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Found it! It was on until 1995-- ended just before the historic 1995-96 snowfall season (but at least it was here for 1993-94 when I remember watching it almost every morning!) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.M._Weather A.M. Weather[1] was an American weather news program that ran from October 30, 1978 to February 3, 1995. and was broadcast on PBS member stations throughout the United States. The 15-minute daily program, which aired fifteen minutes before or after the hour (depending on the station's scheduling of the program) and was produced by Maryland Public Television (MPT, or before 1984 the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting), featured detailed forecasts presented by meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). While many other media outlets embraced computer weather maps and graphics in the 1980s for weather forecasting use, A.M. Weather held back on fully embracing computer graphics until 1991, although the program did adapt to such graphics for satellite and radar maps in the late 1980s. The show's trademark yellow pointer was a mainstay of the program entire run. Overview[edit] The show's progression usually started with a satellite and radar segment, followed by the current conditions around the U.S. (vice versa in early years), then the forecast (especially in terms of temperatures and precipitation), followed by an aviation forecast (locations of MVFR and IFR, aircraft icing, turbulence and winds aloft) and ended (when necessary) with an inclement weather report, called "WeatherWatch" (the only time that the yellow pointer was not used). The program aired its final edition on February 3, 1995; one of the reasons behind A.M. Weather's cancellation was that MPT wanted to expand on its morning business news enterprise with Bloomberg L.P. Hosts included NOAA meteorologists Carl Weiss, Joan von Ahn and Wayne Winston, as well as H. Michael Mogil, Rich Warren, Dale Bryan and Barry Richwein. Other notable substitute hosts included: Regis Walter, Steve Zubrick (now the president of the National Weather Association), Gary Petti (a meteorologist with National Weather Service and National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS), now retired), and George Lessens (now the chief meteorologist at WZZM in Grand Rapids, Michigan).

Yep, and they gave flight info and it's the first time I ever heard of these terms! It was only on for 15 minutes a day in the 80s and 90s at 7:15 AM but I loved watching it and I remember looking at their forecast snow maps-- they were usually first onto a potential threat before the local news stations got it.

How much cooler are we talking about after May 4th, Tony? Not as cool as it is now or will be tonight?

Thanks Tony, what about LGA and JFK?

and also the clouds, which were pretty low here this morning. Chris, what's the latest that we've seen 32 degrees at the park or city airports over the past 50 years or so? I'm curious about how we're seeing mid to upper 30s occurring later now than they used to, but our last freeze always seems to be in late March now.

With the clouds it never got lower than the low 40s last night. Tonight should be the coldest night of the entire month though....

the sun is coming back out here now.

we need the front to fully pass through and push this junk offshore completely

didn't we have thunderstorms last week? we had rain and then the sun came out.... I think it was two Saturdays ago?

I'm looking through my pictures to see what year my garden did the best, it turns out it was 1993. But I was also using cow manure back then..... lol

The cold is more of a problem than lack of rainfall for those-- we already have way too much rain. I grow those myself-- peppers need hot weather to grow well.

I like the label "drought resistant"

Plus it's really hard to do anything with so much sogginess everywhere. It also promotes dangerous bugs who spread disease (like mosquitoes and ticks.)

or 1 inch every 10 days which is good.

and these players are not actually better than the players from the earlier era because everyone is hitting like that. It's why normalizing this behavior isn't the right way to do things.

This is why the whole idea of "average" is just an illusion. Another example is the extreme increase in rainfall and earlier last freezes since 2000. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and I distinctly remember our last freeze was around April 10th and we used to average around 40 inches of rain a year. But now our last "average" freeze is considered to be March 30th and our "average" rainfall is now 50 inches of rain a year? How is this even allowed to happen? We really should end climate norms with 2000 and anything that occurred since then should be compared to what happened before.

Chris we notice this ourselves with snow too--- snow that has survived many thaw freeze cycles is much more difficult to melt than new snow, which melts much more quickly. Older snow is much harder, denser and much more difficult to melt.

that was this morning now the sun is out

blame 30 year normals for that they should use the entire climate history of a region to make those calculations

Yes John! I read that the tides have the power to provide energy for two earths, not just the one we have! Gravitational energy-- there is no greater force in the entire universe! It's the ultimate underdog story-- the weakest of the four fundamental forces built the entire universe! Think about the possibilities of creating micro black holes and how much energy we could harvest from those!

It was hard to do any gardening in most of April because everything was soggy and wet. I wish we had our normal rainfall patterns of the 80s and 90s when we got like 1 inch of rain every 10 days or so-- this is my ideal. No 2 inch or 3 inch rainstorms, just an inch of rain (preferably at night) maybe 3 times a month.

Yes even sunny and 50s is fine lol

I do and rain prevents it from happening. I use a garden hose for all my watering needs.

It was between TWC and AM Weather on PBS/Ch21 here. Before I had cable, I used to watch AM Weather during the 90s.

The GOAT!