Weather Discussion

Teske's Tidbits (5/8/08) The One About April Sunshine

2008-05-08T16:46:00Z

One other leftover stat from the month of April in Syracuse is the sunny weather. At 66% it was the 4th sunniest April on record. We had about 1/3 more sunshine this past April than in a normal April. We were going at such a great clip with sunshine toward the end of the month that the last half of April we averaged 80% sunshine! I read something from the Buffalo National Weather Service that they had their sunniest April on record. We certainly aren’t going to be challenging Arizona...(read more)

A Few Thunderstorms This Afternoon

2008-05-07T14:54:00Z

Posted 10:55 AM Wednesday, 5/7/2008, Dave Longley - A warm front is forecast to swing through Central New York this afternoon. The timing would put this front through here once we get a chance to warm into the mid 70s. We think this will be the trigger for a few thunderstorms this afternoon. Again, not all of us will see rain or thunder, but everything that we look at here in the office continues to point to the possibility of something developing this afternoon. A cold front...(read more)

Wow, This is Nice!

2008-05-06T14:48:00Z

Posted 10:30 AM, Tuesday, 5/6/2008-Dave Longley- Another beautiful, sunny morning across the area. Light winds are making it feel doubly nice. Looks like I'll be able to finish up the yard work this afternoon. Jim Teske and I have been watching an area of clouds drop in toward us from the NW. The clouds are drying up as they head our way, but we may see an increase in some clouds around here by mid afternoon. There are showers showing up on the radar back across Michigan,...(read more)

Teske's Tidbits (5/1/08) The One About Frost

2008-05-01T14:33:00Z

For growers and gardeners across central New York we were in dangerous territory the last few days. Wednesday morning Syracuse was 33 and this morning we were 28, just one degree off the record for the day. With all the warm weather the last few weeks trees and plants across the region are in bloom well ahead of schedule. In my yard there is a Magnolia Tree that has already bloomed and is finished for the season. Some lilacs are about to do the same. I was on the radio with...(read more)

Yes, That Was Snow This Morning

2008-04-30T14:40:00Z

Posted 10:40 AM, Wednesday, 4/30/2008, Dave Longley - Yes, scattered flurries have been falling across CNY this morning. Boy, did it get a response from folks! I guess the nice weather of the past couple weeks has softened us. I would guess in a "normal" April, those flakes wouldn't have illicited such a response.It was pretty amazing this morning. We went from bright sunshine to an overcast and snow showers in a matter of minutes. With very cold temperatures aloft and...(read more)

Had Enough Rain Yet?

2008-04-28T14:17:00Z

Posted Monday Morning, 4/28/2008, Dave Longley - Well, after a long stretch of dry and warm weather, the weather will be going downhill just a bit for the start of this week. Low pressure heading our way from W. Va this morning will move just about over us this afternoon, spreading a large area of rain our way. As of 10 this morning, we've had a quarter inch of rain. That's on top of the inch plus of rain we had Saturday evening. It looks like this widespread rain will be...(read more)

Teske's Tidbits (4/24/08) The One about April Warmth

2008-04-24T14:38:00Z

The summer-like warmth continues over central New York. A cold front came through last night and we are still forecasting temperatures about 10 degrees above normal today (Thursday). Some cold front. Our average temperature for April currently stands at 7.2 degrees above normal. We are right now tied for the 4th warmest April on record. If you only include the past 7 days over average jumps to 16.5 degrees above normal! Earlier in the week we mentioned that we are only the cusp of something...(read more)

Thunderstorms Expected This Afternoon

2008-04-23T14:43:00Z

Posted 10:30 AM Wednesday, by Dave Longley - Wow, what a stretch of weather we've been enjoying. I had to come back from vacation just to enjoy some warm weather! As of 10 this morning, we're already at 70 degrees, and still there area a few hours of sun to come. Also, southwest winds will help to push temperatures well into the 70s today. I'm also noticing an increase in dewpoints. There's more moisture in the air today compared to yesterday. This heat and moisture...(read more)

Will It Rain This Weekend?

2008-04-19T00:11:00Z

It has been a remarkable stretch of weather this week across central New York. High pressure down at the ground and aloft built into the Northeast midweek and it is entrenched over us. Think of it as a big roadblock in the atmosphere;it's holding back all comers at this point. Our biggest point of contention this week was whether we would get any rain in here by the end of the week. We knew we would be dealing with a storm in the upper atmopshere moving through middle part of the...(read more)

Teske's Tidbits (4/16/08) The One About 1 Year Ago

2008-04-16T12:21:00Z

Yesterday a viewer from Cazenovia e-mailed us a picture that reminded us of late season snowstorm on this date just one year ago. It was a view of a pine tree bending under the weight of heavy wet snow. An area of low pressure tracked east through the middle of the country then strengthened once it reached the East Coast. The storm stalled near New York City on the 16th and central New York ended up just cold enough for wet snow. A general 6-12" snowfall occurred over all of central New York...(read more)

