• What Radars can warn you about?
    It's more than you think→
  • Radars show rain in real-time
    • They scan the atmosphere every 6 minutes in a 100-200 km radius
  • Where it's rainy & where it's dry
    • Drier than normal: West, Southwest, Great Basin, Florida
    • Wetter than normal: Midwest, Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley
  • Key risks this April:
    • Expanding drought in the West & central U.S.
    • Heavy rain in the Midwest & Ohio Valley
    • Early-season wildfire risk in the Southwest & Florida

    ⚠️ Even in a dry pattern, heavy local rain is still possible

  • That was the big picture.

    Why is this happening? →
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  • 1. Winter isn’t done yet

    Part of the Polar Vortex is still active over Canada


    👉 Cold air can still drop south — especially into the northern & eastern U.S.

  • 2. Weather pattern is shifting
    • La Niña is fading → moving toward neutral
    • But the atmosphere still behaves in a “La Niña-like” way

    👉 Storm tracks shift north

    → Drier South

    → More storms in central U.S.

  • 3. The land is already dry

    Snowpack in parts of the West is below 50% of normal

    Soil moisture is already below average


    👉 What this means:

    • Faster spring warming
    • Earlier drying
    • Higher drought risk
  • How's April looking for you?
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