Napril 2026 Discussion/Obs

[dendrite]

No

Russini

After 6/1

[Damage In Tolland]

Poor Pats 

https://x.com/gregabedard/status/2047187856255295520?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

[HoarfrostHubb]

Welp…we had one season we could dream…

back to garbage

[WinterWolf]

7 hours ago, weathafella said:

We’ll be in FL for 2 months next winter….mid January-mid March.  FL experienced widespread severe wx during the winter of 97-98 which is unusual but the coming Nino may be a decent analogue.  We’ll see how nao behaves.

The heart of the winter…gone for you Jerry.  I’m sad for you…but if there’s a big one you, can fly home like you did this year too, so there’s that. 

[CoastalWx]

14 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

The heart of the winter…gone for you Jerry.  I’m sad for you…but if there’s a big one you, can fly home like you did this year too, so there’s that. 

Winter is slowly dying, Jerry is smart.

[SouthCoastMA]

If this was two months ago the Euro would be getting bashed right now for pulling the plug on Mon/Tues. Glue factory

[WinterWolf]

52 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Winter is slowly dying, Jerry is smart.

Dumbest comment I’ve heard in a long time…coming from the guy who got two, 2 plus footers in one year….get a grip. And patently FALSE!  Go have a drink by the pool. 

[weathafella]

1 hour ago, WinterWolf said:

The heart of the winter…gone for you Jerry.  I’m sad for you…but if there’s a big one you, can fly home like you did this year too, so there’s that. 

I won’t be flying back.  I learned that lesson last year.  Big ones actually have a negative impact for me now.  Eg:  walking at the height of a storm was always what I lived for.  Enjoying it with like minded friends also.  Not possible when everyone is separated and walking in the street can easily get me killed by a plow.  It’s been a fun run with winter but I now understand why all the old school snow loving great tv mets moved to Florida in their old age.  Coming back in February made me realize that had we gotten 3 feet like areas 50 miles south I’d have been stuck at home for weeks on end.  I’ve skated, skied, snowshoed, walked in winter.  I’ll be 80 as winter begins next year.  I’m done.

[Layman]

4 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I won’t be flying back.  I learned that lesson last year.  Big ones actually have a negative impact for me now.  Eg:  walking at the height of a storm was always what I lived for.  Enjoying it with like minded friends also.  Not possible when everyone is separated and walking in the street can easily get me killed by a plow.  It’s been a fun run with winter but I now understand why all the old school snow loving great tv mets moved to Florida in their old age.  Coming back in February made me realize that had we gotten 3 feet like areas 50 miles south I’d have been stuck at home for weeks on end.  I’ve skated, skied, snowshoed, walked in winter.  I’ll be 80 as winter begins next year.  I’m done.

Gratitude and appreciation for the experiences had = wisdom.  Hoping for a beautiful New England summer and wishing you fantastic weather in FL next winter.

[WxWatcher007]

The end of an era  

[Typhoon Tip]

37 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I won’t be flying back.  I learned that lesson last year.  Big ones actually have a negative impact for me now.  Eg:  walking at the height of a storm was always what I lived for.  Enjoying it with like minded friends also.  Not possible when everyone is separated and walking in the street can easily get me killed by a plow.  It’s been a fun run with winter but I now understand why all the old school snow loving great tv mets moved to Florida in their old age.  Coming back in February made me realize that had we gotten 3 feet like areas 50 miles south I’d have been stuck at home for weeks on end.  I’ve skated, skied, snowshoed, walked in winter.  I’ll be 80 as winter begins next year.  I’m done.

I'm a little more than 1/2 your age, then (bold) 

I'm already moving the other spiritual direction with regard to winter, though.  I started longing more and more for 'the one that got away', which most sadly and likely not going to change - hoping on an alternate universe manifestation on that. No, it's not Christine - that was a passing story years ago that some obsess over for some reason.  Anyway, I’m also increasingly longing for an escape place. 

This last year is the first when growing indifference tipped the scale away as finally exceeded the fading love for winter.   The thing is, I'm still fascinated by the evolution of winter storms.  But my fascination for a much large breadth of aspect in other sciences and experiences just seemed to grow along the way - natural personal evolution.  I'd rather be involved with the fantasy science of anti-gravity propulsion systems.  The search for extra-terrestrial life.  Writing and publishing another science fiction novel - which I am working on...  These ex of other fascination no longer need include this climatology, which in fact has been getting disrupted enough, anyway - I don't wanna play that denial game every November anymore. What used to be 'reasonably' dependable is not relegated to leveraging return rates and decaying probabilities. 

