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41 minutes ago, bluewave said:

This was one of the cooler Julys for a top 10 warmest June and July period.

 

Sure didn't feel much cooler, but then again, I'm probably still in shock from June...

 

 

1 hour ago, uncle W said:

two myths killed this Summer so far...11 year hot summer cycle and the 17 year Cicada bug cycle...

Where the @%$$!!! are the Cicadas?   

By the way, looks like some showers working their way down from Summit towards Cranford and maybe Westfield NJ?

8 hours ago, cleetussnow said:

Pretty sure i am smelling smoke faintly in the air...anyone else?  Im up in westchester.

My neighbor has a fire going...which is okay if you live in a more rural area, but when you can spit and hit your neighbor's house, maybe a fire pit is not the most neighborly thing to have?

48 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

That's why I don't think of 90 for 3 days as a heatwave especially for places like ewr

I would think the heatwave alerts are more geared for health reasons and not meant to be defined for climatology reasons?

5 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

I remember 2002 as very hot and very dry, my grass was yellow that year lol

Hard to decipher the smoke from the smog.  Yesterday was supposedly a very bad Ozone day.

29 minutes ago, lee59 said:

If greenery is keeping Central Park a few degrees cooler in the day, it may also be keeping it  a few degrees warmer at night. Also, does anyone know where Newark has its temperature sensor located and are there pictures.

Most of Newark Airport is paved over in blacktop, one big parking lot.  So even if the sensor is in a "shady" area (doubtful) the entire area is a heat sink.

31 minutes ago, A Moonlit Sky said:

Was that through the Blue Acres program?

No.  Ocean County and the surrounding towns developed their own control programs to help prevent property damage from floods.  The money came from the federal government, but not through Blue Acres.  They bought up quite a few properties in the Good Luck Point area in Bayville which were utterly devastated.  Amazingly, I watched the winds reduce along the Jersey shore before Sandy hit.  Unfortunately, the surge was not affected.

At least extreme coastal areas will be affected.  The state, through federal grants, bought my property where my house once stood on Barnegat Bay.  While I don't attribute Sandy to global warming, the coastal water levels will rise.  Luckily I'll be dead by then...

13 hours ago, forkyfork said:

move to canada already 

Too many Canadians...

Is there any appreciable dew expected early tomorrow morning?

1 hour ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Feast or famine, that’s our new normal. 

Too much rain - global warming.  Too little rain - global warming...

Saw what could have been a very narrow, cone shaped rain shaft?  Any sightings of a tornado what appears to be around Newark, from my vantage point in Garwood (central Union County NJ)?   I took some video, but it is not very discernible.  Looked like it became two vortices?  Again, I could be greatly mistaken.

On 4/4/2021 at 11:09 PM, MJO812 said:

Thanks for the data.   Loosely, I would say the lake effect snow machine was NOT in full swing this season.  

1 hour ago, mattinpa said:

I don’t drop my wanting of winter until April. IMO winter is already short enough. Today felt like one of the coldest days of the winter due to the wind. Won’t mind the nice stretch coming up.

Indeed it did feel like one of the coldest.  I wore a hard hat this morning outside, and my skull felt like it was frozen.  Never felt like that skiing, not even in sub zero temps...

I always hate the time of the year when the inevitability of Spring is staring me in the face.

1 hour ago, gmendevils8204 said:

Snowpacks are going to take some major body blows today and tomorrow with this steady rain and fog.

Yes, the snow fog has begun, kinda like our version of the Chinook...

54 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Temps will always overperform on a sw wind.

From the desert...

23 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

I've always found it interesting that Citizen Kane's final words were about his sled, Rosebud, that he played with in the snow as a boy....the greatest film of all time.

Pee Wee's Big Adventure (I dare you).

Friday was fun in a way, snowing almost all day, with the precip constantly backfilling, but disappointed yesterday with the 3.5" of sleet and snow.  Trying to enjoy, as this can be the last true winter weather until next season.  Hope I'm wrong.  Maybe just a "January Thaw" coming up?

33 minutes ago, SleetStormNJ said:

Hasn't stopped here in Union County NJ (sleet with light snow mix).  Stuck in the stubborn band that might be trying to stretch/fill back in for awhile.

Only the slightest of sleet 2 miles from ya for the last half hour.  Maybe we got 3"?  Very disappointed, was hoping for 6" +, because I'm a greedy duck.  Only reason we got warm air intrusion is because the precip slacked off too quick.

2 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

the hwaviest snow has basically ended 3 hours before it was predicted

Don't know what happened.  Just when the heaviest bands were approaching, someone pulled the plug...

2 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

the hwaviest snow has basically ended 3 hours before it was predicted

Just shy of 3" in central Union County NJ at 11:50 AM.  Sleet and re-frozen snow flakes (not graupel) falling, lightly now.

Pretty big bust, though that was fortunate.  I thought plain rain was obvious...

41 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

some very light sleet

Thought I saw a single lone snowflake about an hour ago.  

25 minutes ago, gmendevils8204 said:

Is tonight looking like less of a threat? Not seeing much buzz on here.

It looks like the system is going off to our south?