WNash Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 On 8/28/2018 at 1:06 AM, BuffaloWeather said: That makes sense for a winter lover. A good friend of mine just moved to Baltimore a few months ago and loves it down there. Another is likely joining soon in DC. Had 6 friends move to California too. No one wants to stay here. I've lived all over the place, and I love it here. People are way more friendly in a real way than in the south. The "city of good neighbors" slogan is the truth. Schools are way better here than most places I've lived. We pay more in taxes here than in the south, but less than you would think - I lived in a place with a 9.25% sales tax on EVERYTHING, including food, medicine, etc., and it adds up fast. And as someone whose surviving parent is facing health challenges, I can tell you that the elderly support services here are great. Much of NYS (like a lot of other places) has taken a lot of hits from the way the economy has been restructured to favor low wage services, and the playing field has been tilted hugely against working people. Economic opportunity is better here than it used to be, but it's not nearly as good as many other places. But the quality of life here is extremely good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said: Congrats THM! Like Buffalo Weather said yesterday having a poster in the heart of some of the heaviest snow bands off the great Lakes will be awesome for live updates! This forum is gonna get a lot of visitors in the winter, thanks to our very well situated members! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeeffectkid383 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 That’s long range cooldown that was being advertised on the GFS is long gone now with the last several runs consistently showing mid and upper 80s persisting right through the middle of September with no cooldowns in sight. Can someone make this stop, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 29 minutes ago, WesterlyWx said: That’s long range cooldown that was being advertised on the GFS is long gone now with the last several runs consistently showing mid and upper 80s persisting right through the middle of September with no cooldowns in sight. Can someone make this stop, please? I feel like it's gonna take something major to disrupt this pattern. Maybe a significant tropical system will finally get this ridge to budge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 32 minutes ago, WesterlyWx said: That’s long range cooldown that was being advertised on the GFS is long gone now with the last several runs consistently showing mid and upper 80s persisting right through the middle of September with no cooldowns in sight. Can someone make this stop, please? Looking at the long range feels like Charlie Brown as he stupidly tries to kick the football I know Lucy is bound to pull away!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 99 deg and 108 heat index at Boston. They have had an incredibly hot summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 2 hours ago, WesterlyWx said: That’s long range cooldown that was being advertised on the GFS is long gone now with the last several runs consistently showing mid and upper 80s persisting right through the middle of September with no cooldowns in sight. Can someone make this stop, please? Have off today and went for 3 mile run, I see what you’re saying took a 15 min cold shower to get my body temp down to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 4 hours ago, WNash said: I've lived all over the place, and I love it here. People are way more friendly in a real way than in the south. The "city of good neighbors" slogan is the truth. Schools are way better here than most places I've lived. We pay more in taxes here than in the south, but less than you would think - I lived in a place with a 9.25% sales tax on EVERYTHING, including food, medicine, etc., and it adds up fast. And as someone whose surviving parent is facing health challenges, I can tell you that the elderly support services here are great. Much of NYS (like a lot of other places) has taken a lot of hits from the way the economy has been restructured to favor low wage services, and the playing field has been tilted hugely against working people. Economic opportunity is better here than it used to be, but it's not nearly as good as many other places. But the quality of life here is extremely good. I’ve traveled all over the world and I agree Buffalo holds a special place in my heart. But they’re are many places I could see myself moving to. Family and my social network all reside here so it’s always tough to leave that. I’d also miss going to Bills and Sabres games too much. My uncle and aunt have a condo on the water near west palm beach. It’s worth 5-600k and their taxes are under $3k also no state tax. That same house in the village of Hamburg and you’re paying 15-25k in taxes per year plus our high sales tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 14 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said: Congrats THM! Like Buffalo Weather said yesterday having a poster in the heart of some of the heaviest snow bands off the great Lakes will be awesome for live updates! 12 hours ago, WNash said: This forum is gonna get a lot of visitors in the winter, thanks to our very well situated members! Thanks, TS18! Looking forward to following upstate weather with all of you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 We actually lost power here for a min when that storm came through. Had a lightning strike really close to the house. Decent storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 There was also a tornado warning in Mckean county with some decent rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 The beat goes on. I expect week 2-3 of September we get a decent cool down. Can't believe Sep 1st is Saturday. What an incredible summer. I'm curious to see what we stand at for June-August in terms of disparity from normal. I'm thinking at least 5-6 above normal for those 3 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Buffalo Weather do you know where to find the 3 month stretch of Feb, Mar and Apr of 2018? I would tend to believe a very similar anomaly negatively would be likely. The bigger question is how strange would it be to have 2 seasons in the same year with such large temperature differences? