Entries by Miguel Pierre

The Importance of High Latitude Blocking in The Upcoming Winter

In our winter forecast, we discussed certain signals that supported high-latitude blocking developing for the middle and late periods of this upcoming winter. High-latitude blocking often comes with negative phases of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), the Artic Oscillation (AO), and/or the Eastern Pacific Oscillation (EPO). High-latitude blocking is one most important factors in any […]

Monitoring the Stratosphere in November

Well, we’d be wrong not to mention that we are all rejuvenating from releasing our winter forecast for 2015-16. We hoped you all enjoyed reading it –whether or not it was what you were hoping to hear. It took a lot of collaboration, research, and efforts between all of us here to put it together. In […]

November 2015 Outlook: Above Average Temperatures Likely

It’s that time of Autumn again, where weather enthusiasts start looking into the longer range forecasts for  telleconnections, pattern changes, and the first chance of snowfall; while everyone else who dreads winter will start shopping for new coats, boots and shovels. For now, it’s snow haters rejoice: It appears there will be very little wintry weather through […]

Some Sunshine and Showers/T-Storms This Week

After some dismal weather this past weekend, the tri-state area enjoyed of lots of sunshine this morning with temperatures in the middle or upper 60s and low humidity. An upper-level trough to the north is causing more clouds to mix with sunshine this afternoon. A few isolated showers could pop late this afternoon and evening, […]