April 2024

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, HailMan06 said:

Yup one more Andrew but shifted 25-40 miles north and it’s lights out for Florida’s economy.

I find it weird how it didn't affect Miami more than it did.  It must have been really small (maybe 5 miles wide?) because Miami is very close to the southern tip of Florida.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, Brian5671 said:

Yeah I read that article too.  Summers there would be brutal honestly.    Even when I've been in mid April the sun beating down is tough.

People will likely be moving away from Miami because of sea level rise.  They already get sunny day flooding.  Projections are that a lot of that coastal population will be moving to Orlando and other points inland.

 

[uofmiami]

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

I find it weird how it didn't affect Miami more than it did.  It must have been really small (maybe 5 miles wide?) because Miami is very close to the southern tip of Florida.

Downtown Miami is night and day difference compared to now with the amount of high rises.  Also, the wind radius was so tight on the storm as it came ashore that 10 miles made all the difference between 80 mph winds and those gusting to 200 mph.  Once N of Coral Gables the impacts lessened, while it got worse heading S to Homestead, which looked like a nuke went off.  I know at RSMAS on Virginia Key the storm surge was only 5 feet compared to 17 feet down by Homestead.

https://hurricanes.earth.miami.edu/stormtide/

[uofmiami]

18 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

People will likely be moving away from Miami because of sea level rise.  They already get sunny day flooding.  Projections are that a lot of that coastal population will be moving to Orlando and other points inland.

 

King Tides, which I don't recall being a thing when I was down there for college from 95-00.

[jm1220]

3 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Yeah I read that article too.  Summers there would be brutal honestly.    Even when I've been in mid April the sun beating down is tough.

I was just in the PBI area. Still a huge amount of new construction and influx of residents, however many are on their way back up here after Easter. The Space Coast/Tampa are the biggest areas for incoming residents. The area from PBI to Miami is unfortunately way overdue for a major hurricane. 

[Stormlover74]

WV and SW PA getting crushed

 

 

[dWave]

13 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Hopefully that ridge doesn't go away after the 20th.  In my experience once we hit 85, we usually don't go back to a cool pattern anymore

Depends how you define "cool" at that point

[Rtd208]

Picked up 0.23" of rain for the day yesterday

0.05" so far today.

Storm total so far 0.28"

[gravitylover]

Yay power is out 

[MJO812]

Thunder overnight here

[bluewave]

While it still looks like generally warmer weather next week than we have seen recently, it may not get quite as warm as models were indicating a few days ago. As we can often see this time of year, back doors have a way of popping up the closer in we get to a forecast period. 
 

New run stronger backdoor nearby

 

Old run weaker backdoor

 

 

[TJW014]

Nice thunderstorm around 3:30 AM. Serious wind gusts too. Island Beach State Park peak gust of 64 MPH. 

[psv88]

Must have been very windy overnight. Items blown all around the yard 

[bluewave]

16 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Because "hot days" are defined by the number of times it hits 90 degrees.  How hot a summer is, is tangibly defined that way.  I'm done with the humidity driven overnight lows.  Higher lows come from humidity, while actual heat determines how many times we hit 90 degrees.

90° days have been on the increase with numerous top 10 years since 2010. But the higher dewpoints are allowing the 70° minimums to increase at a faster rate.

 

[Allsnow]

.62 overnight. Radar says we make it to a inch this morning 

[SACRUS]

 

65 and rain, heavier rain moving on from the SW, 0.75 in the bucket so far.   Rain should end in the afternoon. Cooler dryer Sat , windy but still some lingering clouds.  Warmer Sun - Tue before clouds and cooler NE flow.  April 20th - April 24th looks cooler/unsettled from this far out before heights rise and warmer returns beyond there and to close the month on a warmer note.

