Entries by John Homenuk

The science behind a wintry intrusion this week

Any time the pattern gets as anomalous as it is forecast to get over the next several days, a meteorologist’s job becomes very interesting. We can either simply say “It’ll be very cold this week”, or we can take the time to explain the science behind it. We’ll choose the latter. The pattern change, which […]

Winter Forecast 2014-2015

View the entire 2014-2015 Winter Forecast in a PDF file by clicking here.  You can also download it here.  Primary Methodologies and Variables of Examination El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) Arctic Oscillation (AO) East Pacific Oscillation (EPO) Siberian/Eurasian Snow cover and Stratospheric Warming October Greenland Blocking Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Sea […]

Seaward she goes: Weekend Nor’easter will spare our area

Reports of the early arrival of winter may have been premature after all. A significant coastal storm system, developing this weekend, will move from the Carolina coast to a position east of the Gulf of Maine. As it does so, it will organize off the East Coast and bring periods of showers and gusty winds […]

Rain, wind, and even snow possible this weekend

An energetic mid and upper level disturbance will shift from Central Canada through the Northeast United States late this week into the early part of this weekend, helping to develop a coastal storm. In addition to the coastal storm will come a strong cold front, and a cold Canadian airmass which will drop temperatures into […]