The most significant storm since the Late October Gale is on tap to impact Maine. The storm is forming off the Bahamas, will rapidly intensify on its way to the northeast Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The storm is predicted to have the central pressure of a high end Category 2 / low Category 3 […]
Winter weather on social media is a pandemic of extreme nature. Paralyzing snowfall model predictions. Bone chilling cold that would make any normal person re-evaluate what latitude level they call home. Buzzwords like “polar vortex” and “record breaking cold / snowfall” get thrown around like candy at Halloween. All of this goes viral on social […]
This is a complex storm. Three different elements are coming together. A northern jet, a southern jet, and Tropical Storm Phillipe. The result appears to be tropical storm to hurricane force wind gusts, heavy rain, and coastal implications for Maine Sunday night into Monday. The Surface Wind As I have discussed on the Pine Tree […]
A look at the region as of 7:55 AM Wednesday shows winds increasing as the front approaches the state. The front is jamming up against high pressure anchored over the Atlantic. The result is a squeeze play that will bring heavy rain along with gusty winds over the region through Thursday. Reports to Central Maine […]
The players are on the board Water vapor imagery looking over the North American continent shows all the key players in the weather through the weekend. The connection between the long wave frontal boundary and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico (the hose) is intact. High pressure to the east is helping to keep that […]
Drought conditions persist There is no question that this has been a long, dry summer for the state. The west to east zonal pattern more common in spring and fall has dominated Maine’s weather pattern for months. I have noticed my artesian well pressure has started to slowly drop recently. Folks have voiced their […]
Time to enjoy the colors of fall Foliage is near peak or at peak for much of the state. While the warm fall has affected the quality of the leaf color somewhat, the recent morning chill has helped expedite the process. Given the fact there is wind in the weather forecast to start the work […]
Wednesday begins much like it has the past three days with areas of fog possible to start off which burns off in most areas by mid-morning. The humidity levels that have brought some parts a heat index over 90° will remain through the day. Cloud cover from a slow moving frontal boundary from the northwest […]
“Summer” continues through Wednesday A weak cold front approaches northern Maine on Tuesday, which may touch off a few widely scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm. It appears that the boundary will stay north enough that western, eastern and southern areas escape with clouds only. The cloud cover will help keep temperatures down a few […]
Summer’s last gasp For those who dread the heat and humidity, there is one more stretch of it on the way for the second half of the weekend through mid-week. Humidity begins to build in the afternoon on Saturday as a southwest flow develops aloft. Sunday and Monday are likely to be a bit on […]
