ChangeofSeasonsWX

I was thinking about going to Luxor, Egypt for the 2027 eclipse but I'm nervous about my safety there.

Yeah it always shocks me how much people take these events for granted. I would die for the opportunity to see totality from my backyard. I wasn't able to go north for this one and missed it. Total solar eclipses are probably one of the greatest celestial events you can witness. I'm too far south to see Aurora Borealis, and the next totality won't be until May 1, 2079. I took a trip to Alaska which wasn't cheap and planned on seeing the northern lights but that fell through the floor also. Just can't catch a break.

Summer is always the best time to get an eclipse because there is a much lower risk of clouds. Not sure if it's worth the risk going to Alaska for the March 2033 eclipse because it's always cloudy that time of year, and Alaska is expensive enough already. But I really don't want to have to wait until 2045. Must be nice to live in southern Illinois and get two eclipses in a seven year span. I wish I had that kind of opportunity.

If you want real windstorms go to Atlantic Canada or Europe. Those seem to be the hotspot for hurricane force non-tropical systems.

Something else that I just thought of is that both Atlantic Canada and Europe get many more stronger windstorms than us. Canada gets both more hurricanes in the summer and their winter wind events tend to be much stronger as well. Even during our "big" wind events like December 18th last year, areas outside of the immediate coast rarely pass 60 mph, whereas in England and Canada it happens quite a bit more. I wonder why this is?

We are hypers even with earthquakes though lol 4.8 yeah that's big in this area but I barely felt it. Let me know when the next major hurricane or blizzard hits then we can talk lol

Boring times we are living in.

Yeah climo is working against us this time of year in SNE. Very rare for us to score in the coastal plain.

Yeah personally I agree that it is all just a bunch of cycles that we go through with snow. Despite what some on here might think, this will never be the Mid-Atlantic. **not sarcasm**

I agree that sarcasm is hard to read for sure. We need a sarcasm emoji on this site. I'm not sure if it would spread hostility though. Personally I use sarcasm a lot but always in good faith. It's just how I am.

Sarcasm

All I can say is that hopefully we don't reach Mid-Atlantic levels of snowless winters in my lifetime.

Its true. Outside of the immediate coastline Seekonk is about as tropical as you can get. I wouldn't be surprised if we are in USDA Hardiness Zone 8 in my lifetime. Parts of Cape Cod are already a Zone 7b so it wouldn't be that difficult to reach a Zone 8 in another 50 years or so. Hope I'm wrong because I love the snow, but I live in the wrong area for it. Good spot for the rare and elusive hurricanes that we don't even see anymore, but thats about it. Snow and severe don't do well in this area.

Yeah that north shift is probably the nail in the coffin for us here.

Yeah I mean don't get me wrong the ceiling with this is definitely high, but I just can't see this being another April 97, even if the consolidated solutions were to verify. April 1982 is the least applicable because this one lacks the same cold antecedent airmass. I could imagine a ceiling event with this one being 03/29/70 which was the Easter Sunday blizzard if the low retrogrades back sooner. So it has potential, just not sure its April 97 potential.

Everyone wants to keep bringing up 04/01/97 and 04/06/82, and yeah 1996-97 was a ratter until April 1st just like this season but this one just doesn't have the same dynamics as that one did, and April 1982 had a very cold airmass to work with. In terms of overall synoptics this one actually looks more similar to 03/29/70, but even that one had better dynamics to work with.

It's basically been a Vancouver winter here in SNE. Much more rain than even Seattle. At least the Mid-Atlantic is warmer and actually has seen 80 degrees already.

Looks like it skunks SEMASS but slams CT. Obviously still early and a lot can change. I know we had a good streak around here for a while in SEMASS but the past few years have been really bad and I think we all deserve a region wide crushing. It's so hard to do this late in the season though. Climo just doesn't favor it.

Looks like March 2010 as an analog verified after all. I say bring on summer. Maybe next winter will be better because it can't get much worse than this past winter. Definitely a Seattle feel.

We couldn't get a single storm to break right for us this season. Just another washout weekend. Maybe we can salvage a decent Sunday.

I just find it interesting how despite the warming climate, there hasn't been a North Atlantic March storm since 1908 or a February storm since 1952. I mean both of those storms happened in a colder era so why hasn't it happened since then? Even in January and April they are (relatively) more frequent.

If that STS that some models show off the Carolinas next week were to happen, this would be the year, right? I mean, with the forecasts being as bullish as they are for the upcoming hurricane season. If we can get a Category 2 in March in 1908, then why can't we get a mere STS in March 2024?

Its funny how everyone talks about March 2012 when it comes to warmth. PVD only hit a peak of 81 that month which yeah is warm but what about March 1998 when it hit 85? or March 1945 which hit 90 at PVD?

So far definitely seems more like March 2010 than 2012 with all the rain, but maybe we can hedge more towards a March 2012 feel later in the month? Lets hope

Yes, April 1982 and 2016 both had decent snow and our lowest maxes on record for the month.