Entries by John Homenuk

Oppressive combination of heat and humidity this weekend

We have all experienced high temperatures before. In fact, most of us sat underneath a large ridge of high pressure earlier this summer which brought us temperatures in the upper 90’s. This weekend, however, temperatures will again surge into the upper 90’s — and combine with dew points in the middle to upper 70’s to […]

Heat returns, scattered severe storms Saturday afternoon

A transitional ridge will build into the area from Friday Night into Saturday, with warming temperatures and increasing moisture expected. While this ridge won’t be necessarily large, it will bring much warmer air in both the mid and lower levels of the atmosphere. This will lead to increasing instability late Friday into Saturday, ahead of […]

Strong and severe thunderstorms possible Saturday

While lower dew points have been very well received in our area over the past several days, a warming trend will be underway once again by Friday. Increasing temperatures and moisture will become notable as winds, which had been coming inland off the area waters for the past few days, with to a warmer southwesterly […]

Perseid outburst expected to make 2016’s shower special

The Perseid meteor shower is always a highlight of the astronomical year, frequently bringing one of the most consistent meteor showers to the night sky in late summer. The warm weather and often favorable moon phases mean the Perseid’s are also one of the most comfortable meteor showers to enjoy. 2016 is expected to be even […]