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[MJO812]

Awful

I'm a snow and cold weenie.

[CooL]

I'm a snow and cold weenie.

you are a disgrace to this thread.

[Isotherm]

Agree with John. I love winter and cold weather, but I've been wearing a jacket of some kind since October, it's been 6 months, time for the warm season. I love going out on summer nights and its still 85-90 degrees; days like today get me excited for summer, so they're kind of a tease. We all know we've got several weeks until these temps will be sustained.

[MJO812]

you are a disgrace to this thread.

CooL is not Cool anymore.

[earthlight]

Agree with John. I love winter and cold weather, but I've been wearing a jacket of some kind since October, it's been 6 months, time for the warm season. I love going out on summer nights and its still 85-90 degrees; days like today get me excited for summer, so they're kind of a tease. We all know we've got several weeks until these temps will be sustained.

Agreed...we're grilling a steak as we speak..and my cousins are outside throwing a baseball around. Beats winter..

[Isotherm]

I despite the eternity of a NYC summer with its endless days of haze, humidity, and muggy nights. Love my garden and cooking with fresh, local ingredients but otherwise loath the high summer.

Already longing for a crisp January day with a foot of snow on the ground and brisk NW winds. But everything in its time, and it is time for the warm season, unfortunately.

Last summer was definitely overboard on the heat/humidity.

My ideal summer would be the following: 3 days with temps in the 90s, broken by severe storms, preferrably an overnight squall, or bow echo, then 3 days with temps cooler in the 70s/80s and low humidity, 7th day back up into the mid 80s. Rinse and repeat throughout the summer. I like a mix of heat/storms and cooler weather during the summer.

[CooL]

CooL is not Cool anymore.

lol, atleast you're cool in your icebox but really, i love being able to just sit on my porch at night or during the day not worrying about freezing my a** off

and barbeque's of course

[Snowlover11]

Got to 80.4

[jm1220]

Like night and day comparing Manhattan to home. There it was quite warm after the clouds broke up and it hit 80 at Central Park. Here it's been miserable, windy and cold all day.

[famartin]

Highs through 8PM:

TTN 86

DYL 82

PNE 83

WRI 86

VAY 85

LOM 82

NEL 87

UKT 82

PHL 83

MJX 84

BLM 82

PTW 86

XLL 85

MMU 84

ABE 84

EWR 87

CDW 85

12N 83

TEB 84

NYC 81

ACY 78

ILG 81

LGA 75

MQS 79

JFK 61

RDG 85

MIV 76

MPO 74

FWN 82

LNS 85

HPN 77

FRG 59

DOV 80

AVP 80

WWD 73

MGJ 82

APG 81

SWF 81

MUI 86

ISP 58

GED 79

ESN 79

W29 77

[RutgersWx92]

It's too hot this sucks I want winter back.

Yeah even though it was nice not having to wear a coat outside, today was too hot for me. Got up to at least 86 here, and it may have been a little higher but the RU wx station is showing no more data after 4:00. I consider anything over 80 too hot.

[nzucker]

I love snow...but there is nothing worse than a miserable winters day where it's 15 degrees the entire day, you have to literally dress in layers just to step outside, the wind freezes your face, and the sun sets at 4pm. Literally makes me want to crawl in a hole until spring.

Luckily, spring has just begun..and we have plenty of long, warm days...bbq's..and baseball ahead of us.

I love days like that....the glittering of the fresh snow, the low purplish sunset over the Hudson River, the chill that takes your breath away...to me, winter is about the weather being somewhat uncomfortable and feeling the harshness of the season. It was great this winter hiking in the nature preserve on cold, shimmering January days with 18" on the ground, then coming inside for a rich hot chocolate with friends...going sledding at ridiculous speeds in Vermont on a 3-foot snowpack wasn't bad either. I appreciate all the seasons and love to barbecue in my backyard during the summer with a beautiful view of the lush woods and vegetable garden behind the BBQ, perfection. Sipping a cold Saranac on the back patio, going out to the porch late-nights for a smoke, also perfection. But the weather is boring in spring/summer...there is actually stuff to track in winter which is what keeps my attention.

I'm a snow and cold weenie.

Yup, exactly...to me, winter is the most magical of the seasons. The landscape was just so transformed this year with the 2-foot snowpack and the February 3rd ice storm, amazing. Having the forsythia and daffodils blooming is nice, with the weeping cherry and azalea soon to come, but they don't match up to the magic of a large Nor'easter or arctic winter day.

Agree with John. I love winter and cold weather, but I've been wearing a jacket of some kind since October, it's been 6 months, time for the warm season. I love going out on summer nights and its still 85-90 degrees; days like today get me excited for summer, so they're kind of a tease. We all know we've got several weeks until these temps will be sustained.

