April 2022

[dWave]

3 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Drove through some pretty serious flooding this morning on the cross island. The throgs neck ramp was closed. I also have some flooding on campus due to clogged drains (flower peddles) flood events are a dime a dozen now. I really need to upgrade our drainage systems. 
meanwhile upstate in to Vermont are getting crushed with snow. Looks like a Vermont trip is in the cards for this weekend.

It was an impressive storm. That wind was really howling all night too. The Major Deegan is/was closed with flooding, and of course flooding and closures in spots on the usual suspects, Bronx River Pkwy, Hutch, Cross County etc. I saw some city vehicles stalled in flooded parking lots at the E 180th St rail yard and Parks Dept hq there off the Bronx River. I wasn't awake to see but looks like some evidence of minor coastal flooding overnight on the Sound as well.

[bluewave]

40 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

For NJ it might not be too bad. East of the city these back door patterns are often raw and full of stratus. Hopefully not. And hopefully it can be short lived and the blocking is over done. 

Yeah, many places east of NYC are yet to make it higher than the low 70s so far.This looks like a rare March and April when the warmest temperatures occur before the 15h of both months. 

Warmest temperatures since March 1st across the area

BDR…71

ISP…..73

JFK….72

LGA….74

NYC…79

EWR…88

 

 

[SnoSki14]

35 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

For NJ it might not be too bad. East of the city these back door patterns are often raw and full of stratus. Hopefully not. And hopefully it can be short lived and the blocking is over done. 

Yes true. Personally I'm good with the hotter weather holding off until late May and June. 60s & 70s are perfect right now. 

[bluewave]

22 hours ago, BucksCO_PA said:

PHL recorded a low of 32 degrees this morning, that ties 1983 for the 2nd coldest temp on the date & the coldest since 1875. This also represents the latest freeze at Philadelphia since 1988.

Over the past 30 yrs. the average date of the last freeze at PHL is 3/31.

Looks like the 5th latest freeze date following the 5th earliest 71° at the airport since 1940.

 

Frost/Freeze Summary for PHILADELPHIA INTL AP, PA
Each section contains date and year of occurrence, value on that date.
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Year	Last	Value	First	Value	Season Length
1966	05-11 (1966)	28	10-28 (1966)	32	169
1988	04-22 (1988)	32	10-13 (1988)	32	173
1956	04-21 (1956)	32	11-10 (1956)	30	202
1983	04-20 (1983)	32	10-30 (1983)	32	192
2022	04-18 (2022)	32	11-03 (1980)	31	199

 

First/Last Summary for PHILADELPHIA INTL AP, PA
Each section contains date and year of occurrence, value on that date.
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Year	First	Value	Last	Value	Difference
1950	01-06 (1950)	71	11-09 (1950)	73	306
2007	01-06 (2007)	73	11-22 (2007)	71	319
2002	01-29 (2002)	72	11-10 (2002)	72	284
1949	02-15 (1949)	74	11-11 (1949)	74	268
1954	02-15 (1954)	72	10-27 (1954)	71	253
2018	02-20 (2018)	72	11-02 (2018)	72	254
2017	02-23 (2017)	73	11-03 (2017)	73	252
2022	02-23 (2022)	71	-	-	-

 

[snywx]

2 hours ago, jm1220 said:

12” reported near BGM. If this was a month earlier there would be widespread 2 feet in upstate NY. As is there will probably be a decent number of 15” reports near where that crazy deform band parked. This is another example of how coastal storms mature later now. Heavy amounts in NE PA near the Poconos and upstate NY but not back into Central PA. It dryslots there too soon in these storms and the deform band forms too late/east. There are likely 6” or so amounts in high elevations there. Also some bad luck with it falling during daylight. 

2-4” from western Orange County up to MSV. Confined to areas above 1000’

Here in MBY had 1” on non paved surfaces only

[forkyfork]

well that "drought" is gone

[nycwinter]

feels like winter this morning in the city..

