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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 24, 2013, 03:05:55 PM »

Light Snow and 27 °F.  Winds S at 3 mph.  Snowfall total is 4.9". 

27.2°F Partly Cloudy/Very Windy
Winchill: 11°F

Red Flag Warning in effect
Wind Advisory in effect

Red flag warnings don't sound like they go with cold weather.  I guess it's because of the wind, but still, that sounds like crazy weather. 

Yeah that's what I think. But you can still get fires no matter what the temp. The humidity and dew points are extremely low today. Plus were in a deep drought. My dew is currently at -3°F with a temp of 30.1°F. There were two major fires today, one in NJ and one right near me on LI. The smoke cloud actually traveled over me. Our neighborhood was so smokey.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 24, 2013, 09:55:03 AM »

27.2°F Partly Cloudy/Very Windy
Winchill: 11°F

Red Flag Warning in effect
Wind Advisory in effect

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 23, 2013, 04:56:52 PM »

... Red flag warning in effect from 10 am to 6 PM EST Sunday for
conditions favorable for the rapid spread of wildfires...

The National Weather Service in New York has issued a red flag
warning for conditions favorable for the rapid spread of
wildfires... which is in effect from 10 am to 6 PM EST Sunday.

* Affected area... lower Hudson Valley... New York City... Long
Island... northeast New Jersey... and southern Connecticut.

* Winds... northwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Relative humidity... as low as 25 percent.

* Timing... from late morning into the afternoon on Sunday.

* Impacts... rapid fire spread if ignition occurs.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A red flag warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are expected or occurring. A combination of strong winds... low
relative humidity... and dry fuels will create explosive fire
growth potential.


... Wind Advisory in effect from 6 am to 6 PM EST Sunday...

The National Weather Service in New York has issued a Wind
Advisory... which is in effect from 6 am to 6 PM EST Sunday.

* Locations... southern Connecticut and Long Island.

* Hazards... strong winds.

* Winds... northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* Timing... strongest winds will occur from late morning through
late afternoon Sunday.

* Impacts... downed tree limbs and isolated power outages.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Wind Advisory is issued when sustained winds of 31 to 39 mph...
or gusts of 46 to 57 mph... are expected or occurring. Winds this
strong can make driving difficult... especially for high profile
vehicles. Use extra caution.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 23, 2013, 12:19:32 PM »

... Dry weather will enhance wildfire spread today...

While there was some light rainfall across the region in the last
24 hours... conditions will dry out quickly this afternoon.

This combined with extremely dry fuels... gusty northwest winds
up to 25 mph... and relative humidity values of 30 to 35 percent
will enhance the risk of wildfire spread... if ignited.

Stay tuned to NOAA all hazards weather radio or visit our web
site at weather.Gov/NYC for further details and updates.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 22, 2013, 05:41:31 PM »

52°F Cloudy

Arctic front coming through tomorrow. Will bottom out in the low 20's Monday morning. I HATE THE COLD. 

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 20, 2013, 02:09:50 PM »

... Dry weather will enhance brush fire spread today...

North winds at 10-15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph until noon will
gradually veer to the northeast and decrease this afternoon.

Humidities will decrease and range from 25 to 35 percent this
afternoon as a very dry Canadian air mass moves across the region.

The combination of low humidities... winds and available fine fuels...
will cause an enhanced spread of brush fires... if ignited... through
today.

Stay tuned to NOAA all hazards weather radio or visit our web
site at weather.Gov/NYC for further details and updates.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 18, 2013, 02:35:23 PM »

67°F Sunny

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: November 17, 2013, 06:16:07 PM »

GFS is down right cold for our area late next weekend beginning of next week. Thickness values drop to near 500 and 850mb temps drop to near -20°C. Extremely rare and unprecedented for only November.

