rclab

16 minutes ago, bluewave said:

 

 

Good afternoon BW. I was 18 when the original came out. Now at nearly 77 I come across this reworking of the lyrics with the same music. To me, as the latest deluge continues, I found it interesting and heart rending. Stay well, as always

15 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Tough to get good photos but this table is incased in ice. There's a rose bush in the bed there that sprouted new growth this week which is now caked in ice. 

I like the crocus and daffodils. I hope they can still remain vibrant after the freezing rain. As always ….

54 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Looks like a top 10 wettest March day potential.

 

Maximum 1-Day Total Precipitation 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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Rank	Value	Ending Date
Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2024-03-22
1	4.25	1876-03-25
2	3.86	2010-03-13
3	3.44	1977-03-22
4	3.10	1983-03-18
5	2.98	2005-03-28
6	2.95	1914-03-01
7	2.94	1901-03-11
8	2.63	1979-03-06
9	2.61	1953-03-13
10	2.45	2010-03-30

 

Maximum 1-Day Total Precipitation 
for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ
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Rank	Value	Ending Date
Period of record: 1931-02-01 to 2024-03-22
1	3.99	2010-03-13
2	2.71	1993-03-13
3	2.60	1977-03-22
4	2.57	1991-03-03
5	2.53	1953-03-13
6	2.50	1934-03-31
7	2.44	1983-03-18
8	2.39	1997-03-31
9	2.35	1962-03-12
10	2.34	1951-03-30

25 minutes ago, snowman19 said:

Extremely impressive radar. It’s going to be absolutely torrential soon. Would not surprise me if there’s 4+ inch rain totals in the metro area

23 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

I think that's likely 

Good morning all. As of 07:51 the park is at .44. Please be careful if you’re out or on the roads. As always ….

33 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

32.5 degrees and just under a half inch and pouring, a truly lovely morning...not

Good morning Rob. In the main thread you mentioned the trees and bushes are encased in ice. With winds possibly gusting later is yours and the surrounding northern areas in any danger. Please be careful if you go out. As always ….

4 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

It will be interesting to see how things hold up should the newer guidance verify. I suspect that the Magnolias that aren’t in bloom might not bloom until April if the weather stays cooler. The Camelias could lose their blossoms. Most of the crocuses are already done blooming.

Good evening Don. Magnificent photos from the Botanical Gardens. Below the first photo is of a Camilla I planted at my parents house over 55 years ago. The second is a bloom from a Camilla I planted in the postage stamp 40 years ago. My sister said the one at my parent’s house opened its first bloom near the end of February. Stay well, as always …

On 3/11/2024 at 2:44 PM, IrishRob17 said:

@rclabits been a while, I hope that you are well.

Thank you Rob. I’ve been in a catch 22 loop with my account. I was only able to visit and couldn’t get help. I would request a password reset, put in my address and screen name and one or the other wouldn’t be recognized. My daughter, heaven bless her, asked me how the forum was doing, hearing my situation and not being able to contact Admins for help, she said she would get an account so that I could use it to contact the Administrators for help with mine. Today the reset request worked. This whole mess had to be something I did. My problem now is trying to figure out what it was so I don’t do it again. Im happy to be back. Firum withdrawal symptoms at my age are distinctly unpleasant. Thank you for asking ….. and …. As always 

8 hours ago, gravitylover said:

I wish my brain was wired differently and I did nerdy stuff like keep records, or at least informal notes, about stuff like you guys keep weather records. You'd think it would've come to me to do things like that, since I was a kid I used to like reading Thomas Jefferson and others weather accounts from back then but my lazy brain never told me to do it. The other thing that totally gets me is I didn't do more to clear the yard for better light and plant fruit trees when I moved to this property in 1996. Man I'd love to have a mixed assortment now especially considering how expensive good produce has gotten. The hindsight that comes with age is both entertaining and frustrating at the same time as the 'coulda shoulda woulda' thing gets into your head. I think they call it wisdom but I hesitate to attribute that word to me  I bet that @rclab has some insight  

