A weakened frontal boundary settled off the Mid Atlantic coast will serve as a highway for a developing low pressure system today. Despite being weak and progressive, the Nor’easter will shift from the Mid Atlantic coast to a position near or off of Cape Cod through Friday. The result, in terms of sensible weather, for […]
It has been a two week stretch of high dew points, fueled by a persistent West Atlantic ridge which has continually built towards the Eastern 1/3 of the US. Finally this morning, a frontal boundary pushed just off the area coasts helping to lower dew points with winds out of the northwest. In addition, a […]
A week characterized by excessive, in some cases record setting, heat will come to a climax on Friday as temperatures and dew points are maximized ahead of a cold front. West-southwesterly winds will reinforce an already moist and hot airmass – and temperatures are expected to climb near or over 100 degrees in much of […]
Wednesday marked Day 3 of a prolonged heat wave which has gripped the area this week. High temperatures of 90 or above have been widespread throughout the area on both Monday and Tuesday. The big story over the next few days, however, will be the quickly rising dew points. Heat Index values on Tuesday, despite […]