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8 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

why dont you wear shorts and a tshirt?

That would go over well at roll call...

20 hours ago, bluewave said:

Next few days we could see some localized pockets over .50 with the warm front.

.47 here overnight 

2 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

30 this morning for the low. This may be it for the freezes this season.
 

A little bit early for a last freeze, I've found we usually average the May 2 to 6 period for last freeze. 

My records show the last freeze average date to be 4/25, so pretty much on point here.

2 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Since the forums for Western NY are dead I'll ask here. What's it looking like in Ellicotville for the weekend? I know what the official forecast says but how wet is it really gonna be?

Yeah cause this thread is really hopping these days LOL. Looks like showers on Saturday, Sunday looks better but that was a quick glance at the Euro only. Jamestown below.

23 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

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

Is that what is was called? Was that on in the early 80s too? I remember watching some early morning weather show not on a major network. My first distinct memories of this are from April 1982.  

10 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

tropical update at .50 etc.

The late great John Hope

After a low of 30 up to 61 now, another beautiful day.

Cue the "Its rained so much how could there be any brush fires?" posts. 

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service New York NY
822 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

NYZ067>070-240000-
Orange-Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-
822 AM EDT Tue Apr 23 2024

...ENHANCED RISK OF WILDFIRE SPREAD TODAY...

The combination of low relative humidity between 25 and 30 percent
and south winds gusting around 20 mph will result in an enhanced
risk of wildfire spread. If any fires were to start the weather
and fuel conditions could cause fires to quickly get out of
control and be difficult to contain.

The annual NY statewide burn ban is in effect until May 14th. No
burn permits are issued.

31 again this morning 

31 for the low here

Wore shorts and a T-shirt this morning while doing some weed whacking...

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

does this really work?

when I was a kid I did something stupid and funny--

This was back in the early 80s we were living in an apartment in Brooklyn and I was pissed off because the weather people were always blowing their forecasts of snow and it never seemed to snow... it must have been 1980 or 1981 I would guess. 

My only justification for this is I was somewhere between 6-8 years old when this happened..... my parents were out shopping and I decided to make my own snow because I was pissed off that it wouldn't snow.  I took talcum powder and poured it all over our fans and turned them all on (we had a lot of table fans and ceiling fans, etc.)  Anyway as soon as I turned on all the fans, I was delighted because I could see it "snowing" everywhere as the talcum was blown around by the fans.  IT WAS JUST LIKE A REAL BLIZZARD!  But as soon as I came to my senses I realized that everything had turned white and my parents would be very angry when they got home so I quickly wiped everything off.  Only problem was our one TV in the house had also turned white and it had little airholes in the back and the white powder got stuck in there and I didn't quite know how to remove it from there so in my 6-8 year old panicked and frantic mind I decided to pour water in there to clean out the powder.  As you can guess this wasn't a good idea and the TV started to hum when I turned it on.  I could do nothing but turn it off and wait for it to dry out completely before it was safe to turn on again without the humming.

 

They did find out what I did when they came home and everything looked like it was covered in a hazy white mist lol.  My sister rubbed her eyes because she couldn't quite tell what happened.... until I explained what I did to everyone.

 

It goes right along with some of the other stuff I did around that same age.  I ate a couple of those magnets that you put on refrigerators to keep things in place because I saw iron being attracted to cartoon characters who ate magnets (Tom and Jerry I think.)  I also wanted to invent my own permanent battery free source of electricity for flashlights because I hated when batteries ran out so I decided to attach a piece of aluminum foil to a flashlight bulb and stick the other end of the foil in an electrical outlet.  When this didn't quite work I decided to stick the flashlight bulb directly into the electrical outlet and got the electrical jolt of my life (it felt like my insides were in the spin cycle of a washing machine) and my finger tip-- and the small flashlight bulb-- both turned ash black lol.  Again I was somewhere between 6-8 years old when all this happened.....

 

 

This might be your best post. Also explains alot LOL

13 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

I think the problem with April is that while warmer than March overall, our expectations are higher for April than for March.  I also think that the earlier start to daylight savings puts us mentally in Spring mode sooner than we should be. Anyone with kids in outdoor sports knows that we all freeze our a**es off from March until some point in May, when suddenly a switch is flipped and it's tolerable for a week before oppressive heat kicks in that no one is prepared for.

 

 

 

Nailed it. Lax season always started with coats and hats and ended with shorts while football season started in shorts and ended in coats and hats. The thing is, we're 'miserable' on the sidelines watching the kids play but it's all over before you know it so make the most out of whatever weather hand you're dealt.
 

37 for the low up here this morning. Keeping an eye on this afternoon but thinking the severe will be further west. 

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

one small fire 

@BxEngineto the rescue?

Noticeable little drop in temps and dews with the front. 

2 hours ago, gravitylover said:

Gotta love when the power goes out and you open the generator to put gas in and it's half full of milky goo

That sucks! I woke up to various twigs and small branches down so had some decent gusts overnight.

Temp dropped 7 degrees on my Davis

3 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

why not Burlington?

Where did you wind up driving to?

If it starts earlier than forecast is that a tell tale sign of a good eclipse?

10 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

You arent wrong. Went to breakfast this morning, literal line down main street for breakfast spots, never seen that. But every song in the restaurant was space/sun/moon themed. Kinda driving me insane to be honest lol. 
 

also purchased a few growlers of Ubu to take home lol

Great! Let me know what time you'll be passing through the OC so I can grab one of those growlers... Is that German bakery still there on Main St near Great Adirondack Brewing? 

55 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

Im in lake placid now. If youre gonna head here do it soon. Place was a ZOO yesterday. Can only imagine how much worse today. I think im gonna risk it and stay here. I was considering northern vt but thats a 6-7 hour ride home on a good day. Not sure i want to deal with that tnite. 

Glad/surprised to see you posting at this hour. I figured you'd be hungover from crushing Ubu's all day yesterday while listening to Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart on loop.

One of my sons might get the best of both worlds to some. He lives in Grapevine, TX, totality before severe weather later in the day. 

On 4/4/2024 at 8:43 AM, gravitylover said:

I'm 1500 miles away so all I have to go on is our cameras but it looks like about an inch on the ground. Pavement looks wet. 

Sorry to hear about your Dad. Lost my Old Man in 2018, still grab the phone to text him a question sometimes... Lost my Mom last year along with my mother-in-law, it all sucks, no ways around it. Thoughts are with you and yours. 

1 minute ago, forkyfork said:

i hope i don't miss any larger aftershocks while i'm away for the eclipse 

No worries, that’s when the big one is gonna hit, we’ll all feel it. 

30 minutes ago, golfer07840 said:

it had some folks shaken up here (no pun intended). 

I remember the 2011 one. I was working in New Providence at the time, was sitting at my desk and suddenly it felt like I was on a wave. I actually started to think I was being hit with some weird vertigo attack. 5 seconds later my middle daughter texts me from VA, visiting my in-laws, with "Earthquake!"

That's a good analogy, 2011 did feel like vertigo where today just felt like a vibration and shaking. I'm in the same building that I was in 2011 but was on the third floor then, first floor now. I'm not sure how much of a factor that is but to me 2011 was worse so its interesting to read everyone's different take here.  

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Yep bad data

Agreed, that is bad data.  USGS has it at 4.8