As the forecast continues to be fine-tuned, more alerts are appearing on the weather maps. Little by little, a big chunk of the U.S. is now turning blue with cold advisories and extreme cold watches that will likely turn into warnings on Sunday. The arctic blast touched over areas just east of the Rockies on […]

So far, 2025 is off to a cold start! In fact, the end of 2024 was chilly too. November and December 2024 temperature averages were below State norms, by about 5°. And with another major Arctic blast headed our way early next week, with very cold weather expected most of the week, this could be […]

If you thought last week was cold, hold onto your hot lattes and be ready to bundle up as ( another ) winter storm is forecast to plunge arctic air deep into the Deep South by early next week. The most unusually cold air in the Northern Hemisphere will descend into the United States from […]

Recent rains have made a small dent in some areas where the drought was worsening, especially across South Florida. There was an area covering Metro Miami-Dade through Homestead that reached a moderate drought by Christmas 2024. The rains that came toward the end of the year, courtesy of all the tropical moisture ahead of a […]

Precipitation comes in all forms: rain, sleet, freezing rain, and snow. Some even count virga, which becomes a gas and evaporates before it reaches us as raindrops. Hail also exists but forms differently than the other precipitation mentioned above. Think of the atmosphere as a cake. We are all inside a cake. This cake has […]

Millions of Floridians are feeling the big chill this week after multiple cold fronts prompted freeze warnings, weather advisories, wind chills advisories and more across many parts of the Sunshine state. Much of the country is experiencing a polar vortex this week, including Florida. A polar vortex is a stream of cold air that normally […]

The same system that has wreaked havoc across the Central Plains and will continue to bring plenty of snow across the Mid-Atlantic states will push eastward.Of course, for Florida, there won´t be any ice or snow with this system, but it will bring cold temperatures. The cold weather gates will stay open for much of […]

So far, the coldest air of the season will likely impact much of Florida, if not all of it, during the next two weeks. Temperatures will not suddenly drop significantly but steadily as several fronts push through from the north. The winds will remain constant from the north or northwest, not allowing the air mass […]