Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
An unsettled holiday weekend ahead, but not a washout
I suspect everyone enjoyed this morning's barrage of thunderstorms that unleashed an inch of rain on parts of our area along with gusty wind and…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
A hint of Summer
A surface high over New England induced a gentle onshore flow overnight, resulting in clouds and fog to start the day for parts of our…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Unsettled weather continues through this weekend
An area of low pressure currently lurks just off the Atlantic Coast and is spiraling low clouds and some light showers westward into the eastern…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
After today’s brief dry weather and sunshine, multiple days of unsettled weather are in our future
A large mass of solar particles ejected from the sun's corona during last week's series of powerful solar flares impacted the Earth's atmosphere Friday night…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Cold rain, clouds, and severe geomagnetic storm for this weekend!
A series of powerful solar flares will likely spark a severe geomagnetic storm early this weekend, with a visible aurora possible for much of the…
A parade of disturbances will affect our area through the weekend
A parade of disturbances will maintain unsettled conditions with multiple opportunities for showers and thunderstorms through this weekend and likely into next week. TUESDAY…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Spectacular sunshine to finish this week, with potentially soaking rain this weekend
Tuesday's cold front interacted with the backdoor front off the ocean to ignite a band of powerful thunderstorms along that frontal boundary. Many locations from…
Summery finish to April, and a mild start to May
A surface high pressure off the Southeast Coast circulated very warm and somewhat humid air into our region today. With the lack of photosynthesis (the…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
First 80s of the year possible for parts of the area Monday!
After a few isolated thunderstorms graced our area on Wednesday, yet another surface high will settle over our area tonight to provide clear conditions, calm…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
A sunny start and finish to the week, with a few April showers in between.
A surface high has settled over our area, providing today's sunshine and will result in a clear chilly night tonight, with temperatures falling into the…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Showers Friday afternoon into Saturday morning segue into dry weekend
A surface low is currently located off the New Jersey coast, with a nose of high pressure stretching from New England southwestward into our area. …
Beautiful start to the week, followed by cooler showery weather Wed-Fri
A cold front crossed the area Sunday evening, delivering a line of strong and isolated severe thunderstorms to our area late Sunday afternoon and Sunday…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
More heavy rain, strong wind, and high-elevation snow!
I hope some of you were fortunate-enough to journey to totality on Monday. I ventured to northern Vermont, where a thin layer of high cirrus…
Eclipse Cloud Cover
As last week's epic storm slowly drifts eastward into the Atlantic, we will get to enjoy a brief period of clear weather before the next…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
A week of rain, wind, snow, and earthquakes!
This week's storm brough heavy rain, power-disrupting wind, and accumulating snow. Rainfall amounts for the week were generally 1-3". Most areas received 1-3" snowfall, with…