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Post by Nidaros on May 9, 2019 13:54:40 GMT -5
The first 8 days of November last year were a full 2°C warmer than the first 8 days of May here! It also about the same temps as the 8 last days of December last year!
After the first week the third coldest May since recording began in 1946, but the forecast is so bad that this May still has a chance of becoming the coldest! |
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Post by Steelernation on May 9, 2019 14:07:32 GMT -5
Today hit 75 (24 C), the 3rd 70 of the month. This is now the 4th time this year we’ve hit exactly 75, and never above  Unlikely that tomorrow will get past the upper 60s so they’ll still be no consecutive 70s. Here’s how the highs around all the 70 f days so far have looked: 46-70-59 42-73-65 61-75-66 61-75-55 53-73-63 64-75-62 54-75-? See how little sustained warmth there’s been? It’s all one day warm fronts then back to average or below...very frustrating. Remarkable stability on the lows so far this month, here’s the lows for the first 9 days of May: 44, 41, 44, 46, 43, 43, 44, 42, 46 All within a 5 f range. And it’s not like the highs have been stable either. |
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Post by Babu on May 10, 2019 6:01:15 GMT -5
Yesterday was like 12'C at the airport and today's like 15'C and you can tell how eager all the trees have been for some May weather. The first week of May had them writhing in their sleep just itching to burst out, and now with just a day or two of normal temperatures, there's been a huge difference in amount of leaves.
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Post by nei on May 10, 2019 10:35:27 GMT -5
really warm in the PNW yesteday; setup allows the coast to be as warm as inland and west of the Cascades is hotter than the drier (and normally hotter ) areas east of the Cascades  |
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Post by nei on May 10, 2019 10:36:08 GMT -5
Vermont looks a bit behind the hills in rural Massachusetts
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Post by bizzy on May 10, 2019 10:36:37 GMT -5
Nothing but wet, doom, and gloom for the past month, and the same moving forward.
I don’t know how you Europeans contend with this oceanic FUXTON bullshit. Just fucking shoot me.
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Post by Morningrise on May 10, 2019 18:33:43 GMT -5
We just had our first proper thunderstorm of the season this afternoon! Thunder, lightning, rain, heavy winds, and hail in certain places (though not where I was). It was a cold one - started off at 15C and then dropped down to 9C - but still a welcome sign that spring is truly here. The added moisture was good too - with a lack of sub-freezing nights in the forecast now, this will hopefully help make things go green pretty quickly.
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Post by rozenn on May 11, 2019 5:45:54 GMT -5
We got 63 mm / 2.5" of rain last night! Quite a nice surprise as it wasn't expected. :-)
After last weekend's sleet and Wednesday's storms, this month is off to a good start. :-D
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Post by nei on May 11, 2019 10:46:01 GMT -5
Nor'easter bring extremely cold air for May to New England Monday-Tuesday. Forecast discussion from NWS Boston
An anomalous pattern is setting up to deliver a spring nor`easter to
the region Monday/Tuesday. This will be accompanied by potentially
much cooler than average temperatures, heavy rain, and gusty winds.
Given that the storm is still 3-4 days out, a good deal of
uncertainty remains in the details. Zooming out we see a shortwave
axis approaching southern New England with a initial surface low
ahead of the trough over the Great Lakes region early Monday. As the
low`s frontal boundary crosses Delmarva into the Atlantic a
secondary low deepens and heads northeast up the coast, passing near
the benchmark Monday evening or early Tuesday morning. Uncertainty
remains with the timing, both how quickly the system forms and how
progressive it is. The EC would have an earlier formation off the
coast by 12Z Monday, while the GFS and NAM are 12-18 hours slower.
Both Monday and Tuesday will be unusually cold for mid May, in the
40s and low 50s Monday [b]while we may not break out of the 40s
Tuesday. At this point it looks as if some could even break some
`lowest high temperature` records. At the mid levels we see a closed
700mb low crossing over or even south of SNE with abnormal cold
through the column. [/b]In fact we can`t rule out the low probability of
some wet snow in the highest terrain of interior MA, though things
would have to line up just right for that outcome. Stay tuned.
Northeast winds will be gusty through the period, especially along
the coast, 25-35 kts at times. |
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Post by Steelernation on May 12, 2019 15:38:25 GMT -5
Cold and drizzly today.
High of only 49 (9 C) so far with 0.16” (4 mm) of rain.
Surprisingly, the first 11 days of May were actually slightly above average. Leafout is progressing pretty well, a few trees are fully leafed our and many are close although a few are still almost bare.
Next week looks better with upper 60s and low 70s forecast.
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Post by ral31 on May 12, 2019 20:23:07 GMT -5
Nice day here, with a high of 74F and sky becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Normal high for today's date is 85F. Forecast low tonight is 58F. Glad to see drier conditions over the next week as garden needs to dry out. Precip forecast for the next 5 days.  |
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Post by Hiromant on May 13, 2019 5:37:34 GMT -5
A disappointing spring so far, reminds me of 2017. April teased us with some warmth but now it's taking forever to warm up for good. Probably the most annoying pattern of all.
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Post by Ariete on May 13, 2019 12:58:55 GMT -5
Still chilly in many parts of Europe today, but warm in Soviet Russia and very hot for the season in Southern Spain and Portugal.
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Post by nei on May 13, 2019 21:11:55 GMT -5
heavy snow in southern Vermont at 2000 feet
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Post by nei on May 13, 2019 21:15:49 GMT -5
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Post by omegaraptor on May 13, 2019 21:46:49 GMT -5
 Incredible rainfall forecasted for NorCal, decent rainfall forecasted for PNW. According to Cliff Mass (PNW meteorology expert of UW Seattle), this will be great at holding fire season off. |
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Post by Steelernation on May 13, 2019 21:49:19 GMT -5
Highs the last 2 days were 49 f and 48 f.
2011 and 2017 were the last 2 Mays with 2+ sub-50 highs so pretty unusual.
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Post by nei on May 14, 2019 7:05:02 GMT -5
mid-May; probably 1500-2000 feet in elevation
easier to see the snowline here:
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Post by nei on May 14, 2019 9:14:43 GMT -5
Happy spring
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Post by omegaraptor on May 14, 2019 11:53:15 GMT -5
 12z GFS tones down on the precip for the West Coast. |
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