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Low of 36. What a World Series that was, just incredible drama.

I will say the ORH one initially caught my eye too because they stayed mixed all night through morning…5-10kt. But surrounding min temps do seem to verify ORH and Tol.

BWI: 13.1” DCA: 10.5” IAD: 13.6” RIC: 6.6” Tiebreaker SBY: 7.0”

My Ambient Weather Station tends to shoot up once the Sun is hitting it in the morning. It will reach a daily high in line with everyone else and then reach a low similar to other stations, but in the morning once the Sun hits it, it's always several degrees warmer than other locations. Isn't it supposed to be in the Sun? I don't get why mine gets so warm so quick because of Sun when others don't.

Tough loss for the Blue Jays. Though I didn't really have a dog in the fight (being a lowly Cleveland Guardians fan haha!), I was rooting for Toronto to win it. Just because they were huge underdogs and I'm kind of tired of big market teams like LA always being up there every season. Was time for a totally different winner this year. I was almost hoping for a Seattle-Milwaukee Series, actually! As much as the Dodgers' talent came through (Ohtani is insanely talented, and Yamamoto is nearly as incredible), the Jays really blew it. Very frustrating. I mean, come on...leadoff double in the bottom of the 8th with a then 4-3 lead, and they cannot push across one insurance run (would have rendered what was LA's tying home run in the 9th as moot)? Then in the bottom of the 9th, bases loaded and one out in a 4-4 tie, and they can't score the walk-off winning run somehow? And even in the 11th when down 5-4, they had a definite good chance to at least tie it, but blew it with a double-play to end the game and the Series. I suppose, being a native Clevelander, it's only fitting that the former Guardian (Shane Bieber) coughed up what was the game-winning HR to the Dodgers!! He must have forgotten that he's not playing for Cleveland now, LOL!!! Oh and despite being disappointed in the outcome, what a Series! A 9-run spot for the Jays in Game 1 was the 2nd largest inning in Series history, and TWO extra inning games (including the 18 inning drama). This was the 4th extra-inning Game 7 in the "modern era" going back to Jack Morris (for the Twins) and his 10-inning pitching gem...and, as expected, Cleveland lost TWO of those (1997 in 11 innings vs. the Marlins, 2016 in 10 innings vs. the Cubs).

I can't say I'm mad Hoffman blew the save. He was blowing kisses to the Os dugout the first time he faced them this season. If anyone doesn't remember, the Os had a 3 year deal on the table for him but pulled it after the physical showed some concerns with his arm. And they weren't the only team to back away. His regular season era was almost 4.5 and at one point was benched as the cloaer.

Huh?

Liberty Reservoir was steaming this morning as I drove over it.

Not real until @CoastalWxstarts saying it’s “bad ASOS”

30.9

Frosty morning here

Those are echinacea.

Happy Birthday to chief weenie.

Clouds gonna save many of us a freeze threat tonight before warmup.

And 10 beers

Looks okay to me?

34° No sub freezing yet

I absolutely love it. huge capacity so it drastically reduces the number of times I would have gone to the dump pile without it. days like today with lots of oak leaves are harder because you have to blow them into piles and suck them up with the big hose before you get started with the mower, if you don’t do that the mower deck will just push them around or leave trails behind you. 2 yards, 2people, 2 lawn tractors, 2 blowers, and 1 cyclone rake will take about 5 hours.

Something is off there if you look at all the sites nearby at similar elevations

I agree. That one is strange. We watch that site.

I can’t figure out ORH this morning. That one took me by surprise. Not even close here at 34.2

The Chester County COOP stations have had numerous moves and station changes over the years. Fortunately, the changes are easy to spot by comparing against other COOP stations. The 1970 West Chester move is a good example. The top plot shows the monthly temperature difference between West Chester and Coatesville. Before the move, West Chester was roughly 1.5F warmer than Coatesville. When the station re-opened in May 1970 after the move, West Chester was roughly the same temperature as Coatesville. The difference between West Chester and Phoenixville changed in exactly the same way as a result of the move (second plot). Before the move, West Chester and Phoenixville had similar temperatures. After the move West Chester was cooler than Phoenixville. The cooling nature of the move is easily spotted by inter-comparing the three stations. West Chester experienced a permanent change in temperature that wasn't weather related. The NOAA bias adjustment captures the West Chester move perfectly. Before 1970, the West Chester data is biased warm because the data was collected at a warmer site. This simple example shows how NOAA uses science to get the correct information from the raw data, what the raw data really saw about our climate. Bias adjustment is critical in Chester County because all the Chesco stations operating in 1945 experienced cooling moves between 1946 and 1970: Coatesville in 1946 and 1948, Phoenixville in 1949 and West Chester in 1970. You won't get the right answer in Chester County without bias adjustment.

Another heavy frost this morning, glad I brought the house plants in last night turning off the outdoor spigots today

Near normal is cold? We’re starting Nov AN up here.

Super, cold and rainy.