Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Shuttle & Space Station Tonight!!

Mark

Hi everyone, here’s what’s On My Radar today….if you are interested you can check out the Space Shuttle and International Space Station passing overhead in conjunction. It will happen this evening at 8:41PM in the WSW sky. It won’t last long, only about 3 minutes. For more information on this Click this link.

Otherwise, the wettest July on record may get even wetter over the next couple of days as scattered showers and storms pass across the area. The best chance for one of these storms will be over inland areas. The coastline will likely stay cloudy and foggy much of the morning as the humidity lingers.

More on what to expect for the month of August coming up in a future blog…El Nino is here adn I’ll let you know what that may mean for our weather over the next few months…stay tuned!! Thanks for reading   Mark

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Drying out a bit

Mark

Hi everyone, her’s what’s On My Radar today…after picking MORE than an entire month’s worth of rain in 72 hours late last week weve dried out a bit this weekend and it looks like that trend may continue for much of the week ahead. The graphic below represents the National Climate Prediction Center’s outlook for NEXT week. I should point out that it looks remarkably similar to their prediction for this week….cooler than “normal” temepratures coupled with normal to slightly below normal precipitation. This lines up well with what we’re seeing from the longer range computer forecasts….a drier but cooler pattern this week and next. Scroll down to see the map…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you spent anytime watching Wimbledon here on NBC10 these past few weeks you likely noticed how unusually sunny and warm their weather was. This is in response to a big area of high pressure over the northern/eastern Atlantic Ocean keeping Great Britain’s weather that way while at the same time “blocking” the entire atmosphere to the west from moving freely.

The result has been the development of a large scale dip or “trough” in the jet stream over the northeastern part of the US. So in a sense we were getting typical England weather, cool & damp…while they were getting our usual June weather! It looks like this type of scenario will continue for the next couple of weeks so we will NOT see any scorching hot days with oppressive humidity…at least for a while. Periods of showers are possible but at least (for now) it looks like they will be sporadic.

So enjoy the fresh, crisp summer air…you know we will get a few nasty HHH days before this summer’s over! Thanks for reading!!  Mark