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September 29, 2026

After yet another website change and a few years of inactivity, I'm bringing the blog back online - with a few updates on future plans.

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November 16, 2024

Tropical Storm Sara: What Went Wrong?

Tropical Storm Sara is currently producing torrential rainfall and flooding across portions of Central America, and is expected to make landfall in Belize as a weak tropical storm before dissipating…

Tropics Analysis

April 18, 2022

Late-Season Snowstorm Set to Impact the Northeast U.S.

After a winter consisting of generally below-average snowfall in the Northeast U.S., followed by abnormally warm conditions through parts of February and March, winter is set to make a brief…

Forecast Winter Weather

March 28, 2022

Tropopause Polar Vortex and the Late March Cool-Down

While glancing at the forecast for the upcoming stretch of anomalous cold weather in the Northeast U.S., I noticed that while low-level temperatures are forecast to be near record cold…

Analysis Forecast Winter Weather

March 27, 2022

Bomb Cyclones: The Forgotten Latitude Weighting

Over the last few years, the term "bomb cyclone" or "bombogenesis" has become increasingly popularized within and beyond the weather community. A bomb cyclone is commonly defined as a decrease…

Analysis Research