BrianW

Looks like a pretty special week coming up in NYC.. High temperatures from Tuesday into Thursday will average 15 to 25 degrees above normal. NBM box and whisker plots are generally around the 25th percentile for the max temperature forecast. The median (50th percentile), is right skewed, toward the warmer side of the guidance. The experimental NBM 5.0 is also a couple of degrees warmer than the operational. The warmer scenario seems plausible, and even has metro NE NJ Wednesday and Thursday around 90. This would be close to 30 degrees above normal and record breaking for a few of the climate sites (see climate section below). The records going into this timeframe are quite high, getting into the heat wave of 2002. Several climate sites from April 16-18, 2002, reached 90 or higher for 3 consecutive days. Don`t see thathappening at this time. Additionally, there is the potential for an even longer period of days with record high minimum temperatures. CLIMATE... Record High Temperatures that could be reached: April 15: KEWR: 88/1960 KBDR: 81/1960 KNYC: 87/1941 KLGA: 86/1941 KJFK: 80/2006 KISP: 78/2024

Great weekend weather to get em up in and in! Wednesday: Some sun, warm and a bit humid. Straight summer-like! Highs 80-85 inland. Cooler Beaches. Scattered late-day thundershower.

Forgot about that warm stretch in April 23 where BDL hit 92/96.

Hopefully everyone takes advantage of the nice weather this weekend and installs.

Someone needs to fire it up. Already mowed 3 times this year and lawn looks spectacular. Before somone comments about chemicals/fertilizer. All I use for fertilizer is purely organics lawn fertilizer from New Hampshire that is made with waste brewery grains. I spot spray weeds with tenacity an all natural weed killer.

Beautiful sunny morning here and 64. Even GON throwing up a 65

With a little taste of the dews as well.

My friend said he did some kind of purchase/bet with Jordan's furniture for free furniture if Uconn won. He apparently got like 5k in free furniture from that win.

There will definitely be some 80s though down in the NYC area.. 900mb temps are progged to reach 13-15C on Wednesday, with 850mb temps at 11-13C. This could produce highs in the lower 80s in the typically warmest spots in the NE NJ urban corridor and adjacent areas.

I agree but I think BDL pulls an 80. Every forecast high here always seems to run way higher than forecasted..

Time to change the avatar to summer. Its coming..

Looks like its coming. From WTNH New Haven. As we head into the final days of March, a big warm-up is on the way. Highs climb into the low 60s Monday, near 70 Tuesday, and widespread 70s by Wednesday. A few inland spots could even approach 80°, depending on the timing of an approaching cold front. This is record-challenging warmth, so we’ll be keeping an eye on both Windsor Locks and Bridgeport, where official records are kept for inland and shoreline locations.

This is from the guy who planted the Sabal Palm in Bridgeport which is supposedly the northern most palm tree actively growing. Looks like it survived this winter just fine. i planted this palm outside in 2009 after much research on the microclimate of that spot the bricks hold so much heat in the winter i would often see flies overwintering there in February it’s very close to Long Island sound the alcove blocks the north wind minuses Dr Franco’s mummy wrap from his book Palms won’t grow here and other myths and I think you’re right about the building leaking heat as 1.5 feet away from the foundation never freezes plus I think for years folks never really knew how resilient Sabal palmettos actually are there are examples of these bosoms growing in Tennessee zone 6 for years and years so i just took a chance we are plannng on opening up Sabal palmetto Bridgeport WED April 8th,2026 after the cold weather passes; what a winter 2025-2026

All the old Italian guys are growing figs all along the shoreline here. Haha What's more interesting is the palms people are growing here. They apparently use C9 Christmas light incandescent bulbs to keep them warm over the winter. This is a picture fom a house in Norwalk, CT on the shoreline and one in Stamford.

Can't wait for the seasons first cut and that smell of fresh cut grass tomorrow. Got some extra special ipa's ready..

+5.9 for DXR.

Yeah. 4.13 inches here this month but what a green up underway. People already mowing and lawns services are out droping fertilizer. Hoping for some sun today for the first mow of the year.

Found this little sapling growing under my deck. I am guessing its eastern red cedar? Can any of you tree guys confirm? Think I am going to try and move it out into the yard somewhere if it is.

Yeah 52 here already and sunny. What a green up underway as well. Going to pull weeds that are already coming up in the rocks under my deck today.

Not looking forward to it. The ground water level is like an inch below the surface here. Every sump pump and dehumidifer in the neighborhood has been running like crazy. How's it out that way?

Great Irish like day for the New Haven parade...

Yeah makes no sense here to be in moderate drought.. Most river and groundwater sensors are much above or extremely above in CT. Closest ground water sensor to me went from like 9ft to 2 the last year.

Pretty crazy how quick all the reservoir and ponds completely filled up here. The water table is like just below the surface and everyone is running sump pumps like crazy around here. I walk around New Havens reservoir all the time and its completely filled to the brim. Haven't seen that in many years. We have also had a ton of rain here this month.

Going to be a great spring with lots of already green lawns and flowerbeds that were preserved in snow. The amount of surface water down here is nuts. Everyone's sump pumps are running like crazy the last few days.

I have had a heat pump water heater since 2012 and love it. They are just insanely efficient and inexpensive to run. They use a 350 watt compressor to heat the water and they dehumidify your basement as well. From an energy cost perspective mine averages around 1-2 kwh in electricity consumption a day and around 600 kwh a year. Even with New Englands expensive electricity around .30 or more its still absolutely blows away oil/gas in operating cost. I have solar but if I had to pay for all the electricity it would have cost me like $180 in electricity for hot water for the year. Thats $15 a month for hot water. Yesterday my tank used 45 cents in electricity for hot water. People using the now nearly $5 heating oil will burn that equivalent money in seconds. As far as cost goes almost every New England state has like a $700+ state rebate on them and there was a federal rebate up to recently. They are like $1200 and the rebates makes them like $300 the same cost of a regular electric one. In CT right now the rebate is $900 here at https://www.energizect.com/explore-solutions/water-heaters/heat-pump-water-heaters-details I dont think many people realize oil burners run at close to 1 gallon per hour consumption when its running. With $5 heating oil your most likely burning a gallon a day minimum for hot water . With current prices thats $150 a month right now. Thats practically my entire yearly cost for my hot water for 1 month. Here is my last years usage and weekly usage from my Rheem 50 Gallon heat pump water heater.