Hot nights are miserable. Living at 5000' in Montana last summer, I got accustomed to wearing a jacket to go out in the evening...was delightfully crisp and dry high in the Rockies.

[MJO812]

Yup, exactly...to me, winter is the most magical of the seasons. The landscape was just so transformed this year with the 2-foot snowpack and the February 3rd ice storm, amazing. Having the forsythia and daffodils blooming is nice, with the weeping cherry and azalea soon to come, but they don't match up to the magic of a large Nor'easter or arctic winter day.

Nothing beats having a large Noreaster just inside the benchmark . I also love staying up all night and tracking storms. There is nothing at all to track during the Spring in our area. It's so boring. At least there are things to track in the Summer.

[nzucker]

Nothing beats having a large Noreaster just inside the benchmark . I also love staying up all night and tracking storms. There is nothing at all to track during the Spring in our area. It's so boring. At least there are things to track in the Summer.

I want to move away from the coast to get more snow but Nor'easters are truly addicting. The winds howling through the wooded uplands behind my house, the burial of cars and other objects of reference, the dropping temperatures at the height of a blizzard like 12/26....we got three amazing coastals in one month this winter, never seen a sequence of Nor'easters before like 12/26, 1/12, and 1/27 except during the 09-10 winter for those living a bit south....I had 42" of snow just from those three storms, and all the smaller refreshers we got during January made the snowpack really fresh.

Spring is truly the worst...at least we can track the occasional tropical threat and heat waves in the summer. But alternating between 70F and sunny and 55F and rain in April/May is just not exciting weather. Springtime is very lush and beautiful here...got a weeping cherry and rhododendrons out front, forsythia and azalea on the sides of the house, lots of crocus and daffodils; that doesn't make for excitement however.

18z GFS shows a big cool-down this weekend/early next week with the 850 0C line sweeping through the Deep South. Will be nice to scour this warmth out for a while.

[A-L-E-X]

Agree with John. I love winter and cold weather, but I've been wearing a jacket of some kind since October, it's been 6 months, time for the warm season. I love going out on summer nights and its still 85-90 degrees; days like today get me excited for summer, so they're kind of a tease. We all know we've got several weeks until these temps will be sustained.

Exactly-- we can only wish this summer turns out like the last. Today was a meh day here with a high of only 61.... last summer's lack of sea breezes was wonderful.

[A-L-E-X]

Nothing beats having a large Noreaster just inside the benchmark . I also love staying up all night and tracking storms. There is nothing at all to track during the Spring in our area. It's so boring. At least there are things to track in the Summer.

Yes, tracking megaheatwaves of 100+ for three straight days is as exciting as tracking a 2 foot snowstorm

[A-L-E-X]

I love days like that....the glittering of the fresh snow, the low purplish sunset over the Hudson River, the chill that takes your breath away...to me, winter is about the weather being somewhat uncomfortable and feeling the harshness of the season. It was great this winter hiking in the nature preserve on cold, shimmering January days with 18" on the ground, then coming inside for a rich hot chocolate with friends...going sledding at ridiculous speeds in Vermont on a 3-foot snowpack wasn't bad either. I appreciate all the seasons and love to barbecue in my backyard during the summer with a beautiful view of the lush woods and vegetable garden behind the BBQ, perfection. Sipping a cold Saranac on the back patio, going out to the porch late-nights for a smoke, also perfection. But the weather is boring in spring/summer...there is actually stuff to track in winter which is what keeps my attention.

Yup, exactly...to me, winter is the most magical of the seasons. The landscape was just so transformed this year with the 2-foot snowpack and the February 3rd ice storm, amazing. Having the forsythia and daffodils blooming is nice, with the weeping cherry and azalea soon to come, but they don't match up to the magic of a large Nor'easter or arctic winter day.

Hot nights are miserable. Living at 5000' in Montana last summer, I got accustomed to wearing a jacket to go out in the evening...was delightfully crisp and dry high in the Rockies.

You'd probably love a place like Monticello-- close enough to the coast to benefit from noreasters and get lots of snow and wind, and yet just far enough away to avoid the dreaded changeover line.

[nzucker]

Yes, tracking megaheatwaves of 100+ for three straight days is as exciting as tracking a 2 foot snowstorm

Nope it isn't.

And heat waves like that don't really happen here. My house rarely breaks 100F more than once in the summer....I think it happened like twice last year and once in 2008, not at all in 2009 or 2007.

[A-L-E-X]

Nope it isn't.

And heat waves like that don't really happen here. My house rarely breaks 100F more than once in the summer....I think it happened like twice last year and once in 2008, not at all in 2009 or 2007.

As per my last post, how do you feel about living in a place like Monticello? That's the Montana of the east coast You missed the megaheatwave early July last year, when JFK was 100 or above 3 out of 4 days.

