Tag: weather
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Late Season Storm to Close out Winter
A developing area of low pressure over the southeast will move off the mid atlantic coast tomorrow night. Snow will overspread the region during the late morning hours, become moderate to locally heavy in the late afternoon before tapering off at night. Here is the forecast:
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Not a Washout This Weekend, but some showers are expected.
Discussion: An upper level shortwave trough in the north central US will traverse New England during the day on Sunday and become cutoff just off the coast of Maine. At the surface, a cold front works its way into the Tri-State on Sunday, and brings with it a chance for showers and maybe some thunder…
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5 Day Forecast – Stony Brook, NY
First Day on Forecast duty here at school, and here is my first forecast of the semester valid for the North Shore of Long Island:
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February is Here – Outlook for First Full Week!
A positive tilted upper shortwave trough over the great lakes is part of a broader one stretching to the east. Zonal upper level flow over the northeastern United States and a surface high continue to dominate the weekend pattern. At the surface, what was the Denver blizzard now remains as a broad area of low…
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Coldest Air of the Season to hit Tuesday and Wednesday
Major height falls happen through tonight as a powerful arctic airmass plunges into the region. Through mid afternoon tomorrow we are looking at some significant positive vorticity advection in the upper levels, which is a good diagnostic for upward motion when this advection increases with height. It’s one of the reasons cyclones tend to deepen…
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Long Range, AO Breakdown? Where are the Temps Going?
A lot of questions are arising about the state of the winter going into the mid-late December time period. We’ve been locked into a patten that has kept much of the cold air locked up in Canada with more of a zonal North Atlantic Jet, and a zonal to even ridge-like pattern over the northeast.…
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Round 2 Tonight: Accuweather, Check Your Headlines!
Round 2 and it’s fury will be unleashed on the northeast tonight! I just want to first point out what I think might be a little bit of overselling on the part of accuweather about the snow tonight! I know the storm is gonna be bad, but 1-3 feet per hour still seems a bit…
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