Entries by John Homenuk

Blocking episode may create forecast headache

Blocking, both over Eastern Canada and in the high latitudes, more often than not means a forecast headache for our forecast area. We’ve seen it on many occasions with winter storms — as the strong blocking highs create anomalous weather patterns. We saw it with Hurricane Sandy, and the Nor’Easter that followed. And it seems […]

Prolonged stretch of pleasant weather expected

Spring started off cooler than normal, but since has been a roller coaster ride with temperatures fluctuating between above normal and below normal. Rather typical for Spring — with cold fronts and swings in temperatures. Missing, however, has been the presence of any widespread heavy precipitation. This April, so far, falls under the top 10 […]

Dreary Tuesday, brief warmth follows

A weak storm system off the Mid-Atlantic coast will shift northward Tuesday afternoon, eventually hooking northwest a bit towards Cape Cod and the Gulf of Maine by Wednesday. Although steady rain should avoid the area for the most part, forecast models agree that clouds and drizzle will be in the forecast for Tuesday especially across […]

Forecast: Warm start to Friday, stormy finish

[alert type=”error”]We are upgrading to a more advanced theme. Please pardon our appearance as we work out some bugs over the next few days. Feel free to contact us if you experience any problems.[/alert] Temperatures will warm up to close out the work week ahead of an approaching cold front on Friday, and although the […]