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Whether you are looking for long range forecasts, or current weather provided to you by our Accuweather feature, southernlivestock.com is your best source for an accurate weather forecast. Meteorologist Brian Bledsoe, author of Weather Wise, is one of the nation’s premier long range weather forecasters.

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: April 5th 2013

Looking Behind to Look Ahead By now, you all know how much I look at history to make a road map of where we are heading in the future.  However, sometimes the answer is staring you straight in the face....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: March 8th 2013 by: Brian Bledsoe

Something positive or just computer model noise? Since we last talked, some moisture has been falling in places that haven’t received much moisture.  In fact, two significant snowstorms rolled out of the Southern Rockies and hit areas of north Texas, Oklahoma, and especially Kansas....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: February 8th 2013

Forecast Update:  Looking rough for a lot of people… After taking a brief break from weather in my last article, we’ll get back into it this month.  Some interesting things have happened since December, including a pretty significant boost in moisture for some parts of the Southern Plains in January....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: January 25th 2013 by: Brian Bledsoe

Utilizing tools to make your business better Back in December, I had the pleasure of speaking to several farmers and ranchers at the Colorado Ag Classic.  While the main topic of my presentation was weather and what the long range forecast looked like, I also had a couple other messages for my audience....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: November 2nd 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Thanks El Nino… That Was Short! As I have told many of you lately, the prospects for any El Nino of consequence are basically done.  That being said, what you can’t see on the map below is that there is some pretty warm water just beneath the surface....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: October 5th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Another Winter Forecast Update I remember presenting weather information in early August at the 2012 Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course (BCSC), and talking about the fall pattern shift that would grip the eastern half of the US....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: September 7th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

First of all, let me say that I greatly enjoyed speaking at the 2012 Beef Short Course at Texas A&M in early August.  I met lots of great people, gave out a lot of information and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: August 10th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Importance of Looking Back to See How We Will Go Forward 1950s, 60s, and 70s… You constantly hear me reference the 1950s as a road map of where we are located.  The Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean are in the same phase that they were then, and they have a huge impact on our weather....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: July 13th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Perfect Firestorm: As many of you know, my main gig is as a meteorologist for KKTV 11 News in Colorado Springs.  During the worst wildfire in Colorado history (by amount of homes burned), we did 130 hours of continuous live coverage....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: June 1st 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

El Nino Potential and a First Look at Winter 2012-13 If you read this column, you know I have been chirping about the arrival of El Nino for quite a while.  Even when we were in the midst of the powerful La Nina of last year and the crippling drought, I was telling you that El Nino was coming in back half of 2012....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: May 4th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

La Nina has been dead, so what can we expect this summer? I have read articles during the last couple of weeks that suggested that La Nina just died.  Sorry to disappoint those that authored such articles, but La Nina has been dead for a while....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: April 6th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Where We’ve Been, and Where We Are Headed… One of my favorite sayings…  In my line of work, no statement rings more true.  Historical weather data helps me a great deal in being able to forecast what we will see in the months to come....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: March 9th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Models, Models, and More Models… No, I’m not talking about Cindy Crawford, Heidi Klum, Gisele, or Kate Moss, but about computer models.  I know, not as pretty or as exciting, but they are a lot more important in my line of work....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: February 10th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

My daily battle with the warmists (i.e. the man-made global warming/climate change folks) was taken up a notch during the month of January.  The website www.forecastthefacts.org was created to call out broadcast meteorologists that “deny” man is changing our climate....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: January 6th 2012 by: Brian Bledsoe

Happy New Year everyone!  Hope your 2012 has been good to you so far, and I hope you all had a great holiday season.  Been a while since we have chatted, and to say the least, a few things have happened....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: September 16th 2011 by: Brian Bledsoe

Déjà Vu All Over Again… If you read this article on a regular basis or talked to me at the Beef Short Course in College Station early in August, you know I have been talking about the return of La Nina for a long time....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: September 2nd 2011 by: Brian Bledsoe

Are We Really Going to Do This Again? Hey folks, hope everyone is having a good Summer.  I had the pleasure of meeting several of you at the Beef Short Course at Texas A&M earlier this month....

Weather Wise-Weather Forecast

published: May 13th 2011

Blame It on La Nina… AND NOTHING ELSE!   Some of you may not have ever heard of Dixie Alley.  I bet you have now...  It isn't found in the Great Plains, but in the Southeast part of the U....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: April 15th 2011 by: Brian Bledsoe

Beneficial El Nino Set to Arrive?  I’m Not Buying It… As I sit here writing this article, weather is the story around the nation.  Last night an EF3 tornado went through Mapleton, Iowa, while several wildfires raged from southeast Colorado to the US/Mexico border....

Weather Wise - Weather Forecast

published: March 18th 2011 by: Brian Bledsoe

La Nina Weakening, But Not Fast Enough:   When we talked last time, I spoke about how late January and early February was a La Nina aberration.  In that I meant that the moisture some folks were receiving was not the norm....

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