Jan 28, 2015

East Coast Blizzard



A Nor'easter hit the East Coast with blizzard conditions and 3 feet of snow over the last two days (Jan 26-28). Blizzard warnings (red) were issued along the coast from New Jersey to Maine, and hurricane force wind warnings (brown) for an area around Cape Cod:
The heaviest snow (3 feet) fell only 30-50 miles from the coast in Massachusetts (Auburn, Hudson, Lunenburg). Winds gusted to 75 mph on Cape Cod (Chatham), and 78 mph on Nantucket. NAM analysis charts for Tuesday morning indicate a huge mid level trough, and an 80+ knot low level jet going across a 20C temperature gradient:



32.2 foot waves were recorded at buoy 44037 (well northeast of Boston).

Jan 15, 2015

British Isles Storm

A 942 mb storm hit the British Isles today:
The UK was hit with thundersnow and 124 mph wind. Buoy 62081, southwest of Ireland, reported 36.1 foot waves at 4:00 GMT today.