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19 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

why use climate averages at all? this to me is an example of pseudoscience.  who decided that 30 year averages should be used?  that's a subjective decision-- I'd much rather they show the actual temperatures not some proclaimed climate "average"

 

In this case it makes a lot of sense. You want to build your current models around what your current date averages are and they continue to increase over the last 60 years. Today’s set up would not yield the same result that 30 years ago did. 

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6 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

In this case it makes a lot of sense. You want to build your current models around what your current date averages are and they continue to increase over the last 60 years. Today’s set up would not yield the same result that 30 years ago did. 

That's different but in that case why 30 years when 10 years would be more accurate, or even better use a weighed average that emphasizes the last 10 over the 20 years before that.

 

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12 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Nice.  I've camped there many times.  Never had a stove in my tent though.  Might have had a Sierra Nevada or two.  :thumbsup:

We had a few more than just Sierra Nevada ;) Awesome night. Low was 14. Coldest it got in the tent was 21 when the stove went out. We averaged 68 otherwise. It snowed on and off of all day at camp. We made the most of this lame winter. 

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13 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Nice.  I've camped there many times.  Never had a stove in my tent though.  Might have had a Sierra Nevada or two.  :thumbsup:

I've been getting my fix in the Whites.  It's snowing again today in Glen, NH.  This coming week is gonna be good for snow up here.  Mixed feelings about heading home, but at least I won't miss Mondays event.

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29 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

This is one of the greatest things I've ever read. Just an all-time great. Monuments will be erected in its honor. 

 

3 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

I'm much more partial to Prospect Park it's where I grew up.  I've always considered Manhattan and Central Park where the elitist of the elite hang out and I'm not into that kind of snobbery.  I also don't like the obsession over Central Park weather, New York City is a lot larger than just that one park and I feel the conditions over the entire city need to be taken into account when considering records....this discussion has been had on this forum ad infinitum, whether it's averaging of the park plus the two (or three airports if you also consider Newark) or taking the highest and lowest of all of them combined for the records.  I happen to support all of that since it gives a much fuller picture of the city than just one location which isn't even accurate in its measurements of snowfall, wind or temperature.  I've been to the Bronx Zoo and Prospect Park several times, just never Central Park.

 

 

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10 minutes ago, Juliancolton said:

The northern lights were visible at least as far south as the Catskills and Poconos last night. I slept through it, naturally. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpK8gUfMmt3/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Damn it!  I heard there was a big solar storm!

Were they visible in the Southern Poconos south of I-80 do you know?

 

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Seeing LIE mentioned in storm thread.  After we moved to Texas (1981), they renamed NY 495 to I-495, which bothers me, as even number prefixes to a 2 digit interstate is for loops (like I-610 in the Houston inner loop highway) and the LIE is a spur of 95, or should be I-395 or I-595.

 

The I-495 beltway in Massachusetts follows the rule.

I'm old enough to remember the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway being new, when there was talk of a bridge extending it over the Sound to Connecticut.  I see Seaford and Lindenhurst posts, none from Amityville or Massapequa. 

 

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9 hours ago, JerseyWx said:

Can't believe it, but I was actually looking forward to tracking this storm and now watching it play out.  I guess I need some snow before I can appreciate spring warmth.

Wound up with 5.2 , another spotter from town had the same I saw posted 

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