Friday, March 14, 2025

PI day: Why is PI important?

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It's one of my favorite days of the year!  A day when geeks of all ages can show off their PI stuff and skills at recitation.  I used to...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025

How Common Are Spring Temperature Swings In Northern Ohio?

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Our human nature is an exercise in self-deception. In the case of weather, our biases can undermine how we look at weather forecasts and pas...
Monday, March 03, 2025

US and Great Lakes Snowfall Recap Thus Far

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Snowfall across northern Ohio started out impressive in late November. More than 60"+ inches of snow fell in parts of the snowbelt. The...
Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Lake Erie Ice Cover History UPDATE (1972-Present)

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Click to enlarge each image to show the daily ice coverage for NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY (THROUGH FEB 4, 2025) each month dat...
Friday, January 03, 2025

Sure, January Is Supposed To Be Cold. Why Is This Year Different?

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When I derive long range outlooks especially in winter, the responses are usually something like "January is Supposed to be cold. What...
Thursday, December 19, 2024

How Often Do Conditions Develop To Produce Lake Effect Snow?

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One of the many variables to produce lake effect snow is a significant enough difference between the water temperature and the temperature 5...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

What Happened to the "Warm" Lake Erie?

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It was only a little over 3 weeks ago (November 18) when Lake Erie was the warmest ever at this point in November. Satellite water temperatu...