snowfan Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Stunning evening. Just perfect for this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ahhhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disc Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ahhhh... Capture.PNG I'm curious.. Where did this graph come from? I'd like to graph my solar radiation (and others) on something more visually appealing than the Cumulus graphs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Yay Internet! Was a very quiet night without it and the tv. Another nice night outside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I'm curious.. Where did this graph come from? I'd like to graph my solar radiation (and others) on something more visually appealing than the Cumulus graphs. So, I run a php script (I didn't make it) on my website that pulls my data off of weather underground (which is uploaded via cumulus) and plots it. Send me a PM if you want you want more info. http://www.wxmeddler.com/wxstation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Spoke too soon about the lack of cutoff lows this spring... maybe one stalled out over the area next week? If so, cooler and cloudy, dreary. Meh. Really thinking May is going to be below normal, maybe significantly so. Seems to be a repeating pattern, so I wouldn't be shocked to see summer cooler than normal here, but that can be tough to do in our area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattie g Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Spoke too soon about the lack of cutoff lows this spring... maybe one stalled out over the area next week? If so, cooler and cloudy, dreary. Meh. Really thinking May is going to be below normal, maybe significantly so. Seems to be a repeating pattern, so I wouldn't be shocked to see summer cooler than normal here, but that can be tough to do in our area. I don't mind dreary days so much if I'm at work. But I want nice weather on the weekends. Summers can't be hotter than normal all the time, so that pattern has to break sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is it meteorologically impossible to get a -10 month? How about getting one in July, Dec, and Jan? Would I be asking too much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxUSAF Posted April 26, 2013 Author Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is it meteorologically impossible to get a -10 month? How about getting one in July, Dec, and Jan? Would I be asking too much? In July...pretty much impossible. Probably not impossible in December and January, but so unlikely it might as well be, especially in the new climate regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Is it meteorologically impossible to get a -10 month? How about getting one in July, Dec, and Jan? Would I be asking too much? december 1989 was the last one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvantHiatus Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Spoke too soon about the lack of cutoff lows this spring... maybe one stalled out over the area next week? If so, cooler and cloudy, dreary. Meh. Really thinking May is going to be below normal, maybe significantly so. Seems to be a repeating pattern, so I wouldn't be shocked to see summer cooler than normal here, but that can be tough to do in our area. This correlation also applies to the Washington DC area, a cold May favors above average temperatures during the summer. However the April departures are not significantly above normal. This coincides with the temp departure inverse correlation for the Northeast, that is, cooler than normal May's tend to precede hot summers in our area, and vice versa. Generally the tendency is warm April --> warm summer, cool May --> warm summer, cool April --> cool summer. April tends to be positively correlated and May negatively correlated w/ summer temps. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/39654-the-amount-of-may-blocking-and-summer-temperatures-in-nyc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 december 1989 was the last one The standard dev of DCA temps in December is about 4F. The 1971-2000 (I chose this base period since '89 falls very close to the center of it) mean December temp at DCA was 39.5F. 1989 was 27.9F which means it was nearly a 3 sigma event at -11.6F departure. That is sick. For 1981-2010 normals, its actually quite similar...just under a 3 sigma event with the mean Dec temp 39.7F vs 39.5F. A January -10F should be easier to get than a December -10 as January would require about a -2.2 sigma event since it has a higher standard dev than December. Shows just how obscene that December 1989 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 The standard dev of DCA temps in December is about 4F. The 1971-2000 (I chose this base period since '89 falls very close to the center of it) mean December temp at DCA was 39.5F. 1989 was 27.9F which means it was nearly a 3 sigma event at -11.6F departure. That is sick. For 1981-2010 normals, its actually quite similar...just under a 3 sigma event with the mean Dec temp 39.7F vs 39.5F. A January -10F should be easier to get than a December -10 as January would require about a -2.2 sigma event since it has a higher standard dev than December. Shows just how obscene that December 1989 was. Jan/Feb of 1990 weren't a lot of fun IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 What an absolutely fantastic spring day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 What an absolutely fantastic spring day. Yes sir, that it is. What an awesome spring so far. A cold and snowy March (relatively), a mostly sunny and mild April. Now all we need is a cooler than average May, with plenty of precip but lots of sunny days and we are set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Jan/Feb of 1990 weren't a lot of fun IIRC. Amazingly, January 1990 was a +2 sigma event for DCA temps and Feb 1990 was a +1.8 sigma roughly. Basically 3 months in a row of very improbable temp ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 only one crap week this month... IMO... think I could actually keep wanting to live around here if we just had winter and weather like this. Awesome week, looking forward to a fabulous Saturday.. MA weather is the best ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I've seen people say today is too cool. I want to punch them in the face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snownut Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I've seen people say today is too cool. I want to punch them in the face. Not sure I'd go so far as punching.. maybe just a slap? I love the cool nights and mornings and warm sunny afternoons.. just about perfect... no sweating, no heat bill , no AC bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmeddler Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 I have to work on this paper but I have the window open and I'm trying to absorb as much sunshine as I can. Next week (and most likely the week after as well) is going to suck... badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 Awesome weather today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clueless Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 I have to work on this paper but I have the window open and I'm trying to absorb as much sunshine as I can. Next week (and most likely the week after as well) is going to suck... badly. A few days of rain here and there always appreciated especially when you consider what July is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 GFS clobbers us pretty good with next weekends noreaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2O Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Picture perfect morning and day so far. Hoping we get some rain soon, tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 No sun this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 No sun this week?Looks that way, doesn't it? Sucks, because today is fantastic. Getting all the sun I can today, as it will be the last for awhile. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deck Pic Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Looks that way, doesn't it? Sucks, because today is fantastic. Getting all the sun I can today, as it will be the last for awhile. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 2 This is the best spring I can remember. Honestly. We just need a minus May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinterWxLuvr Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 This is the best spring I can remember. Honestly. We just need a minus May. I agree. This has been an awesome spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrederickWX Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 This is the best spring I can remember. Honestly. We just need a minus May. A minus May is fine, as long as we get good stretches of sunny weather. 65-75 is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Another amazing day! Seriously, if the weather could stay like this everyday, I'd be happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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