The Maine Forecast
-
PublishedMarch 8, 2016
Warmup coming, but cool weather tries to hang on
Weather is nature’s way of balancing the imbalances across the planet. Since there won’t ever be balance, there will always be weather. Across the middle latitudes, weather moves primarily west to east in the form of waves. These waves carry warm and cold pools of air known as air masses. The weather associated with a […]
-
PublishedMarch 5, 2016
As warmer weather arrives, pollen season begins
While temperatures are still cold this weekend, there is a big warm-up coming over the next week thanks to high pressure pushing offshore and the return flow of warm air. This pattern will likely bring at least one 60-degree day and the feeling of spring to parts of the region. Most of the area has […]
-
PublishedMarch 2, 2016
The Maine Forecast: Second-warmest winter on record comes to an end
The warmest meteorological winter was 2001-2002, but only by a small margin.
-
PublishedFebruary 28, 2016
Why do we have leap years?
The chances you are born on February 29th are one in every 1,461 births, making a birthday on leap day rather special. But, why do we have leap year’s, leap days and leap seconds anyway? The reason for the leap day is actually fairly straight forward. The earth takes exactly 365.2422 days to complete its […]
-
PublishedFebruary 24, 2016
What sea levels rising faster than any time in past 28 centuries means to you
A study led by Rutgers University about the rate of sea level rising was published this week and provides further evidence oceans are generally rising across the globe. Not only are they rising, but the speed at which the water is lifting along most shorelines is faster than it has been for the past 2,800 […]
-
PublishedFebruary 22, 2016
A month till spring, but how much more winter weather?
With about a month until spring, I thought this would be a good time to look at the final stretch of winter and what we might expect. With the exception of the brief Arctic blast, it’s been a mild winter, especially compared to last year. Temperatures continue to take wild swings and this will be […]
-
PublishedFebruary 17, 2016
Subzero cold followed by near record warmth? What’s going on with our winter weather?
Yesterday Portland reached 50 degrees, just one degree shy of the record high for the date. Interestingly enough, this occurred on same day when day back in 1943 Portland set its all-time lowest reading ever at 39 degrees below zero. This past weekend temperatures fell well below zero and the highs on Sunday remained below 10 degrees […]
-
PublishedFebruary 15, 2016
The list: Best meteorologists and weather sources on Twitter
Whether you are a weather enthusiast or professional meteorologist, social media is now a central repository for great weather information. I find that Twitter is a great way to disseminate the goings on in the atmosphere rapidly and succinctly. Now, with the ability to show video, annotate images, and quote other people, Twitter is one […]
-
PublishedFebruary 13, 2016
Dangerous wind chill arrives Saturday night, but not record cold
The upcoming cold has been advertised almost as much as a snowstorm and you may wonder what the big deal is, but if you step outside from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday you’ll know why we’ve all been talking about it for the past week. The good news about the arctic blast is it won’t […]
-
PublishedFebruary 11, 2016
Bundle up: Arctic cold is coming for the weekend
Pure arctic air is on the way for the weekend, and if you’re among those who aren’t looking forward to it, at least I can tell you it won’t last very long. There are some (forgive the pun) cool things we can check out when it comes to the upcoming cold snap. The map below, as […]
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 60
- 61
- 62
- 63
- 64
- …
- 121
- Next Page →