jburns

51 minutes ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Looks like the CDC is backtracking on its mask guidance for vaccinated people today. This plague is far from over 

Yeah, it sucks but you have to adjust to a changing situation. Or at least you should.

8 hours ago, NorthHillsWx said:

Picked up 0.14” early this morning. MTD 6.54” 

Edit: some ridiculous radar estimates from near Dunn and Princeton last night. 6-7.5” and a continuing aerial flood warning. Wow

Not picking on you but I see this a lot and I’m not sure why.  The word should be “areal” flood warning not aerial.  Said the same but two different meanings. I’m guessing that the misspelling comes from broadcast weather media since the word aerial is much more common than areal.  Aerial means happening in the air and areal means occurring over an area.

20 minutes ago, olafminesaw said:

First severe threat In a while, primarily for hail

Ugh.  There is my most disliked NWS map.  If you took those words and did this….

Enhanced

Moderate

Slight

High

Marginal

….and told people in the general public to rank the words from least to most likely I guarantee that less than 50% would get them correct or rather in the same order as the NWS.  Personally I am not convinced myself the moderate is greater than enhanced. Marginal and slight would also generate confusion. 

IMO, since the primary mission of the NWS is to get out important and accurate weather information to the general public these rankings fail miserably.

10 hours ago, WinstonSalemArlington said:

I am waiting for studies on booster shots 

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and their are several studies out now that point to the need for a booster. Normally I would be willing to wait but I am immunocompromised in several ways so I am willing to take another shot before it is certain it actually helps. As I said above I had no reaction at all to the first two which could indicate my body did not mount an adequate immune response. I don’t see a down side to getting a booster. There are certainly enough vaccines that I won’t be depriving someone else.

My nephew his wife and three and a half year old son have all tested positive. Both adults had their shots. She is symptomatic with a fever, cough and loss of sense of taste.The other two are asymptomatic. Scary thing is that after not allowing close contact with my wife’s mother for almost two years they finally did a quick visit on Thursday so the little guy could give her a present on her 90th birthday. She is also fully vaccinated and healthy as a horse so hopefully she will not become seriously ill. Still makes you worry though.

12 minutes ago, Avdave said:

For real JB? I didnt know you can just get a third shot.  No note from the doc or anything needed?

I’ll have the note. If not, who is this JB of whom you speak? My name is Peter Proactive. 

24 minutes ago, Avdave said:

Well we decided tonite to cancel our trip to NYC in early Sept.for my 50th bday.  I have to figure out how to resell my tix on stub hub for the Mets game. Cancelled our stay at the TWA Hotel at JFK.  Will have credit towards future flights on DL as well.   I just didnt feel comfortable going with this Delta variant even though my wife and I are fully vaccinated.   Hope things are better by mid october for our trip to Hawaii. 

I’ve decided to get a third shot. I’ve been looking at data and studies from different countries and to me it indicates a booster sooner rather than later.

On 7/21/2021 at 5:58 PM, Avdave said:

Im supposed to go to N Y for my Bday weekend next month. Im thinking not such a good idea, flying up and back and then in the population as the two variants are going to be everywhere. We came back from the OBX and no masks there either minus a few people. I heard about the Lambda variant now too. We are so screwed IMO.  I beleive in the vaccines but it seems that the virus can outdo the virus nowadays. Def some interesting times ahead. May have to look fior a job where I can work from home

Not much is known about Lambda yet.  It may be less infectious than Delta and will not get a chance to spread much.  I basically had stopped wearing a mask except for my hospital trip every week but I may have to start again when indoors with a lot of people. I have several conditions that could limit my immune response. I had no noticeable reaction at all to either of my Pfizer shots. 

44 minutes ago, Avdave said:

It was in SE VA.   They went back to the doc today and he suspects they are at the peak right now if the virus. It is confirmed it is the delta variant.  It sounds pretty awful.  So looks like Ill be keeping myself in the house here. I have been masking up anywhere I went anyway

I was in Atlanta with my wife the last few days.  Not many masks down there and luckily we had no need for emergency services.  The Delta variant will be over 90% of US cases by the end of the month. Lambda just popped up in Texas so it remains to be seen if it will take hold. Interesting times.

On 7/18/2021 at 9:02 PM, Avdave said:

Thanks!  Yeah they were like we arent waiting 8 hours and then who knows how long they would be waiting for the doc to show up. 

Im glad they went to one of the urgent care places instead and got retested. I just want them to feel better. Im scared for him since he has heart issues and some lung issues.   Sounds like Dr Peters knows how to handle these cases. Smart one for sure. 

Sorry to hear this. Where do they live that has an eight hour wait for emergency care?

