January 7th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:51 AM
Taking a look at the pattern via surface maps, the potential and interest in the pattern through this weekend into next week would best be described as boring, especially the GFS. However, if one was to look at 500 MB, they would come away with a totally different perspective on this pattern that is [...]
December 3rd, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
After a lot of thought and about 150 curls at the gym, I wanted to write about what I think will unfold in the pattern for the next two weeks.
I’m sure everyone is freaking out about the latest in the crazy guidance seen on the long range GFS and ECMWF guidance. The big scare [...]
November 22nd, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
A continued theme from the December forecast, looks like model guidance is strongly jumping onto the idea of a very cold start to December for much of the CONUS. We have a strong PNA ridge developing for the start of December, but also some other interesting features. A strong upper low over California is expected [...]
October 22nd, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
It is once again that time of year where snow lovers across the Northeast and Mid Atlantic have one question and one desire. Will my back yard see plenty of white or brown mud?
Before I go into detail about my winter forecast, I want to explain how I developed and produced the theory for [...]
August 5th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
I’ve been noticing that an old winter friend has returned to the weather scene over the past few model runs and just want to touch on the potential influence of the return of the Caspian Ridge influence on the weather pattern in the Northeast and throughout the CONUS.
Naturally, the ridge, which forms over the [...]