 

 

 

[SACRUS]

 

 

Records:

Highs:


EWR: 90 (1977)
NYC: 90 (1977)
LGA:  86 (1977)


Lows:

EWR: 27 (1976)
NYC: 22 (1874)
LGA: 29 (1976)

 

Historical:

 

1927 - A tornado wiped out the town of Rock Springs, TX, killing 72 persons and causing 1.2 million dollars damage. The tornado, more than one mile in width, destroyed 235 of 247 buildings, leaving no trace of lumber or contents in many cases. Many survivors were bruised by large hail which fell after the passage of the tornado. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1934 - Winds atop Mount Washington, NH, averaged 186 mph for five minutes, with a peak gust of 231 mph, the highest wind speed ever clocked in the world. (David Ludlum)

 

1945: A series of significant tornadoes raked Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois. Antlers, Oklahoma were nearly obliterated by a massive F5 tornado that zigzagged from southwest to northeast across the town. 69 people died in the twister. Another tornado killed eight people in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The disaster was overshadowed by the loss of President Franklin Roosevelt, who died suddenly at his vacation home at Warm Springs, Georgia. 

1987 - A cold front crossing the central U.S. produced heavy snow in the Central Rockies, and severe thunderstorms over Kansas and Oklahoma. Snowfall totals ranged up to 16 inches at Red Mountain Pass CO. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 87 mph at Ponca City OK. Winds associated with the cold front itself gusted to 69 mph at Tucumcari NM. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Snow blanketed the Southern Appalachians. Totals in North Carolina ranged up to 17 inches at Mitchell. Winds at Flat Top Mountain gusted to 80 mph. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Twenty-two cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date, including Elkins WV with a low of 15 degrees, and Baton Rouge LA with a reading of 37 degrees. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Arctic air invaded the central U.S. Lincoln, NE, reported a record low of 17 degrees. Thunderstorms developing along the arctic cold front produced heavy snow in north central Kansas, wind gusts to 61 mph at Midland TX, and wind gusts to 69 mph at Rawlins WY. Warm weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. Las Vegas NV reported a record high of 91 degrees, and on the 13th, Sacramento CA reported a record high of 95 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

2010 - One-inch diamemter hail falls in Fresno, CA. Two condominiums are destroyed by thunderstorms in California's San Joaquin Valley. Up to three funnel clouds were also seen in the region.

 

[SACRUS]

 

 

[FPizz]

44 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

.62 overnight. Radar says we make it to a inch this morning 

I was up to .81 before this rain moved in.  Pretty much a guarantee we get over 1" once again.  Had some decent thunder around 8 am.  

[Allsnow]

15 minutes ago, FPizz said:

I was up to .81 before this rain moved in.  Pretty much a guarantee we get over 1" once again.  Had some decent thunder around 8 am.  

Yup. Muggy morning. Taste of things to come 

[snowman19]

1 minute ago, Allsnow said:

Yup. Muggy morning. Taste of things to come 

It feels like the middle of May this morning. And yea a taste of things to come. All the soil moisture evaporating out and doing its dirty work. We are in for a very humid and very hot summer IMO

[Stormlover74]

Sun's coming out. Let's see if those downpours make it here from PA

[Allsnow]

25 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Sun's coming out. Let's see if those downpours make it here from PA

Steamy 

[Brian5671]

26 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Sun's coming out. Let's see if those downpours make it here from PA

models show them swinging through the entire area later

[winterwx21]

30 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Sun's coming out. Let's see if those downpours make it here from PA

I've picked up 0.84" from this event so far. I see the narrow line of downpours has moved into Somerset County, so it will be here shortly and might get us to a little over an inch of rain for the event.

[FPizz]

6 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

models show them swinging through the entire area later

Pouring here.  Nearing 1.25" total now.  Temp did drop 7 degrees so far with the rain

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

I've picked up 0.84" from this event so far. I see the narrow line of downpours has moved into Somerset County, so it will be here shortly and might get us to a little over an inch of rain for the event.

On the doorstep here in Franklin 

[Stormlover74]

Quite windy with this line. No thunder 

[Allsnow]

Pouring! More rain coming up from PHL 

[MJO812]

Partly sunny here