Michael Pontrelli, Author at PA Weather Action

Refreshing Canadian air to finish the week – muggy air and thunderstorms return this weekend

A cold front ignited strong thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and evening. Durrance in Luzerne County reported 1" diameter hail, and Kidder Township in Carbon County was…

By Michael Pontrelli June 27, 2024

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Today’s wind delivered power outages and reprieve from the heat and humidity

A cold front pushed away the heat and humidity and generated thunderstorms over the weekend. However, as is typical for thunderstorms, the distribution of rainfall…

By Michael Pontrelli June 24, 2024

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Summer heat and humidity will continue through this weekend

The Summer Solstice occurred today at 4:45pm, marking the sun's highest point in the sky, and the shortest night of the year! The moon is…

By Michael Pontrelli June 20, 2024

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An onslaught of heat will broil our area this week

The Canadian surface high that provided a refreshingly cool weekend has moved offshore. Today was just a preamble for the heat as that surface high…

By Michael Pontrelli June 17, 2024

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Strong storms possible Friday. Oppressive heat next week!

After a cool start to the week, heat and humidity crept into our area today. Most locations fell into the 40s last night, but soared…

By Michael Pontrelli June 13, 2024

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Mostly-dry weather with increasing heat later this week

An upper-level low just to our north has been responsible for the below-normal temperatures we've enjoyed this past weekend into the first part of this…

By Michael Pontrelli June 10, 2024

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Unsettled weather through this weekend, but not a washout

A cold front is currently pushing eastward through our area this evening, inspiring several batches of thunderstorms to move through the region. As that front…

By Michael Pontrelli June 6, 2024

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Extended period of unsettled weather arrives midweek and persists into next week

This week will begin mostly dry and warm with some isolated thunderstorms. An upper-level low will drop southeastward out of Canada and stall over our…

By Michael Pontrelli June 3, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 23, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 20, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 16, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 13, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 9, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 6, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli May 2, 2024