Sunday, February 10, 2013
After a near miss on snow this past Friday night, Monday rains will wash away what little is left on the ground, leaving a "typical" temperature regime for mid February for the rest of the week.
Friday's near miss storm was literally that -- we were about 50 miles away from getting several additional inches of snow in our backyard as North and coastal Central Jersey ended up getting widespread ten or more inch totals. Locally, anywhere from trace to six inches fell from Chester County to Bucks, with the city getting anywhere from a few tenths on yards to nearly five in the Northeast. Most of that snow washes away with Monday's rains moving through, some of which will be steady if not heavy for a time. We'll probably get a half to full inch of rain in the region, with the bulk of it falling in the morning. Some drizzle lingers into the afternoon. The balance of the work week won't be bad, with temperatures generally in the 40's for…
Monday, February 4, 2013
Last week's weather yo-yo gets replaced by an active pattern with a pair of clippers and perhaps a larger storm on Friday.
Believe it or not, we've had accumulating snow on four occasions throughout region over the past week. Those accumulating snows have generally amounted to very little -- an inch here, a few tenths there, and in Philadelphia they've picked up a whopping one inch from four separate snowfalls over the past seven days. This week brings more of the same to start -- a couple of weak systems on Monday night and again on Wednesday morning that could bring an inch or two of snow to parts of the region. These fast-moving, moisture-short clippers don't drop much snow usually, although with enough dynamics some spots can get a fair amount of snow (such as Cape May this past Friday). These two systems won't be as dynamic as that system but snow …
Monday, January 28, 2013
From winter to soaking rain to winter in a few days time. A wild ride of weather ahead this week!
Simply put, this week's weather will have us on a roller coaster. The recent spell of cold eases out for a couple of days before a second round of cold air pushes in after a soaking rain on Wednesday afternoon and evening. We go from winter to soaker to winter within the course of a week. At least you can't argue that the weather pattern ahead is boring! Monday's precipitation plethora is due to warm air pushing in aloft over the cold air in place at the surface. Temperatures will be slower to warm above freezing the farther north and west you are from the city, with the result being some periods of freezing rain or freezing drizzle that could lead to slippery travel for a time during the morning and early afternoon before temperatures …
Monday, January 14, 2013
After flirting with March-like temperatures, we're going to return to winter around the Delaware Valley, with colder temperatures lurking down the line.
Reality in January isn't temperatures in the 50s or even 60s. "Normal" is highs in the 30s to around 40, which is the air that's more likely in our cards over the next week. A cold front slides on through during the course of Monday and begins the downward descent in temperatures, with our temperatures dropping from the upper half of the 50s on Monday morning to lower 30s around the region by Tuesday morning. Along with the frontal passage, a wave of energy will push northeast along the front and spread light rain and, perhaps, some light snow along with it. Given the push of the front southeast through the region, the shield of light rain and snow may miss the northwest burbs of Philadelphia but be better confined to South Jersey and …
Monday, January 7, 2013
The coming week's weather looks milder around the region. Seasonably cold weather may return by the end of the month.
The start of January hasn't really been all that cold. Temperatures so far this month are running near average as our "cold snap" has been really full of typical January type weather. That pattern will relax as we work through the course of the coming week, with typical January weather thawing out as the week progresses. The nation will be pretty mild overall for much of the week, only cooling down late this week in the Pacific Northwest as a push of cold comes in from Canada. However, our region starts near normal on temperatures and will warm progressively each day, pushing 50 on Wednesday and then probably 50 again by Friday if not Saturday. Thursday may be a notch cooler if only because of the prospect of additional clouds around the …
Monday, December 31, 2012
This week won't be as stormy but it will be typical winter weather around here.
In the wake of Saturday's storm and Sunday's winds is a cold week ahead. This isn't an arctic or abnormally or historically cold stretch upcoming but it is a reminder that winter is here and that it occasionally does get cold around these parts. The coastal storm that's generating today's winds is going to get hung up along the east coast of Labrador in Canada, setting up a -NAO regime for the week and pushing a healthy dose of cold air into Quebec, Ontario, and New England. We will get in on some of this cold but the core of cold will generally be to our north and northeast over the coming week. Temperatures across New England could run eight to ten degrees below average through the coming week, with our region generally a few degrees …
Monday, December 24, 2012
After one of the warmest December's on record, the year closes out on a colder and perhaps wintry note.
The cold front that crossed our region on Friday morning brought a merciful end to one of the warmer stretches of December on record for Philadelphia. The first three weeks of this month have been the warmest we've seen since 2001, which was a winter that we can largely care to forget. The good news for cold and snow lovers is that the upcoming week of weather will feature a couple of snow chances and perhaps the region's first Christmas snowfall in a while. Temperatures will also be much more typical for late December although the cold will not be record shattering or even arctic-like in nature. Instead of 50s and 60s, highs will be in the 30s and 40s for the next week. The first of two potential snow events will be on Christmas Eve – …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
A December to forget for snow lovers continues with a generally rainy and mild week of weather ahead.
The coming week will be mild and snowless with a few shots of rainfall. There are no signs of Arctic-like cold on the horizon but the weekend will be colder than what we'll experience for much of the week. A stormier pattern will rule the roost overall but with the jet stream generally pushing storm systems through at a quick pace, these storms won't have time to organize, strengthen or set up a more favorable pattern for snow lovers in their wake. The coldest air is currently locked over Northwest Canada and Alaska and is likely to stay there for rest of December, although occasional glances of colder air will push down. This weekend will be one of those glances. Rain is possible later Monday into early Tuesday with the next of these …
Monday, December 10, 2012
After 60s for many of us on Monday, we cool off to more typical December weather for the balance of the week.
December has definitely started on a different note than November. Temperatures so far are running several degrees above average and Arctic-type cold is in short supply, confined to Europe and Alaska. It will generally stay there and not impact us over the next week, perhaps longer. This week's weather will feature a very mild Monday, a mild end of the week, and a typical December pattern in between. Monday's weather features 60s, a mild breeze, and some showers or a period of rain in the afternoon through the evening hours as a cold front moves through. There could even be a rare rumble of December thunder with that cold front as it comes through the region. After that front, 40s for highs and lows around freezing will be the dominant …
Monday, December 3, 2012
For those who loathe the cold – how does 65 degrees sound on Tuesday?
The first week of December will feature generally mild weather. The cold trough that dominated much of November, bringing us our first month of below-average temperatures since last August, has been replaced with a more zonal pattern in the atmosphere. This is allowing temperatures to moderate quite a bit through Wednesday and still remain close to normal through the end of the week as the cold air core entrenches over the Yukon and Alaska this week. Don't get too giddy with hopes for warmth all winter. We will trend colder, likely next week, but for those who thought the November chill was insufferable, the following week provides a bit of a breather in the pattern. The warmest of the days this week will be Tuesday, with highs that flirt …
