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Ben Kenyon retweeted
Across parts of the northern United States, the amount of daylight will shrink by more than an hour between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. Seattle, for example, will lose more than 70 minutes of daylight during that stretch. šš°ļø
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I canāt see this going well. I do a lot of business calls daily. Imagine going forward and explaining what time zone youāre in? You canāt refer a time zone and know what time it is anymore.
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š Canadaās Time Differences Are Getting a Shakeup This Winter!
Most of Ontario will turn the clocks back one hour tonight, but several provinces are keeping their summer clock time all year long. That means some familiar time differences across Canada are about to look a little different!
Starting Sunday, Toronto will be on the SAME time as Winnipeg, just ONE hour ahead of Calgary and Regina, and only TWO hours ahead of Vancouver.
Thatās a big change from last winter, when Toronto was one hour ahead of Winnipeg, two hours ahead of Calgary and three hours ahead of Vancouver!
Parts of Northwestern Ontario are also saying goodbye to seasonal clock changes. Communities including Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances will keep their current time and line up with the rest of Ontario throughout the winter.
Some communities, including Atikokan and Pickle Lake, have already been keeping the same clock time year-round.
So why is most of Ontario still changing its clocks? š¤
Ontario passed legislation in 2020 to make daylight time permanent, but it hasnāt taken effect across the province. Ontario has emphasized the importance of coordinating a broader change with Quebec and New York.
Quebec has announced plans to end its clock changes, although it hasnāt yet decided whether to keep standard time or daylight time all year.
Thereās also been some movement in the United States, where the House passed the Sunshine Protection Act in July. However, it still needs Senate approval and hasnāt become law.
Proposals in New York remain in committee, and current U.S. federal rules donāt allow states to independently stay on daylight time year-round. For now, thereās no confirmed change for New York and no automatic change coming for the rest of Ontario.
For those falling back tonight, sunrise and sunset will both happen roughly an hour earlier by the clock. That means brighter mornings, but darkness will arrive earlier in the evening. We arenāt actually losing an hour of daylight because of the clock change!
Meanwhile, places keeping their summer time will see later sunrises AND later sunsets compared to what they would have experienced if they had turned their clocks back.
Our map shows how the clocks will compare across Canada at the same moment after Sundayās changes.
Would you rather keep standard time or daylight time all year?
- Brennen
Ben Kenyon retweeted
Just a locally crazy, unforeseen random event last night in Pearl River County in Mississippi. The forecast was for widely-scattered thunderstorms with a "marginal" flood risk. A tiny area got stuck beneath a downpour for HOURS, with up to 17 INCHES falling!
Ben Kenyon retweeted
The next EverythingWeather update will have a massively improved layout and UX for iPads.
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Still a horrible idea. This will be detrimental to winter forecasting in the east.
We're only about a week away from the full operational debut of the RRFS and REFS models and the retirement of the NAM, HRW, SREF, and HREF models. Currently working on a video that will discuss what's changing, why NOAA is making these changes, the timeline behind how we got here, and some nuances of the RRFS/REFS that might be useful when forecasting in the future. Stay tuned.
Ben Kenyon retweeted
SSW/POLAR VORTEX: I have been getting many questions about last night's post here about the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) event in progress. Let's clarify in plain English...
Twenty miles above the North Pole, a river of wind circles the Arctic ā a fence keeping the coldest air on Earth bottled up over the pole.
Next week, that fence collapses ā earlier than ever recorded. The air high above the pole warms sharply in days (that's the "sudden stratospheric warming"), the circling winds reverse, and down comes the fence. All 50 European forecast scenarios show it by November 12; the record is November 28.
What it means for Alabama ā and what it doesn't:
*It does NOT mean cold arrives next week. The next two weeks stay mild.
*It DOES raise the odds of real cold later. With the fence down, Arctic air can spill south in the weeks that follow ā for us, the window is Thanksgiving into December.
*The wildcard: a super El NiƱo brings a wet, busy storm track here. Cold air meeting that moisture is the December combination to watch.
Bottom line: no hype, no snow forecast ā just better-than-normal odds that December brings cold.
