23. August 2019 · Comments Off on Heavy Rains Give Way To Cooler, Dryer Weekend · Categories: precipitation, weather discussion

Stewartsville and in fact all of south Warren county in western New Jersey joined in on the rain bandwagon last night. Stewartsville recorded 2.56″ in 24 hours ending at 7 am.

The front is past our area but light rain showers will persist until mid to late morning. From that point on it will get dryer and the sun should return with a refreshing north wind.

courtesy AccuWeather

Get ready for a fantastic late Summer weekend. You might even need a sweatshirt especially in the evenings. High temperatures will be in the 70’s and overnight lows in the 50’s. The A/C will get a much needed break along with your electric bills!

20. November 2018 · Comments Off on Looking For More Weather Observers · Categories: precipitation, weather discussion · Tags: ,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media contact: Todd Bates, todd.bates@rutgers.edu, 848-932-0550 (office), 908-208-3422 (cell).

New Jersey Weather Observers Sought for Rutgers-Coordinated Network

Become a citizen-scientist by joining the NJ Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network

New Brunswick, N.J. (Nov. 20, 2018) – The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS), a nationwide volunteer network for observing precipitation, is seeking volunteer weather observers throughout the Garden State.

“Adding new observers in your community will provide a detailed picture of rain and snowfall patterns and benefit critical weather-related decision-making,” said David A. Robinson, the New Jersey state climatologist at Rutgers and NJ CoCoRaHS co-coordinator.

The New Jersey program is run by the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist. Mathieu Gerbush, assistant New Jersey state climatologist, is program co-coordinator. Robinson also oversees the Rutgers NJ Weather Network, which provides near-real time and longer-term data on weather conditions in the state.

The community collaboration has more than 15,000 active observers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, the Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands, including more than 250 in New Jersey.

Here’s a link to a story with a photo: https://news.rutgers.edu/new-jersey-weather-observers-sought-rutgers-coordinated-network/20181119#.W_MkoOhKi71

Robinson is available to comment at david.robinson@rutgers.edu, 848-445-4741.

Gerbush is available to comment at njcocorahs@climate.rutgers.edu, 848-445-3076.

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24. July 2018 · Comments Off on Rain Continues · Categories: precipitation, Summer, weather discussion · Tags:

Stewartsville rain this month

Stewartsville received 1.47″ of new rain as of 7 am this morning. Nearly 1″ of that was received yesterday morning from after 7 am until 8:30 am!

As you can see in the above chart, we’ve been getting a lot of rain recently. This is in contrast to how dry it was just 10 days ago and beyond. Be careful what you ask for!

Today, Tuesday we should see a little less in overall rain but don’t put the galoshes away just yet. Wednesday the systems looks to shift back to the east and give us more rain. Then hopefully Thursday it will relax again and then hopefully the entire system will nudge to the east on Friday via a front that may give us a half way descent weekend. But be forewarned: none of these days will be completely rain-free…

11. February 2018 · Comments Off on Sunday Soaker · Categories: precipitation, weather discussion · Tags:

Radar 8:30 am Sunday morning

About 3/4″ of rain has fallen so far in western New Jersey with more on the way. As seen in the radar composite above, all that rain to our SW is moving in our direction. Look for an additional 1-1.5″ of rain today lasting most of the day. The steady rain will become more periodic as the day wears on.

Temperatures are about 40 this morning but warmer air is not that far away. It will slowly push a little further north today. If it makes it to the southern sections of western New Jersey, look for temperatures to jump to near 50! I don’t think it will make it all the way up north.

Flood watch continues for Warren and Hunterdon counties

23. January 2018 · Comments Off on Line of Gusty Rain On The Way · Categories: precipitation · Tags: ,

Radar Tuesday 10 am

Radar Tuesday 10 am

There’s a lull in the rain right now but a fast moving line of gusty winds and heavy rain is approaching the area. There could even be a rumble or two of thunder. This should arrive in the next hour

12. January 2018 · Comments Off on Rain Continues Friday Mid-day · Categories: precipitation · Tags:

Radar at 11:30 am

Radar at 11:30 am

The first round of rain moved in and out of our area this morning. Instead of completely moving out the bottom half is pivoting further west and has started to impact western New Jersey again. I was thinking we would get into the break you see to the west but not yet! This looks to be another hour or two worth of light to moderate rain. So far Stewartsville has received close to 1/2.” And the winds are breezy this morning with a peak gust to 28 mph so far.

12. January 2018 · Comments Off on Wet and Warm End Of Week · Categories: precipitation, winter · Tags:

Radar Friday morning showing rain in western New Jersey

Radar Friday morning showing rain in western New Jersey

High temperature records have already been broken for some locations in and around western New Jersey this Friday morning. There is also no shortage of rain as seen in the radar image above. But the rain will not be continuous today but rather periods of rain. AS of 8 am Stewartsville received 0.15″ of rain. We should receive 1-2″ total area wide.

Wide look at radar shows periods of rain on the way

Wide look at radar shows periods of rain on the way

A wider look at the radar for the eastern half of the country shows three separate areas of rain. One is over us at the moment then there is a break then more rain in western PA. The another break with more rain in western OH and more to the south.

Enjoy the warm weather today as temperatures will fall sharply this time tomorrow.

23. October 2017 · Comments Off on Potentially severe weather ushers in back to normal · Categories: Fall, precipitation, thunderstorms · Tags:

Severe weather threat for Tuesday

Severe weather threat for Tuesday

All good things must come to an end. The string of above normal temperatures for western jersey for late October will come to an end starting tomorrow. That change might arrive with some potentially severe weather. Right now the best time looks like late morning to mid day. This could extend later on to the east.

As you most of you know we are also very dry. We look to receive 3/4″-1″ of rain from this system.

The we return to normal and maybe a little below normal on Thursday as cooler weather returns to western new jersey. Out normal high temperature this time of year is 62 degrees.

 

24. June 2017 · Comments Off on Heavy Rain Overnight · Categories: Flash Floods, precipitation, Summer · Tags:

Heavy rain overnight in Stewartsville NJ 2.68" LKC-001

Heavy rain overnight in Stewartsville NJ 2.68″ LKC-001

The first round of rain came around 5-6pm resulting in nearly 1″ Then we had another batch around 9 pm that gave us about 1/4″ The rest came overnight with probably the highest amounts in the 3-6 am time period.

Above is a graph from my station. It clearly shows the bulk came around 3-4 am!

Here are more photos from yesterday including a faint rainbow.

18. December 2016 · Comments Off on Rain Then Sharply Colder · Categories: precipitation, winter · Tags: ,

Rain heading east

A large area of rain is heading towards western New Jersey. I for one don’t mind as I didn’t completely shovel my driveway yesterday after receiving 1″ of snow and sleet. Hopefully the warmer temperatures of today (around 50) combined with the rain will finish the job.

And it’s important you don’t have any snow left in walkways by the end of the day. A strong cold front will cross the area this afternoon and temperatures will come crashing down by evening.

After a cold Monday. look for calmer and more average temperatures mid week.

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