We Dodged this One
Written by John DiPasquale:
Travel east of the Mohawk Valley through early this afternoon will likely be a little difficult especially in Western New England, but come later today & tonight far Eastern New York & Southern New England look to clear out. As the pic to the left displays, New England will get hit the hardest with this latest Nor'Easter, while we just experience a little morning snow mixing in with the intermittent showers & drizzle south of Rochester across the higher terrain. Behind the Nor'Easter, it will get pretty windy later today & into the weekend, but the atmosphere will definitely slowly dry. This will allow for a little sun Saturday & more in the way of sun for our Sunday. Temperatures will likely remain a little below average through Sunday, but should be closer to the seasonal average of just about 50.
Now come early next week, the big question is...will the next storm hook to the west, move overhead or just to the south. Latest indications show a more westerly track, which would put us in the warm sector of this storm. If this happens, 60s & possibly low 70s may be blown in here on a stiff, balmy & moist southerly breeze later Monday into Tuesday! We'll see? Stay tuned. Tis the season for some nice mild days!
Have a great day & weekend everyone!
Definitely looks like a trend toward more frequent bouts of milder air. Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteHope you're right, SummerFan. It's time to get into the springtime mode. Four months of winter is more than enough. And just to add insult to injury...a year ago it was 80. What a difference a year makes.
ReplyDeleteWe definitely had a much earlier start to spring last year! As I mentioned yesterday or the day before, everything does seem to balance out one way or another. It will be interesting to see what type of summer we get after such a hot & dry one last year. I've seen stretches of two or three hot summers in a row, especially following a significant winter. However, with the Iceland volcanic eruption & a persistent tendency toward trofiness here in the east it might be tough to get a lot of warmth up here this summer. Patterns can change pretty quickly, but if & when it does...will the dip in the jet out east come back as fast as it left??
ReplyDeleteCAN YOU GIVE AN IDEA ON WHAT THE TEMPS MAY BE FOR NEXT SATURDAY'S RED WING HOME OPENER. THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT A LARGE STORM TO OUR WEST WHICH WOULD BRING WARM AIR TO US.
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ReplyDeleteYour point about the Icelandic eruptions is a very good one. We've had a series of high lattitude eruptions over the last several years, including the ones in Russia and Alaska, and then the latest one in Iceland (and there is still a risk of Katla erupting eventually, as it historically does after the other one). There are some very solid theories out there that these events have helped to produce this "blocky pattern" we've been in. This same blocky pattern that lead to the epic heat wave in Russia last summer, and then the second straight year of unusually powerful and persistently negative Arctic OScillation during the winter, which caused anomalously cold weather all the way to Cancun, Mexico. Not to mention the low solar activity which we've had over the last several years. So, I think your caution about this summer going either way is quite warranted. I guess it all depends on what side of that jet stream we end up on more often than not.
If anybody took pictures last spring of the trees and flowers blooming, you should compare the date on those pictures to the same date this year. It will be interesting to see how everything looked green then, and yet on the same exact date this year, everything is still bare.
ReplyDeleteI know I cut my lawn for the first time last year on April 7. There's still some snow on the lawn this year.
ReplyDeleteLooks like the big Nor'easter was a big bust. Albany got about 2" (10"+ predicted), most of Western MA got about 1.5" (again over 10" predicted), Boston had about 4". It must have gone way east.
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