Category: 2010 recap

2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook

May 26, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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2010 recap, atlantic, forecast, tropical

Hurricane Isabel, 2003 With all of the severe weather, tornadoes, and flooding getting the press lately, the Atlantic Ocean is probably thinking “what about me?” The official forecasts have been issued and it’s Hurricane Preparedness Week this week as coastal areas gear up for another round of tropical peek-a-boo. Last year at this time, we were talking…
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Putting the winter of 2010-2011 “in the books”

March 24, 2011

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Erik Proseus

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2010 recap, climate data, snow, winter

The winter of 2010-2011 is officially over, both meteorologically (on February 28) and astronomically (on March 20), so now is a good time to go back and review what Memphis and the Mid-South dealt with during this La Nina winter. For this post, I’ll define winter using the meteorological period of December-February. Referring back to…
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Pattern shift means warmer and stormier in the Mid-South

December 27, 2010

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Erik Proseus

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2010 recap, climate, forecast discussion

It’s been a cold December f0r the Mid-South with an average temperature of 39.1 degrees at Memphis International Airport, or nearly 5 degrees below “normal,” and 19 days with lows at or below freezing. The good thing about the cold weather is that it was in place as low pressure moved by to our south…
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