102 thoughts on “Coaster Ride”

1. 1st?

   1. And Thanks TK.

2. Thank you TK

3. Thanks TK !

4. TK – You use the word “interesting” for after the middle of next week. Is there potential for a next weekend washout? I know we need the rain, but… 🙁

   1. The pattern looks dry overall, but there may be an opportunity to pull a tropical system or at least tropical moisture northward up the East Coast at some point end of September or early October. We’re going to ridge for a quite a while with above normal temps.

5. Im still sticking to my pre-thanksgiving snowstorm prediction. Based on absolutely nothing 😀

   1. I’d say that I think we’ll have less than 6 inches of snow in Boston still through December 31, but it’s too early to make that prediction. 😉

      1. 🙂

   2. It used to be more often than not that we saw snow before thanksgiving….from a couple of inches up. Since this seems more in line with past dates, I’d say you have a good chance

6. Thanks tk 🙂 I’m liking it

7. Hi blog buddies! I hope everyone had a GREAT summer.

   Glad to be back and I’m making a shameless plug – Please see Eric Fisher’s latest tweet:

   https://twitter.com/ericfisher/status/512396860409905153

   That’s my hubby he’s mentioning. (He’s recently become pals with Eric.) If you have second and feel so inclined, please follow Eric’s advice and vote for him! 🙂

   Can’t wait to see the leaves start changing and then see some SNOW!!!

   1. I am twitter illiterate. Is there an easier way. I’d be happy to vote. If you can’t ask friends,who can you ask? 🙂

      1. Just follow this link, Vicki! http://bit.ly/1plPCl7 and hit vote. They ask you to register with you email address and make a password, then you can vote six times a day.

         THANK YOU!!!

         1. Voted and thanks for including us!! Please let us know the outcome. Congrats!

   2. Love it! That’s awesome. 🙂

8. 92f and not a cloud in the sky here in Southern California right now. Ahhhhhhhh…..

   1. 92. Really. Wow. Have fun

      1. 61 here in Chicago. Look at that, WHW spotters reporting across the country 🙂

         1. Lol. 🙂

         2. 🙂 🙂 😆

      2. Here for work but still fun. Did Have a chance to go to the beach and experience the cold water from the upwelling. No Gulf Stream here! The palm trees make it easier though!

9. TK, do you have a low temp forecast for Friday?

   1. I think 38-46 most areas.

      1. Thank you.

10. Thanks TK!

11. 47 with a 47 dp here. Great sleeping weather. We still have the window open fairly wide.

12. Boys were cold this morning so had to put heat on for s couple minutes.

    1. I had to put mine on this morning for a few mins too cuz of the puppy. I gotta admit, i was a little chilly myself!

       1. Our dog started shivering last week

13. Black…..I feel like the blog slipped into a black hole. We’re all being sucked in.
    Ahhhhhh……………………………..

    1. Black is back! 😀

14. Coaster ride is going to transition to cruising at 38,000 ft in the long term if the EURO and GFS are in the ballpark. They are both showing high heights and warm 850 temps in the long range extended.

15. I am surprised that I really like the black. It makes the white page pop. Doesn’t distract at all. Enjoying the changes, TK !

    1. I’m looking at it with the large monitor and it is gross. With a normal sized
       monitor, probably just fine. 😀

       1. I’m using a 24 inch monitor. Is yours larger and if so how large as I’m thinking of getting a bigger one

16. hmmm

    Is this what TK was discussing about a shot at getting wet? From the CMC

    http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gem/2014091800/gem_mslp_wind_eus_37.png

    This would get Eastern Sections quite wet as it sticks around awhile. Here is total
    precip

    http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gem/2014091800/gem_apcpn_eus_40.png

17. All these colors you guys talk about is not seen from an iPhone . I see the original format with no changes and I like it.

    1. I see it all, I have an iPhone 5

       1. iPhone 4 s

       2. I have an iPhone 5S and do not see it

          1. I just checked Mac’s 5C and daughters 5 and can’t see on those either. If I scroll to the side it looks light grey.

             1. That’s weird I have the 5 and everytime tk has changed the colors I see the change 🙂

                1. The templates for wordpress show different views (pc, tablet, phone) and they do not show the BG on the phone either. Odd.

18. The black is great tk, but whatever u like works 🙂

19. re: Colors

    I bitch a lot, but honestly I don’t care what colors are here as long as the blog is here. 😀
    I’m just giving an honest reaction to the color changes. 😀

20. I heard the frost will stay north and west of Worcester and 495, anyone concur?

    1. Sounds about right, but I wouldn’t completely rule it out in some of the
       colder low lying areas South and East of there. For example Norwood Airport.

    2. The more widespread frost yes. There will be pockets of frost in valleys anywhere it is calm long enough to cool sufficiently.

21. Wasn’t the background originally black????

    1. If not black maybe it was a very dark gray. I just always remember it being dark

22. It was originally black. 🙂

    1. I just fell off my chair laughing. See how what was isn’t what is and won’t be what will be because……………..wait, what did I just say 😉 Funny, how for years it hasn’t bothered anyone !!!

