Tag Archive for 'amounts'
June 21st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:52 AM
June has seen some very impressive rainfall amounts with many locations well over an inch above normal. Even some locations double the amount of normal rainfall. While a continuous onslaught of showers and thunderstorms have impacted much of the Mid Atlantic, and specifically the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, other locations have [...]
June 20th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:30 AM
The forecast for today through tonight is best described as significantly complicated and potentially very active. The main theme is basically the progression of the warm front currently over southwesterly Pennsylvania through eastern Virginia. I want to start with the fact that the surface low pressure system is further north and weaker than forecasted [...]
June 18th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
The latest updates can be found at the bottom!
8:36:31 AM: The steady rain is close to coming to an end as the back end of the heavy rain moves through eastern Pennsylvania.
8:37:32 AM: The occluded front is still off to the west of the region and will continue to slowly progress eastward through the afternoon.
8:38:03 [...]
June 13th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
Most recent updates on the bottom!
12:40:48 PM: The strongest thunderstorm of all the thunderstorms throughout the region is over western Burlington County.
12:42:03 PM: The thunderstorm over western Burlington County is producing very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning.
12:43:03 PM: These thunderstorms are below severe level, but can reduce visibility rapidly due to the heavy rainfall and [...]
June 12th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:52 AM
This summer is not shaping up to be one that works out well for beach lovers. This morning, yet another cold front is slowly losing steam over the forecast area as scattered showers continue to move through the region.
The majority of the rainfall is now off the coast as the best dynamics race towards the [...]
June 5th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:32 AM
While strong shear continues to dominate much of the Tropical Atlantic, model guidance does hint for the potential for tropical development over the eastern Gulf of Mexico or western Caribbean Sea by next week.
The water vapor image this morning shows a cold front is driving through the eastern Gulf of Mexico, producing strong [...]
June 4th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
1:59 PM
This afternoon, the disturbance over the southern Mississippi Valley is pushing towards the Tennessee Valley. As a result, a surface low pressure system is quickly organizing over the Southeast. As you can see with the radar, precipitation is quickly developing over southern Pennsylvania through the Ohio Valley while there is clearly a low level [...]
June 4th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:02 AM
The stationary front this morning has finally pushed south of New Jersey, which puts the entire forecast area in a cool, marine dominated air mass for the next 48 hours. The water vapor satellite gives us an excellent picture into what is going on and what will play out through Friday. The disturbance that [...]
June 3rd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:55 PM
The cold front that will like plaque the forecast area for the next two days is slowly slipping south through Cape May County, New Jersey and the Delaware Bay this evening. Strong to severe thunderstorms continue to impact much of Cape May County this evening as moderate instability remains in the atmosphere. However, as [...]
June 1st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:53 AM
High pressure will provide clear skies through Tuesday morning. A weak cold front will produce partly cloudy to overcast skies and a risk of scattered showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon and evening. A stronger cold front will approach on Wednesday with widespread showers and thunderstorms. A few of the thunderstorms will have the [...]