I just heard from the National weather Service office in Cleveland and they verified that their peak wind just was actually 67 MPH (it showed up as 66 MPH due to a rounding error on the initial climatological product Sunday evening). When was the last time we saw winds higher than that? We'll take a look on tonight's special weekend episode.

Okay, okay. So what does Beef Wellington have to do with weather or science? Not much. But every once in a while when something piques my interest or when I think something may pique yours, I'll head in a wild direction. Why Beef Wellington? You'll see. Also in Episode #057, a warm "welcome!" to a new podcaster and personal friend and colleague, sportscaster John Telich!

While the term "supermoon" is not an official astronomical term, it's something with which the public has been familiar since the term was introduced in the 1970s. Tonight's full moon is (a little) bigger and brighter than the average full moon because the moon is at its closest to Earth in its 27.5 day cycle. That cycle is not in perfect sync with the lunar cycle around the Earth. Join me on Episode #056 as we dive into the moonlight.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! What is the coziest kind of weather you can think of? Snow? Rain? Warm, dry breezes? Fog?

FOG?!?!?

Sure! Why not? After sitting on a couple of interviews about the "sentimental, romantic" nature of fog and foghorns, there is no better day to release this episode than today.

As promised, here is a quick look around the country for any Valentine's Day weather challenges and a look back at two years in our history on which snowstorms made for a very memorable Valentine's Day.

Just a little over a year ago, a new east-coast weather satellite by the name of GOES-16 became fully operational. It sent back some pretty amazing images with an array of new equipment that could detect far more than just weather satellite images. Now it's the west coast's turn. GOES-17 became fully operational this week. The timing could not have been better. The images captured the dynamics behind a new snowfall record... for HAWAII!

The western United States has been reeling in a stormy pattern for a few weeks now. Usually that means a windy rain along the coast and snow in the interior mountains. Not this year. The people in Seattle are being bombarded by record snowfall this month! Since records began, NEVER has there been a February as snowy as this one is Seattle. And with more than two weeks remaining in February, they're not done adding to it.

Not to be confused with "coastal fast ice," there is a phenomenon that anyone can see in their own backyards under the right circumstances. It's something I call "fast ice" or "flash ice" because it develops so quickly right under our own feet. In today's episode, I go through then dynamics involved in this phenomenon. I also snapped a few photos from my own backyard earlier today. You can see them on this episode's post on WeatherJazz.com. You should still be able to see plenty of fast ice on Saturday. I'd love to see any photos you snap. If you'd like to share them with my WeatherJazz® audience, email an attached image to [email protected]

Wow! Where did all that fog come from so quickly? The weather pattern's nuances come into play today when fog suddenly reduced visibility from excellent to near zero at times. We explore how that fog develop and point to another pending episode of WeatherJazz® during which I'll go into greater depth about fog and the disappearing foghorn alert system in the United States.

 On Friday, I shared our "End Of The Winter" outlook on FOX 8. Because of our most recent circumpolar vortex visit, the first since 2014, we made a quick shift in our thinking to include this powerful winter artifact in the projection ahead to February, with a sneak peek at March and April. The maps that I talk about on tonight's podcast episode can be found posted with the corresponding episode on WeatherJazz.com.