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John Homenuk

1/25 AM All Zones: Transitional pattern will continue

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A large Nor’Easter which impacted the area over the past few days has finally begun to pull northeastward this morning, bringing moisture and associated unsettled weather with it. This comes as welcomed news to many after nearly three days of unsettled weather including rain, wind, wintry precipitation and coastal flooding. Improved weather is expected today as skies clear and the sun shows its face once again.

Temperatures are likely to average several degrees above normal this afternoon. Despite northwest winds in the storms wake, a modified airmass with Pacific air still exists across both the United States and parts of Canada. So the air being transported into the region is still warmer than normal in nature and not of arctic origin. Temperatures this afternoon will rise into the upper 40’s throughout the area, and possibly even the lower 50’s in some spots.

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John Homenuk

1/19 AM Zones Update: Unsettled pattern will continue

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High pressure has built into the region this morning, and will set the table for fair weather during the remainder of the day today. Temperatures throughout the northeast are expected to remain above average, by several degrees, despite the presence of this high pressure. You can thank a modified Pacific airmass for that!

An active, unsettled pattern still looks likely to continue. The first in a series of disturbances will arrive on Friday evening. While the disturbance will be weak and relatively progressive, it does have a weak surface low pressure area and enough lift and moisture for precipitation. A few bands of showers are likely to spread north from the Mid Atlantic into the Northeast on Friday.

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John Homenuk

1/15 All Zone Update: High pressure in control for now

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On the heels of a weak disturbance Saturday, high pressure has built back into the region today. This high pressure will be the dominant force in the weather pattern throughout the Northeast US over the next few days as a thermal gradient, responsible for enhancing yesterdays low pressure area, sinks southward into the Middle Atlantic. Temperatures will fall colder as this cold high pressure builds overhead.

Sky conditions, however, will remain quite pleasant — with plenty of sunshine and the weather remaining mostly calm. This pattern will remain through Monday as temperatures are expected to gradually moderate. Another storm system will gradually develop well to our west over the Central United States, and while it will remain far from our area to begin with, southerly winds will begin bringing warmer air northward through the Mid Atlantic and Northeast once again.

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John Homenuk

PM Zones Update: Clouds increase, unsettled midweek

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After a calm and cold pattern settled into the area over the last 24 hours, clouds began building into the area this afternoon and evening ahead of a developing storm system well to the west of the entire region. This storm will continue building over the next 12 hours, through Tuesday, over the Central United States. A more unsettled weather pattern will build towards the area as the week goes on, with precipitation approaching the area by Tuesday evening.

Much of this precipitation will fall in the form of showers and rain throughout the area, with the potential for some snow and freezing rain over the far interior. In Southern and Central NJ, Long Island and Connecticut zones, however, southerly winds will have taken over the atmosphere before any frozen precipitation can form.

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