… gravity your post words ‘are’ wisdom. Unlike those on Mona Lisa’s doorstep, the fact that you can vocalize your dreams actually means they’re not dead. My 18/22 foot postage stamp will always be dear to me. The soil in its 150 year existence is less than ideal. I still, in a boxed raised bed and clay pots filled with fresh soil, attempt vegetable plantings. Even so with Mother Oak taking over in the warm season, full sun is restricted to a limited number of hours, preventing any sort of bumper crop. What ever does ripen, I treasure …. Of course unless I’m vigilant my furry tailed tree rodents harvest before I do. The postage stamp is also a final resting place for beloved small companions. The photos below show the latest loses, my feline, Honey and my daughters canine Stan. The birds are also a blessing to watch. I furnish them with seed for the feeders and suet for the small cage holders. I often wish that someday, standing very still, after replenishing the feeders, a sparrow will land even briefly on my shoulder. Such are the dreams of the aged. Please be well gravity and know your land, of almost thirty years, is now a part of you and loved by you. As always …

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Your words reminded me of this song sung by Billy Joel-- bold part:

 

We walked on the beach beside that old hotel
They're tearing it down now, but it's just as well
I haven't shown you everything a man can do
So stay with me baby, I've got plans for you

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't, although we'll want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
And now I need the rest of you

Did you know that before you came into my life
Some kind of miracle that I survived?
Some day we will both look back and have to laugh
We lived through a lifetime and the aftermath

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't although we want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
I know we've got to move somehow
But I don't want to lose you now

Sometimes it's so easy to let a day slip on by
Without even seeing each other at all
But this is the time you'll turn back and so will I
And those will be the days you can never recall

And so we embrace again behind the dunes
This beach is so cold on winter afternoons
About holding you close is like holding the summer sun
I'm warm from the memory of days to come

This is the time to remember
'Cause it will not last forever
These are the days to hold on to
'Cause we won't although we'll want to

This is the time
But time is gonna change
You've given me the best of you
But now I need the rest of you

…. And though a cold wind may yet steal my breath …. The soul that is me will forever remain yours. ( sung quietly to Mother Nature by a lonely old man walking slowly around his postage stamp. ) stay well Liberty, as always …..

2 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Good morning Rich, I hope all is well my friend. Not much to report here, down to 4" at the snow stake but plenty of bare spots now. Low was only 23 this morning, up to 40 now. The previous two mornings lows were 13 and 12 with highs in the upper 30s. As for seasonal snowfall I'm at exactly 29.5", which is just slightly below normal now. When compared to the NWS seasonal average I am only .5" below normal as of today, when compared to my running totals, which go back to 2005, I am now 2.5" below normal. Three of the last four years have really done a number on my seasonal snowfall average, and it doesn't look like this year is going to help it any unless we get something big in mid-March. Not holding my breath though.

2 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Backyard still 100% covered but front yard torched out with the sun this week. It's been cold at night but not really. 20" for the year which is 3" behind last year's total and about the same as the total the year before if I remember right. A far cry from the previous 48+"/yr average. I think for a while up to the early 2000s my total was in the low 40s but it bumped up nicely. Now... 

Thank you Rob, gravity. The postage stamps frozen beauty is gone. Now only the dull lifeless brown of fallen oak leaves remain in view. I did find a small promise of the Spring to come. Stay well, as always …..

Good morning everyone. I find the NW & NE enjoyable and miss it when it goes quiet. Stay well, as always ….

1 hour ago, Ji said:

cant imagine being 89 and still dealing with crap winters

Just don’t Ji …… enjoy what ever time you have left.  As always ……

2 hours ago, Cold Miser said:

...In the not so distant future (10 years?), museums will have exhibits showcasing the days of yore when New England had real winters.  There will be interactive displays and dioramas of great blizzards right next to the Woolly Mammoth, and Saber Tooth Tiger exhibits.

A weather forum member’s ancestor on the coastal plain 15,000 years ago. Stay well, as always ….

3 hours ago, snowman19 said:

@bluewave The signal on the ensembles for an extremely warm last few days of February and especially early March is astounding. I haven’t seen a signal this strong since probably March, 2012

Good morning S19. Apparently AccuWeather long range agrees with you, at least for the moment. Stay well, as always ….

Even the UHI haunted inner city can yield to frozen beauty. Stay well everyone, as always ….

