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What has caused the heavy rainfall this month?

June 21st, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

9:52 AM
June has seen some very impressive rainfall amounts with many locations well over an inch above normal. Even some locations double the amount of normal rainfall. While a continuous onslaught of showers and thunderstorms have impacted much of the Mid Atlantic, and specifically the New York City and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, other locations have [...]

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Drier weather returns to the forecast area

June 16th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

7:58 AM
The rainy pattern that much of the forecast area has experienced this June is taking a short break, as high pressure positions itself over Maine this morning. The position of the high pressure system will still force a marine air mass in place over the region, which is supporting the low clouds this morning. [...]

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Threat for showers continues through the week

June 15th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

7:18 AM
Another disturbance is dropping south through the Hudson Valley, Connecticut, and Long Island Sound this morning with a round of heavy rain this morning. This disturbance will continue to drop south and east and will exit the forecast area over the next 2 to 3 hours, impacting much of Connecticut and Long Island rush hour [...]

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Stationary front to keep dreary conditions through Friday

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 [...]

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Evening thoughts- severe weather overview

June 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

8:46 PM
This morning I was preparing for an active afternoon of severe weather for the Delaware River Valley and eastern Pennsylvania with the potential for strong thunderstorms for the rest of the region. While thunderstorms did organize and push towards severe levels over much of eastern Pennsylvania, the thunderstorms weakened as they moved towards New [...]

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Strong thunderstorms on the move, more to come later

June 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

7:18 AM
There’s a lot to discuss this morning, so lets dive right into it!
An impressive line of thunderstorms has developed early this morning in response to the strong low level jet stream at 950 and 850 MB this morning. The warm front continues to lift north and eastward, but is having some difficulty doing so [...]

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Active weather pattern continues for this week

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 [...]

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Another active pattern this week

June 7th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

10:32 AM
Weak high pressure is exiting off this coast through this afternoon while a very weak cold front is pushing south through New England and the eastern Great Lakes this morning. This cold front will be a key player through much of this coming weak, as I will explain shortly.
For today, expect clear skies and [...]

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Heavy rain today, beautiful conditions for the weekend

June 5th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

7:10 AM
Sometimes in life there are important trade offs that we must make. In terms of weather conditions, the forecast area will go through a very wet, raw Friday to get to two days of exceptional weather conditions this weekend.
This morning, an area of low pressure developing over central North Carolina. As the upper [...]

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Tropical Update for Wednesday, June 3 2009

June 3rd, 2009 by Steven DiMartino

7:38 AM
The tropical Atlantic remains generally quiet this morning however there is one interesting area that I will continue to keep an eye on. Last night I noticed that convection continued to rapidly develop and move towards the central Gulf Coast. This convection developed due to the influences of a disturbance over the southern Plains [...]

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