LibertyBell

I would hope the weather is better for the eclipse Thursday Night.

Hopefully well after the total lunar eclipse, Don

Would the predominantly westerly flow cancel out the effects of the cooler ocean, Chris? Maybe not 70s, but it certainly looks like we will be in the 60s a lot here.

The only thing I have against it are allergies. But I noticed I have much less allergies when there's no wind and only a small amount of rain.

How is there so much greenery on the east end? It looks like summer there with all those green leafed out trees.

Just like no one wants to be walking around in a hoodie and gloves and a scarf in the warm months either. Well, maybe NYCWinter does....

True, and the same people aren't the same size after they eat it either!

It's good that the weather won't mess up the pi day total lunar eclipse 3/14 at 3:14 am lol (totality is really from 2:30 to 3:30 am). it can rain after that.

I was thinking of this, but they aren't all the same size ;-)

it should really be between storms, what falls on one calendar day is pretty subjective.... why should a new day begin at midnight? And what if 1 inch falls before midnight and 5 inches falls after midnight? It's the same storm so what if it doesn't match some arbitrary definition of when a day should begin? I've always thought a new day should begin at sunrise, but that's creates some issues with length of day.

it's a pity because we were so close to getting a 30.0" snowfall mean for the official 30 year period from 1991-2020 Would it a 30.0" average if we adjusted the 30 year period to 1993-2022?

wow that might have been close to a record of getting a snowfall within a week after it hit 75+

as long as it's after the total lunar eclipse on 3/14, I'm happy :-) all of next week should be nice.

You sure do love covering yourself up.

Thanks Tony, also medium range look for the total lunar eclipse on Pi Day 3/14 at 3:14 AM (lol), looks like good weather to see it? Totality is for around 1 hour (2:30 am - 3:30 am) approximately.

So the decent winter of 1986-87 was basically over by now and we almost hit 80 degrees. It's amazing how the great winter of 1995-96 kept going and we were record cold on this date back then! I guess 1717 must have been a great winter for our area too if there were snow drifts like that on Long Island Sound! March 1984--- we had a nice snowstorm from that, over 6 inches of snow I think? March 1989-- were we in the teens for that Arctic Outbreak, Tony? Records: Highs: EWR: 77 (1987) NYC: 76 (1987) LGA: 74 (1987) JFK: 72 (1987) Lows: EWR: 13 (1996) NYC: 8 (1883) LGA: 14 (1996) JFK: 14 (1996) Historical: 1717 - On Fishers Island in Long Island Sound, 1200 sheep were discovered to have been buried under a snow drift for four weeks. When finally uncovered, one hundred sheep were still alive. (The Weather Channel) 1909 - The town of Brinkley AR was struck by a tornado which killed 49 persons and caused 600,000 dollars damage. The tornado, which was two-thirds of a mile in width, destroyed 860 buildings. Entire families were killed as houses were completely swept away by the tornado. Tornadoes killed 64 persons and injured 671 others in Dallas and Monroe counties during the Arkansas tornado outbreak. (David Ludlum) 1984 - A freak thunder snowstorm produced high winds, vivid lightning, and up to seven inches of snow in the northern suburbs of Washington D.C. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) 1987 - Thirty-two cities in the eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Madison WI with a reading of 71 degrees. Afternoon highs of 68 degrees at Houghton Lake MI and 72 degrees at Flint MI smashed their previous records for the date by fourteen degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 1988 - A cold front brought wintry weather to the north central U.S. Snowfall totals in northwestern Minnesota ranged up to eight inches at Roseau and Hallock. Winds in South Dakota gusted to 61 mph at Brookings. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - While arctic cold gripped the northeastern U.S., unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the southwestern states. Albany NY reported a record low of 2 degrees below zero. Tucson AZ reported a record high of 90 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

It's true, everything seems to start up at 5 am, the garbage truck comes by, our local post office opens up for mail delivery trucks, etc.

Tony, what do you think.... is tonight / tomorrow morning our last freeze of the season for urban and near urban areas?

Some things I've noticed about clippers is that the kind of track they used to take back in the 80s and 90s, which was across the DelMarVa or offshore off of southern NJ has migrated farther north and now those clippers go across upstate NY and/or New England. And they're also much more moisture starved than they used to be-- back then they were good for at least 2-4 / 3-5 inches of snow and sometimes 4-6. Now getting 1-2 inches out of such storms is a big deal. It's why our moderate sized snowstorms have become so rare.

It has something to do with solar noon being at 12 noon vs 1 pm. They've been saying that having equal amounts of light both before and after 12 noon is beneficial to our health. I'm not sure about that being a permanent issue, it's more like a short term thing because I think our bodies adjust to Daylight time. It might be better to take it easy for the first week and go to sleep earlier though. I do know that the day after the time change there's a spike in heart attacks, strokes and car accidents, so whatever we choose we should stick with it. The 30 minutes ahead option year round might be the best to satisfy the most people.

No it's the fast pacific jet, we've had this same thing before in the 80s, this is worse with more warming plus that heatwave out in the Pacific. Back in the 80s I noticed this as a teen that there were two predominant tracks for storms that go west to east, one goes south of us the other goes north of us. NYC is in a bad spot for west to east storms because we are too far south for one track and too far north for the other track and this is why DC beat us for snowfall so often back then, for us to get good amounts of snow we need south to north or southwest to northeast tracks. This is even moreso the case now because clippers have become much more rare.

It's not lol, he picked 7 years because it's been 7 years since our heavy snow period ended in 2017-18.

What made it fail? I'm neutral on this and can make arguments both ways, we should just stick to one and not change back and forth A third option is keep it 30 minutes ahead of standard time all year long.

Is there really much of a difference between the sun rising at 4 am or 5 am in July? I would be sleeping through it either way. I have black out curtains, everyone should, it also keeps light pollution at bay. Healthcare workers point to numerous signs that Daylight time is bad.

Yes 4" events were much more common back then, we had at least one in even our worst winters.