Weekly Summary

  • Article #265: May 1-8, 2001

    May 1-8, 2001 The period May 1-8 was marked by a continuation of the April pattern of heavy precipitation in the Upper Mis...

  • Article #263: April 18-30, 2001

    April 18-30, 2001: The period from April 18-30 was wet in the northwestern Midwest, especially in the Upper Basin of the...

  • Article #262: April 11-17, 2001

    April 11-17, 2001: At the beginning of the week of April 11-17, the upper atmosphere ridge that brought summer-like cond...

  • Article #261: April 4-10, 2001

    April 4-10, 2001 During the week of April 4-10, the Midwest spent several days on spring and went right into summer. A sta...

  • Article #260: April 1-3, 2001

    April 1-3, 2001 Signs of spring finally arrived in the Midwest in the first three days of April 2001. A stationary boundar...

  • Article #258: March 21-31, 2001

    March 21-31, 2001: The week of March 21-27 was very dry for much of the Midwest (Figure 15). Most of the precipitation received in...

  • Article #257: March 14-20, 2001

    March 14-20, 2001: The next week started with a slow moving, intense low pressure center entering Missouri from the west...

  • Article #256: March 7-13, 2001

    March 7-13, 2001 The week of March 7 to 13 was very active in the Midwest, especially in the Great Lakes region, where 2 c...

  • Article #255: March 1-6, 2001

    March 1-6, 2001 The Midwest was largely bypassed by two major precipitation-producing systems during the period March 1-6....

  • Article #253: February 21-27, 2001

    February 21-27, 2001: The week of February 21-27 was an active one in the nation's midsection. The period started with a...

  • Article #252: February 14-20, 2001

    February 14-20, 2001: The week of February 14-20 started with the establishment of a large upper air trough in the South...

  • Article #251: February 7-13, 2001

    February 7-13, 2001 After the very quiet week previous to this one, the Midwest was visited by a major winter storm on Feb...

  • Article #250: February 1-6, 2001

    February 1-6, 2001 February started off very quietly, with small temperature anomalies and little precipitation. Two clipp...

  • Article #249: January 24-31, 2001

    January 24-31, 2001: A shift in the jet stream set a large trough to the west of the Midwest during the last week of Jan...

  • Article #248: January 17-23, 2001

    January 17-23, 2001: The Midwest continued to be dry the next week, January 17-23, although temperatures were cooler. Th...

  • Article #247: January 10-16, 2001

    January 10-16, 2001 Temperatures averaged well above normal during the January 10-16 period, with the largest departures a...

  • Article #246: January 1-9, 2001

    January 1-9, 2001 The beginning of the New Year was rather calm and dry in the Midwest. A few weak clipper systems brought...

  • Article #244: December 20-31, 2000

    December 20-31, 2000: A series of "Alberta Clipper" storm systems brought more snow and reinforced the very cold weat...

  • Article #243: December 13-19, 2000

    December 13-19, 2000: Three separate winter storms traveled through the Midwest during the week of December 13-19. Th...

  • Article #242: December 6-12, 2000

    December 6-12, 2000 The week of December 6-12 started quietly but ended with a huge winter storm. Precipitation from th...