The hurricane season has entered a decided lull, with absolutely nothing showing on the National Hurricane Center’s probability graphic (mostly thanks to El Nino). We haven’t seen any rain – other than some light drizzle – in a number of days even tho…
Thursday afternoon / evening now looks more likely than Wednesday for thunderstorms in the Mid-Atlantic, which is good for me as I think I have that timeframe available for chasing. The instability (see above) will be in place, but the upper level win…
This forecast graphic shows significant instability for next Wednesday evening; will we actually see thunderstorms then? If so I hope I can get out and chase!
Given the low clouds and rainy/drizzly conditions one might be tempted to despair about the weather for the upcoming weekend, but don’t give up the ship! The annoying high pressure center to our north that has been pumping Atlantic moisture into our a…
Given the low clouds and rainy/drizzly conditions one might be tempted to despair about the weather for the upcoming weekend, but don’t give up the ship! The annoying high pressure center to our north that has been pumping Atlantic moisture into our a…
Now that the lazy coastal low is finally meandering on to the north and east we should be able to break into some consistent sunshine the next few days. A cold front is forecast to come through Tues/Wed, but it will bring a repeat of a cold air dammin…
Yesterday featured storms to our west and southwest, especially around the Roanoke area, but nothing showed up around here. We are too close to the maritime stable air borne on the wings of the persistent northeasterly breeze caused by the strong high…
This radar view shows the current location of the coastal low that is one of the factors in our weather for the next few days. It is located just south of Wilmington NC and is forecast to drift slowly northward over the next several days. There is no…
Boy, talk about a switcheroo! This afternoon I looked at the NWS Sterling forecast for this week and saw a 20% chance of showers tomorrow, with a mixed bag of partly to mostly cloudy the rest of the week. This evening the forecast shows a 40% chance …
Most of us are accustomed to “celebrating” the arrival of autumn toward the end of September, when the calendar indicates the fall equinox occurring when the sun is directly overhead at noon on the Earth’s equator. Meteorologists, however, mark the b…