I got 1.62” of rain this afternoon but that wasn’t the main ingredient. I knew the atmosphere was loaded when the first lightning ground strikes and thunder occurred under sunny blue skies with the dark clouds well to the north.  For the next three hours lightning and thunder terrorized my dogs striking all around my house. Every time I thought it was finally moving away to the SE strikes would again begin to my NW and slowly move over me again. Power went on and off three times. Surprisingly no wind at all to speak of. All in all one of the more enjoyable storms in quite a few years.

6 hours ago, buckeyefan1 said:

I can not wait for this! It's in April near my birthday, so while I'd love to go hang out with my fellow weather nerd peeps in the midwest or northeast, I'm going to harass Cory in Texas    I've been warning him since the last total eclipse   @Avdave @Isopycnic @jburns @Fozz  Maybe if we all gang up on him he'll let us camp out at his place for the day  

I will definitely be there if I’m still breathing. The last one was one of the top moments of my life and I’ve had my share of top moments.

Nothing much here.  .70” of rain almost all before noon. Highest wind gust was 20.6 mph and that just occurred 15 minutes ago in bright sunshine.

Nothing much here.  .70” of rain almost all before noon. Highest wind gust was 20.6 mph and that just occurred 15 minutes ago in bright sunshine.

Mowed my yard in July and didn’t sweat. A big win!!

78º with a dew point in the upper 50s. 

Time to break out the old man dance.

20 hours ago, frazdaddy said:

We need a a Drew Carey cameo

I have to be the oldest Newbie on record.

5 minutes ago, yotaman said:

New month, new observations. Post them here.

Currently 88/78. Got my backyard cut in anticipation of tomorrow's rain.

About time. I’ve been waiting all day for someone to start this thread so I could pin it.

1 minute ago, magpiemaniac said:

More like Charlton Heston in Omega Man.  

O……KAAAAAAAY

1 hour ago, magpiemaniac said:

My wife has had bad headaches and neck stiffness ever since her second Pfizer shot and my brother-in-law developed heart inflammation.  I’m waiting until Novavax releases their shot based on more traditional technology.  I’m not really enthusiastic about being a guinea pig.  

Careful.  You don’t want to became a Charles (Charley) Havlat.

On 6/29/2021 at 5:41 PM, wncsnow said:

The rivers are pitifully low here, I hope we get a couple inches of rain with this next front for the last hoorah of trout fishing before fall 

If the water is low enough just reach under the rocks and pull them out by hand.

23 hours ago, cbmclean said:

In the winter we just get cutoff highs.

We get cutoff period.

On 6/28/2021 at 1:14 PM, Avdave said:

I was in Morris and Sussex County.   I know you taught and lived in West Milford.   I was more in the Lafayette area where I grew up.  I drive around to Sunrise Mtn , Frankford, Newton, Sparta, Jefferson area. I drove around Dover, Rockaway, Roxbury as well and saw a bunch of friends I haven't seen in a while. It was nice to be back home, but it definitely has changed since I left there in 1999. 

You did some touring. When I went back to West Milford 6 years ago I was amazed at how little it had changed. Still a small rural town in population but large in area. The population was almost exactly the same at the last census as it was back in the 1960s in the mid 20K range.  The township is about 80 sq miles which I think is the largest in the state. However, a high percentage of the land area is set aside as Newark watershed that can only be used for hunting and fishing. It really was a great place to grow up but when I say I grew up in NJ people think the Jersey turnpike NJ.  West Milford is much more like  small New England town.

An Ariel photograph of West Milford, NJ looking North with Pinecliff Lake in the foreground and Greenwood Lake center taken in 2017. Photograph By Jai Agnish

I’m putting this here because it is the most active thread. I was going over all my saved links from the past and ran across this one that I had completely forgotten about. You may already know this one but in case you don’t I am posting the link. It is worldwide but can zoom on to local. It has many, many layers you can view from wind patterns to ocean wave patterns to pollution levels. One of the more interesting things to me is the world wide webcams. It is just stop action over the past 24 hours but there are hundreds of them from Montana to Mongolia. I hope you enjoy playing around with it while we endure the summer heat.

https://www.windy.com/-Satellite-satellite?satellite,2021-06-29-12,47.010,-98.262,4

18 hours ago, Avdave said:

Picked up .19" at home.  It was a beautiful day here in North Jersey too until about two hours ago the humidity is back and it feels like it outside

Where are you in North Jersey? I grew up in NJ.

On 6/23/2021 at 8:05 PM, WinstonSalemArlington said:

Another amazing San Diego day in summer! A high of 77 in the Triad today!

Yep.  I mowed today and didn’t even have to put on my bright white mowing shirt.