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Still snowing heavily here. Amazing. Let's see if we can squeeze another couple of hours worth to make up for the lack of snow yesterday
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Snow pepping up quite a bit here again. It's now been snowing since about 11am. Radar shows there's still some more to come. If it freezes tonight, it might stick around for a bit longer than the usual few hours.
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Still snowing here in West Cambs - been going for well over an hour
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In the middle of a heavy show shower at the moment, but it's proving difficulty to settle. The small layer we had this morning thawed out before this big shower hit so it's not settling very well. Typical :wacko:
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Amazing how it settles in just a quick powder shower. It only lasted a couple of minutes but everywhere is covered. What's it going to be like in a really heavy shower!
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These showers seem to be fizzling out in the central belt across East Anglia - to the north and south, places are getting hammered, but through the middle there's been nothing. Had one flurry at lunchtime and nothing since. Hope it's not going to stay like this
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Just getting our first flurry of snow here in west Cambridgeshire. Sky is much darker now, so hopefully it'll get a bit heavier.
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Hi, TEITS - how do you think we'll do in Cambridgeshire today and tomorrow. I'm in the west of the county, so often too far west to catch anything through easterlies (which is ironic as I'm in East Anglia). My sister's in Peterborough and is hoping for a snowy birthday on Tuesday.
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Just to add - works perfectly in Safari as well. Looks like I'm the only Mac user in here :unsure:
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Can't give you any specific details as I'm at work (temps, etc), but just had a massive hail storm here in Cambridge. Lasted for about 10mins. Wind was ferocious. Very exciting to watch
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Well. Just returned this morning from our week in New York. The weather was unbelievable - mid to high-70s all week. It even hit 80 on a couple of occasions. I think some records were broken last week. The humidity was really noticeable during the first half of the week. It made sight-seeing really draining, as we walked everywhere. The subway was a no-go area for us as it was like walking into an oven. How New Yorkers cope with that heat when it's really hot, god only knows. Thank god the carriages are air-conditioned.
A big line of storms that brought tornadoes to some parts of the US on Thurs/Fri didn't really hit NYC. We had some light showers, while some parts of the state got 4-5 inches. Shame, really, as it looked for a while we were going to be in the firing line of some spectacular storms. When we left New Jersey at lunchtime yesterday we were basking in some gorgeous weather. Imagine the shock this morning when we landed at Heathrow and found ourselves scraping the ice of the windows!! Even as I'm typing now it's only reached 7 deg. Brrrr!
All in all a fantastic trip, made even better by the unseasonably hot weather.
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It's the time of year when wild temperature swings occur in the Midwest. I'm in Chicago where they had to end the marathon early today; temperatures hit 88oF (31oC) (it's still 26oC at 10pm) and tomorrow we're looking at 30oC. On Wednesday we're looking at only 14oC as a high! Hopefully some lively storms to mark the cold front whilst we're at it...
Spot the cold front:
Looking ahead, normal temperatures look set to continue; high teens for much of the Northern part of the country.
If icytoes reads this, early indications are for high teens on the 15th and clear.
Before that, it looks like a coastal system is going to affect the North East by next weekend; close to a classic Nor'Easter. In winter these systems can give heavy snow or freezing rain, but at this time of year it's going to be heavy rain and cold temperatures. Looking at the 500 chart, the Canadian High is in the wrong place to allow for a real winding up of the system (Although earlier charts showed the High slightly further West allowing a more defined low pressure to form off the coast):
the PPN chart shows that this could bring quite a soaking to New York. Looking at the charts, the rain is forecast to start on Friday morning and runs right through to Sunday. I doubt this will actually transpire as these systems are very hard to pin down until 48 hours before the event. However, if tonight's forecast verified we'd be looking at extremely large amounts of rain (perhaps five inches plus?) for NYC, souther New York State, New Jersey and Eastern PA:
As for temperatures, highs in single figures are well below the average of 18oC for mid-October:
At the moment, the mainstream media like The Weather Channel are not reporting too much on this as it is too far out. However we should know a bit more by Tuesday. So, for icytoes, you may arrive to a soggy New York, albeit sunny!
