Category: General

  • Rainy day forecast – EC station down – and how ‘local’ is this?

    The forecast has turned decidedly wetter. You can expect drizzle today and rain through the week. This isn’t really a bad thing since up until today we have only received 104mm of the 238mm considered normal for January. November, December, January and February are ranked 1-4 as our wettest months. (Including snow) Even though February…

  • Quiet week ahead – Arctic animations

    Right now it looks like a quiet week, some rain today but after that it is likely to be mostly foggy with hopefully some sunny breaks. So I will instead… How about some pretty pictures, Here is a 30 day running image of Arctic sea ice thickness. It almost looks alive, Note the thickest ice…

  • Still chance for wet snow today/tonight. Sunday east coast?

    I’m still sticking to the possibility that Port could see some wet snow from today’s rainy blob. As you can see the front is headed our way. Rain should begin just after noon. Best chance for wet snow will likely be tonight. We shall see. Longer term, Sunday looks like more of a real chance…

  • Next snowy threat Thursday night

    Thankfully so far our rain/snow mix predicted for Wednesday has just been rain. It’s doing a nice job of cleaning the grime off the roads. The threat of it turning to snow would increase if it rained harder and caused the air to cool more, but at this point it looks like light rain in…

  • Fog will end – Rain or Snow to come

    Monday will be foggy again but on Tuesday things will begin to change as we get back into a wet rain and possibly slushy pattern if the cold air does not exit quickly. We have been in a very strong inversion. Check out this map: The upper air is actually above 10C! And down off…