Monthly Archives: October 2020

I need to show the progress of the Arctic polar heatwave today. It is just as strong and massive as before but the positioning has shifted a little and so has the main geographical source of energy supply. The principal … Continue reading →

The technical difficulties experienced this past week on the Weather Map site have taken out all records I have of the incredible North American cold anomaly as originally reported here two days ago. This is most unfortunate because it may … Continue reading →

The animated TPW (Total Precipitable Water) website–http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/real-time/mtpw2/product.php—is now almost back to normal, which is a great relief.  Anyone who is not thoroughly familiar with its content will not have a full grasp of the message I have been trying to … Continue reading →

Editing note: Due to unexplainable technical difficulties, the map you see here is (most likely) not the same as the one that was originally posted. The verbal description of the original contains important information that can be relied upon for … Continue reading →

Editing note: Due to unexplainable technical difficulties, the outdated maps displayed here are not the same as those originally posted. Today’s Weather Maps is having technical problems getting the maps updated, giving us an excuse to take a break from … Continue reading →

Editing note: Due to unexplainable technical difficulties, some of the maps displayed here are outdated and not the same as those originally posted. The North American cold anomaly deserves some extra attention because of its great magnitude, both in area … Continue reading →

There are four major streams of water vapor now emerging from warm subtropical waters in the Northern Hemisphere and rising high enough to enter the upper level wind system, which is the home of jetstream winds. They can all be … Continue reading →

We want to know what is behind the heatwave over the Arctic Ocean, now almost a month old and showing no sign of relief.  Today we’ll be taking a close-up view and also add an important factor that I’ve been … Continue reading →

The Arctic heatwave is still in place, and so is the cold anomaly angling downward over North America. This map shows them from a different view than before. My principal intent today is to describe the major water vapor stream … Continue reading →

Here is today’s view of the unabated heatwave over the Arctic Ocean.  After searching through some old letters I now think it all began within a day or two of September 24th, making this at least the 26th day without any … Continue reading →