Tag Archive for 'eastern virginia'
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 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:46 PM
This morning I was preparing for an active afternoon of severe weather for the Delaware River Valley and eastern Pennsylvania with the potential for strong thunderstorms for the rest of the region. While thunderstorms did organize and push towards severe levels over much of eastern Pennsylvania, the thunderstorms weakened as they moved towards New [...]
June 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:18 AM
There’s a lot to discuss this morning, so lets dive right into it!
An impressive line of thunderstorms has developed early this morning in response to the strong low level jet stream at 950 and 850 MB this morning. The warm front continues to lift north and eastward, but is having some difficulty doing so [...]
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 [...]
March 2nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:22 AM
A large area of moderate to heavy snow is moving towards the forecast area and is already impacting eastern Pennsylvania. Snowfall rates over Maryland, eastern Virginia, and Delaware are being reported as moderate to heavy. The snow is associated with the strong upper disturbance that has been behind this whole storm from the start [...]
March 2nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
5:53 AM
The precipitation with this storm is moving slightly faster than thought last night by about 3 hours. The dry slot is moving through the forecast area now rather than at 8 AM, however the intensity of the snow did not disappoint. Snowfall totals throughout the forecast around range from 1.8″ to 12″, but a [...]
March 2nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
11:13 PM
Moderate snow has overspread the entire Philadelphia and New York City metros including much of New Jersey. Locally in Freehold, snow is falling at a moderate to heavy clip with visibility falling below a mile to 3/4 of a mile. The sky is a light pink, indicating heavy snow and the winds are picking [...]
March 1st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:24 PM
The frontogenesis and resulting banding of heavy snow has started to develop over much of eastern Virginia, Maryland, and into Delaware. The movement of the lifting parameters that support this banding is moving directly towards the New Jersey coast and the New York City metro. The map to the left describes the areas of [...]
February 3rd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
4:20 PM
There area currently two distinct bands of heavy snow that have formed over the past hour. The first band is over central New Jersey running roughly from Trenton, New Jersey to central Monmouth County and down through eastern Burlington County of New Jersey. This band of snowfall is slowly sliding east and producing doppler [...]