katabatic

Last night was similar to the one before. 41.9. Last year around this time, had 2 nights in the 30s. Maybe tomorrow or Saturday night?

Canaan is a relatively short drive for me so when my Dad was visiting this weekend, we drove by there and mentioned how us weather nerds follow their temps like gospel. Interesting that today, it's the coldest in the country. Even for a guy who couldn't care less about weather, he finds it fascinating that a locale near us can be that cold. Wish I could have a cabin smack in the middle of it.

Another beautiful morning area-wide. Chilly low here, 42.

Chilly low of 45.9. Beautiful sunrise.

Made it to 70.2 today and the DP is down to 51. Like everyone else, this is akin to winning the weather lotto in August. It'll be interesting to see if Canaan breaks 32 at some point this week.

I agree. We're about the same age and in middle/high school I ran cross country and don't remember a) temps above about 97 and b) this kind of humidity. Of course that wasn't a particularly long time. As soon as I went away to college, I discovered beer, pizza and blew up like a balloon and rarely saw a clock before noon.

What we have been talking about in graphics.

I get that...what I don't understand is why aren't there big storms (of any kind, snow or rain) during the winter. With as much potential energy in the oceans as there is, you'd think the smallest perturbation would kick start a storm. Sure, we've seen some decent ones here and there, but nothing of note for nearly a decade. I am curious why given how much energy is available.

This is a legit question and not a troll. Also, might belong in banter, so if it needs a new home, feel free. But the question I have is the (perceived) lack of large east coast storms. Why? The theme of climate change seems to be an overall increase in storm frequency, an overall increase in precipitation. We have all seen the reports of incredible precipitation events around the globe. The oceans are on fire, so it certainly isn't a lack of potential energy. I'm an economist, not a met but it would seem like there would be more large storms (perhaps blinding rain vs snow) vs just a sheared out mess that seems to be the predominant storm type of late.

First rain in a couple of weeks. Nice shower with a few rumbles. 0.59"

Beautiful morning. 47.1 under clear skies. What a day.

Pretty amazing it is only 65 at peak heating. I saw some folks out and about in sweaters. Nice break.

Do you have the precip maps for the same time period?

This is exactly when I am going as well. This has been a trying year and I've been waiting a long time for this week so let's hope it isn't one thunderstorm after another.

Canaan got down to 44.8, the Glades was a touch colder at 44.7. A local GaCo station in Bittinger got down to 49.1. Just spectacular, especially after the humidity of the past ~30 days (even out here, DPs were not uncommon to be 72-74 which is rare day after day).