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Well above normal temperatures on Tuesday evening will extend all across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and NE US. A strong cold front will slowly works its way across the northern US during the next few days reaching the Great Lakes region on Tuesday and then the Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday night. This system is creating strong-to-severe thunderstorms …

Monday, August 26th – *Hot weather for the next few days across much of Great Lakes, Midwest and Mid-Atlantic…results in numerous high “Home Run Forecast Index” values* Read More »

Temperatures will be well below-normal in the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday time period from the Great Lakes/Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic/NE US A very comfortable air mass for this time of year has pushed into to the northeastern part of the nation being ushered in by the passage of a strong cold front late Monday. There will …

Tuesday, August 20th – *A taste of fall in the Great Lakes, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast US…cool weather will result in some low “Home Run Forecast Index” values* Read More »

Tremendous rainfall amounts are likely during the remainder of the week up and down the eastern seaboard. Map courtesy Canadian Met Centre Tropical Storm Debby is about to move back out over the open waters of the Southwest Atlantic Ocean…just off the coast of South Carolina. This system will re-intensify some during the next 24 …

Tuesday, August 6th – *Very heavy rainfall next several days to wreak havoc on big league schedule…cooler air mass arrives in the Mid-Atlantic at midweek to put a cap on Home Run Forecast Index in many stadiums* Read More »

Saturday’s high heat and humidity extended up and down both coasts leading to high Home Run Forecast Index values. Saturday, July 6th, featured lots of high heat and humidity along both coasts leading to high Home Run Forecast Index (HRFI) vales in many big league parks. The higher the HRFI, the more the favorable are …

Sunday, July 7th – *An amazing day on Saturday with high heat, high Home Run Forecast Index values, high total runs, and high number of home runs…look for lots of high HRF Index values again on Sunday* Read More »

Hot and humid conditions will prevail today and tomorrow in the Mid-Atlantic region leading to high Home Run Forecast Index values.   Hot weather has dominated the scene this week in much of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic region and now the humidity has increased to very uncomfortable levels. The worst of this heat spell comes …

Saturday, June 22nd – *High heat and humidity impacting the number of HRs and resulting in high Home Run Forecast Index values…lots of 9’s and 10’s this weekend* Read More »

Cooler-than-normal temperatures today, Tuesday, June 11th, across the northeastern part of the nation Temperatures have started off the week on the cool side of normal in the northeastern quadrant of the nation including the Mid-Atlantic/Midwest/Northeast US. This temperature pattern will continue into mid-week and then a dramatic warmup will ensue for the end of the …

Tuesday, June 11th – *Short-term “cooler-than-normal”…longer-term “warmer-than-normal”…Midwest/Mid-Atlantic/NE US temperature switch and its impact on the HRFI* Read More »

The 6-10 day outlook for temperatures in early June is predominately warmer-than-normal across the entire nation We are about to turn on the calendar from the month of May to June and this is typically about the time of year when the weather warms up and has been often referred to by ex-Phillies Manager, Charlie …

Wednesday 29 May 2024 *”Hittin’ season” is right around the corner and the Phillies Kyle Schwarber absolutely loves the month of June for hitting HRs* Read More »

The 12Z GFS forecast map of total precipitation amounts during the next ten days contains plenty of rainfall for just about all parts of the nation with the only exception being the Southwest US.  The 2024 season has been quite fortunate so far with only a limited number of postponements due to rain and/or snow, …

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024 – *Wet weather pattern across much of the nation during the next ten days…disruptions in baseball quite likely* Read More »

The 5 day mean of 850 mb temperature anomalies for early May with widespread warmer-than-normal conditions. Way back in the first half of March, we feared a continuation of cold air outbreaks across the nation into the month of April – a pattern that would impact the early part of the 2024 baseball season – …

Sunday, April 21st, 2024 – *Warmer pattern finally in sight and with it will come higher Home Run Forecast Index values* Read More »

The best decision made by big league baseball is to not schedule a home game in Boston until next week (Tuesday, April 9th). The Red Sox have been on the road to open the 2024 baseball season and it is a good thing. Not only has there been plenty of rain up in New England …

Wednesday 03 April 2024 – *Not quite done yet with the cold blasts…Great Lakes, Northeast US, Mid-Atlantic in the chill and soon to add California to the list…HRF Index has been on the low end for many games* Read More »