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Current temperature at Amundsen Scot weather station in the Antarctic is -37 degrees Fahrenheit.

2 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Morning thoughts...

1. Record heat covers parts of northern Africa. Essaouira, Morocco hit a February record high temperature of 90°.

2. Temperatures will likely soar into the middle and even upper 50s in the Middle Atlantic region today and tomorrow. Washington, DC could see the temperature approach or reach 60°.

3. The powerful polar vortex remains strong.

4. The base case remains a warmer than normal March and Spring in the region.

The CFSv2 is now well underway in evolving toward what could be a warmer March outlook for the region.

Yes and the Polar Vortex has been giving extreme cold where they are suppose to get it, the far north. The Bering Sea ice extent has actually reached the 1981-2010 norm. The ice extent  in the Arctic is more than it has been in years. Don't know how long it will last but at least it has put a little dent in the ice melting.

24 at my house this morning. Meanwhile Manhattan only dropped to 39.

It has been so cold up north this winter, the Bering Sea ice extent is actually within the normal range of the 1981-2010 median.

39.9 degrees here. I think I heard a sleet pellet hit my skylight. That would make this my 5th biggest storm of the season.

Current temperatures in upstate NY, around the Adirondack area, are near 15 below zero.

3 hours ago, dmillz25 said:

Peak gust of 60 mph here and believe it. What do you think @purduewx80

I had a peak gust of 48mph. at my house. My nearby airport, Farmingdale, had 56mph. Airports usually report high readings as they are in open spaces. Sometimes folks post that the wind is this or that where they are but they really don't know unless they have their own weather station. I am listening to the wind outside my house right now and at times it sounds real strong but it is only gusting now to about 30mph as being  recorded by the anemometer  above my roof.

Peak gust 48mph here.

Wind really picking up here, just gusted to 44mph out of the west. Barometer on the rise.

sunshine here

Just now, mob1 said:

Winds picking up big time in Staten Island now after a brief lull. 

That's what I expect here. I am in that brief lull but not for long.

Sky brightening here, some blue sky to my southwest. Barometer down to 28.81.

1 minute ago, jm1220 said:

Windy here in Melville with the passage of heavy showers. 

Same happened here about 15 minutes ago, now a brief lull in the wind. Still some wind but not as strong.

Wind has slackened here. I believe the low is very close, barometric pressure 28.83. Wind should pick up as the low pulls away.

Trenton just reported wind gust to 64mph as storms move thru. Now gusting to 32mph here out of the south. Temperature up to 53 degrees and barometric pressure down to 28.88

I think the warm front has just moved thru my area. Temperature has spiked to 50 degrees and wind has suddenly picked up out of the south gusting to 21.

Barometer already down to 28.95 here.

Just about all the models have an approximately 970 low over the Hudson Valley tomorrow afternoon. That much consistency is unusual.

1 hour ago, SnoSki14 said:

Models keep trending stronger with this, latest NAM is quite a doozy for the area. 

Not very often we see a sub 975 intensifying low pass through the city. 

Also the models have been pretty consistent with this for a few runs now. The NWS seems to be hesitant to ramp up the winds on Friday, although I noticed they are finally calling for some gusts in the 30s and 40s.

If you want to know where the cold air is try Alaska. Fairbanks in January averaged -21 degrees some  13 degrees below normal. McGrath Alaska averaged -24 degrees, about 18 degrees below normal.

39 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

Ask the folks in Miami

Actually there is some evidence that the Miami sea level rise is not the sea rising but the ground sinking. I am not saying the ocean is or isn't rising, just referring to certain parts of the Miami area that have some flooding issues.

Lack of snowfall last winter and this winter so far, is simply over due for our area, especially the coast. We had some string of above average snow seasons, now we are paying the price. That is how we get averages.

Currently heavy rain, 50 degrees and winds gusting to 36mph.

Looks like some snow in parts of Northeast Pa.

3 minutes ago, NycStormChaser said:

One inch in Brooklyn

Sent from my Samsung Note 8
 

Wow, I guess you hit the jackpot.  About a 1/4 inch here with two squalls passing thru.