E PA/NJ/DE Spring 2026 Obs/Discussion

[ChescoWx]

To those that celebrate....welcome to Phillies Opening Day!! Go Phillies! It will be a beautiful spring day today with highs reaching the 70's. Shower chances increase tonight into tomorrow morning. Much colder tomorrow with temperatures falling during the day and falling below freezing tomorrow night. Saturday will be the coldest day of the weekend with highs barely escaping the 30's. We moderate back to near normal temperatures by Sunday. Go Phillies!!

[JTA66]

1 hour ago, rcostell said:

From an independant casual reader and practical perspective-Agree 100%.   Not enough widespread interest in this forum to be very meaningful.  Can read like a bit of an echo chamber with the daily updates of rote tables about specific small locations, as example. I get the desire for independence- but would be better to be part of a meaningful mix than an empty room.  Sometimes "1 + 1 = 3".  Opinion respectfully submitted. 

We have this debate every couple of years. I suspect Mike was being a bit sarcastic, but I let him speak to that.

My hunch is, if we combined forums, the Philly posters would eventually disappear. This is a backyard sport. Personally, I have little interest what the weather is doing in NYC. I'm mainly interested in obs from our local PA, south Jersey and northern DE posters. It gives me an idea of what's on the way, be it severe weather, the changeover line or what not.

I'd prefer to not have to waddle through hundreds of posts about the Mets pitching staff to find out how quickly the changeover line is progressing through the region.

-My respectfully submitted opinion (but I'm just another nobody weenie).

[rcostell]

24 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

We have this debate every couple of years. I suspect Mike was being a bit sarcastic, but I let him speak to that.

My hunch is, if we combined forums, the Philly posters would eventually disappear. This is a backyard sport. Personally, I have little interest what the weather is doing in NYC. I'm mainly interested in obs from our local PA, south Jersey and northern DE posters. It gives me an idea of what's on the way, be it severe weather, the changeover line or what not.

I'd prefer to not have to waddle through hundreds of posts about the Mets pitching staff to find out how quickly the changeover line is progressing through the region.

-My respectfully submitted opinion (but I'm just another nobody weenie).

Yes, sir- Seen the debate from time to time. Understand your opinion.  If we merge and continue to 'represent"- might work out as a more integrated entertaining/educational forum- such as the New England forum has acheived- despite it being hundreds of miles in breadth- but united across 6 states.  We could pull that off, too- given another attempt. 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

14 minutes ago, rcostell said:

Yes, sir- Seen the debate from time to time. Understand your opinion.  If we merge and continue to 'represent"- might work out as a more integrated entertaining/educational forum- such as the New England forum has acheived- despite it being hundreds of miles in breadth- but united across 6 states.  We could pull that off, too- given another attempt. 

If it were up to me, I would merge the Upstate NY/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, and NYC into one region, and do it like this:

New England - CT/MA/VT/NH/RI/ME

NY/PA/NJ

Mid-Atlantic - DE/MD/DC/VA/WV

 

 

[rcostell]

6 minutes ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

If it were up to me, I would merge the Upstate NY/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia, and NYC into one region, and do it like this:

New England - CT/MA/VT/NH/RI/ME

NY/PA/NJ

Mid-Atlantic - DE/MD/DC/VA/WV

 

 

Thats a pretty sensible demarcation, actually.  Would give critical mass/ synergies to a couple "quiet" subforms, too.