October 2018 Observations & Discussions

September finished above normal with temperatures and precipitation.



It was a very wet month!



October looks poised to finish at average to above average with temps.

Tornado Watch for much of the area.

there was a tornado warning issued for rockland and westchester county has exp at 4 45 pm.i just hope everyone who lives around that area is ok

Well that was some unGodly rain around 5 pm. I had the misfortune of being down near Woodbury Commons on my way to West Point. I thought I might not make it. The overpasses were not visible. That is how low the rain clouds seemed. The car sounded like a tin can being ripped open until the tat tat sound stopped. There was so much water falling, the rain was thick enough on the car to stop that sound. Long Mountain had a waterfall coming down the mountain as I was hydroplaning up the mountain. Maybe this was the all-time rain storm in intensity for me. And it was in the middle of all that construction. Just unbelievable rain. Just a tick away from life-threatening.

Persistent lightning. We're about to get rocked

I can see the lightning going crazy to my west, your to my SW so we will prolly get hitaround same time with the way the line is set up.

No rain yet but wow for almost an hour just crazy lighting going on

frank 638 wrote:No rain yet but wow for almost an hour just crazy lighting going on

Its coming its just over the river to the west and the the north.

Tons of power outages in westchester NY, almost 4k right now and rising.

Crazy storm! Thunder rattling house!

1.5" of rain from those storms here. Haven't seen lightning like that in a long time.

Wild weather yesterday - loved the light show which lasted for hours, was a nice long duration severe threat!

Last night did have a wonderful lightning show but for an hour or so the rain was unGodly.

never fun being under a tornado watch. I saw there was a touchdown in Ronkonkoma last night.

There were 2 confirmed tornadoes in northern westchester NY too. The rain was crazy north of me got 4+ in a matter of a hour or two flooding the heck out of the saw mill river in fact the highway was closed northbound for a nearly 20 mile span, dunno if its reopened, its still all wet on south side and river is just short of the side of the parkway in areas.

Do I see a beginning drop in temps starting not this weekend but next?

At least today and tomorrow we will have full temperatures then back to above normal temperatures lasting into next Friday. Does anyone know when it will get cooler crisp Temp

67° already on our way to near 80°, it is Oct 7th right??? blah...

I have to say, I am disappointed in the accuracy of the weather reporting for accuweather and weather.com. About Tuesday, I checked the weather and it said that this past week was supposed to be sunny and nice the entire week with fluctuating temps from 60s to 70s. Well the temps were accurate but we have had mostly cloudy skies with rain on several days. Even Friday night said no rain for this weekend and it has been raining non stop. How do these people have jobs? Can someone on here tell me what today is supposed to turn out. Having a party and wondering if people will be able to sit outside.

Fededle22 wrote:I have to say, I am disappointed in the accuracy of the weather reporting for accuweather and weather.com.  About Tuesday, I checked the weather and it said that this past week was supposed to be sunny and nice the entire week with fluctuating temps from 60s to 70s. Well the temps were accurate but we have had mostly cloudy skies with rain on several days. Even Friday night said no rain for this weekend and it has been raining non stop. How do these people have jobs? Can someone on here tell me what today is supposed to turn out. Having a party and wondering if people will be able to sit outside.

Looks like you should be ok for the most part, but with dew points creeping up as the day progresses and a weak cold front approaching from the north as the day progresses the chance of a pop up shower increases as you head into the late afternoon and evening as it wont take much of a trigger to rain (ie: upsloping from foothills/weak s/w passing overhead).

Thanks Sroc. Really just a crappy weekend with these low clouds and constant mist falling.

Radz wrote:67° already on our way to near 80°, it is Oct 7th right??? blah...

Totally agree wanted to sit on the deck with cup of tea and so sticky out and warm..sad currently 77 degrees and 79 percent humidity

Pool still open here in south jersey. Went swimming today and plan on it after work tomorrow. Lol. The cold temps will get here soon enough.

Here comes the mid month flip and why - GOA HP - reminds me of 14-15 winter

https://twitter.com/jhomenuk/status/1048908265365676033

https://twitter.com/jhomenuk/status/1048907771243110400

Besides Canada is an absolute freezer with portions seeing record cold and snow - bodes well for our cold air source moving forward once that dam breaks watch out!

Fall like temps at night




Its just a fantasy at this range!