A SHOT OF SUMMER AHEAD – BUT FOR HOW LONG?

HEAT BUILDS UP IN THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKENDUpper air high pressure is expanding across the nation from the Desert Southwest to the Mid Atlantic states and will begin sending much warmer air across the major demand centers of the Midwest this weekend... [read more]

SUMMER IS COMING - BUT FOR HOW LONG?

SUMMER HEAT TO MOVE INTO MIDWEST AND NORTHEASTTROPICAL DEPRESSION #2 NO THREATHigh pressure is slowly expanding across the nation from the west as the sub-tropical ridge (Bermuda High) builds westward into the eastern states, replacing the weakening... [read more]

TROPICAL DEPRESSION #2 HEADING FOR YUCATAN

TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN NW CARIBBEANThe strong tropical disturbance in the NW CARIB has oficially been upgraded to a Tropical Depression and is headinbg WNW at 16mph and continues to get better organized as upper air winds remain conducive to... [read more]

Natural Gas Storage Early View for June 20, 2013

  Early View EIA Gas Storage Estimates (12) for the 6/20/13 report (in Bcf): +95; 95; 94; 80; 89; 92; 90; 84; 84; 88; 92; 90 Bcf.   EARLY VIEW Average: +89.4 BcfEARLY VIEW Median: +90 BcfEARLY VIEW Range: +80... [read more]

ABNORMALLY NORMAL WEATHER – TROPICS HEATING UP

   HEAT TO REMAIN CONFINED TO CENTRAL US - FOR NOW        TROPICS MORE ACTIVE A near-normal temperature pattern will persist thru the week from the Midwest to the eastern US while above normal... [read more]

TROPICAL SYSTEM FORMING IN NW CARIB

     STRONG TROPICAL SYSTEM IN CARIBBEAN      A strong tropical wave that moved into the western CARIB has become much better organized and could be forming into a  tropical depression as it moves... [read more]

NO HEAT WHERE IT COUNTS

HEAT TO REMAIN CONFINED TO SOUTHWEST     AND SOUTHERN TIER OF STATESMILD TEMPERATURES FROM MIDWEST TO NORTHEASTTROPICS LIKELY TO BECOME MORE ACTIVEA cooler flow of air in the major markets from the Midwest to East will... [read more]

NO HEAT FOR THE EAST

LOCALLY SEVERE T-STORMS HITTING I-95 CORRIDORSOUTHWEST HEAT TO STRETCH TO GULF COASTBUT NOT MIDWEST/EASTTROPICS MAY LIGHT LAST THIRD OF JUNEVery strong upper air disturbance that triggered severe T-storms and isolated tornadoes in northern IL... [read more]

Natural Gas Storage Weekly Express for June 13th, 2013

Oddly, the spread between the three categories we track was just a hair inside of the 3 Bcf "Surprise" band -- so, technicaly, we shouldn't be looking for a surprise this week. But, it's awfully close (2.8), and so, we're a little surprised. We... [read more]

HEAT UNLIKELY FOR MAJOR EASTERN MARKETS

SEVERE T-STORMS IN THE MIDWEST HEADING EASTWARDSOUTHWESTERN HEAT WILL REACH INTO TEXAS TROPICS MAY 'LIGHT UP' LAST THIRD OF JUNE The dome of high pressure over the southwest will drift eastward towards the lower Plains by the weekend as... [read more]

WESTERN HEAT LOOKING LESS LIKELY FOR EAST

    T-STORMS TO AGAIN HIT UPPER MIDWEST & NORTHEAST             WESTERN HEAT MAY SPREAD SLOWLY EAST         TROPICS MAY COOK UP A... [read more]

WESTERN US SIZZLES – WILL IT REACH THE BIG EASTERN CITIES?

        SHOWERS / T-STORMS TO IMPACT EASTERN STATES    WESTERN US HEAT TO SPREAD SLOWLY EASTWARD        TROPICS MAY ‘REBOOT’ IN 10-14 DAYS As the ridge of high... [read more]