Doug Simonian

Locally Strong T-Storms Possible Today, Mainly Dry Rest of This Week

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Good afternoon, NYC! While today is not overly warm, it is quite muggy with dewpoints in the mid 60s. This is because there is a large trough situated in the Ohio Valley extending into the Southeast US, which is sending a moist airmass from south to north, into our area.

This moist airmass is important to the forecast, as it helps to trigger showers and thunderstorms — warm and moist air has the tendency to rise, potentially into thunderstorm clouds. You then just need a “trigger” — an ignition to the weather pattern aids the lift further to allow this lift to result in clouds, rain, and thunderstorms.

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John Homenuk

Mailbag: The vibes are good

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As a period of gorgeous weather continues through this weekend, we’re excited to introduce our mailbag post series. We opened the floor for questions on social media and received a ton of cool responses.

We expect to run a mailbag post once per week, although we may skip it during periods of highly active or unsettled weather. Check out some of the questions below and be sure to reply on social media next week when the mailbag opens up again!

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John Homenuk

NYC Forecast: Gorgeous weekend, unsettled signals loom next week

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We’re back, baby! We’re so excited to re-introduce our weather blog today. It has been a great summer of building our community and we are preparing for a busy Autumn and Winter ahead. These blogs will return on a regular basis, providing slightly longer-form NYC weather content that is easily digestible and understandable. We’ll also be announcing some other very cool news today which will offer some ways to support our content while also receiving some super cool stuff.

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