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Records: Highs: EWR: 87 (1985) NYC: 86 (2001) LGA: 85 (2001) JFK: 82 (2001) Lows: EWR: 32 (1947) NYC: 28 (1875) LGA: 33 (1947) JFK: 36 (2021) Historical: 1857:The Genesee Suspension Bridge in Genesee, NY, collapsed under the weight of 12 inches of wet snow weighing 19 pounds per cubic foot. Snow fell to a depth of 48 inches at Liberty in the Catskills. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 1883 - An outbreak of tornadoes from Louisiana to Kansas claimed the lives to 200 persons. One of the tornadoes destroyed the town of Beauregard MS. (David Ludlum) 1978: Lightning sometimes strikes tents. In this case, a tent containing some sleeping Girl Scouts was hit by lightning as they were camping at DeGray Lake in Arkansas. Two of the Girl Scouts suffered minor burns. 1980 - A record April heat wave sent the mercury up to the 100 degree mark in Iowa. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - Fifteen cities in the southeastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 96 degrees at Pensacola FL established a record for the month of April. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - Heavy snow fell over northern Nebraska, with 15 inches reported at Mullen. Heavy snow also blanketed the mountains of northern Arizona, with 16 inches reported at Munds Park. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Twenty-seven cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. The high of 96 degrees at Omaha was an April record, and the high of 100 degrees at Lubbock TX equalled their record for April. Hill City KS and Liberal KS tied for honors as the hot spot in the nation with afternoon highs of 103 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Southern and Central High Plains to northwest Florida during the afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 67 mph at Gillette WY, hail two inches in diameter west of Roswell NM, and deluged Cheyenne OK with 8.68 inches of rain leaving some parts of the town under five feet of water. Temperatures reached the low 90s in the north central U.S. Chamberlain SD and Pickstown SD tied Presidio TX for honors as the hot spot in the nation with afternoon highs of 94 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1991:On April 20th and 21st Boston had 3.32 inches precipitation the greatest in a 24 hours for April. (Ref. NOAA Boston Weather Events) 1999: A one million dollar air charter Bowling 727 flew into large hail. Although the plane and it 66 occupants landed safely, the aircraft was declared a total loss. 2002: A tornado moved across Wayne County, in southeast Illinois. The tornado passed through the southern part of Fairfield with F3 intensity winds. One person was killed in a mobile home west of Wayne City. 42 people were injured, 13 critically. A total of 35 homes were destroyed, and 16 received major damage. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) 2003: Tropical Storm Ana became the first Atlantic tropical storm since records began in 1871 to form during the month April. Maximum sustained winds reached 55 mph. Starting as a non-tropical area of low pressure on the 18th about 210 miles south-southwest of Bermuda, it was classified as a sub-tropical storm early on the 20th, it gained full tropical characteristics near 0000 UTC on the 21st, developing an "eye" feature. 2011 - Lambert International Airport in St. Louis experiences extensive damage as it is hit by a group of tornados, blowing out windows in the main terminal and tearing the roof off Concourse C. Five people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries from shattered glass and flying debris.

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Bet everything you have on @Jns2183's daughter winning every Science Fair medal to be had in the years to come

48 / 41 rain / showers moving through more focused in the northern areas into NYC. Clear out and warm up for 36 - 48 hours with Thursday the nicest day / warmest and driest of the next 10. Low - mid 70s. Weekend loosk cool / wet Sat into sun with >0.5 inches and potentially >1.0 for the area. Trough / much into the east . Moderation towards the second week of May with ridge coming east.

My daughter's science project we picked was recording the sound of rain underneath a pot on a deck. She got an A and I've had way to much fun since with the data. Sent from my SM-S731U using Tapatalk

0.00 as well . Most didn’t get much of anything.

Boston still gonna win the series, but happy to see the Sixers come back strong for game 2. Flyers look unbelievable against the Pens!

And by light I mean some random flakes.

It's nice we are getting several days of dry weather, but it is not going to last.

Light snow here all morning.

This illustrates how much warmer the surrounding tropical areas were during 2023-4, which means a RONI significantly cooler than ONI due to the lowered contrast: Look at the much larger contrast in 1982-3:

35° and sunny Where’s my precip?

Down go 9 days!

Down at Sanibel Island FL and the scars from Ian are still evident. Lots of dead trees from the surge and broken palms. Also lots of new palms planted held up by stilts at the condo complex we are staying. The whole first floor of the place was destroyed, but they had no power for 8 months so even on the other floors, the mold build up meant everything had to go. The couple at the pool who owns here joked and said the place was 40 years old and needed to be upgraded anyways…but laughed saying he didn’t expect it to be this way.

Exactly the type of analogs I was speculating on. 2002 is similar, but obviously weaker. I think the issue will be the NAO...1991-1992 was awful because it was the only strongly positive NAO/weakly -PDO, which we may very well have this year.

This is the objective analysis page from SPC for upper levels. I don’t have the reanalysis for anomalies off hand, but I’m sure I can do some digging for you in the coming days while on night shifts. I’ll post anything here if I find it!! https://www.spc.noaa.gov/obswx/maps/

No I was on that train, I just wanted to give you shit. That was one post and then I mentioned it will suck.

Solid Steiner today

Remember back in early April some thought the weeklies were bullshit @Brian5671 @jbenedet and you?

I'll take any rain I can get! I've been trying to establish a new lawn these last few weeks, and it has been tough

46 degrees Some rain showers but so far we seem to be avoiding the worst.

Low of 44 upon leaving the house. No rain yet.

Winds howling yesterday caused a house fire 3 houses diwn to spread to a second home. Was so bad watching it unfold.