The northern New Jersey assistant principal who has been accused of planting a hidden camera to videotape boys showering at a NJ Catholic high school where he volunteered for nearly three years has resigned from his job, more than a month after he was first arrested. Patrick Lott had been placed on an unpaid leave of absence as an assistant principal at the Bernardsville Middle School after being arrested last December, but it took until this week for Lott to officially step down amidst 22 counts of invasion of privacy (one for each victim), and more than two dozen counts of child endangerment. So despite "several" videos of nude teenagers showering being found at Lott's house, he was still given a gentleman's period to gracefully step aside. more ›

A man who was arrested for allegedly planting a hidden camera to videotape boys showering at a New Jersey Catholic high school faces some serious charges, but as you can see from his mug shot, he's got nothing to worry about: There isn't a jury in the land that could look at that innocent face and dashing hair and believe that Patrick Lott is a guy who planted a camera in the showers to watch boys showering on his home computer. Just look at that salt-and-pepper goatee! Surely Lott was just sifting through locker room surveillance footage in an attempt to catch an elusive towel thief. more ›

The Perfect Storm, the book and the movie, were both named after an intense Atlantic storm that happened twenty years ago this weekend. Meteorologists refer to perfect storms when several weather conditions combine to form a much more intense storm than any of those conditions could have produced acting separately. There's a storm in the forecast over the next few days but it is going to be more like the very, very imperfect storm. A cold front will pass through the region tonight. The air near the ground is nowhere near saturation, so even though the radar might show rain, those little raindrops are mostly evaporating before they hit the ground. more ›

Our long, nightmarish, stretch of fair weather is quickly coming to an end. A low pressure system, that is not a tropical system, is moving up the East Coast today and promises to bring rain as early as this afternoon and, more significantly, tonight. East winds ahead of the storm will keep the temperature in the lower sixties all day. more ›

This suspenseful weather is starting to get to us so let's talk about the undead! Zombie tropical storms, to be specific. After spending several days as a tropical storm last week, increased wind shear took its toll and Ophelia faded away over the weekend. But now she's back! The wind shear diminished and Ophelia has gained enough strength to become a tropical depression. She's expected to become a tropical storm and possibly a minimal hurricane in the next few days. No need to fear for your brains: The zombie storm should remain way east of us but may hit Newfoundland early next week. more ›

Autumn has arrived! Astronomically speaking at least. Meteorologically, summer and fall are having an awkward embrace with warm, humid tropical air doing its best to hold off an advancing cold front. Yesterday's high was 80 degrees. Will that be the last 80 degree day until next spring? more ›

Happy penultimate day of summer! To celebrate we'll have a summerlike dew point today. Without the summer heat that will make for a mild and clammy Wednesday. Look for a high in the mid 70s, plenty of clouds and a slight chance of rain this afternoon. more ›

Bored of the same old hot and humid followed by warm and dry weather pattern we've been in for the past few weeks? You're in luck as the summer torpor is about to change. more ›

All the weather action for the next few days is going to happen this afternoon and evening. A warm front is moving through the area right now and a cold front is not too far behind. Lots of humidity, unstable air and a push from the cold front will bring on the showers and thunderstorms. It won't be a widespread rainfall but where it does rain the storms could be severe. Today's high largely depends on how much the sky clears this afternoon. With plenty of sun we should reach the upper 80s to lower 90s. more ›

The recent hot spell added two more 90-degree days, raising 2011's total to six days so far. That's way behind last year's near-record pace of 90-degree days, but only slightly behind the average pace. The graph's a bit misleading because July isn't yet half over. Poor 2004 only saw two days in which the temperature reached 90. more ›

The laziest front ever is still slowly approaching the city today, and its languid approach has allowed lots of moisture to gather in the area. The dew point is hovering around 70 degrees and the precipitable water, which is the amount of water that could be condensed from the air above our heads, is approaching two inches. With all that water it won't take much of a disturbance to get some rain falling. Look for an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms from this afternoon until about midnight. Some of that rainfall is likely to be intense primarily because we forgot to bring an umbrella to the office. The heavy cloud cover will keep this afternoon's high to the lower 80s. more ›

Was anyone awoken by the thunder early this Decoration Day? If you slept through it a cute little thunderstorm dropped a bit over a quarter-inch of rain around 7 a.m. That line of storms was the first notice that a cold front is about to pass south through town. With all this humidity we might see another round of storms, hopefully not Manhattanhenge obscuring ones, once the front arrives later in the afternoon. Today's high will be in the sticky upper 80s with an outside chance we'll see the first 90 degree day of the year. more ›

Thanks to an approaching warm front, it's another day of gloomy gray skies in the Big Apple! The front won't get here until tonight, making the Weather Service's forecast high of 71 degrees appear overly optimistic. Look for misty, drizzly weather for a few more hours. Showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon and evening. more ›

Don't let the semi-bright skies fool you! We are catching a short break from the precipitation as a tongue of somewhat drier air is squeezing its way between rain bands. Another round of showers and thunderstorms, some containing heavy rain, should arrive later this afternoon. Since the ground is saturated from all this rain, close to 2.5 inches has been measured in Central Park, a flood watch has been issued for the entire metro area. The Weather Service has also issued a coastal flood advisory for this evening. more ›

This week's weather can be summed up in one word: cloudyrainycool. The jet stream is constipated with a blocking ridge over the Atlantic. As a result the long waves of the atmosphere are not moving eastward. Instead there's an upper-level trough over the southeastern states that is quickly becoming a cut-off low. That low is just going to churn all week long, bringing cool easterly winds and lots of moisture to the New York region. more ›

Mostly sunny skies are expected today as high pressure takes a brief pause over the Mid-Atlantic region. It's dry as a bone out there, with the dew point currently running about thirty degrees under the air temperature. Combine that dry air with a brisk west wind and there's an elevated threat for fire spread according to the National Weather Service. Today's high will be in the lower 70s. more ›

Where is this 70 degrees people were predicting for today? Soon, people, soon. The warm air is behind a warm front and that front is somewhere between the Big Apple and the City of Brotherly Love. Once that front gets here the temperature will quickly jump a good ten or fifteen degrees. more ›