Entries by John Homenuk

Dynamic storm system will highlight mid-week weather

A strong storm system over the Central United States will shift northeastward beginning Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday. As it does so, a changing airmass will bring a roller-coaster of weather to a climax in our area. The bone-chilling cold of the past week will become a memory as winds turn southerly on Tuesday evening […]

Wintry mix returns into Wednesday morning

A warmer pattern, which has settled into the area essentially from late December through the middle of January, will finally break beginning this week. It’s entrance, fittingly, will be marked by a light to moderate precipitation event which could feature snow sleet and freezing rain, especially across the interior. An elongated disturbance moving through the […]

Comet ison could light up the sky in late 2013

Que the dramatic post title. Really we’re sorry, but it’s true. Big time astronomical events like solar eclipses. planetary alignments, and comets only come around every once and a while. I’m willing to bet you remember some of the more memorable ones (Haley’s comet, anyone?) and the experience you had checking it out. Space, astronomy […]

Cold, blustery weather to close out 2012

It has been a bit of a wild weather year. Alright, that might be putting it lightly. It has been a wild, wild weather year. Our area has experienced some extremely strong, damaging storm systems with tremendous variance in weather over short periods of time. After making it through a snowstorm just a few days […]