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Red flag warnings yes..what I was saying is I don't recall them using fire weather watches/warnings or are they the same thing?

No, its not the same thing.  I believe its similar to a Winter Storm Watch versus a Winter Storm Warning.  We've had watches like yesterdays up here at least before as I recall.  

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We're now a week away from May and as I look outside my office this morning it reminds me more of March 24th rather than April 24th. A few of the trees have buds on them but most are still stuck in a mid-winters slumber. The grass has greened some in spots, but patches lay dormant and yellow. The American flag out front is blowing furiously in the wind and even though the sky is a seemingly perfect shade of blue, it feels chilly out and without a coat, downright cold.

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We're now a week away from May and as I look outside my office morning it reminds me more of March 24th rather than April 24th. A few of the trees have buds on them but most are still stuck in a mid-winters slumber. The grass has greened some in spots, but patches lay dormant and yellow. The American flag out front is blowing furiously in the wind and even though the sky is a seemingly perfect shade of blue, it feels chilly out and without a coat, downright cold.

not just here check this out - we may have brief warmups around here the next few weeks but more below normal days are ahead

 

http://kamala.cod.edu/mi/latest.wwus43.KMQT.html

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We're now a week away from May and as I look outside my office this morning it reminds me more of March 24th rather than April 24th. A few of the trees have buds on them but most are still stuck in a mid-winters slumber. The grass has greened some in spots, but patches lay dormant and yellow. The American flag out front is blowing furiously in the wind and even though the sky is a seemingly perfect shade of blue, it feels chilly out and without a coat, downright cold.

 

Sucks to be where you are, trees are in full bloom here.  Another pleasant day on tap with highs in the 60s.

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some people might not think today is a nice day at all. I live on a houseboat. Windy, cool days aren't too pleasent.

I didn't find yesterday to exactly be nice out. Sure it's better than 5 degrees in January, but that North, Northwest wind that was blowing was bitter and cold. Felt like mid November to me.

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Sucks to be where you are, trees are in full bloom here.  Another pleasant day on tap with highs in the 60s.

I'll take my location any day over Mid-town Manhattan. I would hate living in the city. I enjoy walking out of my house at 10PM and hearing nothing but silence or the sound of a plane flying overhead.

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Not disputing that Morris and Passaic Counties are the wettest part of the state. From personal experience the storms down south have been more severe.

We live on the border of Warren/Morris/Sussex and whenever we get Severe T-storm warnings or watches, 9 out of 10 times, they fizzle out. Maybe it's because we live in a valley?

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I'll take my location any day over Mid-town Manhattan. I would hate living in the city. I enjoy walking out of my house at 10PM and hearing nothing but silence or the sound of a plane flying overhead.

 

It's generally fairly quiet in my neighborhood at 10pm, except maybe Thurs-Sat.

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We live on the border of Warren/Morris/Sussex and whenever we get Severe T-storm warnings or watches, 9 out of 10 times, they fizzle out. Maybe it's because we live in a valley?

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I think their is some truth to this thought. I also think that southern NJ has an advantage of being further east of the mountains in PA. Take the central states for example. Severe weather tends to be more common the further east you get from the Rockies. Perhaps quick drop offs in elevation have negative effects on storm structure.

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he thinks he's on high point

Something can be said about my location. I'm twenty minutes from NYC and 15 minutes up 23 from the sticks. Sort of the perfect combination for someone that enjoys living in the suburbs and close to the action yet far enough away to have a nice piece of property with a nice house and a nice lawn. Last summer I seriously considered moving to a really nice house in Warwick until I realized that it was going to take me 50 minutes to commute to work without traffic. No thank you.

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I think their is some truth to this thought. I also think that southern NJ has an advantage of being further east of the mountains in PA. Take the central states for example. Severe weather tends to be more common the further east you get from the Rockies. Perhaps quick drop offs in elevation have negative effects on storm structure.

I had a feeling that had something to do with it; when we watch on Radar, the storms break up about 5 miles west of us. And when they happen to come from the north, they will hit Newton, Hamburg, but the moment they get around Budd lake.. they go away.

Frustrating becuse as long as I'm not on a golf course, I love a good T-storm

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I had a feeling that had something to do with it; when we watch on Radar, the storms break up about 5 miles west of us. And when they happen to come from the north, they will hit Newton, Hamburg, but the moment they get around Budd lake.. they go away.

Frustrating becuse as long as I'm not on a golf course, I love a good T-storm

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We tend to do really well with elevated convection. Sure it's likely not going to come with large hail or damaging winds, but some incredible light displays and loud booming thunder have woken me up out of a dead sleep many times.

 

I'm pretty excited about a chance for some thunderstorms towards the end of next week as the ULL hangs around and a bit of instability has a chance to develop. Look what happened out on the Cape yesterday.

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Something can be said about my location. I'm twenty minutes from NYC and 15 minutes up 23 from the sticks. Sort of the perfect combination for someone that enjoys living in the suburbs and close to the action yet far enough away to have a nice piece of property with a nice house and a nice lawn. Last summer I seriously considered moving to a really nice house in Warwick until I realized that it was going to take me 50 minutes to commute to work without traffic. No thank you.

20 minutes? do you have a helicopter?

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So... never? ;)

It happens more often than you think. Last Saturday it took me 30 minutes to get from my house to W42nd street and then another 40 minutes to get down to the West Village and parked.

 

On Easter Sunday I had to drop my girlfriend off at JFK. We left from her house in Bardonia. Took me 70 minutes to get there and then 50 minutes to get all the way back home to Pompton Plains. Took the Van Wyck to the Grand Central to the RFK to the Major Deegan to the GWB to Rt. 80.

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Sure, maybe at first.

I guess if you always lived in the city, then its normal to raise a family there, but having grown up in the green suburbs, I couldn't imagine doing it myself.  I want my kids thoroughly indoctrinated to nature (whenever it is that I get around to having kids, anyway ;) )

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I guess if you always lived in the city, then its normal to raise a family there, but having grown up in the green suburbs, I couldn't imagine doing it myself.  I want my kids thoroughly indoctrinated to nature (whenever it is that I get around to having kids, anyway ;) )

He grew up down in one of the prettiest parts of the Virginia. I have a hard time understanding how he prefers concrete, constant noise, bad smells and snooty people over green grass, trees, a nice house and genuinely nice people.

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