I get the idea our weather will be pretty interesting over the next 4-6 months. Stay tuned.
All fun and games until Ralphie runs wide, through the opposing teamās sideline! Relying on some college interns to control a nearly 1-ton American Bison running wide open across a football field seems like an unnecessary major liability!
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Ben Kenyon retweeted
Hereās another look at the Polar Vortex Split / SSWā¦
Via @burgwx
Record event for early November!
ā¼ļø Unprecedented Collapse!
Watch as The Stratospheric Polar Vortex splits in 2 pieces - an unprecedented early-season collapse. Its a full month ahead of any other known collapse!
The latest forecast shows stratospheric winds in the Polar regions weakening to record-low levels in early November, and remaining that way for weeks!
Normally, the polar vortex strengthens during autumn. Instead, models suggest it could weaken dramatically, with winds potentially reversing direction.
If that happens, it could qualify as the earliest major sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) on record, potentially beating the previous November 28 benchmark.
Why does it matter? Well, a disrupted polar vortex can increase the chances of Arctic air spilling southward into the United States, Europe and Asia in subsequent weeks. However, that outcome is far from guaranteed because El NiƱo is overwhelming the pattern.
But ironically yes itās very possibly related to this years Super El NiƱo, as Tropical Pacific convection can alter planetary-wave propagation into the stratosphere, potentially contributing to vortex disruption. #elnino 1/
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SPC has outlined a severe weather risk area for Monday, November 2 from Kansas into Oklahoma and north Texas. Models continue to come into agreement on a robust trough making its way into the central US early next week, coincident with seasonally robust moisture return. This will induce the development of a surface low over the central High Plains that will track northeastward with time, allowing its associated cold front to sweep across the risk area and initiate severe storms. Right now, mixed-mode convection appears likely, posing a risk for all hazards, including damaging winds and perhaps a few tornadoes. Still some specifics that need to be worked out, but confidence continues to increase in severe weather across the central/southern Plains on Monday.
Did we all miss the breaking news that HTC built a huge manufacturing facility in the US!?
Unfortunately it wonāt in our current ultra-partisan political environment but it should bother everyone, regardless of party, that the POTUS is scamming to sell bait-and-switch products.
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Patrick Stewart, the legendary British actor best known for his role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the long-running "Star Trek" TV series, has died. He was 86. cnn.it/3WzbMHy
Ben Kenyon retweeted
Continuing to monitor the potential for severe weather early next week. While the SPC has not outlined any risk areas yet, we're starting to see some model agreement in how the storm system in question may eject into the central US. A fairly high-amplitude trough and associated jet streak look to act upon seasonally robust moisture return across the central/southern Plains and vicinity on Monday (Nov. 2). StormNet is highlighting somewhat elevated tornado probabilities from eastern Kansas into north Texas on Monday, as well. The severe threat may persist across the Mid-South/Southeast on Tuesday. I'll have more information as this event nears and the models start to hone in on a solution even further.
Another big storyline for #Election2026 will be the weather. It shouldnāt be as big of a motivational factor but sadly the weather does have a strong influence on elections with more people staying home in areas with active weather. Some key races could see stormy conditions-
A storm will track through the central United States on Election Day and could influence voter turnout for key races in the region. cnn.com/2026/10/28/weather/eā¦
There is- FCS. There is no way we need to make a 3rd āDivision 1ā football championship system when an already functional system works at a competitive level suited for most G6 programs. Let the big boys continue to be NFL Jr. and go play true college football in the FCS.
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Ben Kenyon retweeted
Widespread drought remains across the South-Central U.S. but a strong El NiƱo event tilts the odds in favor of a wetter pattern over this region in Nov-Dec-Jan.
This continues to be a major storyline to watch heading into winter.
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Ben Kenyon retweeted
GFS and EURO both are showing a strong low pressure system early next week in the central US!
This will likely lead to a round of severe weather as well as potential for the first snow for some! (Likely mountain snow)
This system will slowly makes its way toward Kentucky during the middle of next week!
Significant pattern change incoming next week! #KYwx