[guinness77]

69mph gust in Blue Point. Impressive

 

We’re not as far out east as that but my neighbors who leave all their stuff out because they don’t obsess over the weather like some others, had all their backyard stuff broken up and tossed all over. 

[lee59]

Parts of NY state over a foot of snow last night

[bluewave]

All-time heaviest April snowstorm on record for BGM. So BGM continues the theme of historic snowfall since March 2017.

 

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY
1115 AM EDT TUE APR 19 2022

...SNOWFALL RECORDS SET AT BINGHAMTON NY...

THE 2 DAY SNOWFALL AS OF 1000 AM IS 14.2 INCHES AT THE GREATER 
BINGHAMTON AIRPORT IN THE TOWN OF MAINE, NY. THIS BREAKS THE ALL 
TIME APRIL RECORD FOR 2 DAY SNOWFALL. THE OLD RECORD WAS 13.6 INCHES 
SET APRIL 15 TO APRIL 16 2007.

THE ONE DAY SNOWFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT LOCAL STANDARD TIME FOR TODAY IS 
11.0 INCHES AS OF 1000 AM. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD SNOWFALL FOR APRIL 
19 OF 6.9 INCHES SET IN 1983. THIS IS ALSO THE LATEST DATE FOR ONE 
DAY SNOWFALL OF AT LEAST 11.0 INCHES ON RECORD.

 

RECORD EVENT REPORT...UPDATED 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON, NY 
235 PM EST THU DEC 17 2020

...SNOWFALL RECORDS SET AT BINGHAMTON NY...

THE 2 DAY SNOWFALL AS OF 1 PM IS 40.0" AT THE GREATER BINGHAMTON 
AIRPORT IN THE TOWN OF MAINE, NY. THIS BREAKS THE ALL TIME RECORD 
FOR 2 DAY SNOWFALL. THE OLD RECORD WAS 35.3" SET MARCH 14 TO 15, 
2017. 

THE ONE DAY SNOWFALL FROM TODAY IS NOW 26.4" AS OF 1 PM. THIS IS THE 
SECOND GREATEST SNOWFALL FOR ANY CALENDAR DAY. THE GREATEST ONE DAY 
SNOWFALL IS 31.2" ON MARCH 14TH, 2017. THE SNOW HAS ENDED AND THE 
TOTALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE. 

...SNOW DEPTH RECORD SET AT BINGHAMTON NY...

THE SNOW DEPTH THIS MORNING AT 7 AM WAS 39 INCHES. THE OLD RECORD 
WAS 35 INCHES ON MARCH 15 1993 AFTER A BLIZZARD. 

RECORDS HERE AT THE GREATER BINGHAMTON AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1951.

 

RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
715 AM EDT WED MAR 15 2017

...ALL TIME 24 HOUR RECORD SNOWFALL SET AT BINGHAMTON NY...

A 24 HOUR RECORD SNOWFALL OCCURRED AT THE GREATER BINGHAMTON AIRPORT 
FROM MARCH 14TH TO MARCH 15TH. A TOTAL OF 31.3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL 
BETWEEN 3 AM ON THE 14TH TO 1 AM ON THE 15TH. THIS BREAKS THE 
PREVIOUS 24 HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD OF 23 INCHES SET IN FEBRUARY 1961. 

[gravitylover]

Flurrying lightly here in Mahopac now.

[STORMANLI]

1.60"

WPC guidance was around 1".

[FPizz]

1.52"

[gravitylover]

3 hours ago, forkyfork said:

well that "drought" is gone

There ought to be more than enough surface moisture for full leaf out to happen pretty quickly now.

[bluewave]

The 12z guidance has moved to one of the most amplified backdoor patterns in recent years during the spring for the weekend.

 

 

[ILoveWinter]

2 minutes ago, bluewave said:

The 12z guidance has moved to one of the most amplified backdoor patterns in recent years during the spring this weekend. 

 

 

The immediate metro and North/East is fairly often on the wrong side of these pesky backdoors, just terrible if you ask me. I am done with these raw, chilly April days!

[Rtd208]

The next 10-14 days could be tough with BDCF's and cooler temps but I think once we are beyond the first few days of May we should begin to warm up substantially. 

