NY NJ PA Weather Forecasts

Light snow showers through tonight

5:17 PM
Bands of snow showers continue to rotate south and west around the strong coastal storm east of Maine.  These snow showers are generally light and will not produce much in the way of accumulation.  However, a few bands of snow are producing moderate snowfall.
For example, one band is currently over the Long Island Sound [...]

Evening Thoughts

8:58 PM
An area of low pressure is starting to develop over the Georgia and South Carolina coast this evening and will quickly move up the coast overnight to bring the forecast area a period of moderate to heavy rainfall, especially right along the coast.
Note this evening’s water vapor image.  I drew the latest 500 MB [...]

Strong Thunderstorms for Saturday, June 13, 2009

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 [...]

Severe weather potentially explosive tomorrow afternoon

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 [...]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Central New Jersey

7:30 PM
The National Weather Service at Mount Holly has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for much of central New Jersey.  Here is the following warning.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TRENTON…
SOUTHWESTERN [...]

Low level boundary may mean trouble

5:50 PM
A low level boundary south of the main synoptic warm front has formed over Monmouth County cutting westward through southern Mercer County and along the Delaware Rive towards Philadelphia.  
This low level boundary will have the ability to significantly enhance low level lifting over these locations, which will have the ability to strengthen the [...]

Official Snowfall Totals From The National Weather Service For March 1st Through March 2nd, 2009

5:41 AM
The following snow and wind observations are from the National Weather Service.  There were many areas that received heavy snow via the mesoscale banding that developed within this storm, however there were also some areas that received less than expected because of the influence of mesoscale banding.  Overall, verification came in rather well on [...]

National Weather Service Chimes In

6:02 AM
The National Weather Service from Mount Holly has put out some “estimations” of how much snow has fall over the forecast area in the latest Winter Storm Warning.  I’m not sure how accurate it is, but here is what they say:
 

WHEN THE SNOW FINALLY COMES TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON, THERE SHOULD
BE A TOTAL [...]

A Recap Of A Windy Day

8:44 PM
As many of you know, it’s been pretty windy around the New York City and Philadelphia metro areas!  Personally, there’s nothing been than playing dodge ball with a glass door flying back and forth on it’s hinges, but sadly there have already been some deadly consequences to these windy conditions.  
The winds have been [...]

Pattern Changes Begin As Area Digs Out From Storm

6:31 AM
I would call yesterday’s storm, the storm that over performed.  I was very surprised to see that Philadelphia received up to 8 inches of snow according to the latest snowfall  update, which is double the amount that anyone has seen so far this year from other storms.  Meanwhile, in Monmouth County around 6 inches [...]