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31.8 here, first freeze.

Next week looks like something straight out of January. Hard to believe it was in the 90’s just a few weeks ago.

32.2 very very close, but not exactly freezing.

34 with light frost on the tops of cars.

We sit at both the northern and southern ranges for a lot of plant species. No one pays attention to native plants so it all looks the same, but the juxtaposition of northern and southern plant species is interesting if you know or can identify what it is you’re looking at.

They already do survive up here. I took both of these in Manhattan back in August: Windmill Palm: (tolerates down to 5°F) Dwarf Palmetto: (tolerates below 0°F) The most cold tolerant palm though is the Needle Palm, that thing can take -10°F, there was one growing at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden since the 1960’s until they removed it like 2 years ago as part of a redesign. It’s native to the Southeast (along with the Dwarf Palmetto) and given its cold tolerance it’s been theorized that its native range once included areas further north and that it was only pushed south due to the glacial maximums.

Governor’s an idiot. I mean, it’s good that he acknowledges climate change, but this sort of stuff is fuel for the denialist types.

Sky brightening up here, temp up to 69 now.

NYC always appears to rip squall lines in half.

Sun is out now, but unfortunately it’ll be setting in 20 minutes.

2.00” on the nose, tapering off now. First time crossing the 2” mark this year, last 2”+ event was on Dec 21st, 2018 with 2.33”.

1.66” and counting with rates north of 2” per hour. Flash flood conditions in some areas, parked in a shopping center and came back 20 minutes later to find that the water was ankle deep, my shoes and pants are soaked as a result. Also, a perfect time for the RainX to wear off.

39 this morning to 67 this afternoon. Not a fan of cold mornings, but I’ll take them as long as they’re followed by sunshine and warmth.

0.25” here so far.....3.96” for Oct.....39.64” for the year.

0.86”. Roughly my total for the month of September. Add in the 1.91” that fell the other day and both rain events dropped over 3x as much rain as September’s monthly total.

38. Thirty. Eight. Wtf.

Just experienced a freak 32mph gust, which given my wx station’s shielded siting likely translates to greater than 50 mph. Nothing remotely close to that prior. Also the highest gust ever in the 1.5 years that I’ve had my station. 0.75” so far, rainfall rates have picked up in the last half hour or so.

0.35” so far here, nothing particularly heavy as of yet. Pressure at 998.7mb and falling steadily.

Any chance this thing ends up with a name like Melissa did?

45 for the low here. Car thermometer picked up some low 40’s in the usual cold pockets.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.....

66 and sunny with tiny raindrops.

If today’s a bust at least it’s sunny, beats being gloomy with no rain to show for it. 62 here now.

I 100% agree, it’s really a chore getting off and onto Long Island. I’m from Queens so I was already used to the annoyance of reaching the mainland but now it’s 2x worse, I never realized how horrible the LIE was prior to living here, those 40-50 extra miles can add 2+ hours to your travel time, it’s a nightmare. I don't see myself staying here. Traffic on I-95 in NJ/CT is child’s play compared to I-495. Adding insult to injury, William Floyd Pkwy and I-91 are almost perfectly aligned, it makes no sense why there isn’t a LI Sound crossing. The ferry is expensive, but I’ll take 1 hour on rough seas over sitting in traffic for 3-5 hours in the rain. There’s no way that ferry will be running later on today though, yesterday was bad enough.

On the ferry back to LI and it’s rocking back and forth almost violently at times, just enough for things to fall off tables and make standing/walking difficult. My view out of the window is alternating between 100% ocean and 100% sky. It feels like I’m in the Bering Sea. Kind of scary.