Whatever happens I'm hoping this is a sign of things to come...
Incidentally, looks like quite an active system heading just north of Roger's neck of the woods over to the West; the Pacific jet seems to be getting into it's autumn pattern right now:
Hi, White Fox - thanks for all these updates. As long as New York gets the rain before next Monday, I don't mind. I'll be more than happy with high teens and dry weather. Although these sudden torrential downpours you get do sound exciting (as long as I'm watching it from indoors!
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Highs are approaching 30oC here this week with lows around 20oC, so it still feels like summer here even if it is getting dark at about 6.30. I was even tempted to use the air-conditioner last night!
Cools down to the low twenties next week though.
Wow! Low 20s will do me - perfect weather for sight-seeing. Can't believe it's going to hit 30 deg in October!
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I'm sure you will enjoy it!
October can still be a very nice month in New York. The average high is 17-18oC and the average low is 9-10oC in the middle of October. Having said that, it can easily be in the low-twenties. The jetstream does tend to become more variable however, so don't rule out a cold front coming down from the North West, although these generally only bring showers or thunderstorms and cooler air rather than long periods of rain. It's more likely that a coastal low could bring a day or so of bad weather, but it wouldn't be a trip to New York without experiencing some extreme weather! The New York rain has to be seen to be believed; it's one case where the movies do not exaggerate. So, bring t-shirts, light jumpers and a rain coat...
Also, it's a great time for visiting Central Park as the leaves will be turning. If you have time, and I see you are there for a week, take the Amtrak train from Penn Station to Poughkeepsie; it runs alongside the Hudson and the scenery will be spectacular by then. The ride is about 1 hour and 20 minutes and trains run hourly.
For the record, 28oC has been recorded as late as October 22nd in New York, and the earliest frost was recorded on October 20th.
I'll keep an eye out for you and keep you updated on how it's looking.
Thanks, Mr Fox. Your input is much appreciated.
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Hi, White Fox
My husband and I are coming to New York for the first time from 15-22 Oct, so it would be good if you could keep me posted as to how the weather's going to pan out over the next few weeks. I've no idea at this stage what clothes to take - I'm hoping the weather will still be quite nice, although I've heard New York weather can change really quickly!
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Very dark here, too, and chucking it down. No thunder yet
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Had heavy rain here for about three hours. No thunder or lightning, though. Looks as though it'll be completely clear very soon as it pushes northwards. We seem to have escaped the worst of it. The main band has stayed west
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After a few rumbles of thunder at 5pm, nothing since. It is pouring down, though
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Raining steadily here and we're starting to get some rumbles of thunder. I can just about hear it over the blasted air con in the office.
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Dry as a bone here - the radar shows there has been rain over me for most of the morning, but not a drop has fallen from the sky yet. Strange, as Look East weather this morning was giving a severe weather warning. Is the rain not moving at all inland today?
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Very heavy snow here at the moment. Settling on the grass, bit not the paths. Wind is really driving it
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Snowing heavily here in west Cambs. Lovely big flakes in very string winds. Sadly, not settling
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snowfall picking up again now - bigger flakes. Nice little top-up. That band on the radar must have arrived.
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It started snowing here in West Cambs at about 6am and hasn't stopped yet. We haven't had huge flakes, but it's been light and steady. Now got about 3 inches. If the flakes had been bigger I'm sure we'd be buried under several feet. According to BBC weather, looks like another band of snow will hit us around tea time. Not looking forward to the freeze tonight, though
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Wow - just got up and we've had at least three inches of snow in West Cambs. It's beautiful - much better than Monday. Now I've got to do my best please-don't-turn-to-rain dance, I'll be gutted if all this disappears in the next few hours