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Rain 3/31- overnight NYC: 1.24 New Brnskwck: 1.17 EWR: 0.84 LGA: 0.80 JFK: 0.63

At least an inch forecast between Thu and this weekend. Flooding into TN - OH valleys.

Records: Highs: EWR: 82 (1978) NYC: 83 (1917) LGA: 80 (1978) JFK: 75 (1978) Lows: EWR: 28 (1969) NYC: 12 (1923) LGA: 27 (1969) JFK: 26 (1969) Historical: 1875: The London Times published the first daily newspaper weather map. The first American newspaper weather map would be issued on 5/12/1876 in the New York Herald. Weather maps would first appear on a regular basis beginning on 5/9/1879 in the New York Daily Graphic. 1912 - A tornado with incredible velocity ripped into downtown Houston, TX, breaking the water table and giving the city its first natural waterspout. (The Weather Channel) 1923 - Residents in the eastern U.S. awoke on "April Fool's Day" to bitterly cold temperatures. The mercury plunged to -34 degrees at Bergland MI and to 16 degrees in Georgia. (David Ludlum) 1960: The first weather satellite, TIROS 1 (Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite) began sending pictures back to Earth. The TIROS series would have little benefit to operational weather forecasters because the image quality was low and inconsistent. The most critical understanding achieved from the new technology was the discovery of the high degree of organization of large-scale weather systems, a fact never apparent from ground and aircraft observations. 1973: A tornado touches down near Brentsville, Virginia, then traveled to Fairfax hitting Woodson High School. This F2 tornado injured 37 and caused $14 million in damage. 1987 - Forty-five cities across the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. Lows of 37 degrees at Apalachicola FL, 34 degrees at Jacksonville FL, 30 degrees at Macon GA, and 22 degrees at Knoxville TN, were records for April. (The National Weather Summary) 1987 - A tornado touched down briefly during a snow squall on the south shore of White Fish Bay (six miles northwest of Bay Mills WI). A mobile home was unroofed and insulation was sucked from its walls. (The Weather Channel) 1988 - A powerful spring storm produced 34 inches of snow at Rye CO, 22 inches at Timpas OK, 19 inches at Sharon Springs KS, and up to 35 inches in New Mexico. Severe thunderstorms associated with the same storm spawned a tornado which caused 2.5 million dollars damage at East Mountain TX. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Up to six inches of snow blanketed the Adirondacks of eastern New York State and the Saint Lawrence Valley of Vermont. Up to a foot of snow blanketed the Colorado Rockies. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in Texas, from southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana to southern Georgia, and from northern South Carolina to the Upper Ohio Valley during the day and evening. Thunderstorms spawned a tornado at Evergreen AL, and there were more than eighty reports of large hail and damaging winds. Thunderstorms produced baseball size hail north of Bastrop LA, and produced damaging winds which injured one person west of Meridian MS. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

42 / 30 off a low of 39 and prior high of 81. 1.05 in the bucket.. Roller coaster and yoyo pattern continues/ Breezy cool next 36 hours near 50 today sub 50 Wed. Warmer / wetter Thu - Sun another 1 - >1 inches in that period. Trough back into northeast 4/8 - 4/12. Frost or freeze Tue/wed next week. Beyond there looks near/ below normal to the midway point of the month.

3/31 Highs PHL: 82 New Brnswck: 80 EWR: 80 BLM: 79 TTN: 79 TEB: 78 ACY: 73 NYC: 73 LGA: 70 JFK: 62 ISP: 57

4/7 - 4/10 could see some 30s (lows)

79 ahead of the clouds, mybe one more break'll get 80.

now to 72 here with larger breaks in the clouds Interesting 36 - 48 hours of temperatures progression

Up to 70 in this yoyo pattern

Trough into the NE April 8 -12

Daylight: above 12 hours of light 12 H: 39 M Sunrise: 6:41 AM DST Sunset : 7:20 PM DST Roughly equivalent to September 10 Gained : 3H 25M from the Dec 21 lull Adding an additional 2m41-39 seconds of daylight each day the next week

Today's storms

Records: Highs: EWR: 85 (1998) NYC: 86 (1998) LGA: 82 (1998) JFK: 74 (1986) Lows: EWR: 22 (1964) NYC: 14 (1923) LGA: 24 (1964) JFK: 21 (1964) Historical: 1890 - Saint Louis, MO, received 20 inches of snow in 24 hours. It was the worst snowstorm of record for the St Louis. (David Ludlum) 1942: 107 inches of rain fell during the month at Puu Kukui at Maui, Hawaii to set the U.S. record for rainfall in one month. The same place also holds the annual rainfall record for the United States with 578 inches in 1950. 1954 - The temperature at Rio Grande City, TX, hit 108 degrees, which for thirty years was a U.S. record for the month of March. (The Weather Channel) 1962 - A tornado struck the town of Milton, FL, killing 17 persons and injuring 100 others. It was the worst tornado disaster in Florida history. (David Ludlum) 1973 - A devastating tornado took a nearly continuous 75 mile path through north central Georgia causing more than 113 million dollars damage, the highest total of record for a natural disaster in the state. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - March went out like a lion in the northeastern U.S. A slow moving storm produced heavy snow in the Lower Great Lakes Region, and heavy rain in New England. Heavy rain and melting snow caused catastrophic flooding along rivers and streams in Maine and New Hampshire. Strong southerly winds ahead of the storm gusted to 62 mph at New York City, and reached 87 mph at Milton MA. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - March went out like a lion in eastern Colorado. A winter-like storm produced 42 inches of snow at Lake Isabel, including 20 inches in six hours. Fort Collins reported 15 inches of snow in 24 hours. Winds gusted to 80 mph at Centerville UT. Albuquerque NM received 14 inches of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Afternoon thunderstorms produced severe weather from North Carolina to Pennsylvania. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 76 mph at Cape Henry VA. While squalls blanketed northwest Pennsylvania with up to 9 inches of snow, thunderstorms in eastern Pennsylvania produced golf ball size hail at Avondale. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary) 1990 - The month of March went out just as it came in, like a lamb. Marquette MI, which started the month with a record high of 52 degrees, equalled their record for the date with a reading of 62 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) 2010 - Jacksonville, Florida's, record streak of days with high temperatures below 80 degrees comes to an end at 105 days. It was also Jacksonville's first 80 degree reading of the year. The previous latest first 80 degree day was on March 14, 1978.

52 / 51 clouds some light showers. Warmer today upper 60s / low 70s where the breaks in clouds and sun comes out. Storms by th evening - 1 - 2 inches of rain . Cooler Tue/ Wed before a warmer / wetter 5 day period Thu - Mon where an additional 1 - 1.5 inches of rain is possible. Beyond there 8 - 12 trough into the east and cooler than normal.