Forensic Weather Consultants

09/11/2026

Alex (on the right), is one of my full-time Forensic Meteorologists here at Forensic Weather Consultants in Albany. Alex’s uncle was FDNY and died in the 9/11 attacks. He ran across the street to the firehouse to help, put on someone else’s gear, and responded to the Twin Towers even though it was his day off. What an honor to be able to read some names on the 25th anniversary of this horrific tragedy. Well done Alex, your uncle would be proud!!!

09/02/2026

URGENT ALERT!!! I really hope the people in this blue circled area know that there’s a tornado on the ground and that it could potentially be headed their way!!!

Other nasty storms in western and central New York pose a risk of 60 to 80 mph winds and possible tornadoes as well.

08/06/2026

Important weather update!!! Albany area friends, pay attention to national weather service warnings very closely. This thunderstorm is exhibiting some signs of rotation, and from what I can tell, it’s riding along some sort of boundary that could enhance rotation and allow this to become a supercell with an isolated tornado potential. Pay close attention to warnings and be prepared to go to safe shelter between now and the next two hours just in case.

07/18/2026

NOTE: This severe weather discussion is conditional on these areas getting a few hours of sunshine this afternoon.

While it's currently cloudy with areas of showers and thunderstorms ongoing, there's a bigger threat for significant severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes if New York State, Eastern PA, and the NJ/NYC areas get decent breaks sun for a couple of hours this afternoon. If this occurs, I think scattered supercells or a cluster of strong-severe thunderstorms (especially over New Jersey/NYC) could develop with the very strong wind gusts, damaging winds, frequent lightning, and a tornado or two (are circled in red). Across Upstate New York and other areas circled in dark green, the threat even more conditional on us getting some breaks of sun. If this happens then I would expect one or more lines/possible squall lines to develop with a threat for strong to severe wind gusts and wind damage over a larger area.

07/03/2026

Dear Saratoga Racetrack: What in the world are you thinking by running horse races in this kind of heat and humidity? You have choices…and this is a terrible one.

06/30/2026

**SEVERE WEATHER THREAT INCREASING** Latest radar shows a well-defined Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) moving into New York State. Wind gusts as high as 70-80 MPH are being detected by Doppler radar just above the ground. The atmosphere is unstable but cloud cover has limited how truly unstable things could have been today. Nonetheless, it seems likely that this MCS will make it's way into many parts of the Capital Region between roughly 3:00-6:00 p.m. We'll have to see if it weakens or maintains intensity. If it stays this strong or strengthens, expect localized to fairly widespread wind damage and an isolated tornado threat. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect until 8 PM.

06/18/2026

TORNADO WATCH (INCLUDING THE ALBANY, NY AREA) UNTIL 3:00 P.M.

->A higher than usual threat for wind gusts up to 60-80 MPH are possible with any semi-organized thunderstorms or a squall line moves through your location. Main timeframe will be 12:30-3:30 PM today

04/23/2026

French Police are probing a Polymarket trader with username "xX25Xx" after a $119 bet netted them $21,398 the same day someone used a hair dryer to heat up a Paris Airport temperature sensor causing the high temperature to exceed the 64 degrees F threshold that day, triggering a huge payday. One has to wonder about the validation of other weather-related financial transactions that are based on weather observations, heating degree days, snowfall amounts, rainfall amounts, etc.

The incident is the latest eyebrow-raising bet on Polymarket, as allegations of rigging and manipulation continue to haunt the popular prediction market site.

03/17/2026

Incredible mesoscale wind event occurring across the northeast…especially the NYC tri-state area up through Eastern NY. No thunder or lightning just a prolonged period of very strong wind gusts with rain and squalls associated with a cold front. Numerous trees and powerlines down across many counties. (Be very careful of wires that are down..they still could be live and pose an electrocution threat.

Peak Gusts so far:

Guilderland: Estimated 55-60 mph. Numerous trees/wires down countywide.

JFK Airport: Measured gusts to 72 mph.

Newark Airport: Measured gusts to 71 mph.

LaGuardia Airport: Measured gusts to 62 mph.

Voorheesville Mesonet: Measured gusts 56 MPH.

Albany Airport: Measured gusts to 53 mph.