Entries by John Homenuk

Cold weather continues, storms offshore

For the greater part of the past month, the weather has featured below normal temperatures with occasional precipitation — and much of the same will continue. We’ve experienced two or more “significant” winter weather events, but for now, the pattern looks to continue to feature the aforementioned cold temperatures while significant precipitation events tend to […]

Deep winter pattern begins this weekend

Some will argue that the pattern over the last several weeks had already been established as a “wintry” one, and that may technically be true. But in terms of snow cover, cold and duration  the forthcoming pattern over the next few weeks will trump what we have experienced fairly easily. After Tuesday’s snowfall event — […]

Winter storm likely Tuesday into Wednesday

Forecast model guidance has come into good agreement on the eventual track and intensity of a winter storm which is forecast ot impact the area from Tuesday through Wednesday. The system was initially forecast to develop well seaward, but guidance over the last 24 to 48 hours has trended more amplified, slower and stronger with […]

Transition to colder, snowier pattern becoming likely

Forecast models in the medium to long range,continue to show a pattern change throughout the northern hemisphere — characterized by a west coast ridge and a large, anomalous trough in the Eastern United States. This has been mentioned several times over the last week as our forecasters have suggested the pattern change by the end […]