The groundhog’s useless exercise in February is always greeted with considerable, unearned fanfare, however regardless of when the snow stops falling and when Spring “begins”, it seems pretty much a given that in our neck of the woods, long stretches of awesome spring weather are usually hard to come by and Spring is frequently delayed … Read more
The images below are forecasts of the 500 millibar geopotential heights and temperatures for Thursday morning and early Saturday afternoon. The 500 millibar level is a standard meteorological level aloft. It is roughly 18,000 feet above the ground, but it’s height varies due to changing pressure. The geopotential heights are lines of constant height (how … Read more
Video below shows recent live radar on left juxtaposed with HRRR radar forecast on right. Snow will taper from northwest to southeast over the next few hours. Some additional small accumulations where snow is still falling & rain on Long Island will mix with/change to snow before ending. With lowering sun angle, roads are icing … Read more
The initial snowflakes from the second April snow system in 2 days will arrive CT in the 2 AM – 4 AM range and eastern MA around 6 AM – 8 AM. The precipitation may stop for a while in southern CT however, before redeveloping during the morning. I’m thinking that accumulations will be mostly … Read more
Cold front #1 arrives this evening along with the chance for a shower, downpour, or thundershower. That threat should end by 9 PM across most of the area. Low temperatures will be in the mid 40’s-low 50’s tonight. Saturday doesn’t look great because the front will stall a bit just to our south & east … Read more
