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An active pattern across the upper Midwest, parts of the Plains

Greg Soulje — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:00:15 +0000

An upper trough will continue to move from the Pacific Northwest to the Upper Midwest. During its evolution, a series of disturbances aloft will work their way across the Intermountain West and into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. These impulses will help produce an extensive region of precipitation. Enough cold air aloft is available to produce snow at some of the highest elevations.

Ahead of the upper trough along the surface front, low-level moisture will be available to trigger numerous showers and thunderstorms over the Northern and Central Plains and into the Upper Midwest.

Hot and dry conditions will continue across the Desert Southwest and Four Corners Region.

An upper trough along the East Coast will finally begin to slowly shift north and east.

Daytime heating will continue to trigger thunderstorms over the region. Wet weather will continue over southern Florida.

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NOAA: Past 12 months were warmest Nation has experienced

Greg Soulje — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:00:52 +0000

Warmer and drier than average temperatures continued for much of the nation in April.

These temperatures, when combined with the first quarter and previous 11 months, calculate to the warmest year-to-date and 12-month periods on record for the contiguous United States.

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La Nina fading, expected to end soon

Greg Soulje — Tue, 22 May 2012 10:00:11 +0000

Sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean swing back and forth every few years (sometimes more) like an irregular pendulum. The warm phase is known as El Niño; the cool phase—which it has been in for the past two winters—is called La Niña.

According to NOAA’s April 2012 ENSO Diagnostics Discussion, La Niña is fading and will likely be over by the end of April.

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NOAA: Winter season fourth warmest on record for U.S.

Greg Soulje — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:55 +0000

According to NOAA scientists, warmer-than-average temperatures dominated the northern and eastern regions of the U.S. this winter. Additionally, national snow cover extent was below average.

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NOAA: Risk for major Spring flooding is low this year

Greg Soulje — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:00:31 +0000

No area of the country faces a high risk of major to record spring flooding, largely due to the limited winter snowfall, according to NOAA’s annual Spring Outlook, which forecasts the potential for flooding from April to June.

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