uncle W

Newark did not get much rain the last few days...me too and I'm at 93 now...

I had to water the lawn before…

2 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Still no rain…looks like a bust for areas south of nnj 

Ditto 

sunny...90 but feels like 103...

zippo...

Drove home from PA. and the car thermometer went from around 80 in Byram to 88 passing Piscataway on 287...when I got home to Staten Island it was 83...

I can't believe its mid July and it's going to get hot...who would have dunc it...

we need a rainmaker...

How a rainmaker saved NYC from drought — and became public enemy No. 1 (nypost.com)

we might be seeing a long period with minimums above 70 in NYC...

1 hour ago, Dark Star said:

A flat black roof?  I would imagine the heat to be 10-20 degrees warmer than the grass at ground level.

not really...it was cooler than any place around the house at night and on par with other places during the day...

9 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Maybe a problem with the solar radiation shield at Newark since the lows are in line with Harrison but diverge once the sun comes up?

 

I never liked those shields...A big weather box or shelter was the old way...

I remember back in July 1963 during a breezy cool morning when fallen leaves were blowing around as if it was the Fall...this dry period is a nuisance...

36 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The good thing about airports is that accurate weather measurements are important to flight safety. So the NWS puts priority in fixing those issues first. This was the case with the cold bias at Albany Airport. The NWS had to repair that issue. But Central Park is a different case. The NWS accepted the cold bias and tree growth there since they knew it wasn’t critical for flight operations. 

https://altamontenterprise.com/09162021/albany-airport-needs-more-accurate-thermometer

Albany airport needs more accurate thermometer

Assuming that is the case, an accurate thermometer is just as critical to the aviation industry. If the actual temperature is 34 F, but the Automated Surface Observing System thermometer records a temperature of 32 F, the pilot might have to be concerned about freezing rain versus liquid rain, which makes a huge operational impact. 

https://nwschat.weather.gov/p.php?pid=202109301152-KALY-NOUS41-PNSALY&fbclid=IwAR3qMPgzU7304a0S3RB2d_eJfzYDVieOGpnQv4Om4bIVmxdk1s4PBwqa_O0

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
752 AM EDT THU SEP 30 2021

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REPLACEMENT OF THERMOMETER AT
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECONDITIONING CENTER (NWSRC) REPLACED
THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM THERMOMETER AND ASSOCIATED
ELECTRONICS AT THE ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY, 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021 AT 9:30 AM. THE THERMOMETER WAS REPLACED WITH A
MODIFIED SENSOR AND CALIBRATED WITH A MODIFIED ALIGNMENT 
PROCEDURE.

A REFERENCE THERMOMETER, RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE ASOS THERMOMETER,
HAS COLLECTED DATA FOR COMPARISON SINCE JUNE. THE PREVIOUS 
THERMOMETERS INSTALLED SINCE JULY 17, 2020 LIKELY HAD A COLD BIAS 
(THERMOMETER RECORDS A COLDER TEMPERATURE THAN THE ACTUAL 
TEMPERATURE).

http://www.weather2000.com/ASOS/NYC_ASOS.html

New York-WABC, August 22, 2003) - Forecasting the weather is not easy.
Government equipment can often be blamed for giving faulty weather
information. As Bill Evans explains, a big culprit may be some of the
equipment buried in Central Park.

Rainfall, snowfall, and the temperature are all vital information
recorded 24 hours a day at the weather station located in the heart of
Central Park.

But meteorologists like Michael Schlacter have serious concerns about the
accuracy of the stations data. It sits amid overgrown vegetation and he
says thats the problem. The leaves can trigger snow gauges and trees can
warp rain and wind measurements. On this hot day, a temperature gauge is
in the shade instead of direct sunlight.

Michael Schlacter, Weather 2000: "Its kind of like driving a car
without a speedometer, odometer, and gas gauge. You are running with
false information."

The weather instruments at Belvedere Castle have long adorned the top.
There used to be a government meteorologist here in the city to keep an
eye on them. But now the nearest meteorologist is 60 miles that way.

But National Weather Service meteorologists say they knew the weather
readings in the park would never be as keenly accurate as the ones at
the airports where guidelines prevent foliage from being within 100 feet
of the station.

 

Airports need help when the temperature is near freezing and what kind and how much precipitation is falling...ice on runways etc...thunderstorms in the summer time need to be monitored...so if its sunny and 80 degrees you can take days off or have long lunch breaks...

automation needs to be checked by manual instruments...otherwise bad readings go unnoticed...

Newark NJ precipitation...

decade.....annual average...most least...

1931-40..........40.08"..........47.40"...30.53"...

1941-50..........44.34"..........51.18"....34.06"...

1951-60..........43.01"..........53.30"...35.08"...

1961-70..........37.04"..........45.37"....26.09"...

1971-80..........46.95"..........56.10"....35.19"...

1981-90..........47.87"..........65.50"....35.04"...

1991-00..........44.00"..........58.07"...36.74"...

2001-10..........46.85"..........56.33"...31.44"...

2011-20..........48.86"..........69.91"....36.35"...

average..........43.90"......................................

most....

69.91" in 2011...

65.50" in 1983...

59.47" in 2018...

59.01" in 1984...

58.56" in 2019...

58.07" in 1996...

56.33" in 2003...

56.10" in 1979...

54.49" in 2007...

53.99" in 1989...

least...

26.09" in 1965...

29.52" in 1963...

30.53" in 1935...

30.00" in 1931 est...

31.44" in 2001...

33.42" in 1964...

34.06" in 1949...

34.39" in 1970...

35.04" in 1981...

35.08" in 1957...

......................................

wettest decade...50.70" from 2002-2011...

driest decade......37.04" from 1961-1970...

a real drought is far different from a dry period we are having now...if it continues for another 10 years it would equal the 1956-1965 period...

when the next heat wave hits and you live in Newark, how you gonna know?...

36 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Checking in with the Central Park asos.  Def a more realistic representation of urban NYC metro than Newark.

 

 

 

Newark could use some of this greenery today...

1975 oni is like this year...1956, 1975, and 2000 were second year la ninas going on a third...all were cool summers...

32 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Rain didn't even dampen the ground

thats been the theme in my area for a while now...

92 imby today...82 now...Newark Firehouse on Hillside ave was only 86 today...

so far we have not had sustained heat unless you live near Newark...I don't mind whats going on so far...A few hot days followed by cooler drier days...the alltime highest July minimum for July is 67 set in 2020...tonight NYC might get down to 65...last July NYC got into the upper 50's for the first time in ten years in July...from 1972-1979 NYC got down into the 50's during July...

2 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

The QBO+ is definitely emerging. It will likely be positive or strongly positive during the upcoming winter.

coupled with a la nina it could be like 2010 and 2020...

1 hour ago, Stormlover74 said:

91/46 at ewr

it has a wnw wind while most other sites are sse...Hobroken is 90 with a west wind...