Category: Forecasts
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Heat will build over the next several days
Discussion: A mid level ridge will move across the Peach State Saturday, while a cold front near the surface stalls across the central blue ridge. The front will then push north next week with heights building aloft. This will set up the stage for a reinforced surge of unseasonably warm…
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Drought Expected To Worsen Through Mid-April
The Spring season, which historically Georgia depends on for rainfall in a year has been exceptionally dry across many of our counties. This is likely remnant of a La Nina pattern, which although it is waning is still having a detrimental impact in the southeast so far in 2026. The…
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Columbus Day Weekend Begins with Heavy Rainfall In Connecticut
Tropical Storm Phillipe will become post tropical as it tracks up towards the Gulf of Maine. It will stay far enough offshore to spare any direct impact. A deep upper trough in the midwest will become what we call “negatively tilted” (which means its axis will become more NW to…
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Our amazing atmosphere
We observed a pretty interesting phenomenon at the weather center yesterday afternoon. I noticed that the dew points locally had crashed into the single digits as our frontal system was beginning to approach from the west. We knew going into yesterday that it was quite dry in the lowest levels…
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Complicated weekend pattern
High pressure is analyzed to the east of New England and just south of the Canadian maritimes, while a warm front has stalled across central Pennsylvania. The ridging has been slow to break which has suppressed the onset and even allowed some sunshine to begin the day for part of…
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Winter 2016-2017
Westbrook, CT Total snowfall: 47.6″ – Trace snowfalls not included December 12, 2016: 0.3″ December 16, 2016: 0.1″ December 17, 2016: 5.6″ January 6, 2017: 2.5″ January 8, 2017: 7.8″ January 15, 2017: 1.3″ February 1,…
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New Milford, CT’s close call with a Supercell (5/31)
A Severe Thunderstorm impacted New Milford, CT between 7:36 and 7:55 PM last night (May 31, 2017). The storm strengthened into a possible tornado producing supercell over Dutchess county, NY with a very large hail signature east of Poughkeepsie shortly before 7:00 PM. Significant Damage was reported with this storm in…
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Thursday June 1, 2017 Forecast Discussion
Across Connecticut temperatures range from 58ºF to 61ºF this morning with skies becoming mostly sunny. Winds along the coast are southwesterly from 5 to 10 mph with a few higher gusts. Further inland it’s lighter and more variable around 5 mph and anywhere from south to southeasterly. A stationary front…
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Wet weather and a Warming trend
As off 11 am, temperatures across the state remain in the upper 50s and lower 60s, with winds generally between 3 and 7 mph out of the south east. As an axis of high pressure shifts east, Mid and high level clouds will continue to spread in from the south and west…
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Winter’s early spring wrath
Despite the calendar, another round of March winter weather is on the way for some in Southern New England. A large wrapped up area of low pressure in the central US will bring stormy weather into the region tomorrow through the first part of the weekend.
Meteorological Muses 