2016 will be remembered for its warm temperatures, drought, and lack of snow.   One of the strongest El Nino’s on record was responsible for below normal snowfall and warm winter temperatures. You’d never know that though the first week in January.  An arctic air mass brought single digit temperatures which produced good looking photos of […]

Christmas 2016 is looking to be a bright and seasonable day in Vacationland.  Temperatures may end a few degrees above normal, but should be a solid 25 degrees colder than last Christmas.  Santa came to town wearing Bermuda shorts last year with temperatures soaring  to 62 degrees in Portland.  The previous year the high topped […]

By now you’ve probably heard the buzz about the late week cold headed our way.  From a meteorological perspective,  it does look quite impressive when you take into account the severity of the cold combined with the expected wind.   And what a difference from last December!  On December 15th 2015, temperatures climbed into the middle […]