LibertyBell

7 hours ago, bluewave said:

I can remember the big beach crowds before the season began. It gets really packed once the train crowds arrive from NYC. Gino’s is a goldmine with a line out the door as many people stop there first. It was my favorite pizza on Long Island. Now near New Haven it’s a pizza lovers paradise. Just had Modern pizza from New Haven over the weekend and it’s one of the best pizzas that I ever had. 

Gino's was my first and favorite pizza as a kid on Long Island too.  I think I was 9 years old when I first had it.

7 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Thunderstorms are moving across parts of the region this evening. A few locations could experience strong wind gusts and hail.

In the wake of today's early-season heat, readings will trend closer to normal levels for tomorrow. May should see the first week wind up somewhat warmer than normal.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was 0.0°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was +0.8°C for the week centered around April 24. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.23°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.98°C. The ongoing basinwide El Niño event is fading. Neutral conditions could develop later in the spring.

The SOI was -2.31 today.

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -0.532 today.

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied near 100% probability that New York City will have a warmer than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 55.8° (2.1° above normal).

 

it's really interesting, there was no prediction of any rain for today and yet it happened (for some-- there was zero rain here).

6 hours ago, MANDA said:

Pollen going full bore here.  I can't have all that crap coming into the house.  It is gross, covering everything in green dust.

Yes, as soon as I turned on my air conditioning today my allergies went away.

4 hours ago, nycwinter said:

got my hoodie and jacket ready for rest of the week...

you are a weird one lol

3 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

The dangers of global warming more or less stretch beyond the actual warming aspects. 

Floods, droughts, fires, water toxicity, disruption to plant/animal species, sea level rises, coastal flooding, destructive storms and yes brutal summer heat and sometimes unusual winter storms are all part of it. 

This hurricane season may really test these factors

and don't forget really bad air pollution either via forest fires or toxic chemical emissions

2 hours ago, psv88 said:

One bad hurricane season and Florida will see a mass exodus. Insurance rates are already the highest in the country and increase 30% per year. Not sure how the state can handle another big one, insurance companies will just stop writing policies. 

They'll be moving to more inland cities like Orlando.

7 hours ago, JustinRP37 said:

That would still kill off our aquatic life here as it is outside their tolerance levels. Our fish are not tropical. Besides don't you like winter? Regardless yes, it will happen, but hopefully not in my lifetime. Once atmospheric CO2 levels reach 750ppm acidification will prevent corals from building reefs and shellfish won't be able to make shells (so dead). 

I love winter, but I hate the ugly weather that happens during these transition seasons especially when we have onshore flow.  My happy medium would be very snowy winters and then an offshore wind during spring and summer to keep the marine layer where it belongs-- out over the ocean lol.

17 minutes ago, rclab said:

Gives an updated meaning to the ‘ignorance is bliss’ axiom. As always ….

Yes it is, but it does seem to explain the main reason why the public doesn't seem to care that much about a warmer climate, they probably like the idea of a warmer climate.  It hits differently if you talk about higher asthma rates, lung damage, heart attacks and other health conditions stemming from emissions and the pollution they create.

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

Heavy rain here

it's very localized, nothing here but partly cloudy skies and from the videos I saw coney island is partly cloudy too

8 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

People at the beach on the last day of April said:

 

"WE LOVE GLOBAL WARMING!" LOL

This was on ABC7 news just now.

 

I didn't realize all these people were at the beach

I guess you can go to the beach even though there are no lifeguards there

people are just sitting and reading under umbrellas at the beach or just walking along the sand

People at the beach on the last day of April said:

"WE LOVE GLOBAL WARMING!" LOL

This was on ABC7 news just now.

2 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

Still hanging on to 89 degrees here, but I know it won't last much longer. Should have a pretty good drop here around 5pm. 

I enjoy a few torch days this time of year, but I wouldn't want it consistently hot this early. May is the big lettuce month, and obviously the lettuce crop wouldn't be as good if it was hot all the time. I can wait until June for the consistent hot weather. I'm glad we're going back to more normal highs in the 60s and 70s after today. 

I like a combo of cool and warm weather too, as long as it's sunny on most days.  Rain once a week or once every 10 days.  I can do without mist and fog though, that's pretty much useless.

3 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

So we can kill of aquatic life faster???

No it will just be more like Florida.

It's going to happen.

temps in the 40s are just too cold.

30 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

ewr hitting 85 behind a seabreeze in april is still pretty impressive

and JFK hitting 80.

I hope the oceans warm enough in the next few decades that seabreezes become a thing of the past.

25 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

89 here right now!

well the party is finally over here the sea breeze has kicked in

5 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

Are they? Feels like we've had many that have lasted into May in the past several years, espec with these crazy blocking patterns. Memory could be hazy trying to remember earlier times tho!

We're getting more blocking patterns in April and May, but I'm not sure if they are back door fronts.  With temps dropping into the mid-upper 30s, they seem more like pseudowinter type arctic fronts.  Instead of getting those in the winter when we're supposed to be getting them, we're getting them in spring now.  But we're getting these overperforming warm days too, like last April we had two days in the 90s and this is now our third day in the 80s for the month.

4 minutes ago, Cfa said:

Compressional heating high of 88, courtesy of the sea breeze 

“Only” 80 now.

Nice! Only 2 shy of 90

7 minutes ago, psv88 said:

85/66 now. We summa. Would really suck to live in New England! 

this is July weather now.

2 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

seabreeze city 

where? it's well up into the 80s in SW Nassau

Just now, JonClaw said:

I love it when heat overperforms. 

you knew it would happen when yesterday way overperformed too

EWR: 91 (1974)
NYC:89 (1974)
LGA: 88 (2017)
JFK: 85 (2017)

all of these records could be broken today!

1 hour ago, ILoveWinter said:

They certainly have a better late March to mid May climate as they often avoid BDCFs and the associated cloudy and easterly flow. If our winters continue to stink then I'd agree that they have a better overall climate considering their better Spring weather and as we both roast in the summer and have similar Autumns. 

back door fronts are thankfully becoming less common here too, they usually happen in early April and not this late in the month

1 hour ago, weathermedic said:

Up to 81 at my station now.

yeah we're not susceptible to back door fronts like eastern New England is.

38 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

87 at NYC.

JFK also well over 80, Don?

I hit 84 here

27 minutes ago, JetsPens87 said:

Incredible day!

Bring it on let the weenies burn!

Yeah it's this time of year I'm happy we're not in New England lol