129

Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 17, 2013, 04:09:46 PM »

A strong... quick moving cold front is forecast to move across the
tri-state region early Monday morning. This front is expected to
bring a narrow line of showers and thunderstorms capable of
producing localized damaging wind gusts. Much of the area will
see gusty winds develop after midnight with gusts of 30 to 40
mph... with the highest gusts coming along and just ahead of the
cold front.

This front is expected to impact the lower Hudson Valley and
northeast New Jersey between 3 and 5 am... and then from New York
City and points east between 5 and 9 am.

Behind the front... gusty west winds will continue through much of
Monday.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 16, 2013, 01:17:52 PM »

56.0°F Sunny

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 14, 2013, 02:23:50 PM »

... Breezy and dry conditions will enhance brush fire spread
today...

Relative humidity is expected to decrease to around 30 percent by
this afternoon... while wind gusts will be 20 to 25 mph.

This combination of weather conditions... along with the dry
landscape will cause an enhanced spread of brush fires... if there
was ignition.

Stay tuned to NOAA all hazards weather radio or visit our web site
at weather.Gov/NYC for further details and updates.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 13, 2013, 08:13:15 PM »

... The growing season has ended for eastern Union County... New
York City... and Nassau and Suffolk counties...

As of this morning... November 13th... eastern Union County New
Jersey... New York (Manhattan)... Richmond (staten island)... Kings
(Brooklyn)... Queens... Nassau and Suffolk counties in NW York... experienced
several hours of freezing temperatures.

Based on this information... the National Weather Service frost and
freeze program for these areas has ended.

The frost and freeze program has now been ended for the entire New
York City National Weather Service forecast area... and will resume
during the growing season in the Spring.

... Record minimum high temperature tied at Kennedy NY..

A record minimum high temperature of 41 degrees was set at Kennedy
NY today. This ties the old record of 41 set in 1977 and 1968.

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Forecasting / Re: Fall/Winter Weather Discussion Thread

« on: November 12, 2013, 02:29:10 PM »

Long Island is under a freeze warning tonight. Other than NYC, we are the only place in the area that has yet to have a good freeze, with the exception of the pine barrens of LI which see epic radiational cooling temps. Tonight we'll have our first freeze but even with a wind off the water, temps will only drop to the upper 20's to around 30.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Long Island Weather

« on: November 12, 2013, 02:19:33 PM »

... Record daily maximum snowfall tied at Central Park NY...

A record snowfall of a trace of snow was tied at Central Park today.
This ties the previous record of a trace of snow set back in 1995.


The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 28
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to Highway departments... cooperative observers... Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary is also available
on our home Page at weather.Gov/NYC

********************storm total snowfall********************

Location storm total time/date comments
                     snowfall of
                     /inches/ measurement

Connecticut

... Fairfield County...
   Ridgefield 2.0 1000 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Shelton 1.5 850 am 11/12 public
   Newtown 1.3 814 am 11/12 public
   New Canaan 0.8 900 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Norwalk 0.3 915 am 11/12 public

... New Haven County...
   Prospect 1.2 741 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Bethany 0.8 820 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter

New Jersey

... Essex County...
   West Orange 0.1 830 am 11/12 public

New York

... Orange County...
   Monroe 0.1 803 am 11/12 public

... Putnam County...
   Kent Cliffs 1.0 830 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Carmel 1.0 829 am 11/12 co-op observer

... Queens County...
   Bayside 0.2 1020 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter

... Suffolk County...
   Stony Brook 0.5 1000 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Smithtown 0.3 1000 am 11/12 Skywarn spotter
   Upton 0.2 957 am 11/12 NWS office

... Westchester County...
   Armonk 2.3 935 am 11/12 public
   Yorktown Heights 0.5 921 am 11/12 co-op observer


**********************24 hour snowfall**********************

Location 24 hour time/date comments
                     snowfall of
                     /inches/ measurement

New York

... Westchester County...
   2 NW South Salem 0.1 715 am 11/12 cocorahs

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: November 12, 2013, 02:18:07 PM »

36.2°F Overcast

Picked up a small coating of snow this morning, 0.2" begin our snow season.