November 2024 Observations & Discussions

Welcome to November! Hope everyone had a nice Halloween. I visited my mom, and she was giving away “skinny” chocolate. One of the kids looked at me in the eyes and said “this sucks, dude.” I felt that. And also made sure mom was the one to answer to the trick or treaters the rest of the night.

I said it in the LR thread, but worth repeating that I don’t remember a long stretch during the Fall of milder/dry weather. I like it, ok!!

What a glorious day here in New England..came up for parent weekend on Thursday..spent Fri in mystic and Essex...(Son's birthday) It was a beautiful fall day with temperature teaching 75* and slight breeze..lots of fun, and good food.. Griswald Inn did not disappoint...if you are ever in area ..highly recommend! Mystic Pizza maybe touristy..but surprisingly good pizza..we say that every time we go..lol

Was good to feel the morning chill return this morning. I don't mind some warm Fall days, but this week was a bit too warm for my taste. Back to normal temps today. If you've noticed, we are very much locked in a repeating pattern, where we've had mid-week warm ups to AN temps and then weekend cool downs to more normal temps for a few weeks now. Almost like clockwork. Speaking of which, remember Fall Back tonight, clocks return to standard time.

billg315 wrote:Was good to feel the morning chill return this morning. I don't mind some warm Fall days, but this week was a bit too warm for my taste. Back to normal temps today. If you've noticed, we are very much locked in a repeating pattern, where we've had mid-week warm ups to AN temps and then weekend cool downs to more normal temps for a few weeks now. Almost like clockwork. Speaking of which, remember Fall Back tonight, clocks return to standard time.

The weather is like a roller coaster ride these days..high today was only 54...we froze at the football game...lol

My apartment is warm enough without heat or A/C at the moment, so I spend most of my time at home in shorts. Our basement garage is usually at about 65*. Needless to say I ran out to the food store in said shorts and flip flops only to be surprised at the chill in the air. I need to check my weather station before I run out! btw frost advisory for Bergen County tonight.

27 degrees, clear, calm winds.75% of trees now bare.Mountains mostly bare save for some brown Oaks.

30* this morning in Smithfield Ri....🥶 Love it ..

29 this morning with heavy frost. Very clear skies allowing for good radiational cooling.

31.9* this morning. First sub-freezing temp of the season.

Hey all, been some nice dry weather for a long while. Enjoying my last few weekends going to garage sales and then it will just be the flea market on Sundays until it snows. Honestly I have been scoring big ticket items at the flea market more so than garage sales and it requires a 5 min drive.

It’s November 6 th it’s 78° out. I feel like we’re getting ready for Memorial Day weekend instead of Thanksgiving, sick and tired of this heat.

Looks like the pattern we've been locked into for a month of cool to chilly weather on the weekends and absurd mid-week warmups will repeat again this weekend with another significant cool-down. But, it does appear the pattern will be broken next week as there doesn't appear to be any mid-week warm-up in-store after this weekend, and it may actually get even colder by next weekend.

64 degrees, mostly sunny and breezy.
Was up in Roscoe NY fishing the Beaverkill River.Mountains bare, all leaves down.River very low from the dry spell but the wonderful cool breezes after this hot spell was wonderful.Trees in Monroe NY 90% bare now.

bottomed out and currently at 42 this morning..still breezy..our highest gust last night was 37mph.. sunny, fall, brisk morning!

30* for my low this morning, looks like the smoke will be heading to the Hudson Valley today as the winds will shift, coming up from the south. Was really stinky yesterday, didn't bother to go out. Glad to see some rain in the forecast, with maybe .5" tonight and more on Thursday.

Dunnzoo wrote:30* for my low this morning, looks like the smoke will be heading to the Hudson Valley today as the winds will shift, coming up from the south. Was really stinky yesterday, didn't bother to go out. Glad to see some rain in the forecast, with maybe .5" tonight and more on Thursday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/pompton-lakes-wildfire-smoke-reaches-bergen-county-manhattan-george-washington-bridge/ar-AA1tNDzR?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=bb58127521ec45788ec251a8e6e5758f&ei=38

37* low..cloudy, last night we had the police and fire dept in the area..our neighbors thought there might have been a fire going in the area because of the strong smoke smell.. thank goodness all good here..just the wind carrying the smell.

heard a fireman was killed in the West Milford fire that is burning out of control..2400 acres There are currently 10 wild fires just in NJ

weatherwatchermom wrote:heard a fireman was killed in the West Milford fire that is burning out of control..2400 acres  There are currently 10 wild fires just in NJ

That is terrible, sad news.Up here in Monroe NY it was hazy with a strong smell of smoke. 49 degrees, light rain, calm winds.Hopefully the rain tonight will help with the fire fighting efforts.The woods are like tinder, a carpet of dried leaves.

.35" of rain last night, hopefully it will slow down the growth of these fires. Doesn't look like much rain in the future either.

First flakes of the ‘24-‘25 Season!!!!!

47* low this morning and hold onto your hats! we had a gust of 38mph a bit ago..praying for all those near the wild fires.

Had .33" of much needed rain! Would love more but probably not anytime soon.

On another note, very impressive push of anomalously warm air past 80 degrees N. It won't last obviously but believe that will be a common theme this season. Lots of WAR/SER ridging heat pumps.

heehaw453 wrote:Had .33" of much needed rain! Would love more but probably not anytime soon.

On another note, very impressive push of anomalously warm air past 80 degrees N. It won't last obviously but believe that will be a common theme this season. Lots of WAR/SER ridging heat pumps.

Build that blocking baby lol I was talking to sroc about this the other day; our blocking events since August have not been your typical progression. Instead of initiating over Europe and then backing westward all the way into the EPO domain over the span of two to three weeks, we’ve seen, and basis latest guidance, will continue to see initiation in the western domain, and then essentially hold position, maybe back westward a little bit toward Hudson Bay, and then decay. IF this trend can continue, it could lead to some opportunities for explosive events this winter. Granted, the behavior of the Pacific needs to be watched, and questions about the orientation of the NAO blocking need to be answered (i.e. does it link with the Southeast Ridge like it did last year, or, does it help to compress the flow and set up a confluent flow which forces a lot of Miller-B type events?). Even though I haven’t looked yet, this does give me some hope for an overall better season (not that that’s saying too much compared to the last two seasons aha). But you get my point lol

Chillier air has settled in it appears. Windy this morning and temps will probably top out around 53* around here before dipping into the upper 20s/low 30s tonight. High temps might not get out of the 40s in some spots on Thursday.