Tag Archive for 'winter storms'
February 21st, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
11:52 AM
High pressure is starting to slide east of the Northern Mid Atlantic today with moderating temperatures remain the theme, which is melting the snow pack at a rapid rate. However more winter storms are on the way for the region.
A strong disturbance developing over the Southern Plains will move towards the Ohio Valley by [...]
February 13th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
11:50 AM
The northern Mid Atlantic is getting a bit of a breather from the active winter weather of the past week. After two major winter storms approaching blizzard conditions, impacted the region over the past seven days, high pressure is providing generally tranquil conditions.
As we can see from the water vapor satellite picture, another storm [...]
January 22nd, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
10:05 AM
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Over the past three weeks, the 500 MB pattern has been generally unfavorable for any significant winter storms for a variety of reasons. At first, the overwhelming strength of the negative NAO suppressed any potential for Sub Tropical disturbances to interact with the cold air at place, leading to a cold and dry [...]
January 22nd, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
7:49 AM
This morning we have an excellent example of why winter storms are so hard to come by in the northern Mid Atlantic and why all features must be in place just right. In this case, the Sub Tropical disturbance certainly delivered with an energetic and impressive storm developing off the North Carolina coast. A [...]
January 4th, 2010 by Steven DiMartino
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7:16 AM
The arctic air is certain in place as a strong negative NAO dominates the eastern third of the United States. While Polar and Arctic disturbances can still produce a healthy moderate snowfall like potentially for Friday evening, the more significant winter storms usually has interaction and influence from the Sub Tropical Jet Stream. [...]
November 15th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
8:58 AM
Sorry for the late update. I don’t know why, but Sunday’s always seem to be the day where I sleep the most. I promise that won’t be an issue for winter storms though. Those storms are like caffeine for me.
The water vapor this morning shows us that the strong Polar/Sub Tropical phased jet stream [...]
October 28th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
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August 5th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:11 AM
The cold front that will bring a risk of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon is already stalling over the forecast area, running from roughly Albany, New York down along the Delaware River and cutting across Baltimore, Maryland. This cold front will continue to slowly sink to the south and east through the afternoon hours, [...]
March 13th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
9:12 PM
The winter pattern is still lingering in the northern branch of the Polar jet stream as we continue to see the continuation of a back and forth game between the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Eastern Pacific Oscillation. As the negative NAO begins to collapse once again early this coming week, the negative EPO [...]
February 9th, 2009 by Steven DiMartino
6:04 AM
Enjoy the warm weather, because this pattern is coming to an end fast.
By Wednesday night, the strong cold front associated with a low pressure system moving through the central/eastern Great Lakes will produce heavy rain over the forecast area. The cold front will move quickly through the forecast area and exit the region by [...]