Light snow on Friday followed by arctic blast for the weekend
A disturbance will deliver a light snowfall to our area Friday, followed by another blast of arctic air for the weekend. A much-milder pattern of…
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Accumulating snowfall late tonight into Tuesday, more arctic air follows
I hope everyone survived this weekend's arctic assault as wind gusts over 50 mph blasted the area with power outages and ultimately drove temperatures down…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Yet another powerful storm to affect our region
Please enjoy the featured image which is a water vapor loop of Tuesday's powerful storm which pummeled our area with 40-60 mph gusts and 1-3"…
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Powerful storm to bring wind and flooding rain
An extremely powerful storm will strengthen over the central Plains tonight and move along the Saint Lawrence River Tuesday night into Wednesday. This system will…
Today’s the day for heavy snow!
A rapidly-intensifying storm system will track through Delaware this evening, along the New Jersey coast overnight, and east of Cape Cod midday tomorrow. Heavy snow…
Widespread heavy snow Saturday evening, Powerful storm with wind and potential flooding next week
A storm system will develop over the Northern Gulf today and track along the Mid-Atlantic coast Saturday evening. This storm will deliver widespread plowable snow…
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Warm soaking system yields to mild benign start to 2024
As the astronomical winter for the northern hemisphere commenced, December's warm wet pattern continued as yet another tropically-logged system inundated parts of our area with…
Winter begins at 10:27PM. A mild and rainy holiday week to follow…
The Winter Solstice occurs at 10:27 PM and marks the start of astronomical winter season. However, we will have to wait a while before…
The deluge ends with dwindling hopes of a white Christmas
A powerful storm churned northward along the Atlantic coast, unleashing torrents of rain upon our area. Widespread 1-3" drenched the region, with 4-5" inundating the…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Residual Geminids tonight! Warmer-than-normal weather through this weekend with a strong storm Sunday-Monday
The annual Geminid meteor shower provided a spectacular display last night with around 100 per hour! The shower peaked early this afternoon, and high rates…
Geminid meteor shower tonight!
The meteor shown is an early Geminid captured by Tyler Schlitt last night in Missouri. The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak midday…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Heavy Rain and Snow Potential!
RAINFALL POTENTIAL A strong cold front is slowly pushing eastward across the region, undercutting strong south wind aloft that is transporting tropical moisture all the…
Wild weekend ride with warmth, heavy rain, wind, thunder, and even some snow!
Snow showers graced the area with a coating to an inch of snow this morning. For some, this was the first measurable snow of the…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Seasonably cool December weather through Thursday
TUESDAY Tuesday will feature variable clouds and seasonal temperatures. WEDNESDAY There could be some snow showers late Tuesday night into early Wednesday as a disturbance…
Posted inNortheast PA - Mike Pontrelli
Arctic air yields to warm unsettled conditions Friday through the weekend
A shot of arctic air provided the first widespread snow showers and whitening of the ground in our area for the 2023-2024 winter season. However,…