March 2014 Observations/Discussions

Sorry I missed it! Had a bunch of kids from the preschool here!

Mets2695 wrote:I am going to be live with Jim Cantore on The Weather Channel at 11am.

Oh man, I wish I had known! That's just so cool. If you have the clip please post it.

essexcountypete wrote:

Mets2695 wrote:I am going to be live with Jim Cantore on The Weather Channel at 11am.

Oh man, I wish I had known! That's just so cool. If you have the clip please post it.

I saw him, Jim introduced him has his friend Alex from Long Island. Way to go Alex.

That is so great for Alex and really nice of Jim Cantore to include a young meteorology enthusiast on the show.Always like Jim Cantore.

Sunny, cold, blustery here today.Sorry snow lovers (including myself), I've had it.Looking forward to the rain to build up the trout streams , and the warmer weather.We've had a great winter even though the last 6 weeks were disappointing.

Mets2695 wrote:I am going to be live with Jim Cantore on The Weather Channel at 11am.

WOW - what a thrill and experience you'll never forget! Good for you - you make all of us on the NJ Strong Weather forum proud to know you!

Wind has started to really pick up here snow just about completly melted

More record lows in jeopardy overnight..

CPK 20* (1894)
LGA 24* (1975)
JFK 24* (1975)
Newark 23* (1975)
Bridgeport 20* (1966)

In other news I heard 115mph gusts recorded in Canada whoa.

Can anyone i know CP is has the stats but can anyone give me the break down on where this winter ranked cold wise

skinsfan1177 wrote:Can anyone i know CP is has the stats but can anyone give me the break down on where this winter ranked cold wise

Skins:

In Central Park this winter only ranked 63rd out of 145 winters as far as cold goes, barely in the top half.  However this is only for the period December 1 through February 28, which is considered meterological winter.

November and March were both below normal, November 2.5 degrees below normal and March 5.3 degrees so far.  If we took the period November through the end of March I'm sure it would rank quite a bit lower I'm sure in the top 40, that's what is making people think this winter is so abnormally below normal because it has been so for 5 straight months.

But as I've stated before there have been 5 winters (December through February) just since 1993/94 that have been colder than this one.

Thats fine, not excited for cold here, just like snow which is why the 2nd half was very disappointing here. Was a frigid 17 this morning so done with this, heights will rise today so will probably reach 50 today.

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:

skinsfan1177 wrote:Can anyone i know CP is has the stats but can anyone give me the break down on where this winter ranked cold wise

Skins:

In Central Park this winter only ranked 63rd out of 145 winters as far as cold goes, barely in the top half.  However this is only for the period December 1 through February 28, which is considered meterological winter.

November and March were both below normal, November 2.5 degrees below normal and March 5.3 degrees so far.  If we took the period November through the end of March I'm sure it would rank quite a bit lower I'm sure in the top 40, that's what is making people think this winter is so abnormally below normal because it has been so for 5 straight months.

But as I've stated before there have been 5 winters (December through February) just since 1993/94 that have been colder than this one.

thanks CP it was for a buddy of mine where do you get this onfo from is their a site

Sitting at 63 right now. Frontal passage only has .05" of rain with it, not exactly as robust as models had it.

I am at 48.7* holy smokes 15* temp difference!!

Here's a fun fact from the missed storm a few days ago

Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

skinsfan1177 wrote:Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

I have an Oregon Scientific tt has all of this and I got it for $99 and I am happy with it

skinsfan1177 wrote:Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

Im also planning on getting a new one. The one i have i got for Christmas and its very basic and unreliable, planning on getting a much improved one. Will let you know.

amugs wrote:

skinsfan1177 wrote:Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

I have an Oregon Scientific tt has all of this and I got it for $99 and I am happy with it

Thanks mugs i saw names like davis and lacrosse

Quietace wrote:

skinsfan1177 wrote:Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

Im also planning on getting a new one. The one i have i got for Christmas and its very basic and unreliable, planning on getting a much improved one. Will let you know.

Thanks Ace i see that Davis is a big name but expensive

I have lacrosee, works pretty good, I have had it for 2 years and am thinking of upgrading....think I paid about $115 for it...

Looking at radar looks like some heavy rain coming in.

Turned out to be a beautiful day, 50 degrees now with a nice breeze.

Ended the month with my first sunburn of the 2014 season yesterday..

Dunnzoo wrote:Ended the month with my first sunburn of the 2014 season yesterday..

From -4 degree temp departures from normal to ending the month in sunburns. Oh March, you're cray.

Frank_Wx wrote:

Dunnzoo wrote:Ended the month with my first sunburn of the 2014 season yesterday..

From -4 degree temp departures from normal to ending the month in sunburns. Oh March, you're cray.

Yep, Janet gets a sunburn the same day LI has a snowstorm. That in a nutshell is what can happen the last week of March.

I have needed 1/10th of an inch of snow since the blizzard of February 26th, when I was buried in 0.3 inches of snow, to get to 70 inches.

Pathetic and wrong. I want to change my grade from B- to a C-.  I've never seen a more frustrating ending to a winter in the HV, even in a bad winter.

skinsfan1177 wrote:Does anyone have recommendations on a home weather station Im looking for wireless and under 200 bucks. Features to include indoor/outdoor temp,rain gauge windspeed/widchill gauge,pressure. I really have no idea whats good and bad as far as companies

Skins I would recommend the Vantage Vue 6250 from Davis Instruments, it's 319.99 on Amazon.com. I know it's over your price range of 200$, but it's well worth the money. I put mine in service in February of 2013 and have had no problems with it. You can also buy extra monitors (159.99 also on Amazon) for it in the future so you can see the conditions in other rooms, which I've done. You can also buy their Weatherlink (229.79 Amazon) which lets you hookup your weather station to the internet on Davis's website for free. All you do is plug it in to your router and it's ready to go, your computer doesn't even need to be on. I post my weather information on their site under SNOW MAN'S Pocono Pa. weather, check it out. I hope this information helps you out.