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Unsettled weather lasts through the weekend, snow possible Sunday

The parade of disturbances that began impacting our area with persistent gloom earlier this week will continue through this weekend, ending as a period of…

By Michael Pontrelli January 25, 2024

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Extended wet pattern starts as wintry mix Tuesday into early Wednesday, then soaking rain rest of week

The weekend's arctic blast culminated this morning with widespread temperatures in the single digits. A parade of disturbances will maintain unsettled conditions and nearly constant…

By Michael Pontrelli January 22, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli January 18, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli January 15, 2024

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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"…

By Michael Pontrelli January 11, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli January 8, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli January 6, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli January 5, 2024

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 28, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 21, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 18, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 14, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 13, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 10, 2023

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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…

By Michael Pontrelli December 7, 2023