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Tracking Winter Weather and Frigid Temperatures This Weekend

Another clipper will drop into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest into Sunday with snow and gusty winds contributing to some areas of blizzard conditions and snow squalls. Impactful snowfall will occur up and down the East Coast Sunday extending from the western Florida Panhandle to Maine. Read More >

 
 
Regime 1 Regime 2 Regime 3
Regime 1 Mean Vector Flow Regime 2 Mean Vector Flow Regime 3 Mean Vector Flow
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
Light/Variable <4 knots
70 Total Days in Climatology
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
E/NE 4 knots ≤ Wind ≤ 10 knots
220 Total Days in Climatology
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
E/NE >10 knots
112 Total Days in Climatology
 
 
Regime 4 Regime 5 Regime 6
Regime 4 Mean Vector Flow Regime 5 Mean Vector Flow Regime 6 Mean Vector Flow
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
W/SW 4 knots ≤ Wind ≤ 10 knots
334 Total Days in Climatology
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
W/SW >10 knots
217 Total Days in Climatology
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
S/SE 4 knots ≤ Wind ≤ 10 knots
339 Total Days in Climatology
 
 
Regime 7 Regime 8  
Regime 7 Mean Vector Flow Regime 8 Mean Vector Flow  
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
S/SE >10 knots
183 Total Days in Climatology
1000-700mb Mean Vector Flow:
N/NW 4 knots ≤ Wind ≤ 10 knots
84 Total Days in Climatology