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revracer800 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 What a beautiful day so far, temp is 68 no humidity and a little breeze, i could take every summer day being like this. Looks like the jungle weather returns next week uggg. Hoping the weekend is great also, big weekend in Oswego for classic weekend at Oswego Speedway. I'll be there all weekend, great racing, great friends and cold beer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 3 minutes ago, Thinksnow18 said: Buffalo Weather do you know where to find the 3 month stretch of Feb, Mar and Apr of 2018? I would tend to believe a very similar anomaly negatively would be likely. The bigger question is how strange would it be to have 2 seasons in the same year with such large temperature differences? I'll post the numbers for the entire year when I get home from work. Feb 2018 was a torch wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Thinksnow18 said: Buffalo Weather do you know where to find the 3 month stretch of Feb, Mar and Apr of 2018? I would tend to believe a very similar anomaly negatively would be likely. The bigger question is how strange would it be to have 2 seasons in the same year with such large temperature differences? https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/national/201802 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 Yes it was and I was able to pull up the buffalo winter summary '17-'18. Nov, Dec, Jan, Mar and April were all below normal with April being historically cold. So 5 of the 6 months were below normal witj February being do warm it almost pushed the seasonal average to normal for the winter period and did so do Rochester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 54 minutes ago, Thinksnow18 said: Yes it was and I was able to pull up the buffalo winter summary '17-'18. Nov, Dec, Jan, Mar and April were all below normal with April being historically cold. So 5 of the 6 months were below normal witj February being do warm it almost pushed the seasonal average to normal for the winter period and did so do Rochester. December and April were very cold, relative to normal. It's funny, we have had six BN months and six AN months, but the AN departures are significantly higher than the BN departures, so the last year has been way above normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WNash Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 1 hour ago, BuffaloWeather said: I'll post the numbers for the entire year when I get home from work. Feb 2018 was a torch wasn't it? May was the biggest torch at +8.1. Feb was +5.6 though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 The traffic this summer in the Buffalo area has been ridiculous. I honestly cannot wait for winter just for that to be completed. The skyway is closed, the 90 is being worked on, exit 57 in Hamburg is getting torn down. Everywhere I go there is traffic. It seems they waited to do it all this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said: Yes it was and I was able to pull up the buffalo winter summary '17-'18. Nov, Dec, Jan, Mar and April were all below normal with April being historically cold. So 5 of the 6 months were below normal witj February being do warm it almost pushed the seasonal average to normal for the winter period and did so do Rochester. 2018: +1.1 (August and September will add to that) 2017: +1.7 2016: +2.9 2015: +.3 2014: -1.2 2013: +.5 2012: +3.8 2011: +1.3 Welcome to global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 10 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said: Buffalo Weather do you know where to find the 3 month stretch of Feb, Mar and Apr of 2018? I would tend to believe a very similar anomaly negatively would be likely. The bigger question is how strange would it be to have 2 seasons in the same year with such large temperature differences? https://www.weather.gov/buf/coopdata Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 Our last below average winter was 13-14. That was a weak Nino. This coming year is also a weak Nino. http://ggweather.com/enso/oni.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinksnow18 Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Looks to be more of a western based or modoki El Nino. If that verifies the warmer waters would stay west of 3.4 and allow a colder scenario for our region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Thinksnow18 said: Looks to be more of a western based or modoki El Nino. If that verifies the warmer waters would stay west of 3.4 and allow a colder scenario for our region. Yep. Central/Western based El Ninos are the best for sustained cold in the northeast/GL. An East based Nino results in a warmer winter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 On August 30, 2018 at 9:10 PM, WxWatcher007 said: Congrats! I look forward to your obs. I also have a business idea for you. Think Airbnb but for wx weenies Ha! The next door neighbor (half mile down the road) has an Air B&B. I have always wanted to own a Bed and Breakfast. The past couple weekends have been insane with all these city slickers coming up here. I am assured by locals things will quiet down..and then pick up during the winter. The weeks are soooo much quieter than the weekends. The past couple days, the temperature has been awesome. Upper 60s/70 for a high. Went to the Redfield Old Homes Day Parade this evening (picture below). Can tell fall is on the way...hopefully for good after this hot spell this week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 BUF NWS does great forecast discussions. Already love reading them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, TugHillMatt said: BUF NWS does great forecast discussions. Already love reading them! I read forecast discussions all over the GL and NE and I feel like Buffalo is the best. Especially in the winter as I think the people that work there are winter enthusiasts like us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 9:01 PM, TugHillMatt said: Ha! The next door neighbor (half mile down the road) has an Air B&B. I have always wanted to own a Bed and Breakfast. The past couple weekends have been insane with all these city slickers coming up here. I am assured by locals things will quiet down..and then pick up during the winter. The weeks are soooo much quieter than the weekends. The past couple days, the temperature has been awesome. Upper 60s/70 for a high. Went to the Redfield Old Homes Day Parade this evening (picture below). Can tell fall is on the way...hopefully for good after this hot spell this week. Good to know there’s an Air BB up there. I’m just about ready to buy a 4Runner and will hopefully make a trek or two up there during ‘the weather’. Get ready and welcome aboard! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 View from our cottage this afternoon looking out on Chaumont Bay. Thunderheads associated with a storm over Oswego County barely visible on the horizon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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