by Brian Crow | Sep 26, 2018 | Extreme General Storm Precipitation, MetStorm
After a long summer of heat, the first harbingers of fall weather have begun to arrive across the southern plains: cold fronts. Several pushes of cooler air have arrived across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas in the last two weeks, and these will only become stronger and...
by Katie Ward | Sep 13, 2018 | Extreme Tropical Storm Precipitation, MetStorm, Uncategorized
We at MetStat are watching with bated breath as Hurricane Florence tracks westward toward the Carolinas. At this time, the most widespread impacts will be flooding from torrential rain, though areas near the coastline will experience intense and destructive winds as...
by Brian Crow | Jun 21, 2018 | Extreme Local Storm Precipitation, MetStorm
Summer heat and thunderstorms have kicked in full-force across much of the contiguous U.S. over the last couple of weeks, with a generous helping of heat advisories, severe thunderstorm and tornado watches and warnings, and flood watches and warnings scattered...
by Brian Crow | Jun 11, 2018 | Extreme Tropical Storm Precipitation, MetStorm
The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane season officially just began on June 1st, but the tropical action started a bit early this year as Subtropical Storm Alberto spun to life on May 25th near Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. While May storms are nothing new in the Atlantic,...
by Brian Crow | Apr 13, 2018 | Extreme General Storm Precipitation, MetStorm
After several years of deep drought over much of California, last year’s deluge produced some relief and recovery for the state’s strained water supplies. November 2017 was much wetter than normal, at least across northern portions of California, inspiring...
by Brian Crow | Mar 2, 2018 | Extreme General Storm Precipitation, MetStorm, Seasonal Forecast
The Extreme Precipitation Blog has been quiet this 2017-18 winter, and for good reason: much of the U.S. has simply not experienced significant heavy precipitation throughout the winter. Until, that is, the Mississippi and Ohio River Valley floods of mid-to-late...
