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Hurricane Erin to Stay Offshore of NJ

Hurricane Erin to Stay Offshore of NJ

🕔23:35, 19.Aug 2025

Discussion: Hurricane Erin’s track is pretty locked in at this point. She’s a few hundred miles NE of the Bahamas and has turned well to the NW. Erin will pass between two ridges (an area of weakness), one over SC/SE

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What to Expect from Erin for New Jersey

What to Expect from Erin for New Jersey

🕔23:53, 18.Aug 2025

Discussion: The first thing I want to emphasize is that Erin will not be striking New Jersey with a major hurricane, yet alone the US east coast. I’ve seen some content out there suggesting such and it lacks any sort

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Hot and Humid. Tracking Erin.

Hot and Humid. Tracking Erin.

🕔13:35, 15.Aug 2025

Discussion: Before I cover Erin’s latest update, let’s focus on New Jersey this weekend. A broad ridge across the US will build and flex for the Mid-Atlantic and NorthEast US from now until Sunday morning. A trough will then force

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Erin Forms

Erin Forms

🕔23:10, 12.Aug 2025

Discussion: We have ourselves a ~Verde origin system worth watching as it crosses the Atlantic Ocean via the trade winds over the next several days and ultimately decides where to go from either just over the NE Antilles or just

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Another Nice Weekend. Tropics Waking Up!

Another Nice Weekend. Tropics Waking Up!

🕔16:14, 8.Aug 2025

Discussion: The upper levels remain unremarkable with little deduction possible. A lot of weak zonal flow with nothing anomalous in either direction regarding geopotential height anomalies. We look rather dry through this weekend and likely through Tuesday as heat and

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Summery Conditions. Surf’s Up!

Summery Conditions. Surf’s Up!

🕔15:04, 4.Aug 2025

Discussion: The upper levels are rather unremarkable with little deduction…a rather zonal flow with no anomalous height anomalies in either direction. The main player this week will be high pressure stationed over the NE US/SE Canada, providing stiff onshore flow

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Late Summer Feelz

Late Summer Feelz

🕔14:28, 1.Aug 2025

Discussion: The upper jet is taking a little dip over NJ for this weekend into early next week. Not an anomalous trough by any means, it’s pretty weak, but at least a much needed cooldown after this past week. The

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Summer to Flex Harder

Summer to Flex Harder

🕔16:27, 28.Jul 2025

Discussion: The upper jet, observed at 250mb, should stay to the N of NJ through Wednesday and then dip below NJ heading into the weekend. This jives with 500mb analysis of a broad central US ridge giving way to a

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A Small Taste of Relief

A Small Taste of Relief

🕔13:49, 21.Jul 2025

Discussion: Upper level analysis for this week indicates a zonal jet overhead above the bottom tip of a progressive trough for Monday-Tuesday. A ridge then builds over NJ Wednesday into the weekend. This creates two different planets of look and

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Unsettled but Relief On Deck

Unsettled but Relief On Deck

🕔17:02, 18.Jul 2025

Discussion: Thanks to an overnight cold front, today feels better. The zonal upper level patten should continue through the weekend until a ridge sets up in the Midwest US and puts NJ under N/NW upper flow for Monday-Tuesday. The zonal

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