Tag Archive for 'Severe Thunderstorm'
June 10th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:13 PM
A disturbance along the stationary front is approaching the forecast area this evening with an area of showers and thunderstorms. Given the heavy rain that has fallen, flood warning have been issued for parts of southeastern Pennsylvania this evening.
These showers will continue to progress eastward through the overnight hours and will be aided [...]
November 6th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
This period will see a rather extreme swing in weather conditions over the next 66 hours.
The upper low and coastal low that brought have rainfall to the forecast area overnight is beginning to weaken and lift to the north and east. With significantly moist air trapped below 850 MB, a cloudy day can be expected. [...]
August 25th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
I’ve been working on all the 12Z model guidance this evening, while watching the Mets game of course. Hey, I got to make sure they get to the play offs, right?
The main theme I’m going with for the end of the week is that the further south you are in the forecast area, the heavier [...]
August 22nd, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
While high pressure dominates much of the nation, there are some trouble spots to keep an eye on today.
First, the obvious area of concern remains over northern Florida, southeastern Georgia, and southern South Carolina as feeder bands from Tropical Storm Fay move through the region. The interaction of the low and mid level circulation [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
I haven’t gotten any official reports from Mercer County, but taking into account the doppler estimated rainfall amounts, Mercer County is getting absolutely pounded with heavy rainfall. Hourly rainfall rates range from 1 to 3 inches from this thunderstorm, and the thunderstorm is not exactly moving very quickly.
Meanwhile, in my neck of the woods, [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
If thunderstorms were not bad enough over Monmouth County, another impressive thunderstorm has formed just to the south and east of Allentown, Pennsylvania and will continue to move to the southeast towards western New Jersey.
This thunderstorm has the realistate to develop into one very nasty thunderstorm over the next 30 minutes and may reach severe [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
While I’m ducking for cover with these thunderstorms in Mercer and Monmouth County, I want to point out that a slow line of strong to severe thunderstorms is producing impressive rainfall amounts over much of the New York City metro and Suffolk County, New York. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches will be possible [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Severe weather is really heating up this afternoon! A severe thunderstorm CAPABLE of producing a tornado is moving through the following counties:
Westchester County
New York County
Bronx County
Eastern Bergen County in New Jersey
These thunderstorms are also capable of quarter size hail and damaging wind gusts. A tornado has NOT been confirmed but is certainly possible.
Use caution [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
Two areas of focus for severe weather today. The first is over the Mid Atlantic and southern New England. The second is over the southern Plains and southeastern Rocky Mountains.
The culprit behind the severe weather in the Mid Atlantic and southern New England is a developing upper level low and trough that will move [...]
August 15th, 2008 by Steven DiMartino
An upper level disturbance produced widespread showers and strong to severe thunderstorms. The severe thunderstorms were especially impressive from Allentown, Pennsylvania through Trenton, New Jersey, and over New York City with heavy rain resulting in flashing flooding, large hail, wind gusts over 50 mph, and frequent lightning. The following are official storm reports from the [...]