Tag Archive for 'evenings'
June 22nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:40 AM
An area of low pressure over the Atlantic Ocean remains stalled and will continue to influence conditions over the coastal waters today. Partly cloudy skies can be expected with a risk of widely scattered showers, especially in the late afternoon hours. The showers and thunderstorms will be capable of brief heavy downpours and strong [...]
June 21st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
10:00 AM
The visible satellite picture this morning shows us that once again, yet another weekend has been spoiled by wet, soggy conditions. However, I do have some good news for this afternoon. Note that over the Hudson Valley and over eastern Pennsylvania that the clouds have started to break up and some clouds are lifting [...]
June 21st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:23 AM
Low pressure east of Long Island and south of New England has stalled and will impact the forecast area over the next several days. Variable cloud cover can be expect today through Tuesday. Scattered showers will be rotating through the coastal waters through this afternoon as the low pressure system slowly drifts east. Showers [...]
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 20th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:38 AM
Clouds will continue to increase through the morning hours as a low pressure system and warm front approaches the coast. Showers and thunderstorms will move through the coastal water late this morning through early in the evening. The showers and thunderstorms will move quickly, however will be capable of very heavy downpours. A few [...]
June 19th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
The new 12Z model guidance is in and appears to have a better handle on the rainfall for Saturday.
The low pressure system is expected to approach the region by Saturday afternoon with scatter showers and thunderstorms. There appears to be less support for a strong MCS to develop, which would have brought a threat [...]
June 19th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:15 AM
As low pressure exits the forecast area this morning, a brief break in the clouds and rainfall can be expected through the day. In case anyone forgot, that big bright ball in the sky is called the sun, and no we are not in Seatlle. Weak high pressure over the eastern Great Lakes will [...]
June 19th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:37 AM
Clear to partly cloudy skies can be expected through the overnight hours as a low pressure system continues to exit the coast and weak high pressure builds in from the eastern Great Lakes. Another area of low pressure developing over the western Ohio Valley will move towards the Mid Atlantic on Saturday. There is [...]
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 18th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:39 AM
A clash of air masses is unfolding right over the forecast area as the marine air mass that has been over the forecast area the past several days slowly is eroded from the region and off the coast. The latest surface map best describes the current situation. High pressure remains off the New England [...]