Entries by John Homenuk

NWS confirms tornado in Queens

The National Weather Service has confirmed an EF0 tornado in Queens on Thursday evening, with winds of 85mph and a path of 0.7 miles. A Tornado Warning was issued last night at 10:18pm by the National Weather Service, a few moments after strong rotation appeared on the Terminal Doppler Radar out of Kennedy Airport in […]

NWS to investigate possible tornado in Queens last night

A Tornado Warning was issued for Queens on Thursday evening shortly after 10:00pm, and the National Weather Service will head there this afternoon to investigate the possibility of tornado damage. Local terminal doppler radar showed the presence of a notable couplet, or signal for rotation, moving through College Point around 10:15pm.

Weekly Planner: We live in the tropics now

It’s warm, it’s humid, and it’s going to rain a lot. Welcome to the tropics. A deep southeasterly flow (which, not coincidentally, draws air parcels directly from the tropical Atlantic into the Northeast) has established itself over the past 24 hours. Dew points have increased and so has the moisture content in the atmosphere, and […]

Prolonged heat wave set to begin on Friday

After several weeks of temperatures averaging largely below normal, the hemispheric weather pattern underwent a dramatic shift in early June. Since that time, much of the United States has observed temperatures above normal, with the lone exception being the Northeast states. That will change significantly beginning Friday, as a heat wave begins across a huge […]