September 2014 Observations and Discussion

That time of year where we ride the temp roller coaster. Shorts one day light sweater the next.

I am so looking forward to the cooler weather this weekend. It should feel really nice.

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7am Sunday morning



High's will probably not get out of the 70's, upper 60's for areas north and west of NYC into NW NJ and central NY and higher elevations in NEPA

Some storm heading for the Great Lakes. Waves of 18 to 26 feet on Lake Superior and 8 and 14 feet on Lake Michigan. Dag!...
http://fox17online.com/2014/09/10/strong-frontal-system-creates-big-waves-on-the-great-lakes/

Funny that I just heard "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on XM yesterday.

looked like it was going to rain this morning but it fizzled out. doesn't look good for later either. another northern stream energy drying out before reaching us. we really need the rain!

as of sept 10th we are down to 4.8* above normal for month with mostly below normal temps the next 7-10 days. more importantly we are down 4" of rain since august 1st with no significant rain in forecast for the next week.

Dunnzoo wrote:Well, it looks like no rain for us again......and no significant prospects in the near future. We are soooooo dry!

Better to have this dry spell now than later, if you now what I mean!

Some rain tomorrow night. Probably to start between 7-10pm into the overnight hours. Not a whole lot.

Then we may not see any measurable precip until the end of the month (shower possible on Tuesday)

Hey, better to get red of this dry pattern now then have it come in the winter.

frank looks like tues could be a more significant rain than sat. here is nws disco... CHANGES IN THE LONG TERM WITH THIS AFTERNOON`S UPDATE INCLUDE LOWER
TEMPS AND FOCUS PCPN ON TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON SAT LOOK TO BE A 1/4 INCH OR LESS...THEN ON
TUESDAY 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH IS POSSIBLE. with some cooler air to work with we may get some lows to form and give us a more wide spread event rather than the hit and miss t/storms

Dry as dust out there.Leaves wilting on bushes and non-watered lawns are now burnt yellow and brown.Hopefully something comes up soon.

algae888 wrote:frank looks like tues could be a more significant rain than sat. here is nws disco... CHANGES IN THE LONG TERM WITH THIS AFTERNOON`S UPDATE INCLUDE LOWER
TEMPS AND FOCUS PCPN ON TUESDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON SAT LOOK TO BE A 1/4 INCH OR LESS...THEN ON
TUESDAY 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH IS POSSIBLE. with some cooler air to work with we may get some lows to form and give us a more wide spread event rather than the hit and miss t/storms

Tuesday looks drier than today right now. Haha

Hey look, rain!

Fall fall like day - 66.7* for a high and .21" of rain - a tease for sure!!
Actually wore a sweatshirt this morning at my sons flag football game when last week I was sweating my stones off!!

First night in the 50s. Refreshing but a little shock to the system its been months. 55*
Lots of 40s N&W

49* here in mt Vernon. .25" of rain yesterday. looks like a cool week with temps 5-10* below normal. we should be close to normal for month temp wise by next sunday. after a very hot start temps have taken a 180* turn.

As noted earlier this week, the mornings this weekend have given us our first taste of fall with temps in the 50's...40's in some locations. It feels great!

Looking at 70's this week with lows in the 50's. Chance of rain on Tuesday

I wonder if we can predict the weather based on that information for the rest of the month or is it solid already and only meteorologist can do that?

Atmospheric pressure is closely related to weather. Regions of pressure that are slightly higher or slightly lower than the mean atmospheric pressure develop as air circulates around Earth. The air rushes from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing winds. The properties of the moving air (cool or warm, dry or humid) will determine the weather for the areas through which it passes. Knowing the location of high and low pressure areas is vital to weather forecasting, which is why they are shown on the weather maps printed in newspapers and shown on television.

Read more: http://www.scienceclarified.com/As-Bi/Atmospheric-Pressure.html#ixzz3DO6QS100

Garrus wrote: I wonder if we can predict the weather based on that information for the rest of the month or is it solid already and only meteorologist can do that?

Atmospheric pressure is closely related to weather. Regions of pressure that are slightly higher or slightly lower than the mean atmospheric pressure develop as air circulates around Earth. The air rushes from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing winds. The properties of the moving air (cool or warm, dry or humid) will determine the weather for the areas through which it passes. Knowing the location of high and low pressure areas is vital to weather forecasting, which is why they are shown on the weather maps printed in newspapers and shown on television.

Read more: http://www.scienceclarified.com/As-Bi/Atmospheric-Pressure.html#ixzz3DO6QS100

Welcome to the forum!

That paragraph explains how weather is forecasted, but anyone can do it if you have access to the right tools. Weather models are most often used to accomplish this, which you can find on the top menu bar of the forum.

Any chance the crazy heat out west gives us a warm up ? 5 days out looks to be in the 80s again. I'm not turning the AC back on.

HectorO wrote:Any chance the crazy heat out west gives us a warm up ? 5 days out looks to be in the 80s again. I'm not turning the AC back on.

hector it may hit 80* on sunday but another trough is coming into the north east next week with even cooler temps than this week. I do not think you should need the a/c

I think I got half an inch of rain this morning. It was really coming down out there.

I recorded about 2/3rds of an inch (0.64 to be exact) in Kenilworth NJ, been a while since we had a nice soaking like this

blizzard93 wrote:I recorded about 2/3rds of an inch (0.64 to be exact) in Kenilworth NJ, been a while since we had a nice soaking like this

I estimated half an inch, close enough I guess. That was a pretty impressive downpour and we sure needed it.