Halloween Sunset
Tonights sunset was awesome. check out this shot from my office in the Empire State Building
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October 31, 2006
October 30, 2006
Halloween Forecast Nationwide
Monday Warmth - Spring Temps!
This weekend felt like it was Winter. Especially in Michigan. I saw snow for the first time since last
March. Today, much of the strong winds that affected 2/3rds of the country this weekend will slacken across much of the Northeast today. Apparently in Matinicus Rock, Maine winds gusted to 68 mph. Mount Washington, NH had the strongest gust - an incredible 155 mph. As high pressure slides off the Carolina coastline, winds circulating around this high will bring warm air north. The temperature this afternoon will climb to 68 in Chicago, which is more typical of late September than the last week of October. This surge of warm air today will be most pronounced across the Ohio Valley. By Tuesday, the Northeast will feel a noticeable change in temperatures. New York City will reach 60 today and Tuesday the high will surge to a comfortable 67 degrees.
October 29, 2006
Super Typhoon Cimaron hits the Phillppines
Super Typhoon Cimaron a few hours before landfall in the Philippines. Cimaron may have had sustained winds as high as 180 mph at landfall! Image credit: NOAA. Cimaron had one of the most remarkable intensification spurts on record--it went from a minimal tropical storm with 40 mph winds to a Category 5 storm with 160-180 mph winds in just 48 hours.
October 27, 2006
Sorry for lack of posts
Been a hectic week.
October 16, 2006
Photos from Namibia
Weather watcher Brent Haestier from Windhoek, Namibia sent us these shots he took during a major storm on Friday:
Fall in East Hampton
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October 13, 2006
Lake Effect Snow hits Western New York
AP- BUFFALO, N.Y. (Oct. 13) -- A rare early October snowstorm left parts of the Great Lakes and Midwest blanketed with 2 feet of snow Friday morning, prompting widespread blackouts, closing schools and halting traffic.
By early Friday, 14 inches of snow had been recorded at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, with reports of 2 feet elsewhere, said Tom Paone, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The snowfall was expected to continue throughout the morning, he said.
On Thursday, 8.3 inches of heavy snow set the record for the "snowiest" October day in Buffalo in the 137-year history of the weather service, said meteorologist Tom Niziol. The previous record of 6 inches was set Oct. 31, 1917.
Detroit also set a record, its for the earliest measured snow. On Thursday, the city broke by one day the mark set on Oct. 13, 1909.
October 12, 2006
Plane Crash in New York City
October 10, 2006
Photo of the Week
photo by Daren Siverly Tornado in Brazil, IN
Orange Moon over NYC
I took this shot the other night as the moon was really orange!
Have you ever wondered why the moon is more orange or yellow in color when it first rises at night. This effect is caused by the atmosphere of the earth. The reason for the orange color is due to the scattering of light by the atmosphere. When the moon is near the horizon, the moonlight must pass through much more atmosphere than when the moon is directly overhead. By the time the moonlight reaches your eyes, the blue, green, and purple pieces of visible light have been scattered away by air molecules. That's why you only see yellow, orange, or red.
The moon can have an orange color at any time of the year. Sometimes the moon appears orange even when it's directly overhead. This occurs when there's a lot of dust, smoke, or pollution in the atmosphere. The size of those particles will determine the type of color you will see.
October 06, 2006
Mid Atlantic Nor'Easter
October 04, 2006
Weatherman freaks out over Cockraoch Very Funny
So, I had to repost this because it was such a hit. A little Friday Humor!
Photos from Lake Gaston
These photos were taken at my collegue Jenny's country house in Lake Gaston by Stephen Brown. They are pretty fantastic and capture some incredible thuderstorm activity. Nice shots Steven! Lake Gaston is around 20,300 acres, 34 miles long and has 350 miles of shoreline, located between Interstates 85 and 95 which also runs along the Virginia - North Carolina border.
October 02, 2006
Canadian Storms
While NY has been spared by storms this season, the canadian maritimes have not been so lucky. Isaac will be the third storm to impact that area. Beryl moved into Nova Scotia early in the season, then followed by Florence a few weeks later. Florence was a stronger storm when it roared across southeastern Newfoundland. Now Isaac is heading across southwestern Newfoundland, very close to the area where Florence went through. High seas, heavy rain and wind will affect the area.
Isaac will begin to accelerate rapidly toward Newfoundland on Monday, as the storm is beginning to get caught up in the jet stream. While Isaac is still a minimal hurricane early Monday morning, it will likely weaken into a tropical storm later on Monday as it encounters cooler water and increasing amounts of wind sheer.
Several inches of rainfall will fall across Newfoundland on Monday, especially across the southeast, including the provincial capital, St. John's. In addition, a storm surge of 1-3 feet can expected on the extreme southeastern coastline of Newfoundland. Gale-force winds will blow across the region later Monday afternoon and into Monday night with improving conditions on Tuesday.