Northeast PA – Mike Pontrelli

Last night's much-needed rainfall delivered around a third of an inch of rain across the area.   While not a drought-buster, it did help with the…

Sunshine boosted parts of our area into the low 70s today.  Earlier this week, some record high temperatures were broken.   Binghampton NY reached 73 on…

EXTREMELY HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES!  The record-long stretch of days without measureable precipitation continues to lengthen. Please refrain from all outdoor burning as the fire…

Today featured near-record high temperatures across the region, with our southern valleys basking in sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s!  Meanwhile, the serious drought…

A sprawling upper-level ridge currently dominates much of the Plains and the East, resulting in widespread much-above-normal temperatures.   This week will feature another round of…

After starting the day in the 30s, strong sunshine on the dry ground and half-barren forests drove temperatures into the 80s in the southern valleys…

Hopefully everyone enjoyed Thursday evening's spectacular aurora and the first frosts of the season. After a mild weekend, a cold front delivered gusty wind and…

A surface high settled over the region today and will provide optimal radiational cooling conditions tonight, with many locations enjoying their first frost of the…

Hurricane Milton intensified explosively in the Gulf today, and is now a Cat 5 hurricane with 180 mph wind!  He is a tightly-wound system at…

Hurricane Helene churned through the Southeast and slammed into the southern Appalachians Thursday night and Friday.  The deep tropical moisture was driven into the 5000-ft…

Autumn began Sunday at 8:44 AM.   Right on cue, leaves have started changing rapidly despite the recent mild weather.  While most of our area enjoyed…

A nearly-stationary low is currently lurking off the coast.   We were far-enough west to remain mostly sunny with warm and slightly-humid weather on these final…