coastalplainsnowman

I've been taking a liking to the Fox Weather channel the last year or two as they've been more geeky than the competition, and actually more WEATHER focused. However, so many of these on air weather personalities do not have the chops for any sort of long-form extended programming. Once they talk for more than 3 minutes, it's clear how lightweight many of them are. Last night heard a guy refer to Fire Island as Long Beach Island, then said out loud 'I'm pretending I know this area but I'm actually new here' or something to that effect. I respect the guy for at least having a conscience, but c'mon. Then the other lady said something like "Well, there is a Long Beach, just further west, so you were close!" Then I heard another one call Fenway Park "Fenway Stadium" and said football will be tough this weekend because it will be difficult to throw "long range" passes.

All other things being equal, we don't see nearly as many downed trees these days in my opinion because we've had basically a culling of the herd since 2010. 2010: That extremely rainy March event that had just enough wind to take out a ton of trees 2011: Hurricane Irene: Again a good amount of trees down 2012: We know 2020: Isaias, at least around here. The above time frame literally changed the landscape. There just aren't a lot of vulnerable big trees left.

That's not some webcam, that's someone (you?) standing there taking that pic? As I've gotten older, and become very aware of how slim those barrier islands are, the just the idea of going down there when it looks like that brings on a panicky feeling.

Saying the Jets season is over is like saying that my pet rock has died.

Not to mention the Japan tsunami and (not weather, but still) the earthquake felt up here that damaged the Washington Monument. That was one crazy stretch.

Decided not to replace my 20+ year old snowblower. Count on the deepest, densest snowpack we've ever experienced. Take it to the bank.

We have a better chance at 4 feet of snow or 125 degrees in Central Park before this DST bill passes the Senate.

This weather is throwing me off. It has felt like that first "shock to the system" cool/damp system we tend to get near the end of August, the type that seems to say "sure, it will warm up again in a few days, but I'm right around the corner" that instinctively flips me to fall mode a few weeks before I want to - at least I tell myself that. It happening in early July is messing with me. Where's the pumpkin spice?

My favorite time was pre 1986, when DST was from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. The clocks moving ahead at the end of April coincided of course with blooming really taking off as well as generally warmer weather and was a sure sign summer and the end of school were around the corner. Likewise, the last Sunday in October (which lasted until 2006) ushered in the start of the holiday season, kicked off by trick-or-treating after dinner being in the dark. The ridiculous extended DST we're in now leads to some weird sunrise/sunset stuff, like having March sunrises almost as late as the latest natural sunrises in early January. I know I've said all this before. Not sure why this topic interests me so much.

There are just a handful of days each year where I am happy, for weather reasons, to be on south shore of Long Island. Today is one of those days. Thanks to the LIRR strike today I was home. I haven't been paying much attention to the weather lately and so was floored to hear that Jersey is in the mid 90s. Here I wouldn't even call today warm. It's just perfect out. Not sure I've ever been aware (though I'm sure it's of course happened) of such a disparity in the past where it was so nice here yet *95* on the other side of NYC. Crazy.

Clearance from last year? Gotta get through Halloween first. On a related note, it occurred to me just this morning that we are closer to the start of the 2026 fall foliage season than to last year's.

Not to begin a boring DST debate, but I'll just say that the ridiculously early DST which began a few decades ago has led to some things I'll never get used to, like ~7PM sunset / ~7:30PM dusk with snow still around. The other weird thing is that for the first few days after DST, most years the sun comes up later than it does on the first day of winter.

Yup. Just experienced exactly this. Sorry all in advance for all the local references. Was in central Jersey near Rt 80/287. Beautiful out - 72 degrees per the car thermometer. Heading back home, was still 70 degrees on the Northern State. Then heading south, less than 10 minutes later it was down to 57 by the time I reached Sunrise Hwy. While I like it in July / August when being on the shore can mean some beautiful evenings even after hot days, in March, April, and even May it can be terrible.

"Just when I think I'm out..." However this season ends, following storms here has been a lot of fun this winter. This is also the year I'll forever remember as the one that my wife began shouting facebook updates to me from the other room about what the GFS is saying vs the NAM vs the Euro. Surreal is the only way to describe that. I guess I have to up my game now. Enjoy all - take care.

25 years ago today it was becoming apparent that a gargantuan snowstorm we were expecting was not working out. Who else remembers TWC/Paul Kocin’s maps which had areas of 3 feet around here? That was the first time TWC had shown anything like that on the East Coast, ever, I think, and I swear it hit the same way a map showing 5 feet here would today. And it’s not like he was hyping. He was discussing those maps almost reluctantly, in that distinctive voice he has. Anyway I remember some very localized areas, including out east on LI, actually ultimately ending up with 15”, but most got much less, and compared to the expectations that were set initially as well as some of us only wanting to hear the biggest numbers, led to this being considered one of the all time disappointments. Others here can definitely provide better recollections and data I’m sure.