Tag Archive for 'gradient'
February 26th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
8:57 PM
The surface low that has brought a near historic 20.9 inches of snow in Central Park and over a foot in many locations throughout the northern Mid Atlantic is slowly weakening and exiting to the east.
The surface low is actually splitting into two separate low pressure systems, one which will eventually deepen once again [...]
February 8th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
9:55 AM
The 12Z NAM is out and to the left is the QPF output for the storm based on this run. Now I know many of you in northeastern Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, and even New York City are screaming right now in frustration. Is the NAM forecasting a miss for these areas? Well,not exactly.
What [...]
December 20th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:09 PM
On December 18th to the 19th, 2009 an area of low pressure tracked from the Gulf of Mexico to the Mid Atlantic coast producing heavy snowfall throughout the Mid Atlantic. Record breaking snowfall was observed in both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Upton, New York. The heaviest snowfall was observed from southern and central New Jersey through [...]
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 [...]
April 7th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:06 AM
Most locations east of Philadelphia received a half an inch to three-fourths of an inch of rainfall yesterday. Once again, the model guidance over forecasted the actual precipitation amounts for the region. What the model guidance didn’t get wrong was the strength of the wind over the forecast area.
The main story over the [...]
April 6th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:09 AM
A complex forecast is setting up for the forecast area this morning into the afternoon hours as a strong disturbance generates a new low pressure system to the southwest of the forecast area this morning.
Currently, the precipitation on the radar would likely not indicate much of a rainfall event for the forecast area. The [...]
April 4th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:44 AM
The low pressure system that brought heavy rain, some impressive downpours at that, is now moving into New England very slow. The upper low associated with the surface low will continue to rotate disturbances through the forecast area producing widely scattered showers over much of the region today. Otherwise, partly cloudy skies can be [...]
April 3rd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:26 AM
Today would not be the day to open two new baseball stadiums in the New York City area as a rainy and stormy day and evening is expected. Currently, a warm front is progressing northward over the Maryland and Delaware with a steady light rain over much of the forecast area this morning. The [...]
April 2nd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:40 AM
The latest visible satellite image clearly shows that fog has developed throughout much of the forecast area with dense fog advisories issued for much of the region. The dense fog has developed due to a combination of lingering low level moisture from a few showers early this morning and very light winds. The good [...]
April 1st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:18 AM
The low pressure system that will send a strong cold front through the region on Friday evening will also support very windy conditions on Saturday. The low pressure system will move into New England as high pressure over the Ohio Valley builds into the East coast. We’ve seen this before, haven’t we? Expect Saturday [...]