Author Archives: Gregory Goodrich

After months of monotonous heat and drought across the Mid-South the synoptic pattern is showing some interesting changes.

A pattern change is coming to the Mid-South but unfortunately it will not ease the severe to exceptional drought conditions that have persisted throughout the summer and fall.

The weather pattern has not changed since my last post (September blowtorch) so I haven’t felt compelled to comment. However, with September now in the books as one of the top 15 warmest on record in many locations in the … Continue reading →

As I mentioned a few days ago here, the heat (if not the humidity) of summer will return after our weekend cooldown. Who to blame? You can actually blame the same Canadian high that will cool us down this weekend.

While the Wednesday – Sunday period will feature comfortable afternoons with chilly mornings (some places may drop into the 40s) this snap of seasonable weather will be short-lived. The models show summer-like warmth and humidity building back into the Mid-South … Continue reading →

I first mentioned the possibility of La Nina developing back in February (La Nina and the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season) and now the Climate Prediction Center has stated that La Nina is indeed developing in their latest ENSO diagnostic discussion … Continue reading →

A week ago I wrote that the Thursday – Tuesday period (9/6 – 9/10) should have an increased rain chance due to a flow of deep moisture from the Gulf. The forecast reasoning was sound but the persistent extratropical low … Continue reading →

I know that a lot of people around the Mid-South are probably thinking that the extreme heat of August 2007 was caused by global warming or that it is a “sign” of some sort from Mother Nature. This is nonsense. … Continue reading →

Last week the Climate Prediction Center was predicting that the last few days of August/first few days of September would be cooler than normal (normal is High 85/Low 63) for the Mid-South. As we now approach the time period that … Continue reading →