Entries by Miguel Pierre

Jose Impacts on the New England & Mid-Atlantic Coasts

Happy Tuesday! Hurricane Jose remains well offshore. But will still have some relatively minor impacts over coastal parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic over the next few days or so. Meanwhile, more attention has turned to Hurricane Maria which has become extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane, as moved over Dominica last night. Puerto Rico and […]

Unsettled Weather Today, More Pleasant This Weekend, Watching Jose for Next Week

Good morning! More unsettled weather is likely today. First, some areas of patchy fog will clear out later this morning. Then a large mid-upper trough over OH/TN Valley will be moving eastward  with more cloud cover and scattered showers and thunderstorms today over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions today. Shortwave energy and wind fields with […]

Hurricane Irma Strengthens Again, Severe Impacts Likely in Florida

Good morning! While our weather remains calmer, we have been monitoring Hurricane Irma very closely this weekend. Irma had been moving west-northwest along the north-coast of Cuba on Saturday. This was due to a stronger sub-tropical Atlantic ridge to the north of Irma, stronger than much of the model guidance had previously indicated. Irma had […]

Major Hurricane Irma Threatens South Florida This Weekend

Good evening! Hurricane Irma remains an extremely powerful Category 5 storm, and is now moving just north of Hispaniola. It will continue to move west-northwest into the Turks and Caicos Islands later tonight. Irma is then expected to track somewhere between the Southern Bahamas and Eastern Cuba on Friday. There are still some uncertainties in its […]