APRIL 2024 OBSERVATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS

April observations and discussions.

...and just like that, no rain today but cloudy.  42 now but 50ish today. Lots of rain forecasted and little to no (dare I say the "s" word?)    .

48* and light rain coming down in New Hope...

48* and a chilly steady rain

48* with a steady rain here. Started about 9 a.m. and looks to last until about 1 p.m. before a break this afternoon and tonight. Needless to say, the forecast for the next two days looks wet and gloomy.

44* 1 inch of rain so far and heard on news (channel 12) out of the 92 days this year we had 56 days with rain..

Had enough sun this weekend to work outside and end up covered in poison ivy..

Mom, I too get poison ivy at the drop of a hat. I use oil of oregano for poison ivy. For 
 oak for which I have a very bad reaction, nothing really works except for diprolene. 

41 now. Even though the rain seems mia, what do I know? 3/4 inch of rain in the gauge

Tomorrow go be quite the coastal, flooding rains up to 3.5, wind gusts 50-65mph along coast, major coastal flooding possible up to 3 ft of inland innundation and river flooding. At least we still don't have leaves on trees but soon we will and i fear we wont make it out of this spring/summer/fall without a major coastal or tropical impact with the internsity these storms we have had all season.

weatherwatchermom wrote:44*  1 inch of rain so far and heard on news (channel 12) out of the 92 days this year we had 56 days with rain..

Had enough sun this weekend to work outside and end up covered in poison ivy..

I hate that creeping crud.I use Technu, Mom, over the counter ointment to wear as a preventative for Poison Ivy and to shorten it's length.Landscapers use the product.

rain stopped for a bit the big rain and high winds will be coming later though it is already getting quite windy out. This one may verify, NWS is very pullish with thier max wind giust map, rarely see 55-60 shading for majority of area, even a few spots of 60-65.

docstox12 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:44*  1 inch of rain so far and heard on news (channel 12) out of the 92 days this year we had 56 days with rain..

Had enough sun this weekend to work outside and end up covered in poison ivy..

I hate that creeping crud.I use Technu, Mom, over the counter ointment to wear as a preventative for Poison Ivy and to shorten it's length.Landscapers use the product.

I used to do landscaping, loved the manual labor but man was i exhausted. Poison ivy was never really a issue as I could spot it a mile away, also when we were doing brush or tree felling we would cover everything.

docstox12 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:44*  1 inch of rain so far and heard on news (channel 12) out of the 92 days this year we had 56 days with rain..

Had enough sun this weekend to work outside and end up covered in poison ivy..

I hate that creeping crud.I use Technu, Mom, over the counter ointment to wear as a preventative for Poison Ivy and to shorten it's length.Landscapers use the product.

Coming from someone who 100% gets poison IVY if Im in the same yard as the stuff TECNU is very effective.  Although I use this version of it when I suspect I came in contact with poison Ivy.  It MUST be used within a very short time from your exposure, ie: finish the gardening and immediately use to remove the oils before the immune system in your skin can bet triggered.  

sroc4 wrote:

docstox12 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:44*  1 inch of rain so far and heard on news (channel 12) out of the 92 days this year we had 56 days with rain..

Had enough sun this weekend to work outside and end up covered in poison ivy..

I hate that creeping crud.I use Technu, Mom, over the counter ointment to wear as a preventative for Poison Ivy and to shorten it's length.Landscapers use the product.

Coming from someone who 100% gets poison IVY if Im in the same yard as the stuff TECNU is very effective.  Although I use this version of it when I suspect I came in contact with poison Ivy.  It MUST be used within a very short time from your exposure, ie: finish the gardening and immediately use to remove the oils before the immune system in your skin can bet triggered.  

Amen Doc!

37 degrees, light rain, howling wind.Not a day to be out and about.

Thank you everyone! lesson learned. I thought I was not close enough to the area it exists..my neighbor has overgrown everything..but I never gave it a thought came in showered and by Monday afternoon its all over me. I def react to it..on a steroid pack..and hoping not to need the shot..and my eye is bothering me today...fingers crossed I caught it early..darn it..I will leave the rest to the person we have come each year who is not effected by the dreaded ivy...last year he pulled it out with his hands..lol

ps 42* and 1.83 inches of rain so far wind gusts in high 20's

The ULL too far north on this as what was anticipated several days ago. Slide that thing towards KY and the local interior would have sig snow from this system. Even in January crossing Chicago is not a good thing for snow in these parts. At some point things will start to even out around here. The block was just not enough to nudge this thing. We wait until next season for better fortunes...

Winds are whipping here, many small branches coming down already and I think the highest winds is going to come around early evening when we will be at most risk of outages. But it is concerning I am already seeing some debris coming down. When the rain lets up the wind dies down which makes sense as NWS said there is strong inversion (or is it weak) and with any heavy rain most 925mb winds will mix down.

43* and very chilly with some real strong gusty winds here. Had to hold onto the door to keep it from getting caught in the wind on the way out. Have had periods of heavy rain off and on all day with some thunder around midday. More heavy showers and storms on the way for later.
Temps are running about 12 degrees below normal. If it were January that would mean we'd be in the mid 20s and, well, you know how much snow this would be. As is always said, in life, TIMING is everything.

Dad calm now, I expect things to get really ramped up once the LP fully develops and tracks over the area.

I have had some very bad bouts with poison ivy. It is my sworn lifetime enemy. The tecnu works pretty good when caught early, but usually I'm already in distress by the time I realize what I've done to myself.

Whoo hoo here we goooo.severe thunderstorm on the way..it's close!! Rain coming down like crazy winds picking up! 42* 2.5 inches so far

Heavy rain with thunderstorms .

All hell broke loose around 5pm and continues. I have no power enourmous trees down all over. Winds may have exceeded 60mph here. I will post pics once we get our power back. Rn no restoration time. Also anyone that knows yonkers the mt vernon Yonkers Ave exit off the BRP a person waiting at light had a massive tree fall on their car. Luckily the were fine. Suv not so much.

Surprised no one else is saying anything. I have not seen winds like this since sandy..I was literally scared to b outside.

jmanley32 wrote:Surprised no one else is saying anything. I have not seen winds like this since sandy..I was literally scared to b outside.

today I was in Mount Vernon getting new tires and as I’m waiting, I noticed the door was opening and closing due to the strong winds and wow it really came down. Lots of lightning and thunder. driving home on a hutch forget about it stay safe

Had some wicked gusts here, can verify 40's but may have had some stronger. 2.42" of rain so far. A few tree branches down, and some street signs and a lamp post. Definitely a night to stay in!