gravitylover

Alright enough already.  Can someone turn the wind off...

Yup it's nice out in an early October or mid April kind of way. The wind is doing a great job of drying out the surface too.

.4", 54* and the heavy stuff is incoming in the next little bit.

A wet week ahead?

Some of the big time dark places I've been around the continent have been pretty impressive. The deep desert and the Yukon/NW Territories are unbelievably dark and have some of the most incredible night skies you can imagine. I camped out at a bunch of Anasazi ruins around AZ when I lived down there and they were crazy dark if it was cloudy, can't see your hand in front of your face kind of dark when you're out in the open. 

Wow the humidity really dropped, down to 50% and still dropping. Gonna have to get off my bum and go do something.

On 6/3/2019 at 5:34 PM, LibertyBell said:

the entire middle of the country is underwater and farmers cant plant this year, billions of dollars in losses.

Yeah but since they're not selling much to the other side of the Pacific compared to the previous 20 years it's not going to hurt as much as it would have just two years ago. In fact there may be fewer mid and small size farms losing money on unsellable crops that sit and rot in a silo. They may not make as much as they need to but at least they won't lose as much as they could have had they gone to a full planting this early season.

2 hours ago, Gravity Wave said:

It felt gross this morning for the first time all year, glad to be heading upstate for the weekend.

Where ya headed? They've gotten more rain than we have in most of the upstate areas so it doesn't take much for it to be very muggy. DON'T forget the bug spray, it's a special kind of year going on so far.

12 minutes ago, Hitman said:

I like the snack bar at tagkhanic.

I was up in maine last weekend and it was the same deal.  just leafing out.

If you want an on again off again challenging trail sort of close to home try the loop around the lake there. Some of it is just simple doubletrack work roads but there are super tight and techy narrow bits and some of the mud holes are impressive. As mentioned above, don't forget the tick spray. The views are worth the effort  

Nice but really warm and humid day going on out there. I hope that's not the theme of the summer.

I was up in the 'Daks and Plattsburgh yesterday. It was cool and very early spring like up there, above ~1k it's just turning into spring now. The trees are just leafing out and from all the rain everything is soggy(er than here). When we finished tiding yesterday in Ausable Chasm area the storm rolling off the mountains were inspiring, deep scuds dropping everywhere and they were black as night and the outflow front was impressive. Good Stuff!

Did it rain down here yesterday? What about earlier today, by the time I got home around 7 it was nice out. @Juliancolton did you get rain this afternoon? I rode at Lake Tagkhanic State Park and it was dry while riding but radar looks like it got wet after I left there. BTW if you get to check out the trails there do it, it's a nice long loop around the lake with some interesting spots and conditions along the way. Bring tick spray  

No wind and barely a shower here. For a change it's LI gettin' it not us outsiders  

58 minutes ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

It’s been sunny and relatively warm at Jones beach all day. Water temps are up big time this week. This should help coastal areas with storms.

What's the current water temp at Jones Beach?

16 minutes ago, purduewx80 said:

low level lapse rates enable strong winds to reach the surface. mid-level lapse rates are what help w/ hail production.

When and where? Looks mostly south and maybe west of the city to me.

First round fizzled so what's the ETA for more activity this afternoon here in the LHV?

Sunny, hot and humid in Danbury right now. 

Looks like those showers that were going to ruin the afternoon aren't going to be a factor

Well, we got 25 hours into the month. That's a pretty good stretch without rain. 

16 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, numerous records for the most days with measurable rainfall this April and May. Western sections of NNJ had one of their wettest springs on record.

Time Series Summary for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY
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Rank	Ending Date	Number of Days Precipitation >= .01 Apr 1 to May 31	Missing Count
1	2019-05-31	39	2
2	2004-05-31	29	0
3	2000-05-31	28	0
-	1983-05-31	28	0

 

Time Series Summary for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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Rank	Ending Date	Number of Days Precipitation >= .01 Apr 1 to May 31	Missing Count
1	2019-05-31	36	2
2	1973-05-31	32	0
3	2004-05-31	30	0
-	1929-05-31	30	0
-	1898-05-31	30	0

 

Time Series Summary for Belvidere Area, NJ (ThreadEx) - Mar through May
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Rank	Year	Total Precipitation	Missing Count
1	1952	20.47	0
2	1983	19.74	0
3	1984	19.46	0
4	2019	19.39	2
5	1940	18.54	0

 

 

48 days with at least a trace since 4/1. Soggy...

15 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

March was dry here but the longest stretch of dry weather over the past two months IMBY was 4 days, 4/1-4/4.  April had 17 of 30 days with measurable precipitation and May stands at 19 of 30 days.  

I lost track of that stat but I think I had the same 4 dry days in April. 22 of 30 in April and 26 of 31 in May with at least a trace.

42 minutes ago, bluewave said:

This is one of the few times we have seen something resembling  an urban cooling departure island in NYC. Areas all around NYC will finish warmer than normal in May. The cool departures were limited to NYC, LGA, and JFK. It could be a first.

EWR...+0.7

NYC...-0.4

LGA....-0.6

JFK....-0.3

HPN...+0.8

ISP.....+1.0

New Brunswick...+1.7

It's those darned trees. Cut 'em all down 

^^ I was driving south on I81 towards Binghamton towards the end of the day yesterday and coming down the hill you get a pretty good view south towards PA. The weather looked ominous and there was a lot of lightning, it made me wonder if s**t was going down, apparently so.

I didn't see any severe but you could tell that the potential was there all the way from Rochester down. It rained continuously almost the entire way. Made for a very long and tiring drive.

7 hours ago, Juliancolton said:

Hey @gravitylover, figured you'd appreciate that since it's still raining after midnight, I'll have 25 of 31 days in May with at least a T of rain, 23 with measurable.

26!  Another superb bug year  The mold and mildew is pretty impressive too.

Holy heavy rain Batman! I don't often get woken up by rain but geez that was really something. 

Boy, parts of Maine are getting hammered this afternoon. Look at that radar 

I dunno about that .2" in the park. I was a half mile west of the station and it poured, way more than .2. If it's under dense trees that would explain it, kind of like all of the other wrong readings we've been seeing from there for a while now.

I gave up on nearly all organized sports years ago. I barely pay attention to the pro levels of the sports I do partake in. I enjoy watching pro tennis, play golf but get bored watching it and sometimes I'll watch a bike race but more to see the area they're in than because I give a hoot about the race. Competitive skiing is fun to watch but most other winter sports bore me. Basically I like the individual sports and team sports are annoying.

Not much rain here, the ground is pretty much dry under the trees.

I just got home from the city and there was no visible damage along the West Side Hwy, Saw Mill, Taconic or Rt 100 through northern Westchester. 

It did rain super hard in the city and there was a lot of water on the ground for about a half hour but nothing severe.

54 minutes ago, NYCweatherNOW said:

87 in midtown perfect weather. Going to a bbq and a pool party in mahopac in one hour. Gonna enjoy it

Heheh I'm on B'way between 78-79 and you're headed to my town.

What time are we thinking this afternoons rain will get to the city? We have a bun h of stuff out here at the street fair we have a booth at. 

5 hours ago, Hitman said:

For the record, it could not be nicer out right now.

Yup high 60's-70 are just about perfect for a ride so that's what I did  Unfortunately we chose a place that got hammered by those tornadoes last year and it was still a mess of downed trees and badly overgrown trails I assume because they're blocked further up and not being used much anymore. I'm going to have to apply for permission to go in and do some cleanup work, these are trails I helped build ~20 years ago when nobody around here rode mt bikes yet.