Tag Archive for 'wind gusts'
January 24th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
9:26 AM
There is no doubt that heavy rain is on the way as a significant surge of moisture races north ahead of a powerful cold front.
Clouds will continue to increase and lower through the day as a strong southwesterly flow from the surface to mid levels pushes a warm and moist air mass into the [...]
November 18th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
4:31 PM
Good Morning!
I am pleased to announce that new merchandise is now available in the NY NJ PA Weather Store! As
promised, I will be making a new shirt for each significant storm that impact the northern Mid Atlantic, and anyone living along the southern New Jersey coast would know that the last coastal storm was [...]
November 13th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:45 AM
A lot of interesting developments happened over night as a gravity wave appears to have impacted the southern Mid Atlantic, which caused the rain shield to unexpectedly collapse overnight. However, another round of rain has finally started to move back into the coast from southern Connecticut to south-central New Jersey. Despite the unexpected relatively dry [...]
November 6th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:40 AM
As the coastal low explodes off the northern New England coastal waters, a tight pressure gradient continues to intensify over the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area.
The pressure gradient will reach peak intensity late this morning before weakening under the influence of high pressure to the west. However, in the meantime, winds will [...]
November 5th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:45 PM
This evening, several locations throughout the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan area experienced a brief period of heavy rain, strong wind gusts, and even some lightning and thunder. The culprit behind this line of convection was the cold front that will eventually cause the coastal low off the New England coast to explode. [...]
October 16th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
7:12 AM
The first Nor’ Easter to impact the northern Mid Atlantic is now exiting into the Atlantic with lingering showers and overcast conditions throughout the Mid Atlantic.
This first storm produced rainfall amounts ranging from 0.25″ to 1.06″ with Atlantic City receiving the highest recorded official rainfall. I did receive some observations in Ocean and Monmouth [...]
October 7th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
5:15 AM
A rapidly moving low pressure system will move from the central Great Lakes into New England today, which will send a warm front and cold front through the Philadelphia and New York City metropolitan areas today.
This morning, the warm front will continue to race through the New York City metro with scattered showers producing [...]
September 29th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
5:15 AM
A very interesting pattern will unfold over the next several days as a series of impressive upper level lows impact much of the nation.
The majority of the precipitation associated with the upper low over northern and central New York this afternoon has already exited the region in the form of a strong cold front [...]
September 28th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:24 PM
The strong cold front I was expecting this morning is pushing through the eastern side of the New York City metropolitan area right now, just about one time as expected. As the cold front has moved through, showers and thunderstorms rapidly developing over eastern Pennsylvania through Long Island which lead to heavy downpours and [...]
September 28th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:54 AM
A strong upper low is developing over the Great Lakes this morning, which will have a lasting influence on the northern Mid Atlantic and much of the Northeast through this week.
A strong cold front is on the march over western Pennsylvania this morning and will continue to press to the east through the afternoon [...]