Tag Archive for 'flooding'
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
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 14th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:36 AM
Through this up coming week, the weather conditions will mirror more of late September rather than mid June as high pressure positions itself over Maine and several waves of low pressure passes to the south. Conditions like yesterday’s heavy rain event may develop for any particular afternoon where some clearing develops and mesoscale boundaries [...]
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 10th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:13 PM
A disturbance along the stationary front is approaching the forecast area this evening with an area of showers and thunderstorms. Given the heavy rain that has fallen, flood warning have been issued for parts of southeastern Pennsylvania this evening.
These showers will continue to progress eastward through the overnight hours and will be aided [...]
June 10th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:13 AM
While much of eastern Pennsylvania was impacted by strong to severe thunderstorms yesterday, much of the coastal plain was under the influence of a cool marine air mass, which produced generally overcast skies and showery conditions. The strong to severe thunderstorms over Pennsylvania produce large hail, frequent light, and flash flooding. I do not [...]
June 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:25 PM
A very slow moving thunderstorm is dropping south through northern Luzerne County this evening and has produced very heavy rainfall over the towns of Harveys Lake, Hallwood, and locations east of Jamison City. This thunderstorm has been estimated to produce three inches or more over northwestern Luzerne County and will continue to produce heavy [...]
June 8th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:38 PM
A preview of the a potentially very active afternoon was seen this afternoon over much of southern Monmouth and Ocean counties of New Jersey this afternoon. A weak disturbance, a remnant from the MCS that impacted much of the Mid West early this morning, sparked off a cluster of showers and thunderstorms. These thunderstorms [...]
June 8th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:28 AM
The weather pattern for this summer certainly is developing an active characteristic as yet another week of persistent threats of showers and thunderstorms can be expected.
There are a lot of interesting features to examine on the water vapor this morning, so lets dive right in! A trough over the Canadian Maritimes continues to slowly [...]