Tag Archive for 'lightning'
March 14th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
11:20 AM
The area of low pressure responsible for widespread flooding, coastal flooding, and wind damage is finally starting to weaken over the central Mid Atlantic this morning.
The surface low and upper level structure of the storm have become vertically stacked. What this means is the surface, 850 MB, 700 MB, and 500 MB low pressure [...]
March 14th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
9:45 AM
The area of low pressure that has produced widespread flooding and wind damage continues to sit just southwest of the Philadelphia metropolitan area over central Maryland.
The low pressure system is currently drawing an area of showers and thunderstorms into the forecast area from the Atlantic. These showers and thunderstorms are capable of heavy downpours, [...]
March 13th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
9:10 AM
Heavy rain and winds sustained at 15 to 25 mph have been observed since last night as the first round of heavy rain continues to move through the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area.
A break in the heavy rainfall is expected for late this morning into the early afternoon hours as a new [...]
March 12th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
8:59 PM
The coastal low is clearly becoming the primary low pressure system this evening as very strong lifting is developing off the coast along with a classic satellite signature of cyclogenesis.
The radar this hour is clearly showing an area of very heavy rain just south of Cape May, New Jersey moving north towards the coast. [...]
March 12th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
3:50 PM
The rain is here and it is not going to be stopping any time soon through this weekend, which will be a perfect time to catch up on some movies, a good book, or perhaps finally conquer a very difficult video game. What ever you do this weekend, it likely will not be done [...]
March 12th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
Live Coverage of the Heavy Rain Event of March 12-14, 2010
– Weather When Posted –Temperature: 41°F;Humidity: 86%;Heat Index: 41°F;Wind Chill: 32°F;Pressure: 30.03 in.;
March 12th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
8:00 AM
An area of low pressure off the South Carolina coast this morning is expected to intensify and slowly move north towards the New Jersey coast over the next three days. This low pressure system is expected to produce heavy rainfall, strong winds, and the potential for some coastal flooding along the New Jersey coast [...]
March 11th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
4:25 PM
The storm is starting to organize over the Plains, Gulf Coast, and Southeast. The model guidance at this point is in very strong agreement for a widespread heavy rainfall starting tomorrow afternoon and continuing on through Sunday morning with rainfall amounts by Monday morning ranging from 2 inches to as much as 5.5 inches [...]
March 11th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
8:00 AM
The temperatures may be warmer, but the active storm track that the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area experienced in February is returning once again.
The easterly fetch developing at the mid and lower levels of the atmosphere is already influencing the northern Mid Atlantic as Atlantic moisture moves into the coastal plain. The [...]
March 10th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
4:19 PM
Clouds are already building over much of the northern Mid Atlantic this afternoon in response to the increasing moisture from the Atlantic as the high pressure system that has produced great weather conditions the past few days now exits into the Atlantic. A weak mid level disturbance was able to use some of this [...]