This morning’s weather map shows Tropical Storm Maria off the North Carolina coast and a cold front that stretches from Michigan to Texas. Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect along parts of the North Carolina coast, however Maria will begin taking a sharp right-hand turn out to sea, during the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, the … Read more
Image above shows 500 millibar level (roughly 18,000 feet above seal level today) at noon (click to enlarge). The high pressure ridge that has established itself across the eastern half of the U.S. will continue to maintain summery weather across the region through Wednesday. A side benefit of this ridge will be to send Hurricane … Read more
Orion is one of my favorite constellations, but it was a little disconcerting to see it, along with the Pleiades riding high in the sky when I stepped out this morning. (Both are considered “Winter constellations”). It was also slightly surreal to be looking at them as a gusty north wind persisted that is being … Read more
Sea level pressure, IR satellite & wind gusts (click to enlarge). Tropical storm Jose is centered about 150 miles southeast of Nantucket this morning. Maximum sustained wind is up to 60 mph. There will be enough dry air entrained into the circulation outside of this system so as to allow our weather to become partly … Read more
Image above Via Weatherunderground Maria – a strong Cat 4 hurricane with maximum sustained wind up to 155 mph is making landfall in Puerto Rico this morning. The storm will track northwest from there and then curve more to the north. It could bring fringe effects to coastal North Carolina early next week. I don’t … Read more
Hurricane Jose’s most likely track continues to trend further south & east. As a result, we will only feel outer fringe effects in the form of some showers and periods of rain, which have already spread into southeastern portions of the region. The highest wind will not occur until Wednesday or even Thursday on Cape … Read more
As of 8:00 A.M. Hurricane Jose was centered 270 miles East-Southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Maximum Sustained wind is up to 85 mph and it is moving toward the north at 9 mph. Minimum central pressure is 976 millibars/28.82 inches of mercury. The center of Jose will not make landfall in New York or … Read more
Back on September 9th I posted that the GFS & ECMWF models were projecting Hurricane Jose to hang around for a while, then possibly move toward the northeastern U.S. Six days later and nothing has really changed. Jose is only half as strong as it was on the 9th in terms of maximum wind (now … Read more
Summer seemed to end early this year, however it is staging a reprise here with warmer temperatures and higher humidity. The calendar says Autumn begins a week from tomorrow. Remnant moisture from what used to be Hurricane Irma is producing areas of rain and thundershowers to our west across portions of New York State and … Read more
The highest wind gust I’ve seen so far is 120 mph reported from Big Pine Key. Ground reports are showing tree damage and some flooding in south Florida. A short time ago a large crane on top of a building in Miami was blow over. The latest advisory from the NHC indicates that the maximum … Read more
