images: Tracking rain in the short term for many across the Midwest and Ohio Valley and snow snow risks in the Plains. Stay tuned for local updates for more detail. Temperatures are generally cooler than…

3-27-19 Long-range: Sharing updated ENSO analogs for April. M.

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By Vince Bryan

3-27-19 Long-range: Sharing updated ENSO analogs for April. M.

Today's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9iBECr4ZKM&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-27-19 Long-Range Analysis Images: Key Points: Warmer conditions develop the second half of the work week with the storm system that develops in the Plains. This will lead to a narrow band of above normal precipitation in week,…

3-26-19 Long-Range: Discussing updated long-range data vs organic forecasting methods of the pattern into April. M.

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By Vince Bryan

3-26-19 Long-Range: Discussing updated long-range data vs organic forecasting methods of the pattern into April. M.

Today's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rox9UdVZ8qU PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-26-19 Long-Range Analysis Images: Key Points: Warm-up with storm system later this week followed by big blast of cold air into this weekend as a trough dives into the eastern US and a +PNA builds (western US ridge). …

3-25-19 Long Range: Targeting additional Plains flooding risks this week. Discussing organic forecast ideas for April. B.

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By Bret Walts

3-25-19 Long Range: Targeting additional Plains flooding risks this week. Discussing organic forecast ideas for April. B.

Today's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1rsh4Dat0o&feature=youtu.be&hd=1 PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-25 Long-Range Analysis Images: One main system to track this week which will likely work from the western Plains through parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Some areas could pick up decent rainfall/snowfall with this system, but much…

3-24-19 Week Ahead Outlook: Storm-induced warmth expected mid-late week followed by cooler temps/wetter risks into week 2. I.

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By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

3-24-19 Week Ahead Outlook: Storm-induced warmth expected mid-late week followed by cooler temps/wetter risks into week 2. I.

For questions locally please reach out to [email protected]! Have a great evening! -Isaac Temperature Discussion: A very up and down pattern is expected across the AG Belt for the week 1 timeframe with cooler risks from the Stratospheric Polar Vortex to start off the week in the Eastern US, only…

GFS vs ECMWF on rainfall next week. Major impacts if ECMWF is correct.

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Mar

By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

GFS vs ECMWF on rainfall next week. Major impacts if ECMWF is correct.

GFS vs ECMWF on rainfall next week. Major impacts if ECMWF is correct. ECMWF is much more robust and further north and also would suggest severe weather. With snow melt and on going flooding the ECMWF would be near worst case scenario for the Midwest esp. Iowa. Will need to…

3-22-19 Long-range: Updated weeks 3/4 and April official forecasts.

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By Vince Bryan

3-22-19 Long-range: Updated weeks 3/4 and April official forecasts.

Today's video: https://youtu.be/5GQPfA300Gg PDF Slides (click link below to open in HD): 3-22-19 Long-Range Analysis Images: Key Points: Overall the next 7 days still look relatively dry for much of the country. Towards the end of the week and especially into week 2 we’ll see influences from what could be…

3-21-19 European Weekly Analysis: Cooler anomalies to start losing grip into April with precipitation risks in abundance. I.

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By Chief Meteorologist Michael Clark

3-21-19 European Weekly Analysis: Cooler anomalies to start losing grip into April with precipitation risks in abundance. I.

*Please note that the temperature departures are in degrees Celsius.* Discussion: The European Weeklies suggest the East Coast upper-level ridge will become more pronounced with some weak ridging developing over-the-top into week 3. Areas east of the Mississippi River are depicted to be around normal in the temperature department while…