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Category Archives: Pattern Discussion
Pattern Shift Beginning to Occur Over North America; What are the Implications?
A current look at the large scale pattern reveals that although the pattern is “zonal,” or flat across much of the US at this time, that heights continue to rise over the Aleutian Islands into the arctic circle. This is … Continue reading
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Quiet Pattern Persists East of Rockies; When Will the Pattern Become Active?
Above is a look at what has quickly become a relatively quiet weather pattern from the Plains east to end the work week. The reasons for this are relatively easy to pin point on the above map: Polar vortex over … Continue reading
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Nor’ Easter Colder and Farther East Than Expected Dropping Major Snows in NYC. What’s Next?
Major pattern changes are occurring over the Northern Hemisphere right now and they will have major implications on the weather pattern to end the month of November. First and foremost: A storm tracked just close enough to the Mid Atlantic … Continue reading
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Another East Coast Storm on the Way?
A current look at the upper level pattern across our hemisphere shows that significant blocking is still occurring, with several of our models developing a significant east coast storm for the middle of next week due to this blocking. Let’s … Continue reading
Hurricane Sandy Information
This post will be divided into four sections, so you can scroll down to what you’d like to read about. -Sandy: Current and short term forecast -Model madness: Trying to pin down the track of Sandy into the Northeast US … Continue reading
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Time to Start Zeroing in on Hurricane Sandy’s Northeast US Landfall
After ravaging eastern Cuba as a strong category 2 hurricane last night, hurricane Sandy is zigzagging her way through the central Bahamas with sustained winds of greater than 100MPH. Rain bands from Sandy are also brushing up against the southeastern … Continue reading
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High-Impact Storm Beginning to Look Likely for Eastern US; Jamaica, Cuba Already Battered
Hurricane Sandy, the storm projected to eventually impact the east coast of the US, has already hit eastern Jamaica and is now eying eastern Cuba as a hurricane. As can be seen above, the hurricane has developed a small eye … Continue reading
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A Day Closer, Epic East Coast Storm Still on the Models
There she is, on the most recent run of the European model, the post-tropical remnants of Tropical Storm “Sandy” paying a visit to southern New England and the New York City area next Tuesday. As we slowly get closer to … Continue reading
Update on End of October Eastern USA Storm Threat
Another day’s worth of model runs have trickled in regarding the East Coast Storm Threat to end October. So, what did our major models do? GFS As we jump forward to Saturday, there are already differences on the GFS between … Continue reading
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A Model Fantasy: Most Reliable Global Models Forecast Epic Storm in About Eight Days over Northeastern US
It has been the talk of weather enthusiasts and meteorologists alike this Sunday in late October, with the Euro, Canadian, and to some extent the American GFS model showing a complicated interaction between a tropical cyclone that forms in the … Continue reading
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Ramblings of Meteorologist Jim Sullivan 