Entries by John Homenuk

NYC Area Forecast: Impacts from Michael today with rain, storms

Moisture from the remnants of Hurricane Michael will stream northward over the next several hours, and its interaction with a frontal boundary in the Northeast will prove sufficient to develop numerous showers and thunderstorms. A warm front will lift northward through the Mid-Atlantic later this morning, providing the first impetus for shower and thunderstorm development. Some […]

NYC Area Forecast: Michael impacts Thursday, improving weekend

As a potentially catastrophic Hurricane Michael churns in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, the weather in the Northeast remains relatively quaint. Low clouds and fog are again present in the NYC Metro area this morning, a common theme over the past few days. What’s been causing it? An inversion – basically, a temperature change in […]

Hurricane Michael a Category 4, still strengthening this morning

Update 8:15am: The National Hurricane Center says that Michael has strengthened again this morning, with maximum sustained winds now 145mph. Hurricane Michael strengthened again overnight, and is now approaching the Florida Gulf Coast as a life-threatening Category Four hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 145mph.  The National Hurricane Center is now suggesting that the storm […]

Hurricane Michael strengthens, aims toward Florida Gulf Coast

Hurricane Michael strengthened again this morning, reaching a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale with maximum sustained winds of 110mph. The storm also deepened to 965hPa as it continues to organize itself in the Southeastern Gulf of Mexico. The intensifying storm is predicted to make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 Major Hurricane, the most […]