Mild and Unsettled Pattern
Discussion: We’ve definitely left the E US trough pattern and will now settle into mostly an E US ridge pattern with a few troughs just grazing NJ with it’s S tip. This will force most low pressure systems to track
Discussion: We’ve definitely left the E US trough pattern and will now settle into mostly an E US ridge pattern with a few troughs just grazing NJ with it’s S tip. This will force most low pressure systems to track
Discussion: A trough will swing through the E US this weekend after this evening’s rain moves out. This will keep the weekend colder for NJ with the coldest point likely occurring just before sunrise Sunday morning. The trough then moves
Discussion: We’re still dealing with a colder air mass that was pulled down behind Saturday morning’s system. The sun angle, however, is climbing daily and really starts to show its ugly face (to the snow lover) from now through the
Discussion: Running a little slow today as I stayed up way too late for a neighborhood walk in the heavy snow. As a snow lover at heart, it was well worth it, but boy do I need the coffee today!
Discussion: Not too long ago, I was assured by a few followers that there would be no more snow in New Jersey for the rest of winter. Sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. Runs can be scored just as
Discussion: There’s not a while lot to say about this Saturday morning. Some call this kind of system a weak sliding wave, a southern slider, or sometimes a “South Jersey Express.” Well, this is going to be more like a
Discussion: Today (Wednesday) has a much colder feel to it especially with the winds. Most areas (less the immediate ECNJ/SENJ coasts) are struggling to break out of the 30s. Tonight we’ll dip into the 20s and ultimately bottom-out in the
Discussion: The last flakes have cleared the coast, and this storm is history. What an incredibly challenging storm to forecast. The entire E US felt like it had a million moving parts in the atmosphere. Nothing big, solid, or easy
Discussion: You can roll up yesterday’s first call snow map and throw it in the garbage. The trend northward in model guidance that occurred between Saturday and Sunday morning juked everyone out of their socks including us and even the
Discussion: After a lengthy analysis of this thread-the-needle system, we are ready to make an actual forecast. I’m going to start this article the same way I did the last two…with an expectation set. 1 – This storm is still