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It's reasonable, I expect Staten Island to be similar to Newark, where it hit 88. I don't understand how Central Park only hit 79 when 80 was reached even on Long Island. There isn't even any foliage there right now.

Crazy, it got to 80 here near Sunrise Highway!

90?! wow, that was a positive bust It didn't even make it 80 at NYC and hit 80 here in Nassau County even on the south shore!

and Australia had record wildfires and an extreme drought just a few years ago

Good question.... what changed to cause this big spike in the SOI?

80 in April isn't that unusual. If you go over the last, say 30 years, I would think about half of those Aprils have seen a high of 80+ on at least one day.

That storm has trended north, a few days ago it was a coastal storm with snow in our interior suburbs

Thanks Don, what's the storm total there the past few days? Over an inch? NYC on the other hand has not seen an inch or more of snow this late in April since 1983 (April 19, 1983).

Sorry to hear that. If you have time please share what he gave you, I've ran through everything from Benadryl to Claritin to Zyrtec....nothing seems to be working.

Yeah this is a serious issue, especially for those of us who have heart issues as it is. Today was our first day in the 70s here on the south shore It actually felt better this afternoon than it was yesterday and especially last night. For some weird reason my allergies are always at their worst very late at night and very early in the morning.

Those trees don't reproduce in our area..... not in Nassau County, where it's mostly concrete. Maybe like 0.0000000000000001% of the pollen ever gets used, most of it is wasted and ends up negatively affecting health or just dirtying up the environment. I just saw a study mentioned on the news about how seasonal allergies dramatically impact heart health too. Pollination is needed of course, but it doesn't have to be there every day for 3 months....ideally, it should just happen for one week. There's plenty of pollen that gets expelled in one week. The pollen count is tremendously high....for some reason last year it was much less (I think a combo of a colder snowier winter and a drier spring.)

what are your thoughts on getting energy from the power of ocean waves? that could be a nearly unlimited source of energy

There are towns there which are entirely powered by renewable energy!

For whatever reason last year was much better in that I didn't have any allergies until May and even then it only lasted for a few days. I've tried various different allergy medication but none of them seem to work very well, especially late at night. Last night I woke up with a constricted throat and was gasping for air. It isn't just me either, I spoke to my neighbors, one of them is elderly and has a medical grade air purifier and even with that he told me he has difficulty breathing with all the allergens in the air. The filter on his air purifier has to be replaced every week, because it turns black. It's amazing how much worse this problem has gotten over just a few years. I was wondering if this is less of an issue when we have our normal snowfall because the snowpack seems to keep the trees dormant longer. Last year we had good snows into late February and then it was dry so we didn't have the type of allergy season we're having this year. Is there a way to track how bad it is from year to year the way we track droughts?

It actually looks like Bismarck might get more snow than Minot, the snow hasn't even reached Minot yet. South trend? This is a true old style blizzard...the kind you see in black and white pics. Snow drifting up past the first floor of houses.

but we already have projects ongoing for ocean farm projects.... seaweed farming is such a good idea.

wild....Scandanavia and the Netherlands are far ahead when it comes to renewable energy projects.

what exactly is causing the allergy season to be much worse this year than last year? less snow in the winter than last year? there's a noticeable difference. The other thing is last spring was drier.

well that is what it is...I actually got the idea from a social media post about "spring treegasms" lmao

It's kind of funny, you just don't have a sense of humor about this. I posted them on social media and everyone was laughing and agreeing. The older crowd loses their sense of humor about these things after a certain age. Maybe not meant for a weather subforum, but there were a series of posts like this on social media, beginning with a "spring treegasm" gif posted by someone. It was all meant in humor, but in reality the warming climate is causing this outrageous reaction from local vegetation.

To Minot!

Hopefully they don't have a January 2015 type shaft.

Looks about the same as the typical rain/snow line

Portland Oregon getting unprecedented April snow! https://twitter.com/search?q="Snow in April"&src=trend_click&pt=1513480229645287435&vertical=trends

yes this is not what I would call a real warm pattern.... it's just a function of storm placement and being warm sectored. Most of the country is going to be much colder than normal. whats going on with that storm on the 19th which looked like a cold rain or a mix?