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Looking forward to a nice 3 day return to summer. Could be our last 80 plus day?

Looks like our rain chances increase next weekend as moisture from Polo makes landfall on the Baja Peninsula spreads inland across Texas and combines with a strong Fall Cold Front and a surge of tropical moisture from the Gulf. Still a lot of details to iron out, but the potential is there for another heavy rainfall event followed by another push of cold air. Welcome to a strong El Nino Fall and Winter. This early September Nor'easter is a harbinger of things to come!

1.27 2 day total imby

thank goodness this was not a winter storm all the people would be upset because we are in the dreaded dry slot..

El Nino's are warmer Summers in Europe

thanks, we work hard all offseason for this. No days off

6z euro had another 4-5” on its run. Obviously a chunk of that happened already but still.

Surprised how strong winds still are, thought they’d be dying down by now

gauge at the house reading.63", and wife says nothing spectacular as far as wind, stations around my area saw maybe a few 30+ gusts, meh, it was legit windier on Wed before I left

Happy the power outages were not as many as expected. Did not lose any branches.

Let's talk about the odds for a warm December for the CONUS Strongest east-based El Nino on record +QBO -PDO Chance of beating the 91-20 average warm nationwide is probably 75-80% just generally What's the odds, 90% Some La Nina/-QBO's had huge Aleutian blocks, which flexed the SE ridge.. Im thinking that's how it could bust cold, Pacific driven not NAO

Might be able to get Yankees game in before rains. .

@Jns2183The new NESDIS web user interface absolutely sucks.

Yeah, this was the strongest east based forcing summer pattern on record. So the IO and Maritime Continent had more sinking air than 1997 and 2015. But since the ridging was so strong leading to warmer SSTs from Japan to south of the Aleutians, we got the more Niña-like summer -PDO pattern. This enhanced mid-latitude ridging extended across the CONUS to Europe going against the previous cooler summers during developing El Niño summers.

It’s just sheets of rain blowing sideways. Still windy. Impressive.

It is very impressive. I was working on my geo satellite post but you beat me to it before I could get mine up. I ended up taking out my water vapor images. Looks really nice from some of the other channels too.

lol hot take 58/57 and about as breezy as it ever gets in this wind hole

The big ups and downs of the WCS daily PDO continue with nearly a 1.00 drop the last 10 days to -1.43:

Up to .79 wind with brightening skies

still gusting to 50 here-a fair amt of limbs down around town...about 30K without power in CT

