Entries by John Homenuk

Gusty winds, isolated tornadoes possible Wednesday AM

It’s not often that we talk of severe weather potential this late in the season, but the upcoming meteorological setup argues for a bit of anomalous potential. A potent mid level distubrance and associated height falls will approach the area from Tuesday Night into Wednesday morning. More notably, a juxtaposition of instability and shear on […]

Plummeting AO could offer some winter hints

As we’ve spoken about several times already this Autumn, our winter forecast doesn’t typically come out until the first week of November. Although some will bark at us for this — we’ve been hearing it already this Autumn — there are reasons for it. Mainly, our forecasters have recognized the importance of analyzing the pattern […]

Here comes the Autumns first big cold front

Right on cue. We spoke about this potential a few days ago when we noted the medium range forecast models suggesting the presence of high latitude ridging and blocking. These some models now agree that a significant cold front will shift from the Great Lakes and Central United States through the Northeastern United States this […]

PM Update: Cloudy, damp behind backdoor front

Ah, that phrase again. Backdoor cold fronts often manifest themselves in New England and the Mid Atlantic during the transition seasons of Autumn and Spring. This year, of course, is no exception. We had plenty of them in the Spring, and this is our first of Autumn. We even wrote a detailed breakdown of how […]