12 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Does Chesapeake Virginia have a California Pizza Kitchen?

26 states, 9 foreign countries. The closest to VA is Durham NC. One in Bethesda MD also. As always ….

1 hour ago, forkyfork said:

CPK is chesapeake virginia. central park is NYC

1 hour ago, Nibor said:

Can we pin this pls

forky, Nibor, I’m sorry, as a CPK use past offender I couldn’t resist. Stay well, as always ….

9 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Inner weenie is comin on out 

6 minutes ago, Rmine1 said:

Awful visual. Think I just threw up a little in my mouth 

You’ll be fine Rmine1. You just had a Joey Chestnut moment. As always ….

2 hours ago, keno19 said:

Every person on this community is a weenie including myself. lol  The workers of the NWS don't come into forums like this.  Bernie Rayno  probably one of the best experienced meteorologists i know.  Todays weather channel meteorologists are all kids.  Seems they almost just give atmospheric science degrees now like water.  They dummy down the physics and calculus.  Its sad everything now is ensembles and looking at models from run to run.   I look at 75% of todays news weather men or women and they have backgrounds as journalism, earth science, environmental science lol.  Those degrees don't go through the  tough math and physics calculus differential equations, multi variable calculus, thermodynamics etc.  probably why forecasts are horrible today.  Don't want to be negative.  I just like the real science behind the forecast.

Good morning k19. Darn it, cliff notes for calculus and I find out about it now….. stay well, as always …..

46 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Wow I wrote a short story called The Last Snow back in February 1989 as a sophomore in high school when yet another busted call for 6-8 inches turned into virga.  It was a story set in the future about a group of storm chasers celebrating the last snowstorm that the Planet Earth would ever see.

 

I would like to read it. If you ever have the opportunity to post it. Stay well, as always …

15 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Yet another snowfall opportunity--at least as promised by the GFS--appears to be headed for life support and then its possible demise. A light event still remains plausible, but worries that such an event could also collapse abound. Tweeted calls for the 1961 Kennedy Inaugural storm and 1969 Lindsay storm, extreme 46-day snow maps, and calls for 0-degree readings in New York City, lie in ruins.

There are even suggestions that Fall 2023 never really ended. Instead, fall will complete a smooth seasonal transition to Spring 2024 sometime next month. Maybe Taylor Swift's next album will feature "Cruel Winter?"

So, what are area snow geese to do?

Rely on memories of past storms? Those memories are growing hazier with the passage of time. What about younger members?

Maybe the local art gallery or museum can refresh memories or remind one of what a snowy landscape looks like.

And maybe Winter 2023-24 can muster up the ingredients needed for a decent snowfall before spring takes hold for good.

Than you Don. A poignant illustration as is this: Stay well, as always ….

6 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

whats a DT ?

…. As always….

18 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Confused, just like his sexuality.

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I’m thinking about both . It’s a worry 

8 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, judegement free zone here.

Perhaps this can make it easier. Stay well and convinced, as always …

1 hour ago, NEG NAO said:

do you actually think its going to be raining near Scranton and the Hudson Valley and snowing in NYC Metro ?

Good morning everyone. That’s actually an illustration from the primer coloring book, ‘Meteorology for Weenies’ it explains how the intense storm draws in all the cold air from the surrounding areas thus changing the perimeter to rain. The book was dedicated to JB and ritually burned by S19. Stay well and hopeful, as always ……

On 1/31/2024 at 9:44 AM, gravitylover said:

I had a solid 2-3mm coating on everything, it even managed to freeze on the car windows enough to need scraping. Two mornings in a row with just enough to make it look wintry and to keep the surface muddy. Yay. 

On 1/31/2024 at 9:51 AM, LibertyBell said:

measuring in mm now are we lol

 

Good morning, gravity, Liberty. For us on the coastal plain it might as well be M&M’s. Stay well, as always …

1 hour ago, NEG NAO said:

I hope you are not referring to me at almost 69 years of age..........I am just a grouchy old man........

Good morning NN. You’ll be fine. I’m two months short off 77 and have passed through grouchy and am now settled in the blessed world of numb. Stay well and positive. As always …