Entries by John Homenuk

Wednesday Forecast: Milder air pushes north

Autumn like weather, including a variety of days featuring cool and brisk temperatures as well as (most recently) damp and raw conditions with rain, has generally been in place throughout the area over the past few weeks. However, Wednesday and Thursday will bring a bit of a reversal towards a more late-summer like pattern, with […]

Afternoon Update: Periods of steady rain through early evening

Forecast models struggled with the placement and intensity forecasts of the area of rain this afternoon, which has ended up farther east and closer to New York City than expected last night and even early this morning. The area of showers and steady rain, developing in response to a push of warm and moist air […]

Naming winter storms: Effective, or silly?

This morning, The Weather Channel announced that they would begin naming winter storms throughout the United States beginning during the Autumn and Winter of 2012-2013. For decades, hurricanes have been the only major weather events which have been given names, and they have been assigned by the government (The National Weather Service). Now, The Weather […]

PM Update: Unsettled pattern remains in place

Autumn usually brings a trend towards more unsettled weather, with shorter-duration stretches of pleasant and dry weather. This autumn will be no different, but it may just feel like a slightly more dramatic change in the pattern as a result of the longer than normal stretches of dry and pleasant weather which our area en […]