Above: NAM surface forecast for 1 PM this afternoon. An area of high pressure stretches from the Great Lakes down to the Gulf of Mexico this morning. The pressure difference (or gradient) between that high and a storm in the Canadian Maritimes is what is driving the windy conditions we are experiencing. Northwest winds today … Read more
Above: NAM surface forecast (left) and 500 mb (mid-level) forecast for later today. Click to enlarge. A storm center will continue moving east of New England today, headed toward Nova Scotia. The pressure difference/gradient between that low center and a high in the Midwest will produce an increasing northwest wind across the region today, picking … Read more
Above: GFS 500 mb (mid-level) forecast for 1 A.M. Monday, with surface low track superimposed (red arrow). At this time the odds favor most of Connecticut not seeing measurable precipitation for the next 9 days. There have been some snow showers/flurries in western Massachusetts this morning, and you might run into a flurry in some … Read more
