
It wasn't until February 2nd that conventional forecasters began to see the potential for heavy rain over the Miami area on the 5th and 6th.

The Christmas and New Year's forecasts posted on The Weather Alternative on November 7, 2009 were very successful. We don't have time to go through all of them but here are the most important.
The Weather Alternative forecast for December 20-22 for the East Coast and New England called for a heavy precipitation (which I thought would be rain but most of it was snow) from North Carolina through New England. A low pressure area over North Carolina became a Nor'easter that lashed the forecast area with with wind rain and snow. The Accuweather Map at right shows the low pressure area.

The Weather Channel map at left is for December 25th. During this period, a record-setting blizzard hit the northern Plains and moved eastward across the forecast area. The Southeast was hit by flooding downpours, damaging winds, and tornadoes. Strong winds,snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain hit the Midwest.


The Weather Alternative forecast for Europe called for a cold, dry air mass to descend over the United Kingdom between December 22-23. The Accuweather map at left shows the cold forecast for the 23rd.
The Weather Alternative also forecast that a powerful storm system would batter France, Germany, and the surrounding countries on December 24th and 25th. On the 24th, The Weather Underground reported "A strong low pressure system will continue moving eastward from central Europe and extend into eastern Europe. This will spread scattered showers over most of Europe, with snow anticipated at higher elevations. The strongest region of the system will move through Spain and into eastern France and Switzerland by evening. These areas will see periods of heavy rainfall with periods of heavy snow at high elevations of the Alps."
Introduction to the Weather Alternative
How Long-Range Forecasts Are Made
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The heights by great men reached & kept
Were not attained by sudden flight,
But they, when their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night.
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