Records: Highs: EWR: 91 (1998) NYC: 90 (1933) LGA: 90 (1988) JFK: 89 (1998) Lows: EWR: 35 (1947) NYC: 41 (1957) LGA: 43 (1947) JFK: 46 (2000) Historical: 1816 - A black frost over most of New England kills unripened corn in the north resulting in a year of famine. (David Ludlum) 1822: Using various documents and meteorological observations determined a hurricane moved ashore on this day in South Carolina. One account from Bull Island, South Carolina records the eye passing directly over that location. 1822: Mail south of Richmond was unable to be delivered for three days, as the storm rendered roads impassable. At Monticello, near Charlottesville, Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter noted that a violent storm broke branches and felled one of their willows. At Lynchburg, winds uprooted trees and toppled chimneys. Along the Staunton River, rains began on the 27th and continued until 9 a.m. the next day. The river rose to "the greatest height ever known." (Chapman) (Ref. for Charleston Hurricane) 1906: The second September storm of 1906 was one of great violence. On the 27th the hurricane reached the central Gulf Coast with destructive winds and unprecedented tides. At Pensacola, FL, the tide was 10 feet above normal. At Mobile, AL property damage was severe. An estimated 134 lives were lost from Pensacola, FL to Mississippi from this storm. 1936: Denver, Colorado: Early season snowstorm buries Denver. Storm total of 21.3 inches falls at airport in 60 hours. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1942: Snowflakes flew across parts of Lower Michigan as temperatures fall to the lower 30s and only rose into the 40s during the day. Fort Wayne, IN reported a trace of snow on this date and two days prior. These dates remain the only two September snowfalls on record at that location. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1955: The U.S. Weather Bureau's station on Swan Island in the western Caribbean was destroyed as Hurricane Janet passed very close to the island. Winds gusts were estimated to have reached 200 mph. Janet made landfall at Chetumal, Mexico early on the 28th where winds were sustained at 175 mph and the pressure dropped to 914 millibars or 27.00 inches of mercury. Over 500 people were killed and damage exceeded $40 million. (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1958: Hurricane Helene passed just off the North Carolina coast. Wilmington had sustained winds of 88 mph with a peak gust of 135 mph, a record and recorded 8.29 inches of rain. Cape Fear was battered by sustained winds of 125 mph with gusts to 155 mph. This was a near miss however as the eye remained about 20 miles offshore and thus the tides were not excessive. Total damage was $11 million dollars. (Ref. Daily News Record Newspaper - Harrisonburg, Virginia) (Ref. AccWeather Weather History) 1959 - A tornado 440 yards in width traveled twenty miles from near Hollow, OK, to western Cherokee County KS. Although a strong tornado, it was very slow moving, and gave a tremendous warning roar, and as a result no one was killed. (The Weather Channel) 1970 - Afternoon highs of 103 degrees at Long Beach, CA, and 105 degrees at the Los Angeles Civic Center were the hottest since September records were established in 1963. Fierce Santa Ana winds accompanying the extreme heat resulted in destructive fires. (The Weather Channel) 1985 - A record early season snowstorm struck the Central High Plains Region. The storm left up to nineteen inches of snow along the Colorado Front Range, and as much as a foot of snow in the High Plains Region. (Storm Data) 1985 - Hurricane Gloria swept over the Outer Banks then rushed across Long Island, New England, and Canada. It was the first significant hurricane to hit New England in twenty-five years and brought heavy rains and high winds to the Mid-Atlantic states as well. 1984: Tropical Storm Isidore made landfall near West Palm Beach during the morning hours. From there it moved slowly to near Orlando in the evening, then recurved to the northeast and crossed over Jacksonville and out to sea the next day. The highest wind gust was 73 mph near St. Augustine. Rainfall of 5 to 7 inches in north Florida caused local flooding. Heavy snow fell across parts of the Plains and Colorado Foothills. Snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches across the Plains with up to a foot in the higher elevations in the Foothills. The main problem caused by the storm was thousands of power outages caused by snapped tree limbs falling on power lines. Some cars were damaged by falling trees and limbs. The snow also caused flight delays at Denver where just over 5 inches of snow fell. The high temperature the next day in Denver only managed to make it to 34°, a record low maximum for the date and equaled the all-time September record up to that time. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1985: Hurricane Gloria today makes landfall on western Long Island, New York with sustained winds of 85 mph. (gusts to 115 mph.), moving at 35 mph., Pressure 28.37 inches or 961 mb. and a storm surge of 4- 7 feet above Mean Tide. Hurricane Gloria was one of the most intensely reported events of the 1980's. Gloria hit New York and Connecticut as a moderate hurricane in September 1985. Although Gloria was not a major hurricane when it struck Connecticut, it was significantly more damaging to Connecticut than Hurricane Belle (1976) and Hurricane Donna (1960). Gloria at one time had a central pressure of 919 mb (27.13 in.), and sustained winds of 150 mph. - making Gloria almost a category five hurricane. At this time, Gloria was one of the largest and most intense cyclones to ever threaten the middle and north Atlantic states in several generations. Gloria brushed the North Carolina Outer Banks near midnight on September 27, with sustained winds of 105-mph and a central pressure of 27.83 inches (942 mb). The Diamond Shoals light-tower sixteen -miles off the North Carolina coast, recorded sustained winds of 98-mph with gusts to 120-mph. Gloria continued to accelerate northward off the eastern US coast brushing the coast of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey with hurricane-force gusts. Gloria finally crossed the coast of the United States mainland near western Long island, New York about 10-miles east of Kennedy International Airport. Passing over central Long Island, Gloria crossed the Connecticut coast near Bridgeport about 40-minutes later with sustained winds of 80-mph. 1987 - While those at the base of Mount Washington, NH, enjoyed sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, the top of the mountain was blanketed with 4.7 inches of snow, along with wind gusts to 99 mph, and a temperature of 13 degrees. Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front in the south central U.S. A thunderstorm west of Noodle TX produced golf ball size hail and wind gusts to 70 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail in southeastern Wyoming during the afternoon, with tennis ball size hail reported at Cheyenne. Strong winds ushering the cold air into the north central U.S. gusted to 59 mph at Lander WY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Freezing temperatures were reported in the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley. Houghton Lake MI reported a record low of 21 degrees. Thunderstorms in the western U.S. produced wind gusts to 50 mph at Salt Lake City UT, and gusts to 58 mph at Cody WY.(The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

Just hit 5". Looks like a break after this

60 / 58 still light - moderate rain winds 10-15 and gusts to 23 MOH here 3.06 in the bucket as a whole and will likely end with 4 more inches of rain. Slow dry out and clearing by Tuesday PM and then a 58 hour warmup Wed - Fri with some warm spots into the 80s Wed-Thu-Fri and a nice period to dry out from this mess. Overall near normal 10/4 - beyond back and forth themed - hope we can dry out a bit.