May 2025

[winterwx21]

Just now, Stormlover74 said:

Might get close to a half inch out of this

It was too brief here to get that much (it's already over), but we did get a quick 0.28". Came down very heavily for a few minutes. Not bad ... at least it was just enough to give things a much-needed watering. I didn't think we would see anything today. It was a nice little storm. 

[SACRUS]

 

Highs:

 

EWR: 88
TEB: 87
LGA: 87
NYC: 85
New Brnswck: 85
PHL: 85
TTN: 83
ACY: 83
BLM: 83
ISP: 72
JFK: 71

[steve392]

Absolute stunning light show to my south and west.. Radar looks very impressive. 

[steve392]

[BobbyHolikWillFindYou]

Was visiting friends in Flemington earlier, had to take a pic.

[hooralph]

Hail! and frequent lightning on UWS.

[hooralph]

Going to call out - in case we are tracking these things now: the severe thunderstorm warning area seems off (looking at RadarScope) - we had no warning here. 
 

this seemed to not match radar:

* This severe thunderstorm will be near... Mott Haven and Midtown Manhattan around 1040 PM EDT. Laguardia Airport and Jackson Heights around 1045 PM EDT. East Tremont around 1050 PM EDT. Co-op City around 1100 PM EDT. City Island around 1105 PM EDT.

 

[psv88]

11 minutes ago, hooralph said:

Going to call out - in case we are tracking these things now: the severe thunderstorm warning area seems off (looking at RadarScope) - we had no warning here. 
 

this seemed to not match radar:

* This severe thunderstorm will be near... Mott Haven and Midtown Manhattan around 1040 PM EDT. Laguardia Airport and Jackson Heights around 1045 PM EDT. East Tremont around 1050 PM EDT. Co-op City around 1100 PM EDT. City Island around 1105 PM EDT.

 

NWS is running on fumes, we are lucky there are warnings at all. 

[dWave]

Quite the light show and about 0.8" rain in 15 mins

[hooralph]

9 minutes ago, psv88 said:

NWS is running on fumes, we are lucky there are warnings at all. 

Push alerts came in as it was pulling out.

[psv88]

7 minutes ago, hooralph said:

Push alerts came in as it was pulling out.

At least we live in an area of the country with minimal severe weather so the impacts will be muted. Out west and south will be a real issue, but that’s what they voted for

[nycwinter]

almost a inch of rain for nyc.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Not a drop on the south shore of the island. But such is to be expected for those in the know. Hoping we finally get some strataform rains and some elevated convection later today.

[Sundog]

7 hours ago, nycwinter said:

almost a inch of rain for nyc.

For Central Park. And zero for the rest of the city lol

[Sundog]

I wanted to see if there were budget cuts to Mt. Holly or Upton that would make any difference to these warnings or forecasts, and when I googled it, the third result was from this weather forum in 2012 lol. The second result was from last year. The first result was from a month ago. 

It seems budget cuts or lack of proper funding and the NWS seem to have a long standing tradition spanning all types of administrations. 

[SACRUS]

 

66/62  mostly cloudy and south wind. Cut off slowly moves east and through the next 2-3 days.   Showers / storms, rain through TUE nigh looks in the 1 - 3 inches range with more North  and Northeast of the area.  Perhaps a nice day Wednesday pending on lingering clouds.   Thu does look cloudy with trough and smaller cutoff over the northeast into Sat AM which could make Friday a bit wetter than currently forecast.  Sat 5/10 - mid month looks near normal and drier.  Beyond there still looking overall near normal and some transient ridging could push temps back into the 80s towards the week of th3 18th - way out there in the beyond.

 

 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 94 (2001)
NYC: 92 (2001)
LGA: 92 (2001)
JFK: 88 (1965)


Lows:

EWR: 37 (1941)
NYC: 38 (1917)
LGA: 41 (1957)
JFK: 42 (2005)

Historical:

 

1812 - A storm produced snow from Philadelphia to Maine. A foot of snow fell near Keene NH, and in Massachusetts, nine inches fell at Waltham, located near Boston. (David Ludlum)

1917 - A late season snowstorm in northwest Texas produced up to eight inches of snow in Potter County and Armstrong County. (David Ludlum)

1922 - Austin, TX, was hit twice by tornadoes which struck within thirty minutes of each other. Twelve persons were killed in the tornadoes. (The Weather Channel)

1977 - A tornado 500 yards in width struck Pleasant Hill, MO, severely damaging the high school and grade school. Only minor injuries were reported among the more than 1000 teaches and students due to excellent warnings and prior tornado drills. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the southeastern U.S., with South Carolina hardest hit. Thunderstorm winds toppled trees seventy feet high in Spartanburg County SC, and knocked homes off their foundations near Bishopville SC. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Thunderstorms produced large hail in North Carolina, but brought welcome rains to much of the rest of the eastern U.S. Residents of New England finally saw sunshine after about a week of clouds and rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather in the Southern Plains Region and the Lower Mississippi Valley. Thunderstorms spawned fifteen tornadoes, and there were 340 reports of large hail and damaging winds. Hail three inches in diameter, and 9.39 inches of rain, resulted in more than 130 million dollars damage at Monroe LA. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 100 mph at Epps LA and Fort Worth TX. A thunderstorm north of Mineral Wells TX produced high winds which unroofed a nightclub, turning it into a "topless club." (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Thunderstorms produced severe weather from the Lower Ohio Valley to Virginia and the Carolinas. A tornado at Augusta Springs VA killed two people and injured ten others, and another tornado caused 1.7 million dollars damage at Colonial Heights VA. Temp-eratures soared into the 90s in northern California. The high of 98 degrees in downtown Sacramento was their hottest reading of record for so early in the season. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

[SACRUS]

 

Stuff into MD and VA looks to move into and through the area in the next 6  - 8 hours or between (4 pm and 6 PM) and linger through the evening and night.

 

 

[Brian5671]

Models are wet Mon-Wed-althought placement of the big rains is still a bit in the air

3K NAM

[uofmiami]

[lee59]

No rain here since Thursday night

[Sundog]

7 minutes ago, lee59 said:

No rain here since Thursday night

I don't even know what to say about this system. 

Several days ago I was hoping for a more organized area of rain for the area but instead getting rain out of this is more like hitting the lottery, at least at the coast. 

[winterwarlock]

.22 last night..unimpressed 

[bluewave]

5 minutes ago, Sundog said:

I don't even know what to say about this system. 

Several days ago I was hoping for a more organized area of rain for the area but instead getting rain out of this is more like hitting the lottery, at least at the coast. 

Always have to wait until we get to within the range of the higher res models like the SPC HREF. The 12 z runs today will be the first to be within range of the heaviest rain potential next 48-60 hrs. Longer range globals beyond a few days struggle with the placement of the heaviest convection. 

[winterwarlock]

I didn't have 70 and sun trying to poke out on my bingo card for Sunday morning

[TJW014]

Here comes the fire hose from the south... 

[gravitylover]

Ooh ooh, the .2 so far is about useless to help the deep soil moisture problem.

[Picard]

0.35" overnight from the 11 PM storm.  Decent lightening and thunder and a brief power outage.  
Looks like we might get clipped by some more later, as the radar appears to be on the right trajectory,
but as someone else pointed out, getting in on the rains is a little like playing the lottery.

[Snowlover11]

Just get the yankee game in, after that it can pour.

[Brian5671]

6 minutes ago, Snowlover11 said:

Just get the yankee game in, after that it can pour.

That slug of rain in S NJ may be a problem

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NAMS coming in very wet for many here