Entries by John Homenuk

Behind the intricacies of the incoming heat wave

It is not often that we can confidently state “A heat wave is coming” so many days in advance, yet here we are. A heat wave is coming. Granted, it hasn’t been easy pinning down the details of this pattern. But forecast model guidance has largely pointed most meteorologists in the right direction when it […]

Weekend Outlook: Heat Builds in the Northeast

For seven straight weekends now, we have discussed the possibility of showers, cooler than normal weather, and unsettled conditions. This weekend will finally buck the trend. Warmer, benign weather with plenty of sunshine is expected for the entire weekend in the Northeast states as high pressure settles in. As time goes on, temperatures will increase […]

Weekend Outlook: Unsettled, but not a washout

It has been six weekends in a row now that the New York City area has recorded precipitation. Some of them have been worse than others. This weekend, luckily, appears to be on the better side of things, although it will likely add to the tally of the unfortunate statistic above. Forecast models have trended […]

May 2018 Recap

We have a long way to go to detail and document our May 2018 chases, and to be completely honest, we’ve been busy – on the road, working, processing all of our photos and videos. But tonight, I wanted to put together a bit of a retrospective for the past month. We started Gravel & […]