Entries by Doug Simonian

A Reanalysis of the Saturday September 8 Severe Weather Event

In some ways, the Saturday, September 8 Severe Weather Event exceeded expectations regarding the 70mph EF0 tornado in Breezy Point, NY and the 110mph EF1 (one MPH away from being an EF2) tornado in Canarsie, NY. In other ways, though, the severe weather event was underwhelming since the squall line weakened well before reaching the […]

Potential for Widespread Severe Storms Today

There is strong potential for widespread severe weather today, primarily from a squall line, with damaging winds, a few embedded tornadoes, and some discrete supercells out ahead of the squall line that may also produce a few tornadoes. The SPC continues its moderate risk for severe weather, with 45% hatched for winds, 10% for tornadoes, […]

Severe weather potential could highlight Saturday

Although the northeast has not seen too much in the way of severe weather in the past couple of weeks, that may change come Saturday, as the potential exists for a severe squall line with damaging winds, and perhaps even a few embedded tornadoes.   We have an extremely potent longwave trough, which will advect […]

What caused the tornado warnings in New Jersey on Tuesday?

“Tornado Warning” has always been an ominous phrase. When you hear those words, things generally tend to get a little more serious. On Tuesday, there were more than three Tornado Warnings issued throughout the state of New Jersey, beginning in the afternoon and continuing into the evening hours. Although the area did not see much […]