Zone 1 | NYC Metro Area
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Heat returns, scattered severe storms Saturday afternoon
A transitional ridge will build into the area from Friday Night into Saturday, with warming temperatures and increasing moisture expected. While this ridge won’t be necessarily large, it will bring much warmer air in both the mid and lower levels of the atmosphere. This will lead to increasing instability late Friday into Saturday, ahead of […]
Strong and severe thunderstorms possible Saturday
While lower dew points have been very well received in our area over the past several days, a warming trend will be underway once again by Friday. Increasing temperatures and moisture will become notable as winds, which had been coming inland off the area waters for the past few days, with to a warmer southwesterly […]
Analysis: Heavy rain, storm potential Friday morning
A mid level atmospheric disturbance will approach the area from the southwest later Thursday Night into Friday morning, bringing with it plenty of tropical moisture and lift. As the disturbance shifts toward the Mid Atlantic states and eventually off the coast, a surface low pressure area will develop in the same adjacent areas. This will […]
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