Major League Baseball will hold its annual Home Run Derby on Monday night, July 10th, and All-Star Game on Tuesday night, July 11th, in Seattle’s T-Mobile Park. It appears the weather will cooperate for both events with little chance of rain and quite comfortable temperatures for this time of year.  In fact, temperatures on both […]

Total precipitation amounts over the next ten days as depicted by the 00Z Euro. Map courtesy ECMWF, Pivotal Weather Overview Lawns were turning brown and soil moisture was at very low levels earlier this month and during the month of May in much of the Mid-Atlantic region.  There have been a couple of rain events […]

A forecast map for early this evening features smoke once again in much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast US. (Map courtesy NOAA) In Tuesday’s night Phillies/Tigers game played at Citizen’s Bank Park in South Philly, Bryce Harper hit a tremendous shot to left center field that looked for sure like it would leave the […]

The 00Z ensemble run of the Euro features warmer-than-normal temperatures across a large part of the nation in the 5-day period of May 29-June 3. The 2023 MLB season has just crossed the quarter point and there have been many games played in chilly conditions during the months of April and May. Numerous chilly air […]

The Miami Marlins closed their stadium’s retractable roof more than all of the others in 2022 and Seattle had the fewest games played with the rood closed. (Credit Fox Weather) Overview There is one stadium in Major League Baseball (MLB) with a permanent roof and seven stadiums now feature retractable roofs. Retractable roof usage is […]

Cold air outbreaks continue to make their way from Canada into the US as we progress through late April and it looks like a favorable overall upper-level weather pattern for this to continue right into early May.  A strong cold front at the leading edge of this latest cold air outbreak barreled through the Ohio […]

A strong cold frontal system pushed through the eastern states late Thursday and its passage has ushered in a very chilly air mass for this time of year to the Great Lakes/Northeast/Mid-Atlantic.  In fact, many parts of the northeastern quadrant of the nation will experience temperatures again dropping to or below the freezing mark during […]

Temperatures on Opening Day, Thursday, March 30th will be below-normal in the Northeast US/Mid-Atlantic and California according to the 00Z forecast of the GEM computer forecast model (courtesy Canadian Met Centre). Overview Major League Baseball’s Opening Day for all thirty teams is this Thursday, March 30th and it looks like it may be quite chilly […]

Overview Spring has officially sprung and there is some quite mild weather expected during the next couple of days in much of the eastern half of the nation. There are signs, however, that point to additional cold air outbreaks into at least the first week of April from the Northern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast US. […]

Double-barreled high pressure will take control of the weather in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast during the next few days generating quite favorable weather conditions in Philly for World Series games 3, 4 and 5 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. Map courtesy NOAA, tropicaltidbits.com Overview Last night’s World Series game (#3) in Philadelphia was postponed as rain […]