Northeast Weather Blog

Quiet and seasonable this week

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:50:00 GMT

strong>Current watches, warnings and advisories.Fig.2 - Current watches, warning and advisories issued by the National Weather Service. Courtesy of NOAA.--------Forecast DiscussionSynopsis - Issued 11/06/09 @2:50pmHigh pressure will crest over the Northeast tonight delivering the coldest night of the season thus far for several locales. As the high moves offshore to begin the weekend a moderating trend will ensue that should bring temperatures back above normal read...
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Nor'easter to deliver unusually early snowfall

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:09:00 GMT

Previous blog - October 2009, coldest on record? may be reposted after this week's wild weather. After this weekend temperatures across the country may moderate for several days which would put breaking the record likely out of reach. Until then I will keep an updated month-to-date anomaly chart here at the top of the blog.Fig.1 - Month-to-date temperature anomalies for October 2009. (Credit: NOAA Climate Prediction Center)Current watches, warnings and advisories.Fi...
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First widespread snow for the mountains tonight

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:35:00 GMT

A record cold October 2009?

Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:40:00 GMT

For 95% of the contiguous United States the first 5 days of October has started below normal, with about half the country decidedly so, running 5-12 degrees subpar. For much of the Western US and Northern Plains this is a marked change from the month of September when temperatures ran 4-8 degrees above normal for the month. Several locations even recorded their warmest or second warmest September on record. The reason for the record warmth was an anomalously strong ...
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Flashback: October 2006 and other early-season lake effect snowfalls

Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:09:00 GMT

Over the last several days global forecast models have been insisting on building an anomalously cold airmass over central Canada and dropping it into the eastern US next week following the passage of a significant storm system. Several model runs have shown 850mb temperatures dropping into the negative 10's Celsius along the US-Canadian border with -6°C air @850mb moving across the Great Lakes. An airmass this cold has shown in years past to produce early-season l...
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