Author: Colton Hayes

UNITED STATES — A new winter storm system may greet the start of March with accumulating snow across parts of the Northeast, as forecast guidance highlights increasing snow probabilities for Monday–Tuesday, March 2nd–3rd. The latest outlook from the Weather Prediction Center shows a broad swath of measurable snow potential stretching from the eastern Great Lakes…

UNITED STATES — Forecast guidance is signaling a notable large-scale pattern shift during the second week of March 2026, one that could dramatically change conditions across much of the central and eastern United States. Ensemble data shows western troughing returning, which historically favors warmer temperatures, wetter conditions, and an uptick in severe storm potential from…

MASSACHUSETTS & RHODE ISLAND — An extremely intense deformation band has locked into place over eastern Massachusetts and northern Rhode Island, and forecasters warn that someone in this zone could surpass 40 inches of snowfall before the storm fully winds down. High-resolution NOAA MRMS radar imagery late February 23 shows a narrow but powerful stripe…

UNITED STATES — The Blizzard of ’26 has delivered staggering, record-challenging snowfall totals across parts of Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, with several communities officially buried under more than two feet of snow — and in some cases, nearly three. As final reports continue to come in, the storm is being described…

LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA/NEVADA — Backcountry users in the Greater Lake Tahoe area are being urged to avoid avalanche terrain as a Backcountry Avalanche Watch remains in effect amid a high-danger setup driven by rain falling on existing snowpack at higher elevations. The Sierra Avalanche Center, in coordination with the National Weather Service in Reno, Nevada,…

UNITED STATES — Long-range guidance from both the European (ECMWF) and American (GFS) weather models is signaling a potentially significant snow setup across parts of Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine heading into early March. The pattern suggests a classic “rich get richer” scenario — meaning areas that have…

CALGARY, ALBERTA — A sharp and dramatic temperature divide is setting up across Calgary today as Pacific air collides head-on with entrenched Arctic cold, creating what meteorologists describe as one of the trickiest high-temperature forecasts of the winter. High-resolution model guidance shows a narrow but intense boundary slicing through the region, with some neighborhoods potentially…

PENNSYLVANIA — A quick-moving Alberta clipper system is set to race across the Northeast early Wednesday morning, bringing light snow and minor accumulations from West Virginia and western Pennsylvania through New York and into New England, with the greatest totals expected north of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and across higher elevations. The system is not expected…

NEW YORK — A powerful late-season Arctic blast could send temperatures in New York City, New York plummeting to levels rarely seen in March, with one major forecast model projecting a shocking -7°F low next Tuesday at Central Park. According to the latest ECMWF (European) operational model, the bitter cold would arrive around March 3,…

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — Two vast tropical lakes in Central Africa are releasing ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years, raising new concerns about the stability of one of the planet’s most important carbon stores. Researchers from ETH Zurich have found that Lakes Mai Ndombe and Tumba in the western…