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8/25/16: Surprise Tornado Outbreak Ravages Indiana, Western Ohio

The preliminary storm reports compiled by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) for Wednesday afternoon and evening depict quite a story: an extremely high concentration of tornado reports from northwest of Indianapolis through the Fort Wayne area all the way to … Continue reading

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8/22/16: Three Tropical Systems to Watch in Atlantic

We have three tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean right now; two of them are designated tropical cyclones (Tropical Depression Fiona and Tropical Storm Gaston), one of them is still not designated (Invest 99L), and only one may have an … Continue reading

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8/19/2016: Atlantic Beginning to Heat Up

It’s mid-August and the heart of Atlantic hurricane season is quickly approaching; almost as if on que, we have a tropical storm (Fiona) in the central Atlantic, with another tropical wave behind it (designated “Invest 99L”) that is being monitored … Continue reading

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4/28/16: Long-Lasting Supercell Brings Very Large Hail to SE Ohio, WV

One of the more impressive supercell thnderstorms Southeastern Ohio has seen over the last couple of years brought hail up to the size of tennis balls (2.5″ in diameter) to northern Athens County around 5:30PM Thursday afternoon! Imagine if that … Continue reading

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February 9-11th Lake Effect Snow Event

A long duration moderate to heavy lake effect snow event looks to bring decent snow totals to the primary and secondary Northeast Ohio Snowbelts Tuesday night through Thursday night… A low pressure will move drift from near London, ON to … Continue reading

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January 17-19th, 2016 Lake Effect Snow Event

    What could be the largest lake effect snow event of the season in Northeastern Ohio is imminent as a lobe of the polar vortex brings the coldest air of winter thus far over the almost completely unfrozen waters … Continue reading

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Cuyahoga County Heavy Single Banded Lake Effect Snow Event SLP Patterns

In an effort to identify scenarios that support heavy, single banded lake effect snow into Cuyahoga County, I looked at several recent warning criteria lake effect snow events in Cuyahoga County that were caused by a single band of heavy … Continue reading

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January 12-13, 2016 Snowfall Verification Map

A few notes on the map itself: -There were few spotter reports in eastern Ashtabula County and western inland Erie County that were “reliable”…I say this because there were a few spotters that called in for parts of the event … Continue reading

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January 12-13 Radar Loop

Just to save this, a radar loop of the clipper + lake effect snow combo for Northeastern Ohio. Note the well defined and intense lake effect band that effected extreme northeastern Cuyahoga, northern Geauga and southern Lake County for hours … Continue reading

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January 12-13 Snowfall

Just a quick write-up with this one as I am back at school and a little busier today… There’s a period of weak to moderate lift late tonight and Tuesday morning with warm air advection ahead of the cold front … Continue reading

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