Author: Colton Hayes

OREGON — A 36-hour atmospheric river event drenched parts of western Oregon between February 22–24, 2026, delivering the heaviest rainfall to the southern Willamette Valley while leaving some northwestern areas with significantly lighter totals. According to data from the National Weather Service in Portland, rainfall amounts approached 3 inches in parts of the valley, and…

UNITED STATES — A new model run is intensifying the snowfall conversation for the Northeast, with the latest 18z GFS Kuchera output projecting a significant band of heavy snow from Pennsylvania through New York and into southern New England for Monday into early Tuesday, March 2–3, 2026. However, forecasters caution that not all global models…

UNITED STATES — The National Weather Service is preparing to roll out updates to the Storm Prediction Center’s (SPC) convective outlook graphics beginning March 3, bringing changes to how severe weather probabilities are displayed across the country — particularly in high-risk states like Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. The update will impact the familiar…

UNITED STATES — Long-range guidance is increasingly pointing toward a notable uptick in severe weather potential during the week of March 10–16, 2026, with the strongest signal centered across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. The latest CFSv2 Week 3 Accumulated Supercell Composite Parameter highlights a concentrated corridor of elevated values stretching from the western Gulf…

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…