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LibertyBell

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  1. Capturing it on your camera counts as seeing it, was this over Long Island?
  2. we don't really get severe weather down here at the coast (which I'm perfectly fine with), our severe weather even when we're under a warning consists of some downpours and gusty winds for like 10 minutes.
  3. Don is tonight supposed to be just as good as last night was? Just look earlier because clouds will come in later? I plan to look around 10 PM tonight.
  4. wow Don how visible are they with your eyes and what direction did you look in?
  5. which part of PA? how visible is it with your eyes and what direction did you look in? we have clouds here to the north and west and it's clear to the south and east lol. I guess the northeast looks pretty clear too. But north and northwest are cloudy.
  6. Astronomy is way more interesting-- bring on northern lights and more eclipses!
  7. Oh you're up late looking too? I got some advice, even if you can't see them take pictures of the night sky with your camera (long exposure 4 sec to 10 sec) and they might show up in the images.
  8. we were in the low 50s Now I'm looking for Northern Lights!
  9. and hopefully the clouds break in time for a historic Northern Lights display tonight!
  10. ugh yeah I just wish we could at least have normal temps and sunshine though lol
  11. I thought that + part of the cycle was supposed to be ending soon? Hmmm lol When did the PDO switch to negative though, was that around 2017?
  12. why is it so cold up here? you'd think with heat that strong it would push its way up here?
  13. And did the recent -PDO start somewhere around 2017 (right after the super el nino)? And as for the AMO did that switch to negative a few years ago too? Thanks, it's good to know where we stand. After seeing that giant sunspot on the last day we had sunshine here (Wednesday) I know we're in for a HUGE solar storm this weekend (and maybe Northern Lights even down here). But it's not looking good for next winter at all.
  14. Is there any fixed or approximate length to these cycles that we could calculate how long they last? Looks like the AMO cycle is also important for our winters.
  15. Saturday will be absolutely amazing with clear skies, I hope we get to see the northern lights!
  16. it's around a 20-25 yr cycle I think we had this same cycle back in the 70s to the first half of the 90s, it flipped in the mid 90s. 1967-68 to 1992-1993 was a -PDO? That means a 25 year cycle I'm thinking it will flip again around 2042. We have awhile-- but it doesn't mean that we won't get good winters, they'll just be extremely rare. We still had 1977-78 in the middle of that cycle but that was the only really good winter. Aside from that we had an HECS in February 1983 so that's the only other possibility- one HECS to make the entire winter near or slightly above average for snowfall.
  17. and now we're getting a giant solar storm!
  18. Why is the wind coming out of the south here? I noticed it's westerly over NJ, typically with a strong west wind it pushes all the marine air offshore and the west wind makes it to the coast after a frontal passage.
  19. It was 52 here last Sunday, I think it will probably be about the same as that. Man, that day sucked lol. Windy to boot!
  20. It's almost impossible not to hit 50 this time of year. So I'll go with climatology and say we will at least get into the 50s.
  21. yup looks like the rain comes back after the beginning of the week.
  22. I was looking at the 7 day and it looked like partly sunny Monday - Wednesday. Our pattern seems to be nice the first 2-3 days of the week and wet and cool for the second half of each week.
  23. this is probably 10 degrees too cold.
  24. after Sunday it will be warm and dry again
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