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Yea, my area has had a lot of bad luck even relative to the general drought.

That's the woman from Kansas with six cats and overalls. Auntie em

This is the time of year we have better weather in Minnesota then lakeshore areas of Chicagoland. Near 70 yesterday and today. Absolutely perfect spring weather. Starting to see some buds really swell on trees here.

Good morning. You can call me Bob. I'm happy you apologized to Mr. Gorse for your remarks. Well deserved. That was the point of my comment that the mulch fire was not "major"- and especially that exaggeration of a fire caused by spontaneous combustion shouldn't be linked to NWS being negligent. Those were my only points. I see nowhere where I wrote those other things you linked me to. (As far as your attempts at "face- saving", above- everyone on this board knows we have a rainfall deficit, its been windy, and its fire season. I mentioned none of that- so don't imply I did. The fire near Jim Thorpe was preexisting my comments- and the Ocean County fire is "major", although contained. I grew up in the Pine Barrens- there are fires most years, especially during spring before leaf-out..its a neccessary part of the ecology here. Your proclivity towards exaggeration and blaming folks for non-existent issues is noted. Maybe stop trying to bite my ankles when you are already on the canvas. Its a bad look.)

Didn't 1998 also have another big severe weather outbreak around Memorial Day? So strange to have them bookend summer like that-- both Memorial Day AND Labor Day! Also going back, does anyone remember the historic October 1989 outbreak? I feel like that entire month was extremely windy and all our leaves were down by Halloween (got any stats on that Chris-- was October 1989 one of our windiest months)? People remember the tragic deaths of 10 children up in Westchester at Coldenham -- that was part of a nationwide severe weather outbreak wasn't it? What was going on that month that made it so bad?

First week of May might remind -

It is location dependent too, even around here. The past 7 years, in the central nj area 15 miles west of Rutgers University, I am: a tick below ave Well below Way above 66% of av way below Ave 66% of ave. Those 7 years are a hair over 23" average for me and I average 29". So yes, it has been below average. But next year if we happen to get a nice winter, I can be right near average again for the past 8 years. His 7 year thing is so cherry picked it is laughable. The prior 7 year to that I averaged 11" above average. If I combine the 14 years, I am above average overall. Somehow the last 7 years are the new norm, but the 7 years prior to that just get tossed.

So what are we thinking for Saturday? Will it be more wet than dry?

I can fathom the higher terrain of the Worcester hills and Berkshires, up into NNE seeing an increase, but I think I am too far south/close to the coast. Hopefully I can break even with a more feast or famine distribution moving forward.

Some great spring weather is ahead for the rest of the work week before some showers arrive toward Saturday morning. We should see mid-70's over the next few days before a slight cool down by Sunday but then another big warmup toward the middle of next week.

Some great spring weather is ahead for the rest of the work week before some showers arrive toward Saturday morning. We should see mid-70's over the next few days before a slight cool down by Sunday but then another big warmup toward the middle of next week.

When we start getting more humid days, that’ll be a hint. Most of the time, the last few years have felt like living in the Great Plains.

Eh...I think the increase is probably north of me, or at least further inland/elevated. I don't think my snowfall on the interior CP of northern Mass is going to go up verses the longer term climo. Maybe the increased moisture and warmer temps cancel out, as opposed to even further south along the CP....

Yeah, Labor Day 1998 was probably the top ranking derecho when you include NYC and Long Island. The speed at which it turned from day to night with darkness of the clouds really stood out. Many boaters were caught off guard as the storm swept in so fast. Spoke to friends who saw how dark the sky had become and immediately ran down into the basement. The September 2010 event was very impressive but more narrowly focused in NYC. My top ranked event for continuous lighting was 5-31 to 6-1-85. That began as one of the most severe tornado outbreaks in PA before evolving into a squall line with record lightning flash rates.

Way beyond any of our lifetimes obviously, but in a couple hundred million years the Sun will heat up to an extent that our oceans will evaporate away. Our magnetic field will keep the water vapor from being leached out into space so our planet will be a gigantic pressurized teakettle pretty much. It’ll be hot like Venus but even more pressurized because of the water vapor. Fun! Of course the immediate problem is CO2 and methane which will kill us a lot sooner if we don’t get it under control.

Places like Portland are likely to see their snowfall increase for a few decades.

More rain coming in this afternoon. Looks like rain about every day this week.

49 was my low. Curious if ii sneakily hit 80 today.

My focus has mostly been along the coastal corridor from around Philly to Boston. As gaining some elevation in the regions you mentioned has been a big plus in recent years. As we were reminded with the March 2023 snowstorm.

it's never going to get that warm, the rich and powerful won't allow it to happen, geoengineering is just around the corner, whether we want it or not, we need it.

when we start geoengineering the planet to cool it down the monsoon will actually become drier. Several computer simulations show that. It's never going to get to 5c or 7c or whatever those models are talking about, geoengineering is going to start by 2030 if not sooner.

One aspect that is interesting ... the idea of younger generations perhaps 'not needing' as much direct evidence exposure to be convinced. There's a suggestion here that some of the persuasion toward accepting the objective reality may come by way of these older generations dying off.\ John, you should read the famous quote by Max Planck that applies to all of of society.....

If anything your snowfall should go up with added moisture as locations further south see their snowfall go down. We saw this in the DC vs NYC trend back in the early 2000s (it's so strange to say that lol.)

it's a great idea for the Tree From Hell too lol

Looks like most of the processes in place are to remove CO2 from the air rather than cutting down on fossil fuels. Removing water vapor to make more drinking water has a lot of merit and could help a lot of people that don't have access to clean drinking water around the world.