November 14th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:45 AM
The coastal storm that has battered much of the New Jersey coast with significant flooding and has produced heavy rain along much of the coast is starting to wind down. An inverted trough extending from the surface low pressure east of North Carolina continues to enhance low level forcing over much of the northern [...]
June 17th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:27 AM
The pleasant weather conditions from yesterday are about to come to an end. So is my confidence in model guidance, by the way. However, before I get to that, let’s take a look at the precipitation that is charging towards the forecast area.
High pressure currently centered over eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island, will continue [...]
March 2nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:02 AM
The National Weather Service from Mount Holly has put out some “estimations” of how much snow has fall over the forecast area in the latest Winter Storm Warning. I’m not sure how accurate it is, but here is what they say:
WHEN THE SNOW FINALLY COMES TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON, THERE SHOULD
BE A TOTAL [...]
March 1st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:17 AM
As this storm intensifies along the Mid Atlantic coast tonight and tomorrow morning, a strong dry slot will form at 700 MB, which will cut off precipitation in some areas slightly earlier than some would like.
My thoughts is that this will likely not impact the forecast area until after 7 AM on Monday, [...]
March 1st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
11:28 PM
The 00Z NAM and 00Z GFS has come out for the time period of Sunday afternoon through Monday night with very similar solutions and additional support is gaining for a major snow storm for the immediate coast of the forecast area.
The latest radar trends and satellite images strongly point to a developing and intensifying [...]
January 18th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
10:28 PM
The coastal low is now the primary low pressure system, but that has occurred a bit too late for much of an impact for the Philadelphia metro, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northwestern New Jersey.
Light to moderate snow will continue for about another 30 to 45 minutes along the immediate central New Jersey coast or basically [...]