[SnoSki14]

The blocking is actually just getting started late April. The NAO/AO is only now dropping. 

The weather could still be nice but don't expect very warm weather anytime soon next 2-3 weeks min.

12z EPS suggest more frosts/freezes could be on the table.

[gravitylover]

1 hour ago, ILoveWinter said:

 I am done with these raw, chilly April days!

No you're not  

[Tekken_Guy]

1 minute ago, SnoSki14 said:

The blocking is actually just getting started late April. The NAO/AO is only now dropping. 

The weather could still be nice but don't expect very warm weather anytime soon next 2-3 weeks min.

What’s the deal with my bet? Will I get any warm Mondays and Thursdays before the semester ends on the 5th?

[donsutherland1]

Clouds reluctantly yielded to sunshine during the afternoon. Temperatures remained much below normal. Tomorrow will be another cool day, though it will be somewhat milder. After midweek, milder conditions will develop. However, the possible development of blocking could result in a return of cooler than normal conditions after a short period of warmer than normal temperatures.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -1.7°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.9°C for the week centered around April 13. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.80°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.88°C. La Niña conditions will likely persist into the start of June.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly of -1.7°C is the lowest such figure on record for a week centered around April 13. The old record was -1.4°C, which was set in 1994. Since 1982, there were five prior cases where the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was -1.5°C or colder. 40% of those cases saw La Niña conditions the following winter; 40% saw neutral-cool ENSO conditions that approached but did not reach La Niña status. 20% of those cases saw an El Niño develop during the following winter. More immediately, the magnitude of cool anomalies implies that the proverbial stage is set for an active to very active Atlantic hurricane season.

The SOI was +20.26 today. During April 5-14, the SOI had a 10-day stretch during which the SOI was +20.00 or above. The last time a streak of 7 or more such days occurred in April was March 28-April 5, 2011 when the SOI reached at least +20.00 on 9 consecutive days. Then, there was a brief period of much warmer than normal temperatures following the end of that stretch and a longer period of much warmer than normal temperatures starting about 2 1/2 weeks later. If such timing holds, much warmer conditions could develop sometime during the first week in May.  

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was +0.874 today.

On April 17 the MJO was in Phase 1 at an amplitude of 1.192 (RMM). The April 16-adjusted amplitude was 1.292 (RMM).

Based on sensitivity analysis applied to the latest guidance, there is an implied 60% probability that New York City will have a cooler than normal April (1991-2020 normal). April will likely finish with a mean temperature near 53.5° (0.2° below normal).

 

[bluewave]

1 hour ago, ILoveWinter said:

The immediate metro and North/East is fairly often on the wrong side of these pesky backdoors, just terrible if you ask me. I am done with these raw, chilly April days!

The most extreme backdoor prize goes to Boston in April 2002 dropping from the 90s to 50s in one hour.
 

 

[ebwx]

Nice shot of graupel in East Brunswick associated with some very dark clouds lasting approximately 2-3 minutes at 5:15pm.

 

[Dark Star]

Graupel in Garwood, N J

[RedSky]

Snow mixed with graupel and a snowbow.

42F

[ILoveWinter]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

The most extreme backdoor prize goes to Boston in April 2002 dropping from the 90s to 50s in one hour.
 

 

Wow, that's unbelievable! 

[LoboLeader1]

46 here currently, topped out at 49 earlier today under clear sky.

[CIK62]

A BN MAY ON THE EURO...........

[LibertyBell]

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

The most extreme backdoor prize goes to Boston in April 2002 dropping from the 90s to 50s in one hour.
 

 

Glad we didn't get that.

We had 4 straight days of near 90 or in the 90s!

 

[LibertyBell]

3 hours ago, ebwx said:

Nice shot of graupel in East Brunswick associated with some very dark clouds lasting approximately 2-3 minutes at 5:15pm.

 

That wasn't just graupel, those were some amazing winds my house was shaking-- the winds were stronger than they were during the storm and the clouds looked scary, they almost reached the ground!

What was going on?