LibertyBell

The earth has always changed but the planet has not been hospitable to human life through most of its existence. Do we really want to return to the Mesozoic era? Or even worse, the Paleozoic?

oh you're going to get an amazing view as long as the weather cooperates.

a 2010 repeat (both summer and winter) would be nice!

I'm looking forward to a 2010 repeat and a winter like that to follow....

hot and dry is what we want

for good snows next winter too

I think at some point, we'll have to start pumping all this excess water off the planet....

We might have to start dumping all this extra water into space.... maybe ship it to Mars for the new colony?

wow it's not even summer yet, what are the implications for the summer for these places?

The cooler period will likely just be from March 19-25..... the best it will give us is our last freeze in the city and close in suburbs. Hopefully cool and dry since it wont be cold enough for snow.

Well, maybe they do better with cloud cover forecasts? Do you have any advance thoughts on what the cloud coverage might be like for Syracuse on April 8th for the total solar eclipse, Chris?

Tony any advance forecasts for cloud cover for Syracuse for the total solar eclipse on April 8th?

It's not even summer yet lol. Do you have any advance forecast for cloud conditions for the total solar eclipse on April 8th in the region of totality (I'm looking for the forecast for the area near Syracuse.)

I dont blame "weenies" I blame the people who designed these models, do they not know how to debug and correct these models? all programmers know how to debug...... they should theoretically be able to adjust the way they handle the MJO when they see these errors occurring.

time to vacuum the ocean and send all that water to Mars for a new colony to use.

dry and warm is definitely the best weather if it's not going to snow

wow that sounds like some amazing memories. 1944 and 1948 were extremely hot at JFK and so was 1953 and 1954 and 1955 from what I've read and of course 1966. And they got to experience some amazing TCs too like the 1944 hurricane, Carol in 1954 and Donna in 1960! And in 1947 they got the HECS of record for that period, the day after Christmas! The original Boxing Day Blizzard!

I remember both of these historical occurrences really well! It's crazy they both occurred on the same date, 3 years apart! 1990 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC. (The National Weather Summary) 1993: An incredible blizzard known as "The Superstorm" struck the eastern United States on this date through the 15th. The storm was described as the most costly non-tropical storm ever to hit the U.S., doing an estimated $6 billion in damage. The storm was as strong as a hurricane regarding winds and low pressure. The pressure dropped to an incredible 28.35 inches of mercury or 960 millibars when then the storm was located over the Chesapeake Bay. Boston, Massachusetts, recorded a wind gust to 81 mph, the most substantial wind they had recorded since Hurricane Edna in 1954. Also, as the storm was intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico, a wind gust to 99 mph was recorded by an offshore oil rig. It dumped incredible amounts of snow from Alabama to New England. The snow amounts were significant everywhere, but for places like Birmingham, Alabama, the 17 inches recorded brought the city to a standstill for three days. Mount Leconte, North Carolina, recorded 60 inches of snow. Practically every weather station in West Virginia established a new 24-hour snowfall record during the event. Syracuse, New York was buried under 43 inches of snow. The storm killed 220 people, and another 48 lost at sea. The storm also brought a 12-foot storm surge and 15 tornadoes to Florida, where 51 people were killed. Air travel was brought to a halt as every major airport from Atlanta north was closed during the height of the storm. During the late evening into the early morning hours of the 13th, a vicious squall line swept through Florida and spawned 11 tornadoes resulting in five fatalities. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 110 mph at Alligator Point and 109 mph at Dry Tortugas. Exceptionally high tides occurred along the western Florida coast. A 13-foot storm surge occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in 10 deaths with 57 residences destroyed. A 5 to 8-foot storm surge moved ashore in Dixie County. Over 500 homes were destroyed, with major damage to another 700 structures. Click HERE for more information from the University of Illinois.

why doesn't someone correct these models?

cool and dry? 40s and sunshine next week is fine by me.

It's going to happen this week

I'm wondering if we can get NW flow at least a few days each week we'll be okay. If this same thing happens during the summer, this is when we'll make a run at 100 degrees. During the 50s, what caused all those 100 degree days and such long heatwaves? I think there was a year in there (was it 1953 or 1954), when NYC hit 100+ degrees 4 or maybe even 5 times? We had many more major TC coming up the east coast back then too as well as big severe outbreaks like the one which caused the F5 Worcester Tornado.) Really the period between 1944 and 1960 was pretty amazing for long extreme heatwaves and big east coast tropical cyclones.

It would be hard for JB to do worse than 2001-02 lol a lot of people canceled after that disaster.

He always dances as St Paddy's Day approaches because he knows winter is over lol

when it's sunny yes, there is no real warmth when it's raining-- that's the one kind of weather I can't tolerate unless it only happens like one day a week.