[simonusa3]

What will be interesting to watch, is that while NWS Bridgeport/Central Park are near normal for the month in terms of mean temperatures (+ about 0.5 F)....NWS Bradley is tied right now for the 8th warmest May in 30 years. Currently running 3.4 F above normal:


With the above forecast from the Climate Prediction Center...will Bradley have a top 10 warmest May in 30 years?

[simonusa3]

In the short term...here in this mornings NWS forecast:

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
733 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A weakening upper level trough will approach from the west today and move across the area tonight, otherwise surface high pressure will remain in control through the middle of next week. A cold front approaches late in the week.


So it looks like a fairly calm and warm period ahead in the short term with building high pressure and increasing temperatures:

[RoundTableKnight]

What do you know... Rain and clouds. On a Saturday. How surprising. Every weekend

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by RoundTableKnight

What do you know... Rain and clouds. On a Saturday. How surprising. Every weekend

It's really sick. No rain here but these clouds are really depressing me now.


Quick look at the max temp range during the days the sun was shining more than 75%.

The 60s mostly came in March and April, None in May.

40s and full sun is winning

[RoundTableKnight]

https://bestlifeonline.com/raining-e...rtheaset-news/

This was an article back in October. Still seems to be holding true 6 months later

[Cambium]

Goodbye 60s with sun. Check out mid week!! Summer is getting closer

As long as its not humid I'll be ok with 70s!

[simonusa3]

Originally Posted by RoundTableKnight

https://bestlifeonline.com/raining-e...rtheaset-news/

This was an article back in October. Still seems to be holding true 6 months later

You have to remember...the dry years and the wet years always balance each other out. HOWEVER, we normally only remember the lousy weather (overcast and showers) and not the favorable weather (like dry and sunny).

It's too long to go back to last year...but looking at this year (using NWS Bridgeport for example)...they are well ahead of "to date rainfall", but only because January and March had well above normal precip. April 2024 had BELOW normal rainfall at NWS Bridgeport, and this May has had close to normal rainfall. So precip wise, if you look at the last two month, we really are close to normal in precp.

It always seems to balance it self out. Just a few years ago (2020) the Connecticut had one of the driest years on record and month after month many days had few clouds and the relentless sun made things even worse. The soil in many parts of CT was the driest in 50 years:



https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/water/...ress-82620.pdf

[simonusa3]

NWS forecast early this evening seems on track...we should start to see improvement over the clouds and showers we had on Fri and today....and by Monday, warming temps and sunny skies should dominate as high pressure takes control. With that sun baking and clear skies, would not be shocked to see mid 80's F in many locations

[BPt111]

Today weather was prefect not hot or cold light wind temperature around 65-71 degrees and overcast.

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by simonusa3

What will be interesting to watch, is that while NWS Bridgeport/Central Park are near normal for the month in terms of mean temperatures (+ about 0.5 F)....NWS Bradley is tied right now for the 8th warmest May in 30 years. Currently running 3.4 F above normal:


With the above forecast from the Climate Prediction Center...will Bradley have a top 10 warmest May in 30 years?

This week's upcoming warm to hot weather (does it get to 90 in Bradley?) will probably do it even though the rest of the month is trending cooler.

Interesting given that Bridgeport and NYC are near to slightly below normal for the month so far (BDR +0.3, Central Park -0.3)