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all i care about is reservoir levels they are currently at 94% of capacity no worries about water restrictions this summer..

lawn finally starting to stretch upward a bit over the past couple days

Hopefully this last winter blast over performs after the last one whimpered away.

You're rooting for rain?

Nice soaker today with 0.81".

as long as it's above 50 and blue skies and no onshore wind I'm happy lol.

Don. we've been discussing a possible 1980 analog for the upcoming summer, what do you think? We haven't had a summer like that in a very long time!

Dews! https://x.com/jmelmed23/status/1912963568011555316?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

The maps alone would be sketchy at best, but we also have some other clues from obs elsewhere, I would imagine the cold NW flow was good for a few snow showers and then the organized event by Apr 17-18 was likely a cold rain in present NYC metro and wet snow in n NJ and lower elevations se NY.

Under brilliant sunshine, the mercury rose into the lower 60s in the New York City area. It will turn even warmer tomorrow. The temperature will rise into the middle and perhaps upper 60s in the New York City area and lower 70s in Philadelphia. Saturday will be unseasonably warm with readings soaring into the upper 70s to near 80° in the New York City. The warmest spots will see temperatures top out in the lower 80s. The mild weather will continue into at least the start of next week, although Monday could be briefly cooler. It will also remain mainly dry into at least early next week. The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +1.2°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.1°C for the week centered around April 9. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged +1.25°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged +0.33°C. Neutral ENSO conditions will likely continue through at least late spring. Early indications are that summer 2025 will be warmer than normal in the New York City and Philadelphia areas. The potential exists for a much warmer than normal summer (more than 1° above normal). The SOI was -10.74 today. The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -1.028 today. Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied 60% probability that New York City will have a cooler than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 53.1° (0.6° below normal).

Not in the burbs if it's low humidity

75 too hot. You need AC indoors if it's sunny and 75 outside this time of year.

Good to see no cold wind off the ocean today.

Still have plow piles here and some shaded leftover snowpack in some yards lol.

3K NAM has been reluctant to fire convection tomorrow since it came into range, but 18Z HRRR actually doesn't look terrible parameter space-wise around the WI/IL border region, and fires storms around 23-00Z.

not warm enough here-nice day but still cool in the shade or when the wind blows. Need 75

Yeah. I'm east of 95. It's pretty normal here. I had almost 2" a few days ago.

Give me today every day through the end of June.

I probably wouldn't expect something too hot. The trend for the last 20 years has been a trough in the east/ridge in the west during the Summertime. Last year that pattern really changed, and I think we will see some year-to-year lingering effects from that this Summer. And the SW, US was +2F over their previous record last Summer! And is going to likely have a hot Spring, so some of that usually comes east +time.. I would at least expect an above average Summer in the east, and maybe comfortably so.

https://sercc.com local news: https://www.wral.com/story/funding-lapsed-key-weather-data-source-is-offline-and-its-future-is-in-doubt/21964673/

I mean we just had another case where a big rain was just a one off instead of an ushering in of a wet pattern. That’s also been the case since 2023. Also last week’s event had an anti rain force field once you went west of 95.

Top of the line spring day today. Just finished a 5 mile hike. Living on the south shore really makes you appreciate any real spring weather as we often skip right to summer…

The 2024 harvest for South Jersey wineries will be one of the best in history. “This is going to be probably the best harvest as far as quality we’ve ever seen here in New Jersey,” said Larry Sharrott, owner of Sharrott Winery. The lack of rainfall led to higher quality fruit, which will lead to more premium wines. Sharrott told NBC10 that they haven’t seen much rain at his Hammonton, Atlantic County, in a few months. “By my estimation, on this site, we’re probably 5 to 6 inches behind,” he said. The lack of rainfall led to higher quality fruit, which will lead to more premium wines. “It helps us concentrate our fruit flavors, increases sugar concentration, so you get these really lush beautiful wines,” Sharrott said. “We want them to be moisture starved throughout the season because that actually improves the color intensity.” wow, it would be interesting to find a list of other great years for east coast wine. Hot and dry would do it.

wow that would be an interesting summer to relive, the July-August couplet was the hottest on record at NYC, 62 days average temperature over 80.0 (off the top of my head I think July averaged 79.7 and August averaged 80.6) in NYC.