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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…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Strong wind and possible minor flooding this afternoon
A coastal low currently intensifying rapidly over the Chesapeake Bay area will churn northeastward along the coast to reach Cape Cod by Thursday afternoon. The…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Raw wind-blown heavy rain this week, possibly ending with accumulating snow Thursday!
The endless parade of storms will continue this week, with a storm system tracking into the Great Lakes Tuesday into Wednesday. Meanwhile, a strong…
Easter Weekend Forecast
A cold front delivered showers and even a few isolated thunderstorms to our area Wednesday, mainly over the eastern portions where some small hail was…
After enjoying a rare full-sunshine day, additional clouds and rain are on the way
This morning's penumbral lunar eclipse dimmed the moon somewhat, but despite 96% of the moon within Earth's 'penumbra', without the full shadow of Earth's umbra,…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Frigid start to Spring, soaking rain and wind this weekend, and Lunar eclipse pre-dawn Monday!
As people celebrated the first full day of Spring yesterday, a cold front crossed late in the day. The front generated afternoon rain, graupel,…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Windy conditions this week delivers below-normal temperatures and wildfire danger, with potential weekend wintry precipitation.
After a very warm week inspired nature to enter Springtime, a series of upper-level disturbances and cold fronts will cross our area this week,…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Early-season heat will end, but normal to slightly-above-normal temperatures will persist
After a wild windy Monday, temperatures soared to well above normal with temperatures reaching into the 70s in the Valleys this week. This was much…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Tree-snapping wind today yields to mild week ahead
Heavy rain over the weekend luckily did not result in flooding despite regional rainfall totals for the week reaching into the 2-4” range. Today’s sunshine…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Rain, wind, and TIME CHANGE this weekend!
After several gloomy days and a couple rounds of rainfall, the sun finally broke through this afternoon as a surface high moved into the region.…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Several rounds of soaking rain on the way. Remember to Spring Ahead Sunday 2am!
TUESDAY A storm system currently developing over the Carolinas will crawl northward along the coast tonight, inducing onshore flow and spreading rain into our…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Today’s brief near-normal temperatures will yield to much-above-normal temperatures Friday though next week
February's snowpack fought hard to survive the extended Springlike warmth. Alas, its days were numbered and it eventually succumbed during yesterday's onslaught of torrential rain,…
Springlike through Wednesday, strong front plunges area back to normal Wednesday night
After a brief tease of Winter over the weekend with moonlit snowscapes cascading into the lower teens overnight, Spring teased us today as sunshine and…