If/when I lose it for winter, it makes these April abominations that much more tedious to endure, too.  Last winter was the first where it was ~ Dec 1 and loathed the notion that it would be a 5 month slog of cold and early sunsets 

[Torch Tiger]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Poor Pats 

https://x.com/gregabedard/status/2047187856255295520?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

Way overblown...nbd 

[WinterWolf]

19 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I won’t be flying back.  I learned that lesson last year.  Big ones actually have a negative impact for me now.  Eg:  walking at the height of a storm was always what I lived for.  Enjoying it with like minded friends also.  Not possible when everyone is separated and walking in the street can easily get me killed by a plow.  It’s been a fun run with winter but I now understand why all the old school snow loving great tv mets moved to Florida in their old age.  Coming back in February made me realize that had we gotten 3 feet like areas 50 miles south I’d have been stuck at home for weeks on end.  I’ve skated, skied, snowshoed, walked in winter.  I’ll be 80 as winter begins next year.  I’m done.

So sad to hear…but I can understand your position.  Well it’s very rare to get 3 feet in a single storm…but I see your point.  Let’s hope we get some winter before you leave in mid January then. 

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Way overblown...nbd 

He’s gone . Won’t be coaching again 

[CoastalWx]

Patterns like this makes me wonder why we live in New England.

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Patterns like this makes me wonder why we live in New England.

Ya..shitty time of year for us, but that’s how it is in SNE in early to mid spring(April) more times than not.   At least it’s  Gonna be nice here today..65 and sunny. We take. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 hour ago, Typhoon Tip said:

I'm a little more than 1/2 your age, then (bold) 

I'm already moving the other spiritual direction with regard to winter, though.  I started longing more and more for 'the one that got away', which most sadly and likely not going to change - hoping on an alternate universe manifestation on that. No, it's not Christine - that was a passing story years ago that some obsess over for some reason.  Anyway, I’m also increasingly longing for an escape place. 

This last year is the first when growing indifference tipped the scale away as finally exceeded the fading love for winter.   The thing is, I'm still fascinated by the evolution of winter storms.  But my fascination for a much large breadth of aspect in other sciences and experiences just seemed to grow along the way - natural personal evolution.  I'd rather be involved with the fantasy science of anti-gravity propulsion systems.  The search for extra-terrestrial life.  Writing and publishing another science fiction novel - which I am working on...  These ex of other fascination no longer need include this climatology, which in fact has been getting disrupted enough, anyway - I don't wanna play that denial game every November anymore. What used to be 'reasonably' dependable is not relegated to leveraging return rates and decaying probabilities. 

If/when I lose it for winter, it makes these April abominations that much more tedious to endure, too.  Last winter was the first where it was ~ Dec 1 and loathed the notion that it would be a 5 month slog of cold and early sunsets 

Well, it was a pretty memorable and spectacular VD Day melt  2007... triggered by the sudden epiphany that that particular snowfall, that night would never live up to expectations due to the inability of the mid levels to cool the .00000001C needed for the sleet to abate. #neverforgetchristine

[Brian5671]

27 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Patterns like this makes me wonder why we live in New England.

That's why people go to Florida and come back here in May...

[MJO812]

57 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Patterns like this makes me wonder why we live in New England.

Want to switch ?

[Typhoon Tip]

36 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, it was a pretty memorable and spectacular VD Day melt  2007... triggered by the sudden epiphany that that particular snowfall, that night would never live up to expectations due to the inability of the mid levels to cool the .00000001C needed for the sleet to abate. #neverforgetchristine

Ha ha ha that’s all right. I knew I was going to incur the wrath just by bringing it up.

[metagraphica]

63 and bluebird sky. Beautiful day!

[PhiEaglesfan712]

14 hours ago, H2Otown_WX said:

Wonder if this will be like 2020 where things flip to a torch around Memorial Day? Then again I lived out in Milwaukee at the time so I'm not sure how it evolved here but I assume it was similar.

Probably not. This year is probably the polar of 2020. That year, we had an ending weak +ENSO that transitioned into a solid la nina, and a developing -PDO. This year, we have an ending weak -ENSO that looks like it's transitioning to a strong, if not super, el nino, and an ending -PDO/developing +PDO.

Plus, 2019-20 was a very warm and virtually snowless winter that turned cold in April into May, while this winter was cold and snowy, that turned warm in March, and flipped to a torch around Daylight Saving Time.

[dendrite]

8 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Want to switch ?

I would live in Thule, Greenland and eat fermented whale blubber all day before I’d live down there.

[dendrite]

56/32 FEW

Not a bad day out there although there’s some rogue good gusts at times. 

[kdxken]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

56/32 FEW

Not a bad day out there although there’s some rogue good gusts at times. 

61° here. It feels like 81° after what we've been having.

[kdxken]

12 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I would live in Thule, Greenland and eat fermented whale blubber all day before I’d live down there.

[Torch Tiger]

Another great day out there. In the "bad" pattern lol