23. Burlington, VT ….

    50F !!!!!!! , north wind at 12 mph. Uh oh !!

    1. http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_vis.php?image=vis&inv=0&t=cur&region=ne

       I’d say the front shows up nicely on visible satellite.

       1. Surface Map:

          http://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/sfc/90fwbg.gif

          1. Look at the afternoon temperature on the other side
             of the front:

             http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sfc_map.gif

             1. That thing means business!

24. 68 – down from 72 about 30 minutes ago

25. Monthly & Seasonal outlooks have been issued by NOAA.

    Warm October.
    Milder than normal November through the Winter.
    Precipitation maps are a bit vague but one can discern a drying trend in the long term. Cooler end of Winter into Spring, warm to hot Summer 2015.

    I’m in agreement with all of this.

    1. That forecast would not bode well for Snow Lovers, would it?

       1. Probably not. 😉

          1. But then again, how many times have we seen a BLOWN
             forecast? I honestly don’t take too much stock in long
             range forecasts. I admit that science is allowing them to get better and better. We Shall See.

             We’ll have to take it one way or the other. 😀

       2. All it takes is 1 or 2 anomalous snow storms to put us over the top in terms of snowfall for the season.

          1. Very true. We’ll see. No 3-peat for Boston in a long long time.

          2. ANOMALOUS

             That WILL be the word of the WINTER.

             😆

    2. Interesting. Thanks TK

    3. Isn’t that similar to what was predicted for this year at this time last year?

       1. Somewhat, but that doesn’t mean the result will match last year. 🙂

26. From Eric Fisher commenting on how dry it has been, especially in SNE and how that will affect the fall foliage, “The follow up question many have asked is – ‘Will this impact the foliage season?’ The answer is likely yes. Very dry weather leading up to/during foliage season can help increase and accelerate leaf drop. For far southern New England, we could be in for a lackluster show.”

    1. He does go on to say that areas to the N and W and up into VT, NH, and ME will likely have a good fall foliage season due to more normal rainfall conditions throughout the summer. Ho hum, looks like another crappy foliage season for most of us here in SNE 🙁

       1. We’ll go from green to brief color to brown and leaf drop then a very long season of lack of foliage and brown and grey ground. 😉

          1. Thrilling, lol

             1. Doesn’t bother me but I know many people will hate it. 😉

                1. I’ll just have to make sure i take a trip up north this year to see the colors

                2. I’m still surprised that no one is considering the impact of the Maple leaves that were destroyed in the spring.

                   1. Vicki, my backyard maple that was decimated by the green worms has been dropping leaves for about a week now. The leaves are either still shredded or filled in with large black spots. I don’t think this tree will even turn.

                   2. And it wasn’t just maples either, my crabapple and pear trees were all but destroyed

                      1. Ace you are right. I’d forgotten our crab apple. I don’t know how extensive the maple damage was but it sounds as if it was not just my area

27. Need advice: grass is about two week old and coming in nicely but in the spots that have been slower to come in I am seeing crab grass. What should I use? Should I pick them? I can’t believe it aready.

    1. I would just put more seed down. That’s what I’m doing. Mine sprouted fast

    2. Thats really odd unless u got some really bad seed or there was some residual crabgrass root in the soil. I would either pull it out and re-seed those areas or spot treat with round up, it should respond well since the crabgrass is young. Once it dies, re-seed the spot. Either way i would re-seed.

28. Must have been from previous soil.

29. Thanks

30. Front must not have made it through yet, its still pretty mild out with mostly cloudy skies and a light breeze. Not good ingredients for a cold night.

31. Mt. Washington, 23F and falling.

    1. Very cool….literally and figuratively.

32. The cold night will be Friday night, not so much tonight.

33. Scotland voted to remain part of the UK.

    1. Tx, longshot. Did you go to dinner on north shore or is that this weekend?

34. Not unusually cold this morning as advertised. It was much colder this past Monday morning .

35. Enough of a temperature differential to create some low ocean clouds. They are overhead and points east.

    The western half of the sky is crystal clear.

    For about an hour last night, when it was in the low 60s at 11pm, the arrival of this colder airmass came with gusty winds. It was kind of neat just to listen to it.

    1. I had the window open when we went to bed and about 11:30 you could just feel the cold pour into the room.

       1. I love that feeling Hadi!

36. Closer to this large high pressure area ….

    Current 7pm temps …

    Messena, NY : 29F (winds calm)

    Saranac Lake, NY : 21F (winds calm)

    Cold airmass : Mt. Washington is 16F and even though the sun rose about 1 hr ago, Logan’s temp went down another 1F btwn 6 and 7 pm.

    1. 7am temps. Trying to get through the day already. 🙂

37. Had to put heat again this morning for the boys.

38. I am shocked we are not challenging records today. I can’t remember such a cold air mass for this time in September. Tonight’s even gonna be colder.

    1. What was Mondays am low compare with today’s ?

39. For some reason i thought last night was supposed to be the cold night, now its tonight?

    1. I think it gets pushed forward every day 🙂

40. How accurate is NOAA’s three month look ahead?

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