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1.25" with the thunderstorms last night. I'll take it. Dramatic cooldown from the 70s and humid yesterday afternoon to the 30s this morning, with wind chills in the 20s.

One hell of a light show out this way. Nearly constant thunder for the past half our with continuous flashes. Pretty incredible.

Thunderstorms here the past 3/4 hour. Light to heavy rain, along with decent lightening. Happy Spring!

Well west would be consistent with much of the pattern over the last 8 months.

On the Rutgers website, find New Brunswick and check the 5 minute data. Am I seeing a 23 degree drop in five minutes between 18:50 and 18:55?? Or am I nuts? Check Holmdel. 24 degree drop in fifteen minutes?

Someone might end up quite disappointed tomorrow, even if that front sets up 20-30 miles different from what's forecast, that's going to be a HUGE difference in temps.

What is that, like 80 in Sparta and 50 in the city?

Actually a nice day today with not too much breeze. High 47. I was expecting clouds this afternoon, but the sun stayed out, enough for a short hike that wasn't too cold.

It's damn lucky the outcome wasn't worse. That bus is destroyed. This wind is becoming tiresome. I don't recall seeing any wind advisories posted.

0.75" overnight. Not bad, matched most forecasts for my area.

So, what exactly are we looking at tonight? Almost looks like a lot of it misses this area unless more forms. Central, northern NY state and Central PA are getting hammered.

22/70 out at the Walpack station yesterday, Sussex County. 21/68 the day before. Walpack can really go nuts this time of year.

A couple of points: There's a good conversation to be had around prescribed burns, especially because a percentage of the brush in this area is invasive. But that takes planning, political will, competence, and funding. And at least 3 out of 4 of those things (you decide), are in short supply. I do fear an LA-like event is possible here, especially in areas like Morris County where it is simultaneously still heavily forested and heavily populated. Adjacent to the point above - do any good data sets exist that track average winds over time? It just seems to me that there are more clear day extreme wind events than before, and last night/today is no exception.

Where everything is planted is in direct sunlight all day this time of year. It only ever takes about three sunny days in the 40s come late February and there they are. I had shoots in late January two years ago during a mild stretch. They actually made it all the way through to bloom.

My crocus are up about an inch and a half already. Everything else has just popped through with the thaw, including hyacinth, daffodil, and tulip. Won't be long now and last night's rains were much needed and welcomed.