The sunny weather we've had for the past couple of days is about to give way to several days of rain. As Gothamist types up this post we see that the local radar shows showers overhead. There's no rain yet reaching the ground, which tells us that whatever rain is to fall this afternoon is likely to be on the light side. It's kind of a standard December weather system that is responsible for......

Lots of classic textbook weather action should occur today and tonight. An Alberta Clipper, currently centered over Toledo, is zipping southeastward and will be off the Mid-Atlantic coast by tonight. We won't be much affected by the Clipper itself, as it will travel a fair distance south of the city, but there's a good chance we will get caught up with what happens next. What should happen next is what guys in plaid oxford shirts,......

Two types of tropical weather will be the weather story to watch out for over the next several days. You may have noticed that this morning is much more humid than in the past few days. The humidity and warmer air are courtesy of the large high pressure system that has finally moved offshore. The southerly flow of air around the backside of that high pressure system will bring us a day or two of......

It's Friday night. It's colder than hell. Temperatures in the single digits. You are going out to a show where there's bound to be a lot of dancing, or at least jumping up and down. Do you dress for the weather outside or the activity inside? Gothamist is a nerdy weather guy, so you can guess how we dress. The weather is getting interesting. By interesting Gothamist means "we may get a snowstorm." The......

The curious Gothamist reader may have noticed a seeming contradiction in the recent entry about the forthcoming movie "The Day After Tomorrow". No, not allegations that NASA may have wanted to silence its scientists, but that one consequence of global warming will be a sudden deep freeze. The earth gets cold when it warms? WTF? There is a bit of truth to that contradiction, though not so fast as in the movie. The reason......