snowman21

The ASOS record began in 1996 and exists primarily for air traffic safety. For example, if the RVR, vis, CHI, wind, or pressure sensor (especially class 1 stations if any still exist) goes bad, it's getting addressed pretty quickly. If a temp, hum, or precip sensor drifts, it'll get fixed whenever because it's not critical to aviation. A lot of the disputes here are less about siting and more about suspicious measurements. The climate record even at the first order sites are mostly stitched together through time anyway using nearby stations and differing equipment since the climate records go back before airports.

ASOS isn't really there for climate record keeping, so if a temp or humidity sensor goes wonky no one cares if it's close enough which is problematic for people that care about the integrity of the climate record.

Meteorologists can't even figure out what's gonna happen in 6 hours let alone 2 weeks. 3 PM NWS forecast for tonight: mostly clear. 6 PM NWS forecast: mostly cloudy. LOL. No one has a clue. You could go back to last Sunday's forecasts that showed partly cloudy/sunny forecasts for this past week and we all know how that worked out.

Front just came through... there goes the taste of spring.

Feels like spring this morning waking up to fog and 56°.

If I were his neighbor I'd appreciate how nice he keeps the yard.

Need to switch to spring MOS.

More like starting next week the slow climb towards spring begins

Could be a time of observation issue.

What's that site that monitors temperature drift in the ASOS? GON seems like it's 2-3° too warm the last couple of months.

Sad.. I thought LL was pretty young.

42° for Maple Hollow.

That's already underway. For example today's BOS normals are 82/66 compared to 82/67 a couple days ago. Last week was peak week.

Interesting BOX AFD this afternoon... Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 450 PM EDT Wed Jul 26 2023 .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... * A warm/hot end to the day, followed by a dry and warm overnight. A hot, albeit, an enjoyable afternoon for southern New England with temperatures topping out between 85F and 90F. Good news, it remains dry through this evening, a great night to grab an ice cream cone! Temperatures this evening, around sunset, drop to either side of 80 degrees. So, you will need to eat it quick that way it does not melt in your hands. But not too quick, you do not want a brain freeze!

No way. This is the big one we've all been waiting for!

You had to know that this was over yesterday afternoon when the NWS dropped advisories and went to "up to an inch" or "little or no accumulation" forecast for the coast and 1-3 for inland zones. Only the TV guys were hyping this up as usual.

Not too often do you see Blizzard Warnings for L.A. County. Accumulations up to 7 feet and 65 mph winds in the mountains.

Or foxes.

50° and warm in the sun.

Was it the Brian James dude? Saw him at New Years and he did a pretty good job for a fill in.

Don't ruin it. If EWR is getting snow then I want some too.

Snow in NYC now won't be long for SNE.

This might be the coldest air mass we see all winter especially for the northeast where we really only get one true arctic blast that lasts for a couple of days each season.

Well at least we started getting later sunsets this week. A whole extra minute of sun in the evenings!

I really dislike it when the NW hills get their own little private snowstorm. Unfair!