Re: March 2015 Observations & Discussions

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:47 pm

Dtone wrote:
jmanley32 wrote:The wind is nuts has be 40 to 50 street lights going almost horizontal at times. I didn't realize I'm surprised no wind advisory. My car is shaking. Yes I'm parked lol not typing while driving.

So many times they issue wind advisories or warnings and it never materializes, today winds actually reach those levels without the advisory. Phone lines whipping around like jump rope, street lights leaning

51mph @ LGA.
54mph @ Westchester County Airport

Any airport delays today? With these winds this is not a day I would want to fly.

38 here and dropping

by **Dtone** Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:00 pm

518 PM EDT TUE MAR 17 2015

...STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 45 TO
55 MPH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AROUND 10 PM THIS EVENING FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE
OF THE EARLIER COLD FRONT.

THESE WIND GUSTS MIGHT DOWN TREE LIMBS CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES
AND KNOCK OVER UNSECURED OUTDOOR ITEMS. TAKE EXTRA CAUTION WHILE DRIVING
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES THROUGH THIS EVENINGS RUSH HOUR.

by **jmanley32** Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:07 pm

yep dtone just got the alert on my phone already saw a tree down on CPA heading towards scarsdale. ConEd website reporting some outages already. Even the street lights on solid metal poles are bouncing thats when you know its strong, not advisory because I think not long enough, I think it has to be 6 hrs? Which according to SPS it would be right around, lol funny stuff way NWS handles these things.

by **Dtone** Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:11 pm

jmanley32 wrote:yep dtone just got the alert on my phone already saw a tree down on CPA heading towards scarsdale. ConEd website reporting some outages already. Even the street lights on solid metal poles are bouncing thats when you know its strong, not advisory because I think not long enough, I think it has to be 6 hrs? Which according to SPS it would be right around, lol funny stuff way NWS handles these things.

yeah i figured it wont last long enough to bother issue an advisory.
They had a part of central av blocked off in (i think) hartsdale..a little south of dtwn white plains.

by **Frank_Wx** Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:26 pm

It's windy.

Hi.

by **jmanley32** Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:45 pm

Frank_Wx wrote:It's windy.

Hi.

LOL, Hi Frank, yes that it would be. What tipped you off?

by **Dunnzoo** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:17 pm

Had some incredible gusts here, several telephone poles knocked down, traffic nightmare since they are all on busy streets. PSEG has so many calls can't get to us yet...

by **jmanley32** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:26 pm

1,500 outages and climbing in westchester county, nothing major but watch out for sporadic outages.

by **jmanley32** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:28 pm

Dunnzoo wrote:Had some incredible gusts here, several telephone poles knocked down, traffic nightmare since they are all on busy streets. PSEG has so many calls can't get to us yet...

You lost ur power, sorry to hear that. It seems here they cannot keep up either, as a half hour ago the outage map was only 500, suddenly jumped to 1500. There are wires down the street from where I am. I cannot see outside but I can still hear the wind, although its not like it was earlier.

by **jmanley32** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:28 pm

No way we can see the aurora lights from all way down here?!

by **snow247** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:33 pm

jmanley32 wrote:No way we can see the aurora lights from all way down here?!

It's possible, keep your eyes on sky tonight!

by **Dunnzoo** Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:36 pm

jmanley32 wrote:
Dunnzoo wrote:Had some incredible gusts here, several telephone poles knocked down, traffic nightmare since they are all on busy streets. PSEG has so many calls can't get to us yet...

You lost ur power, sorry to hear that. It seems here they cannot keep up either, as a half hour ago the outage map was only 500, suddenly jumped to 1500. There are wires down the street from where I am. I cannot see outside but I can still hear the wind, although its not like it was earlier.

Amazingly, only the few homes in the immediate area of the poles down were affected. Rest of town has power...hopefully when they come to repair it they won't have to turn us off...

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:26 pm

jmanley32 wrote:No way we can see the aurora lights from all way down here?!

Why not. Very visible In Poland and their latitude is not that much further north than here.

by **amugs** Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:29 pm

Yes we will be able to see them around around here just have to be patient and dodge the flying debris!!

Zoo do you have power?

by **Dunnzoo** Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:31 pm

amugs wrote:Yes we will be able to see them around around here just have to be patient and dodge the flying debris!!

Zoo do you have power?

yes mugs, the poles only affected a few houses in the immediate area. But when PSEG gets here they might have to turn everything off to fix it... so we'll see

by **Dunnzoo** Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:00 pm

Channel 7 here in town covering the wind damage...tune in at 11:00!

by **essexcountypete** Wed Mar 18, 2015 12:17 am

Been windy quite a lot the last few days, but earlier tonight was ripping.

Shakespeare did say "Beware the Ides of March, your can may end up in the street".

by **Dtone** Wed Mar 18, 2015 8:32 am

Light snow here

by **Quietace** Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:58 pm

46.8 winds still blustery at times...about 12mph from the north

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Wed Mar 18, 2015 5:23 pm

32.7 windy as hell and still feels and looks for the most part like Mid January.

by **dad4twoboys** Wed Mar 18, 2015 6:29 pm

29.5* Blowing 5mph ESE told ya

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:21 am

On March 19, 1967 there were record lows in NYC of 8 degrees and in many suburbs to the N and W of the city of -5 to -15. Poughkeepsie in the middle of the HV set a record low on this date of -13. A truly remarkable cold spell that lasted for several days right into the first days of spring.

Sun angle and climo don't always win out.

by **amugs** Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:23 am

Low of 25* here this morning, no spring in the air around here!

by **amugs** Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:24 am

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:On March 19, 1967 there were record lows in NYC of 8 degrees and in many suburbs to the N and W of the city of -5 to -15. Poughkeepsie in the middle of the HV set a record low on this date of -13. A truly remarkable cold spell that lasted for several days right into the first days of spring.

Sun angle and climo don't always win out.

CP that is truly remarkable holy cryps!!

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:35 am

amugs wrote:
CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:On March 19, 1967 there were record lows in NYC of 8 degrees and in many suburbs to the N and W of the city of -5 to -15. Poughkeepsie in the middle of the HV set a record low on this date of -13. A truly remarkable cold spell that lasted for several days right into the first days of spring.

Sun angle and climo don't always win out.

CP that is truly remarkable holy cryps!!

Actually Mugs I was just looking a little further into this.

The cold spell started on March 17th 1967. Poughkeepsie only 65 miles due north of Central Park, saw a low of -3 that morning, followed by lows of -13 on the 18th, and -13 again on the 19th.

NYC saw lows of 12 on the 17th, 8 degrees on the 18th, and 8 degrees again on the 19th. It didn't let up until the first days of spring. I was only 6 at the time so I can't say I remember it, but I agree Mugs a truly remarkable cold spell.

by **docstox12** Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:46 am

Great stuff, CP.I should have remembered this but I don't think it was associated with any snowfall and that's probably why I didn't.I think there was a big snowstorm in Jan or Feb of 1967.In any event, I would have been walking the 1 1/2 miles to and from High School during that cold spell and probably froze my arse off,LOL!

by **skinsfan1177** Thu Mar 19, 2015 8:00 am

Had a Lowe of 22° last night

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