LibertyBell

where are you getting this from lol I've heard of wishcasting, but this more like pretendcasting lol

Thanks Jeff, I just found it so interesting that the eclipse path looks so similar to the path the May 10, 1994 eclipse took, down to the same percentage of solar coverage here in NYC.

In this case deeper blue means more clear skies? So this is the complete opposite of the other chart, where deeper blue meant cloudy skies lol. So basically, the further east you go the clearer the skies get?

THIS would be the ultimate thread the needle event because we all know we won't get another chance until 2045.

this could be really bad for the trees. we have already seen some trees come down with previous windy rainy systems this year.

why does that look like a middle finger right in the middle of it?

I guarantee your post here is going to get more "likes" than any other post in this entire thread by anyone lol.

Is that siting proper too? Does it say anywhere in the regulations that the equipment should be further away from the ocean or at least establish some kind of barrier to shelter it from the ocean? Sea breezes are a local effect, so I look at that the same way I look at trees at Central Park blocking the sensor.

Looks pretty good for the eclipse on the 8th as of now.

So it's almost in Nassau County!

Yes, it can go both ways with snowfall (either more or less.) I remember in December 2009 we had a snowstorm where Central Park got 10" of snow and JFK received 15"! April 1996 was another one, Central Park and LGA both got less than an inch and JFK had 4.5" if I remember correctly.

I saw a video of this, it's simply amazing how much power we have at our disposal!

I wonder when we'll get this again. That was back when we had a lot more below zero temperatures too.

Chris how is it that Howard Beach has close to a foot of rainfall but JFK didn't even hit 10" JFK undermeasures rainfall too?

This is probably why it'll be hard to get dry years anymore like we had during the 60s and even mid to late 80s to the early 90s. Do you remember how different the Atlantic was back then? We had a lack of tropical cyclones and some very dry years.

I think it's gotten worse actually-- I remember back in December 2009 it was good out to 48 hours.

I've been saying this for years! The first step towards geoengineering.

Thanks! I was thinking that too. North America is much narrower than Eurasia is (it's really one continent!) Western Europe has a similar influence from the Atlantic like the West Coast of North America has from the Pacific, but with all that extra land mass before that air gets to eastern Asia, its influence is much diminished.

I had to do a doubletake when I saw those last two images, they look like a person having a really bad day....

that was a mixed precip event here though. They don't tend to be all snow here.

Does the Pac dominate the Atl because the Pacific is much larger or is it because of weather moving west to east (or both?) I ask this because I don't think it's all about west to east, because for example the Atlantic never wrecks the big snow totals for Japan (like Sapporo or Aomori, which is the snowiest city on the planet-- they average 320 inches or 26 feet of snow every year!) So maybe it's because the Pacific is so huge that it controls the weather of the entire planet?

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=cloudcover_tle_4-mean&r=us_state_ny I posted the Canadian ensemble model for cloud cover because Pivotal says it's the best we have. I just have a hard time believing there will only be 5-10% of cloud cover for the eclipse, that's weird for early April. The Canadian ensemble (CMCE) runs twice daily, with new maps typically available by 4:00 AM and PM EDT (1:00 PDT). Its forecasts for cloud cover are the most nuanced and realistic available on this page.

why don't we ever get a cutoff with 3 days of snow? In my life, I've never seen it-- only 3 days of rain (like December 1992).

https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=cloudcover_tle_4-mean&r=us_state_ny I posted the Canadian ensemble for cloud cover because Pivotal says it's the best model we have for cloud cover. I just find it hard to believe we could only have 5-10 percent of cloud cover in early April. The Canadian ensemble (CMCE) runs twice daily, with new maps typically available by 4:00 AM and PM EDT (1:00 PDT). Its forecasts for cloud cover are the most nuanced and realistic available on this page.

Pivotal also mentions that the Canadian is the most accurate for cloud cover predictions, but I find it --REALLY-- hard to believe that cloud cover up here will only be 5-10%. That almost never happens in April. https://www.pivotalweather.com/eclipse2024/?m=cmceens&p=cloudcover_tle_4-mean&r=us_state_ny The Canadian ensemble (CMCE) runs twice daily, with new maps typically available by 4:00 AM and PM EDT (1:00 PDT). Its forecasts for cloud cover are the most nuanced and realistic available on this page. The American ensemble (NCEP GEFS) runs four times daily, with new maps available every 6 hours. Its forecasts for cloud cover can tend to overestimate coverage where the sky will only be partly cloudy, while its precipitation forecasts are realistic and useful.