It is, but I've wondered how low they have their thermostat set. Their A/C kicks in a lot... it's some guy in his probably mid-20s. I think there's also a roommate? The whole situation leaves us scratching our heads sometimes 😆
It's a beautiful 74° and our neighbor has their A/C going. Frankly, I'm surprised it wasn't going already at like 65°, given their history.
Kinda warm the next few days. Many spots approach or beat record temperatures at least once from Thursday to Saturday.
Life moves so fast. Take a breath and slow things down, like a group of people walking five abreast at the airport.
You seem to be taking the SPC changes pretty hard. 🤣
I don't see "Neponset" often, but when I do, I always see it as "Neopets" first.
FWIW, IEMBot is now a slack app. Configure your slack workspace to use it: mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/projects/iem... or just join the iemchat workspace with existing wfo centric channels join.slack.com/t/iemchat/sh... I am hoping folks admin the workspace for me, alas and fwiw again. Feedback?
So... do we pre-treat roads in anticipation of a little snow around here, or nah? I'm shocked at how covered the highways are with a half-inch of snow at 25 degrees. I would have expected wet and a bit slushy if they had been.
For some reason, I'm always surprised at how much our weather changes in spring. #OHwx #Columbus
December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥
NOAA has rated the February 22-24, 2026 Nor'easter a Category 3 (out of 5) on the Regional Snowfall Index (RSI) scale.
This places it as the #17 most impactful snow storm event - based on total snowfall, storm size, and societal impact - for the Northeast since 1900.
It's important to note that the duties of CPC continue - they are just being folded under the umbrella of the Weather Prediction Center at NCEP. In other words, subseasonal to seasonal is being pulled into the weather side (scientifically not exactly accurate, but consistent with Weather Act).
It's only 8:09, but my wife has already had her signature accomplishment for the day: getting Freya Skye concert tickets for she and our 8yo. Sure seems her star is rising.
A photo of coronas glowing on the tips of tree leaves.
A photo of coronas glowing on the tips of tree leaves.
A new study published earlier this month in Geophysical Research Letters reveals how the tips of tree leaves burn with ghostly, ultraviolet sparks. These phenomena, known as coronas, had never been seen in nature—until now. 🌿 spklr.io/6042DI2EC
📸: William Brune
Here's the entire radar run of the February 22-23 2026 Blizzard, using @noaa.gov's MRMS dataset.
#snOMG @spann.bsky.social
Using all public storm reports from the NWS so far, I contoured a preliminary estimated snow accumulation map for today's blizzard (through 6-8pm EST tonight).
Truly a historic storm - both in terms of impacts, and the forecast challenges leading up to it.
Hang it in the louvre
Providence's biggest snowstorm by the obs
Providence RI up to 32.8 inches through 1p which is the biggest snowstorm on record there. Beats 28.6 inches Feb 6-7, 1978. Records begin 1904. (edited)
We have put together a page on the Satellite Library where all of our imagery related to the winter storm will end up.
satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/major-...
"I need more time, people. I need more time."
If the answer to your headline is "no," maybe don't use it as a headline.
Somebody on the Columbus subreddit was wondering if it was weird that we were getting a thunderstorm in February. So, I checked.
It turns out that CMH had nine hourly reports of a thunderstorm just last February! This was the fifth February in a row with the airport reporting a thunderstorm. #OHwx
Parts of Iowa got over a foot of snow last night into this morning. And here's an Iowa DOT plow cam from early this afternoon from one of those places.
They sure know how to clean things up fast there.
Every year, screenshots of Flappy Bird scores show up in my Facebook memories. And every year, I'm like "well, *that* was forever-er ago."
60 mph wind gust at John Glenn International just before 11 a.m. #OHwx #Columbus
It's been 12 years since Flappy Bird was a thing.
For places that offer tater tots, they should be the default option over fries, IMO. I appreciate some variety in my fried potato sides.
Beautiful von Kármán vortices whorl over the East China Sea.
Even though it's been cold, we aren't far behind the average number of days hitting 50° or warmer in Columbus. We'll tack on a few more this week. #OHwx
Happy "relative warmth radiating off dark objects and melting adjacent snow piles" season to all who celebrate
