First, a big Gothamist thank you to all of your reports, photos and videos from yesterday's storm and the resulting damage. A trained spotter observed a funnel cloud over Staten Island and this video linked in the epic storm post does shows a textbook example of a funnel cloud, if not a small tornado, extending out of a wall cloud over Perth Amboy. Whether or not it was a tornado or straight-line winds that caused the damage over the city will be determined by National Weather Service meteorologists today (Severe Weather CSI!). more ›

The afternoon thunderstorms, which turned the sky above some parts of the city pitch black, have wreaked a bit of havoc: Not only was there flooding that closed certain Staten Island streets, over a thousand Con Ed customers on Staten Island are without power (before, the outage hit 2,500 customers). As for the mass transit commute, PATH service between the World Trade Center and Newark is suspended as is service between Newark and Journal Square, due to signal problems (according to the PATH, "Passengers in New York can take NJ Transit at Penn Station New York. Passengers in Newark Penn Station can take NJ Transit into New York Penn Station NJ Transit is cross honoring"). And for a little more weather fun, check out this video of a funnel cloud; it was taken in Wantage, NJ (according to Wiki, "If a funnel cloud touches the ground it becomes a tornado). more ›

Today has turned out sunny and warm as dry air has finally moved into the city. The dew point plunged by fifteen degrees around noon. That dryness will let today's high approach the upper 80s, and, for the first time in many days, there's no chance of rain! With a warm, dry start tomorrow may heat up to the low 90s. Showers may return as soon as tomorrow night. By Independence Day we'll be back to the warm and humid with a chance of showers pattern. That familiar pattern is likely to last well into next week. Sheesh. more ›