Did you get a new telescope…..

.... or have one you've been not using and want to get out and see the sky sights again? Check out the helpful article at the Sky and Telescope website.... http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/What-to-See-with-Your-New-Telescope-136320003.html And if you don't have a telescope, listen and find out if one of your friends or neighbors has one. Most people are excited …

Prediction for Rutgers bowl game: 27-10

RU plays tonight vs. Virginia Tech in a post-season bowl game. I'm not good at predicting football outcomes, but I see so many people predicting a close score and I think they are wrong. I predict a score of 27 - 10, but I don't know who will win. If RU overwhelms VT with their …

Heads UP! Big storm to play ‘duck, duck, goose’ with us on Saturday

A storm will go big off the coast of the eastern US, but just tap us and move on, like a kid tapping the 'goose' in the kids game. So just a bit of snow 2 to 4 inches or so for Saturday for the northeast from Philadelphia through coastal New Hampshire. From the National …

Heads UP! Next storm in the pipeline for the northeast

Here's the National weather Service New York's office's take on the next nor'easter for Saturday - further east than the previous storm and either all snow or all of nothing... THE SURFACE LOW WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY OFF THE DELMARVA COAST AND TRACK NORTHEAST. AS WITH EVERY COASTAL STORM...THE EXACT TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL …

Heads UP! Nor’easter to attack eastern US

For the NYC metro and surrounding area, look for the precip to break out as a period of heavy-looking snow around mid-afternoon on Wednesday, with strong winds and intense wind gusts to over 50 MPH following soon afterwards, into tonight. The east-southeast wind off the water will bring warmer air and change the snow to …

Heads UP! Morning of Christmas Eve Update

An inch of snow or a mix for Christmas Eve - holding off until after sunset in the NYC area. Coastal storm forms Wednesday, with mostly rain or a mix the most likely story, into Thursday Possible Nor'easter for next weekend. From the NWS Forecast Discussion: Christmas Eve: "EXPECT SUNSHINE THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL GIVE WAY …

Heads UP! 8pm Saturday Dec 22 Update….

See previous post for details from earlier today. 8pm Saturday update: Monday night/Tuesday morning event - still an inch or three of snow inland and a mix for coast and NYC. Wednesday/Thursday event precip type depends on final storm track - look for better forecasts Sunday night or Monday when the jet stream impulse for …

Heads UP! Super windy today, followed this week by storms great and small?

The first big gust of wind just shook our house as I type this. High wind warning for Virginia through Boston for Saturday - damaging winds are likely - time to deflate and tie down those inflatable Christmas displays. Lake effect snow for western New York. A few flakes make it to the Atlantic Coast. …

Son of Draco forms over NYC area

The Weather Channel has taken to naming winter storms, this one is Draco. So the secondary storm that formed over NYC this morning should be called.... what? In any case, the forces that formed the second storm also produced downpours and roaring gusts of wind over the eastern US. Next, the rain will taper off …

Heads UP! for heavy rain and strong winds Friday morning

This is a strong storm moving through the Great Lakes and spinning off a second storm over the mid-Atlantic states, with the heaviest rain and winds 20 mph gusting to 35 or more the eastern US, about 4 to 10am for the NYC area, earlier to the south and later to the north. THEN The …