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January 20th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
9:22 AM
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This morning I’m looking at an overwhelming amount of data pointing to a returning cold pattern that frankly, I’ve had a hard time piecing together exactly what I’m seeing and what it means for the northern Mid Atlantic and the East coast as a whole. The implications of the developments at the stratospheric [...]
October 12th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:21 AM
There are still a lot of questions about the end of this week in terms of how the pattern will evolve and just how many low pressure systems will be spawned between Thursday morning and Sunday morning. What we do know is that a very stormy end of the week can be expected and [...]
March 24th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:10 AM
If you go outside, you probably won’t believe that the Mets and Yankees start playing real baseball games in roughly two weeks! A strong arctic high pressure is positioned over Quebec this morning and supporting a cold, dense air mass over the forecast area this morning. Temperatures this morning have ranged from the lower [...]
February 3rd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
10:23 AM
I got some interesting questions in some emails while working out so I’m going to answer them and give some thoughts about what has been happening since I last post.
The majority of the question revolving around the precipitation over the forecast area now. Yes, the precipitation will continue to move northeast and begin to [...]
January 4th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:30 PM
Tonight I want to focus on the increasing threat for heavy rain and significant icing for the forecast area.
As seen on the map above, the majority of the forecast area will have mostly rain to contend with by the Wednesday morning rush hour. A total of 1 to 2 inches of heavy rain will [...]
December 19th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
7:17 AM
Rain is officially falling over Philadelphia, which was to be expected. Locations that will hover around freezing through the morning are at or below freezing with dew points in the 20’s. The snow/mix/rain line is snaking towards the forecast area and setting up just about as I expected.
Meanwhile the surface low track is very [...]
December 11th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
The pattern continues to morph into a rather stormy and overall cold pattern setting up. The idea of the “blow torch” once again dies in favor of roughly 36 to 40 hours of above normal temperatures followed by another string of days of near to below normal temperatures. Additionally there is another threat for a [...]
December 8th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
There is a lot to discuss with this winter storm for Thursday evening through Friday and let me tell you, I had a hard time sleeping with all the thoughts running through my head. So let’s dive in and get started.
First, I think it is important to discuss the trends of the models. I’m not [...]