By By JIM FITZGERALD, Associated Press – 7 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — Just what New York and New Jersey need after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy: more high winds.The National Weather Service predicted Sunday that a Nor’easter that could include gusts of up to 55 mph is likely to reach the area by [...]
By Melissa M. Werthmann, Globe Correspondent The National Weather Service is dispatching a survey team to Wareham to investigate reports of a possible microburst that slammed parts of the town with violent winds and heavy thunderstorms Tuesday night. “We’re sending a crew down now and then we’ll know more,� said Bill Simpson, meteorologist with the [...]
In New York, the first tornado struck Breezy Point on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. The second, stronger tornado hit the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, around 10 minutes after the first.Videos taken by bystanders in New York showed a funnel cloud sucking up water, then sand, and then small pieces of buildings.Later Saturday, Meteorologist Andy [...]
“The observations they make are very, very important,” said Mike Montafusco, a meteorologist at the weather service’s office in Wakefield.Montafusco recently led a session of the weather service’s spotter-training program, called Skywarn. Skywarn offers free basic and advanced courses on identifying preparing for severe weather events.Having trained eyes on the ground is important, Montafusco said, [...]
By Melissa M. Werthmann, Globe Correspondent A clash between two air masses Wednesday in Massachusetts generated the violent thunderstorms that pounded Eastern Massachusetts and produced a microburst in Arlington. But the storms did not spawn a tornado, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Thursday. Charlie Foley said the service issued a tornado warning at 2:04 [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorney Bob Burns already gets a lot of information from his smartphone, but he welcomes the prospect of getting a little more — free warnings about life-threatening weather from a sophisticated new government system.Beginning Thursday, the new Wireless Emergency Alerts system gives the National …
John Pendergrast The season for hurricanes and violent summer thunderstorms has arrived. Treasure Coast residents might breathe easier knowing that the National Weather Service in Melbourne has new radar to improve its ability to warn of approaching storms. John Pendergrast, that station’s senior meteorologist, explains what the radar is and how it works. Q. What [...]
But with labor costs of $2 million a day, the Weather Service cannot pay its employees through the end of the fiscal year in September without a solution to a problem of its own making. An internal investigation concluded that for years, the agency reallocated millions of dollars that Congress approved for other projects to [...]