[nzucker]

You'd probably love a place like Monticello-- close enough to the coast to benefit from noreasters and get lots of snow and wind, and yet just far enough away to avoid the dreaded changeover line.

Our summer house in Pennsylvania isn't that far from Monticello; it's about a 50-minute drive. The climate is very similar in extreme NE PA where our house is, but a bit colder.

Monticello averages 65-70" snowfall/year...I love how you ascend the Catskill Escarpment and see the change in vegetation to more birch/white pine....it's a very steep hill on Route 17 with a dramatic change in vegetation and snow depths, usually. However, interior PA hasn't been doing that well in snowfall these past couple of winters...I believe Dobbs Ferry had about as much snow as our house in PA during this winter, and more snow in 09-10 down here in the NYC 'burbs than up there...this is quite amazing given the 1500' elevation at the vacation house compared to just 350' here, not to mention the additional latitude and distance from the coast.

I miss Poconos winters like 92-93 and 93-94, when there was a 3-foot snowpack up there. It can get pretty epic in those high areas of the Poconos when you have a winter with lots of coast-huggers and digging clippers...the orographic enhancement on the Alleghany Plateau makes a huge difference in snowfall. There was a clipper in January 2009 that dumped less than 1" in Scranton whereas my house 40 miles away and in the mountains got 11"...the banding signature in winter storms in extreme NE PA is awesome. I would love to live there. Weren't you thinking of moving there, Alex?

[nzucker]

As per my last post, how do you feel about living in a place like Monticello? That's the Montana of the east coast You missed the megaheatwave early July last year, when JFK was 100 or above 3 out of 4 days.

The only way it's like Montana is it's a trashy town with lots of trailers and gas stations, like some of the towns along Route 2/Highline in eastern MT prairies.

If I were going to move up there, I'd either move to my house in Lake Como, PA or to the higher elevations of the Catskills..I really like the area near Hunter when you get off I-87 and take Route 23 into the mountains, it's a steep windy road that becomes very beautiful. Tannersville, NY is also a really nice spot at 2300'...their forecast has snow mixing in tomorrow night...

Tuesday Night: Rain before 5am, then rain and snow. Low around 35. Northeast wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 8am. High near 45. Northeast wind between 11 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

[A-L-E-X]

The only way it's like Montana is it's a trashy town with lots of trailers and gas stations, like some of the towns along Route 2/Highline in eastern MT prairies.

If I were going to move up there, I'd either move to my house in Lake Como, PA or to the higher elevations of the Catskills..I really like the area near Hunter when you get off I-87 and take Route 23 into the mountains, it's a steep windy road that becomes very beautiful. Tannersville, NY is also a really nice spot at 2300'...their forecast has snow mixing in tomorrow night...

Tuesday Night: Rain before 5am, then rain and snow. Low around 35. Northeast wind between 14 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 8am. High near 45. Northeast wind between 11 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Hell ya-- you could go hiking up in the Catskills! I would favor the Dacks.... but that actually gets you too far from the coastal influence.

[nzucker]

Hell ya-- you could go hiking up in the Catskills! I would favor the Dacks.... but that actually gets you too far from the coastal influence.

I've done some hiking in the Catskills, did Sugarloaf a few years ago with some buddies from college. That area usually gets buried in Nor'easters, but the sharp cut-offs the last few years have really screwed the interior elevated areas while the coastal plain cashes in.

I've hiked a ton in the Adirondacks, done Marcy (highest in NY), Algonquin (another 5000-footer), Blue Mountain, Basin, Saddleback, and Giant Mountain...also done some great backcountry canoeing north of SLK, love that area. I did Giant Mountain in April 2008, was one of the more challenging hikes of my life with nearly 5' of snow in the higher elevations and very icy trail conditions...made it to the summer with the help of skierinvermont, who's quite a good hiker and outdoorsman.

[Dan76]

The slides on whiteface back in March 2ft

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The Dack's are a pretty cool place

[winterwarlock]

what an awesome day today and hopefully we have a summer much like last years.

[CooL]

Thumbs up if you got a nice tan today

cheers to many more beautiful days

[Shades]

Temperature is spiking on portions of western Long Island as the winds are shifting to a more southwesterly direction. LGA has gained 7 degrees in the past couple hours. They are now approaching 70 degrees again since this afternoon. Convection/thundershowers from the southwest are also making headway, on the doorstep of Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens.

[RutgersWx92]

what an awesome day today and hopefully we have a summer much like last years.

Uh, no. Day after day of 90+ degrees is gross.

[weathermedic]

Temp went from 61 to 72 in the past hour here as the wind shifted to the sw

[Dark Energy]

85F here in hunterdon NJ today (along I78 in NW NJ). Have my AC on now as my 2nd floor condo is a toasty 75F inside. Yuk.