Entries by John Homenuk

Dense fog takes over NYC, in photos

The story of the morning, undoubtedly, was the development of dense fog which initially began in only patchy areas of the suburbs early this morning. But by sunrise the fog had lowered and thickened, in addition to spreading throughout the area — including into lower manhattan. The sunrise and aforementioned development of dense, low fog […]

SPC set to add two new risk categories in 2014

The Storm Prediction Center has used the same risk categories for a large part of most of our meteorological careers. Although they have adjusted the probabilities, percentages, and yes even the colors — the categorical risk areas have remained the same. In Spring 2014, that will change. The Storm Prediction Center currently uses a simple […]

Week begins with transient weather

It’s almost as if “roller coaster” has become an insufficient way to describe the pattern changes that our area has observed over the past several weeks. This past 5-7 day period was no different, as we transitioned from the Polar Vortex with sub-zero wind chills to a strong southerly flow and temperatures in the 60’s. […]

Cooler, drier weather behind cold front

Warm, humid air with showers and thunderstorms were the main characteristics of the airmass on Saturday — but a distinct cold front moved through the area later on Saturday evening and the airmass has changed dramatically since then. Winds shifted from southerly to west-northwesterly by late Saturday evening into Sunday morning, and temperatures in the […]