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Sections of coastal Monmouth & Ocean benefitting from the SB while the S. Jersey beaches roast. SB did make some headway into AC but the NW wind beat that back & it's once again 92 degrees at the marina, up 10 degrees the past hour.

https://www.njweather.org/maps/mapviewer?mapname=temperature

93 / 69 locally for the spread today. Highest heat index I saw was 94 degrees.

High at nearby TTN was 92.

96 degrees at PHL was just one shy of all time Philadelphia May max.

3:00

92 / 62

H.I. - 92

90 / 65 @ 2:00

H.I. - 92

3rd 90 day of the year

12 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

record heat for early June would be near 100

hopefully deep westerly flow or some more of this onshore stuff?

Yep, when it comes to early June heat there's 1925 and then there's everything else.

25 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

But what about for our area, are they still warmer than normal for this time of year?  When do we typically see 60 degree sea surface temps?

But in terms of what effects it has on coastal areas, they wouldn't have any effect if we had a land breeze correct?  

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/coastal-water-temperature-guide/catl.html

86 / 92 / 90 locally for 3 day summer preview. Just fine some of those GEM & GFS blast furnance runs didn't materialize.

95 at PHL & 93 ACY both tied the record for the date.

Locally 92 for the high & also 92 at nearby TTN.

Toasty at 4:00, DP up to 72 now

Record May max temp at Philadelphia is 97 set during the epic 1991 torch. Heat came early & often that year, (21) 90 days before the start of calendar summer. (5) of those days were 95+ & (1) 100 day for good measure.

Since 1990 the avearge date of the 1st 90 at PHL is 5/23, 1st 95 average date is 6/26.

31 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Radar looks like garbage here in PA the storms are going to have to pop in a hurry

 

If had a dollar for every one of radar looks like garbage posts before a significant event......

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

50 here with drizzle, philly is 74 under full sun.....160 miles or so.

I'm 10 miles NE of Philadelphia, high was 63 degrees.

Some heavy rain between 4:00-6:00am. Steady lightning & thunder for over an hour with a few house rattlers.

1.07", even more just to my north & east

25 degrees at Somerville this morning.

Locally 30-32 degrees for locations with no wind.

For nearby TTN this month will represent the 3rd below average April over the past 5 yrs. During that time frame the average April temp is down 3 degrees from the  prior 2010-2017 period.

3 hours ago, qg_omega said:

20 days early?  I don’t think so

Locally, SE PA, the leaf out was running significantly eary until the pronounced late March cold shot pumped the brakes. Last 30 days are averaging around -1.7 degrees & I'd estimate currently around a week ahead a schedule thanks in large part to the 80 degree weather earlier this month.

I've been out to New Hyde Park, Dix Hills & Bohemia enough in the spring to know its a whole different schedule out on the island.

PHL recorded a low of 32 degrees this morning, that ties 1983 for the 2nd coldest temp on the date & the coldest since 1875. This also represents the latest freeze at Philadelphia since 1988.

Over the past 30 yrs. the average date of the last freeze at PHL is 3/31.

2 hours ago, snowman19 said:

Not buying the 2nd half of March/after mid-month “winter is coming back” hype going around on twitter. Maybe central and northern interior New England pull off something? But the 1st half of March, at least, looks to be cooked here. As far as hoping for some miracle comeback after 3/15…good luck with that. And as far as a mid-month “SSW” some are talking about, what’s being shown is not even a true SSW, if anything it’s a normal final warming event, which happens every spring. Even if there was a mid-March SSWE, what good does that even do? There is a lag and by then it’s the tail end of March/early April….too little too late for producing a snowstorm pattern here. If it results in blocking, it’s chilly rains and dreary chilly spring days when no one wants it anymore

Can't quite put my finger on it but I could swear I've seen this post before.......

40 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

I noticed Millville at 5 (with calm wind) at one point this morning.

They ended up bottoming out at 4 degrees shortly after 7:00. At 3:00am it was 20 degrees, between 6:00-7:00 dropped from 15 to 5 degrees when the winds went calm.

2 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

 

The last time Washington, DC picked up 6" or more snow while not even a trace was recorded in Central Park or Newark was March 16-17, 2014 when Washington received 7.2" of snow.

DCA had over 10" during a Jan 2019 storm while Newark & Central Park recorded 0.1" & a T respectively. Technically not a shutout however about as close as you can get.

Significant snow falls immediately following 60 degree days should be most common during late winter & early spring for our region. To have an event of this magnitude in early Jan following a top 10 warm Dec and the preceeding 5 days averaging 14-16 degrees above normal is beyond remarkable. 

5 hours ago, Dark Star said:

I can't remember the last time lakes and ponds in Union County NJ froze solid enough to skate on.

A little dramatic, 4 years ago is a little while but it's not back in the Ming dynasty 

1 hour ago, Phil Connors said:

baseball has twice as many games, honestly the internet has ruined sport viewership because you can instantly see the game summary or highlights once the game is over. Same reason newspapers are dead.

Dolts like you who obviously struggle with reading comprehension & can't even correctly spell the name of city they supposedly support aren't doing the print media any favors.

On 9/12/2021 at 5:46 PM, Phil Connors said:

No major drought's in the 2000s. 

1999 was a major/extreme drought for perspective.

2000s on have been average or wetter for precip

Wrong, severe / extreme drought conditions occurred during the fall of 2001 & peaked in the spring of 2002. This drought was worse than 1999 as the combined reservoir storage system reached record low levels.

December 15, 2001 Combined storage in the NYC Delaware reservoir system drops to a record low level of 63.348 bg, or just 23.4% of capacity. This is more than 113 bg below normal storage levels for the date.

https://www.state.nj.us/drbc/library/documents/02chronology.pdf

https://www.nj.gov/drbc/library/documents/drought/DRBdrought-overview_feb2019.pdf

the donkey who is the supposed Pittsburgh fan can't even spell the city correctly, what a dolt

another weak character front runner 

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

Was that the one that caused the first EF3 of the summer?  It ripped up a Home Depot and mall.

 

The July EF-3 hit the Trevose section of Bensalem Township. The F3 damage occurred at a car dealership & neighboring mobile home park. This is the strongest tornado on record to hit Bucks County.

Yesterday Bristol was hit by confirmed tornado that originated in S. Jersey.