March 31st - Potential Wintry Precip (formerly the March Torch Thread)

[Brian5671]

no fog here, sun just came out, big temp bust coming

Guidance has busted low the whole week...

[TheTrials]

On the low end i take it? Its getting pretty nice here on long island already trials

earthlight said we would see low clouds and fog most of the day, im full sun now at 10am, so yeah, low side.

[Joe4alb]

The fog is insane here right now. 1/4 mil vis. actually raw and chilly outside.

[BxEngine]

Visibilities are 0 to .2 miles at the NYC airports.

Driving to work, I ran into very thick fog along all of the Grand Central and Cross Island Parkways, as they run along the water. Thickest fog was on the Cross Island near the Throggs Neck and Whitestone Bridges.

Drove over the Brooklyn Bridge at about 6 am, couldnt even see the BQE below me.

[snywx]

Feels like late-May out there.. @10:15am its 65* and bright sunshine

[scooter13]

Its not very often you use the word scorcher in March, but Thursday looks like one.

[TheTrials]

its like a steam bath out, so awesome. Good for the skin!

I hope it never gets cold again.

[ag3]

Fog has burned off and sunshine is taking over now on coastal north shore of Queens.

Expect another 68-74 degree day.

[tornadojay]

still socked in with a solid overcast by me, but temps are still coming up.. 61/58.

[NorEaster27]

_{61/58 southern queens}

[MJO812]

Only 58 right now

[pazzo83]

Temps rising rapidly now in midtown.

[SACRUS]

clearing over most of the area in the last hour

[TheTrials]

Scorched earth outside with the heat and lack of appreciable rain.

[tornadojay]

sun has broken out here. 64/60.

[TheTrials]

bees everywhere. Gonna be a bad summer for bugs and insects. No cold or snow cover over the winter means a lot of bugs. At least with the drought there is no standing water so mosquitos wont be too bad.

[Brian5671]

bees everywhere. Gonna be a bad summer for bugs and insects. No cold or snow cover over the winter means a lot of bugs. At least with the drought there is no standing water so mosquitos wont be too bad.

I was driving home last night around 9pm and noticed bugs all around the spotlights in parking lots etc...amazing

[ag3]

Full sunshine now. Temps rapidly rising.

Feels muggy outside.

[TheTrials]

I was driving home last night around 9pm and noticed bugs all around the spotlights in parking lots etc...amazing

golfing the other day, there were more bugs then any time last year. Lots of snakes too, the snakes were mating all winter as they never went into full hibernation.

[NorEaster27]

bees everywhere. Gonna be a bad summer for bugs and insects. No cold or snow cover over the winter means a lot of bugs. At least with the drought there is no standing water so mosquitos wont be too bad.

wouldnt call this a drought after the record precip last year.

[TheTrials]

wouldnt call this a drought after the record precip last year.

im not talking about the reservoirs, but soil moisture and precip departuers from normal, we are absolutely heading that way.

Makes sense, 2nd year ninas are known to strangle the northeast with dry conditions. Look for water restrictions by June at this rate.

[Brian5671]

67 here...torch city

[TheTrials]

[NorEaster27]

Still pretty wet looking back on the past year starting today:

But I fully agree it was a very dry fall and winter after the hurricane last year.

[TheTrials]

Still pretty wet looking back on the past year starting today:

But I fully agree it was a very dry fall and winter after the hurricane last year.

why would you go back a year when it was uber wet beyond belief for at least half of that period, if not more, totally skews the stats.

[PB GFI]

why would you go back a year when it was uber wet beyond belief for at least half of that period, if not more, totally skews the stats.

Correct pre Irene - post Irene - 2 different maps

[Brian5671]

the question is do we stay dry going into later spring and summer?

[TheTrials]

the question is do we stay dry going into later spring and summer?

history says we do. As I previously mentioned, 2nd year ninas are usually dry for the northeast.

even if we do start to approach nino at some point, atmosphere doesnt turn on a dime, we wouldn't see a return to wet conditions till October probably.

[TheTrials]

Correct pre Irene - post Irene - 2 different maps

yeah, some areas recieved over 15+ inches of rain just from irene

[PB GFI]

yeah, some areas recieved over 15+ inches of rain just from irene

Right and 2 weeks before AUG 14- 15 - NYC got close to 10 inches of rain from tha hybrid system that

meandered on thru .