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It's 44.2°F (6.8°C) and overcast right now - not exactly terrible for this time of year, but certainly below average. Our low was actually 33.8°F (1°C) this morning, which is right in line with our averages. We saw a quarter of an inch (6 mm) of rain from our system last night, which is kind of disappointing considering how big it looked on the map.
AccuWeather says we'll get 2-4" (5-10 cm) of snow between now and Friday night... Why can't it turn to spring already? I'm sick of this subarctic "40°F [4°C] WITH SNOW!" nonsense that Mother Nature likes giving us lately. It's April, so we should be in the lower 50s °F (lower teens °C) by now.
Wow, lots of posts. Want to reply to all but how about just some record lows from this morning...
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Oh... Polar Vortex does not like Open waters. Period. Maybe that will help explain why its easier to drop south to Asia and N.America? Easier over Land, Ice, & Snow. Cold travels easier as well and doesn't moderate. Right now the Vortex is rotating towards Greenland but it about to make a left towards Hudson bay and drop back down to Quebec this weekend. lol
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Some record lows for the date: Noticed more focused on the Mid Atlantic then New England. Yesterday was New England breaking records, this morning its Mid Atlantic
0533 AM EDT WED APR 06 2016...RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE TIED AT WASHINGTON DULLES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC TODAY...
A RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES WAS TIED AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NEAR WASHINGTON DC THIS
MORNING. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 24 DEGREES SET IN 1966. THE
TEMPERATURE MAY CONTINUE TO DROP AND THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED
LATER TODAY IF THIS INDEED OCCURS.
RECORDS AT WASHINGTON DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPOT GO BACK TO
1962.
Quote:
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
530 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON
INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT NEAR BALTIMORE MD
TODAY...
A RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES WAS SET AT BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL AIRPORT NEAR
BALTIMORE MD THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 26
DEGREES SET IN 1898. THE TEMPERATURE MAY CONTINUE TO DROP AND THIS
REPORT WILL BE UPDATED LATER TODAY IF THIS INDEED OCCURS.
RECORDS AT BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL THURGOOD MARSHALL
AIRPORT GO BACK TO 1950...WITH ADDITIONAL RECORDS FROM DOWNTOWN
BALTIMORE EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF RECORD BACK TO 1870.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
922 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...NEW DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT DANVILLE VA AND TIED
AT LYNCHBURG VA...
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DANVILLE VA THIS MORNING WAS 25 DEGREES ...
WHICH IS A NEW RECORD FOR APRIL 6TH. THE OLD RECORD WAS 28 DEGREES
ESTABLISHED IN 2007. OFFICIAL RECORDS AT DANVILLE VA DATE BACK TO
1948.
THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT LYNCHBURG VA THIS MORNING WAS ALSO 25 DEGREES ...
WHICH TIED THE RECORD FOR APRIL 6TH....WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN
2004. OFFICIAL RECORDS AT LYNCHBURG VA DATE BACK TO 1893.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
1159 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TIED THIS MORNING AT BLUEFIELD WV FOR
APRIL 5TH...
THE TEMPERATURE AT BLUEFIELD WV FELL TO 23 DEGREES THIS MORNING.
THIS TIED THE RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE DAY...WHICH WAS SET
BACK IN 1995. OFFICIAL RECORDS AT BLUEFIELD WV DATE BACK TO 1959.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
940 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY...
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ATLANTIC CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN POMONA, NEW JERSEY DROPPED DOWN TO 22 DEGREES THIS MORNING. THIS
BREAKS THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE OF 24
DEGREES, WHICH LAST OCCURRED BACK IN 1982.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
938 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE...
THE TEMPERATURE AT THE DELAWARE COASTAL AIRPORT NEAR GEORGETOWN, DELAWARE DROPPED DOWN TO 26 DEGREES THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE
PREVIOUS RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE OF 28 DEGREES, SET
BACK IN 1970.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
851 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT TODAY...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE FAYETTEVILLE REGL AIRPORT TODAY. THIS TIES THE RECORD OF 31 DEGREES SET IN 1920
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
0850 AM EDT WED APR 6 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT ISLIP NY...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES WAS SET AT ISLIP NY
THIS MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 27 SET IN 1995.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
0915 AM EDT WED APR 06 2016
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT ELIZABETH CITY NC...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES WAS SET AT ELIZABETH CITY NC
THIS MORNING. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 28 SET IN 1944.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
0918 AM EDT WED APR 06 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT SALISBURY MD...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 24 DEGREES WAS SET AT SALISBURY MD THIS
MORNING. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 26 SET IN 2002.
Quote:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA
0913 AM EDT WED APR 06 2016
...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT RICHMOND VA...
A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 27 DEGREES WAS SET AT RICHMOND VA THIS
MORNING. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 27 SET IN 1975.
Nasty nasty nasty night. Things look pretty alright though, myrtles pulled through, some damage on trees with young leafs, only totaled tree that I saw was none other than my fig, only a few young leaves left, buds fared better but still mostly gone, had 4 young branches on it popping right out the ground, they fared better than leaves up higher, it will be another 2 weeks till the tree recovers and puts some new leaves back on. Very nasty. temps this cold are not common for April in any year 32, 33, 31 are all typical temps with generally lowest temp around there but temps into the 20s is record breaking territory.
Weather.com is showing a bit of relief from the record breaking cold, while accuweather claims we got three more days of record breaking freezing temps here over the weekend
Basically a trough is digging down and there are storms rotating around. As this one comes around Saturday, there's plenty of cold air. It makes the turn around NJ it sets up a heavy snow zone around NYC because of the force of the turn Northeast.
The track is perfect for me IMO because any turn further south or north and that heavy snow zone changes.
Also notice.. the storm is "inside" the cold trough as opposed to riding along the Jet stream. I don't see this often ESPECIALLY in April. Meaning, the rain snow line is in NC while all the moisture is up this way.
NAM snow totals. Has 3-6" for NYC area. Non event for most of CT and MA.
Canadian Snow totals. Non event except some snow for NYC area and high elevations of West Virginia
GFS snow totals. GFS looks like the bigger event but again overall but less than 4" most of CT again, none in MA except for mountains.
Last one... Euro snow totals. heaviest snows over Eastern Long Island and snows in the NC mountains.
WHY COULDNT THIS PATTERN HAPPEN IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY>????
Warm overnight temperatures melted all the snow, brief sun in the morning.
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Why can't it turn to spring already? I'm sick of this subarctic "40°F [4°C] WITH SNOW!" nonsense that Mother Nature likes giving us lately. It's April, so we should be in the lower 50s °F (lower teens °C) by now.
