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November

Monday, November 12, 2012

Finally, A Week of 'Boring' Weather

After Hurricane Sandy and last week's close call with the nor'easter, an inactive week of weather is ahead.

We largely lucked out on last week's nor'easter as it tracked about 30 to 40 miles farther east than it appeared it would when we wrote last week's article. Instead of a snowy outcome for the whole region, snow was largely confined to lower Bucks County and east into New Jersey. Some parts of Monmouth and Ocean counties picked up a foot of snow from that nor'easter ― Philly picked up a trace and Pottstown picked up a few snowflakes mixed in with light rain. Thankfully, the weather pattern this week is less complex and stormy and much easier on both forecasters and the storm-weary. Outside of a round of showers that will move through late Monday night and into Tuesday morning, the week's weather looks pretty boring. I don't think anyone …

Monday, November 14, 2011

Mild November Rain

Midweek rain will sandwich around a typical November pattern for our region -- not too warm, not too cold, and a gentle roller coaster between warmer and cooler temperatures.

November’s dry weather has been variable, generally dry, but lacking in stormy weather. This coming week will feature a bit more unsettled weather as a frontal boundary tries to advance eastward into a ridge of high pressure in the Atlantic Ocean. This ridge of high pressure has been a factor in much of our weather in November so far – preventing storm systems from organizing along the coastline and keeping the main storm track across the Great Lakes. You can see that ridge outlined on the graphic in this photo with the oranges and reds on the map. The cooler blues and greens generally have been over the Plains, Rockies and Northwest. With this week’s weather, we’ll have southwest breezes for the first half of the week while we’re on the …

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