It was a year ago on April 8th, 2024, when many Americans experienced a total solar eclipse for the first time (or were “clouded-out”) and some are wondering where and when there will be other opportunities in coming years. The next total solar eclipse on US soil won’t come until August 2044 and the next one in North America will take place in March 2033 across portions of Alaska. There are, however, several opportunities to view total solar eclipses between now and 2034, but most will require significant planning and extensive travel.
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A strong cold front came through the region last night and it has ushered into the Mid-Atlantic region an unseasonably cold air mass for this time of year with its origins up in the Arctic region. Temperatures today will do no better than the mid-to-upper 40’s for afternoon highs and there will be a strong NW wind producing much lower wind chill values. Temperatures are likely to drop to below-freezing later tonight bottoming out near 30 degrees across some suburban locations. With high pressure in control at mid-week, there should be plenty of sunshine on Wednesday; however, temperatures will remain below-normal throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
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A strong cold front came through the region last night and it has ushered into the Mid-Atlantic region an unseasonably cold air mass for this time of year with its origins up in the Arctic region. Temperatures today will do no better than the middle 40’s for afternoon highs and there will be a strong NW wind producing much lower wind chill values. Temperatures are likely to drop to below-freezing later tonight bottoming out in the middle-to-upper 20’s across many suburban locations. With high pressure in control at mid-week, there should be plenty of sunshine on Wednesday; however, temperatures will remain below-normal throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
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An unseasonably chilly air mass has pushed into the eastern states and temperatures today will do no better than the middle 50’s for afternoon highs and there will be a stiff N-NW wind as well. Winds will calm down tonight leading to very favorable conditions for radiational cooling and the end result is likely to be overnight lows near 30 degrees and widespread frost across northern Alabama.
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A much different weather pattern shaping up for the region this week with warm and dry conditions; especially, when compared to the recent cold snap. Temperatures can peak later today in the middle 70’s and likely reach 80+ degrees for afternoon highs by the end of the week.
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A strong cold front came through the region last night and it has ushered into the Mid-Atlantic region an unseasonably cold air mass for this time of year with its origins up in the Arctic region. Temperatures today will do no better than the upper 40’s for afternoon highs and there will be a strong NW wind producing much lower wind chill values. Temperatures are likely to drop to below-freezing later tonight bottoming out in the mid-to-upper 20’s across many suburban locations. With high pressure in control at mid-week, there should be plenty of sunshine on Wednesday; however, temperatures will remain below-normal throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
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The number of named tropical storms in 2025 is likely to be nearly-normal in the Atlantic Basin which would be lower than the totals of last summer’s active season. The average number of named tropical storms in an Atlantic Basin tropical season is 14.4 with 7.2 of those reaching (minimal) hurricane status, and 3.2 reaching “major” classification (baseline period 1991-2020). Based on the overall analysis of current and forecasted conditions, I expect around 15 named storms in the Atlantic Basin this tropical season with about 7 reaching hurricane status and of those perhaps 3 to achieve “major” classification level.
Three important factors in this year’s tropical outlook include an expected relatively neutral signal in the tropical Pacific Ocean with respect to sea surface temperatures (SSTs), only moderately warm water temperatures anticipated in the Main Development Region (MDR) of the Atlantic Ocean, and a stubborn pocket of colder-than-normal waters off the west coast of Africa. While the lack of any kind of significant El Nino (warmer-than-normal water) in the tropical Pacific typically favors an active tropical season in the Atlantic Basin, the water temperatures in both the breeding grounds region of the Atlantic Ocean and those just off the west coast of Africa should act as a counterbalance.
In terms of summertime weather expected across the continental US, there is an especially strong signal for hot and dry conditions across the nation’s heartland from Texas-to-North Dakota which is being primed by an unusually dry spring in much of that part of the nation. Also, there is the potential of wetter-than-normal weather in much of the eastern US to go along with nearly normal to slightly below-normal temperatures and, in the western US, nearly normal temperatures and rainfall amounts.
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A cold front came through the region last night and low pressure has tracked along it into the northeastern part of the nation bringing with it occasional shower activity. A secondary cold front pushes through late tonight and it will usher in an unusually cold air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures are going to fall to the middle 30’s late tonight following this initial frontal system and then to near 30 degrees late Tuesday night following the passage of the secondary cold front.
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A cold front came through the region last night and low pressure has tracked along it into the northeastern part of the nation bringing with it occasional shower activity. A secondary cold front pushes through late tonight and it will usher in an unusually cold air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures are going to fall to the low-to-mid 30’s late tonight and to the upper 20’s late Tuesday night following the passage of the secondary cold front.
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A cold front came through the region last night and low pressure has tracked along it into the northeastern part of the nation. A secondary cold front pushes through late tonight and it will usher in an unusually cold air mass to the Mid-Atlantic region. Temperatures are going to fall to near freezing later tonight and likely into the mid-to-upper 20’s late tomorrow night following the passage of the secondary cold front.
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