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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”

This is the famous quote that opens Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities”.  In this case it is also a pretty good summary of the divided nature of temperature across the US this winter. The Weather Channel had a story today which described stations that had their record warmest…
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Brrr! Siberian air brings record cold to Southeast

As expected, the frigid air has arrived in the Southeast, and near-record setting temperatures were experienced across a lot of the area this morning.  The map from CRONOS from the North Carolina State Climatology Office at 8 am below shows the extent of the cold air. Today the maximum high…
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Record cold expected in the Southeast later this week

Meteorologists are anxiously watching the latest blast from the Arctic, which is expected to move into the Southeast after a cold frontal passage on Wednesday.  Predicted temperatures on Thursday show that it is likely that many areas of the Southeast will experience record low high temperatures and some record lows…
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New cell phone forecast tool from the National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has just announced a new “experimental” forecast app for smartphones that may make it easier to make short-term decisions on what to do around the farm and when to do it.  This app provides a variety of weather-related information in an easy to use format which…
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