A Chilly Start

2008-04-15T12:49:00Z

The official low in Syracuse Tuesday morning was 29. Actually, that is not even close to the record low of 18 set back in 1926. Here are some of the colder readings that came in this morning: Alder Creek 24 Tully 23 Westdale 20 N. Redfield 19 Saranac Lake 15 Let us know what your low was this morning. Watch what...(read more)

Taste of Spring-Part 2

2008-04-14T12:42:00Z

It's a chilly start to the new week but there is a nice warm up in store the rest of the week here in central New York. Here's what's happening. There is a trough of low pressure sitting over the eastern US right now. This trough is associated with some pretty chilly air and we expect our temperatures to remain about 10 degrees below normal. Down south, where the growing season has begun, there are frost and freeze warnings out Monday morning. However, there will be a rather dramatic...(read more)

A Southern Perspective

2008-04-11T13:22:00Z

As I mentioned in my last blog, I am in Atlanta this week so I thought I would pass along some things I've noticed down here. Whenever I come down here in the spring they seem to be about 4 to 6 weeks farther along in the spring season. All the trees are out and so is the pollen. My brother said is was particularly bad last weekend. Not only are the leaves out but the lawns are nice and green. That's a big change from last year at this time. Because of the drought it wasn't quite as green as normal....(read more)

A Taste of Spring

2008-04-08T14:23:00Z

10:30 AM Tuesday, by Dave Longley - By taste I mean warm weather and sunshine, as opposed to the garlic scent wafting through my office from Rick Gary's recipe on Bridge Street. Once again, we have that marine layer to our south across southern NY and Pennsylvania. Those low clouds tried to creep north, but have been stuggling to hold together. I think the sun/clouds forecast should hold through the afternoon. Dewpoints have come up some, into the mid 30s, and the breeze has come...(read more)

Where's the Sun?

2008-04-07T13:48:00Z

Posted 10 AM Monday, Dave Longley - After a beautiful, sunny, Sunday, clouds have crept back into CNY. A little different set up with this one. High pressure parked well off to our northeast is responsible for the cloudiness. The clockwise wind flow around that high has set up a southeast wind flow, right toward us from the Atlantic Ocean. We'll need some patience, but I still feel that we will be able to brighten things up this afternoon. The eastern edge of this cloud...(read more)

Teske's Tidbits (4/3/08) The One About March

2008-04-03T23:52:00Z

I’ve heard it said that March can be the cruelest month in central New York. There are all those signs of spring that I’ve mentioned in past blogs but there is still winter weather to deal with. During March 2008 there were far too few tastes of spring. For the whole of the month the average temperature in Syracuse was 2 degrees below normal. Only twice during the last two weeks of the month did our high temperature climb above ‘normal’ Sometimes, though, when I think we...(read more)

Let's Play Ball !!

2008-04-03T11:55:00Z

Posted 9 AM Thursday - Dave Longley - It looks like Mother Nature will give a present to the Chiefs today, with plenty of sunshine for the start of the new baseball season. The new grass field sure looks great, in spite of the delay in the arrival of warm weather. Actually, they couldn't expect to do much better than low 50s for the 3rd day of April. The normal high for this time of year is 51. Today's game is the first of an 8-game homestand that continues through...(read more)

The Skies Have Cleared, but Boy It's Cold!

2008-04-02T13:57:00Z

Posted 10 AM Wednesday - Dave Longley - Skies have cleared nicely, with dry air rushing in from the north and west. We had a few flurries this morning, but they've gone away. While the sun will be nice, the temperature and wind won't be. Strong low pressure across the St. Lawrence and high pressure moving our way from the lower Great Lakes will keep the wind going strong today. The strongest winds were last night, when we gusted to 54 mph just before 8 PM. As of 10 this...(read more)

Strong Winds Today Into Wednesday

2008-04-01T13:05:00Z

Posted 9 AM Tuesday - Dave Longley - A strong area of low pressure on the weather map over the northern Great Lakes, will continue to strengthen as it moves toward Quebec by later today. Southerly winds have warmed us to 60 as of 9 this morning, and based on the precip-free radar immediately upwind of us, we should be able to get into the mid 60s.I've been watching a line of showers march eastward toward us, and as of 9 this morning, it was just entering western NY. ...(read more)

Rain Ahead of the Warmth

2008-03-31T12:44:00Z

Posted 8:45 AM Monday - Dave Longley - A warm front to our south is slowly lumbering its way toward Central New York. Quite a bit of rain has broken out in advance of that front, tied to a jet stream disturbance moving overhead. We've picked up over a half inch of rain this morning! Thankfully, temperatures are just a smidge above freezing, or we'd have big troubles with freezing rain. The larger radar view at http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/RadarImg/northeast.gif ...(read more)