Drew Lerner, Author at World Weather

U.S. Summer Weather 2026 Will Improve After Rough Spring

Kansas City, March 13 (World Weather Inc.) – Weather in North America continues to show scars from the multi-year drought that impacted the continent from 2020 through 2023. Many areas from northern Mexico through the United States to parts of Canada are still having a tough time shaking off persistent drought. Spring weather will add a little more concern about conditions in several areas because of wild swings in temperature bringing late season frost and freeze events, multiple rounds of severe weather and intense late winter storms. The wild weather swings will be most significant in the eastern United States at the same time drought and dryness remain a concern in the Rocky Mountain region and a part of the Great Plains. Summer, however, is expected to bring opportunity for change; including greater rain potentials from the Rocky Mountain region through the Great Plains and into the Midwest. The Delta and southeastern states, though, may have some lingering dryness to deal with.

Major Winter Storm To Impact U.S. Saturday Into Monday

Kansas City, March 13 (World Weather Inc.) – A major winter storm will impact the Northern Plains and especially the Corn Belt this weekend with blizzard conditions, significant snow accumulations, a zone of freezing rain and sleet, and a line of severe thunderstorms which will also include the Delta region. The greatest snow accumulations will occur from central and southern Minnesota through Wisconsin and northwestern Michigan. Very strong wind speeds will occur with the snow and this combination will lead to nearly impossible travel during and slightly after the event. Notable livestock stress is expected as a result of this winter storm too. The strong non-thunderstorm related winds will lead to power outages and personal property damage. The line of thunderstorms will also likely cause power outages and some property damage.

New Windstorm In NW U.S. Plains; Weekend Blizzard Likely

Kansas City, March 12 (World Weather Inc.) – An aggressively developing low pressure center in the northwestern U.S. Plains this afternoon has induced some impressive strong wind speeds once again. It seems as though this is becoming a more common occurrence in recent years and it looks likely today’s windstorm is just the first of two events expected between now and early next week. The second windstorm will be associated with a vicious blizzard that will shut down travel, seriously stress livestock and induce power outages before sending bitter cold air deep to the south once again.

ENSO Forecasts Too Aggressive With El Nino Development

Kansas City, March 12 (World Weather Inc.) – Recent ENSO forecast model runs from both the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the U.S. National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are suggesting aggressive El Nino evolution over the next few months. There is certainly good support for moving through ENSO neutral to El Nino like conditions in the next few months; however, support for a strong El Nino event by late this summer or autumn seems a little out of line with logic. An eventual significant El Nino event cannot be ruled out, but World Weather, Inc. believes the forecast models have grabbed onto a trend of enhanced upwelling in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean that is not likely sustainable – at least not beyond the next few weeks and that should lead to forecast model corrections over the intensity of predicted El Nino conditions later this year.