54 thoughts on “Sunday Forecast”

1. Good mornig and thank you Tk forthe Sunday update.
   I see lots of near to below normal.
   When will it ever warm up for good? 😀

   1. I was just studying that. As usual, I believe I was a little over optimistic on the pattern flip. The near to below normal is good until right around my birthday…. 😉

      (Hmm, when is TK’s birthday? A few people know.) 😀 😀

      1. Ugh. Let’s hope it’s a little sooner. But looking at stuff his morning, I fear you may be correct.

         1. Dr. Cohen nailed it. I’d been looking for the same flip to the cooler side but he said it’d last longer.

      2. Hmmmm not until July huh 😉

         1. I sincerely hope you are joking!

            1. She is ☺️

               1. Given that I do not recall TK’s birthday, should could very well have been real. 😀

                  1. May 20. I won’t torture you. 😉

                     1. I figured it was somewhere in the 5/10-5/20 range. No I wasn’t being tortured.
                        The weather will be what it will be and there isn’t a damn thing we can do about it. 😀

               2. ‘twould not be the first time. 🙂

                  1. That I joke? I can’t tell who you are replying to because the thread is so long but darn I don’t recall ever joking 🙂

                     TKs bday is two days shy of a month before mine….I thought mine was in August. Perhaps I was wrong 😉

         2. 😀

2. Thank you TK. Another beauty of a day.

3. I would hope that TK’s birthday is around mid-May at the latest. 🙂

   1. At least by Memorial Day?… 🙂

      1. See above. 🙂

4. Thanks TK. Still aways to go for that permanent warmth. 😀

5. Pamela Gardner won the WBZ snowfall contest with guessing 36.3″.

   Barry went high with a guess of 44.8″.

6. Inaccuweather’s and TWC call for above normal met spring for the North East turned out to be a big fat bust, for the most part. That -AO Cohen called contributed to the bust. Usually that last SSW only puts us in a cold snap for a couple or three weeks. This one is going to end up closer to 6 plus. AO and NAO look to come back to neutral by Mother’s Day. But that’s 2 weeks out, things could change. Anyway, climo goes up every day, so there’s that. Just frustrating since we seem to go thru this almost every damn year.
   Maybe this is a “switch flip year” from poor spring to sudden summer. I for one would hope so.

7. Forgot to mention the ensembles for the AO, at least on the GFS look pretty tight. The nadir looks to occur later this week and hit neutral in about 10 days. That should help the cause if that holds up. Also, as the warm season gets going, that AO has less of an impact.
   Model ensembles look better out past the first couple days of May. Clown range I know, but it does seem to portend a little better in the temp department. One saving thing is there hasn’t been, and doesn’t seem to be any 4-5 day cut off, shade pulling misery in the offing.

8. My opinion, lately its been turning out to be a great spring with many sunny days along with seasonably mild high temps. I’ll take this over the usual raw, rainy springs year after year around here. Plus, real warmth this time of year tends to bring lots of rain and or clouds and gusty winds; ehh I’ll pass on that. I’ll give this spring an 8 out of 10 this far.

   1. I agree completely.

   2. Let’s see what you think of this spring so far come this Tuesday. 😉

      1. A few “bad” days make the other days seem even better and we need rain….lots of it 🙂

         It’s kind of like having Christmas every day….then it wouldn’t be special❄️❄️

      2. Yea, Tuesday looks like a blazing dumpster fire.

9. I’m not one that needs a lot of variation. I could easily live in the Keys or San Diego. It’s a toss up between those two places when we retire, although we are leaning toward the Keys. I honestly wouldn’t care if I never saw another daytime high below 55 or so ever again. And the majority in the 60-80 range. I’m not much on cold. Never have been. I don’t do well in the cold. Can’t breathe, my joints ache, I get highly claustrophobic all bundled up. And no matter how many layers I have on, I can’t get warm.

   1. Ah ha…that’s your problem. Don’t wear layers. Don’t even wear a jacket except maybe a medium one if you are out for a while. Just think of it as invigorating.

      🙂 🙂 🙂

      I really like San Diego. I also like the keys. Spent a fair amount of time in Islamorada when younger. Only problem with them is it doesn’t snow 🙁

10. We’re looking at Marathon. We like San Diego a lot, but it could be a tad more expensive. But we have 16 more years, so several more winters to go 🙁

    1. Nice.

11. Thank you, TK.

    It’s been a slow spring, but pleasant as far as I’m concerned. In some ways, the gradual ascent has contributed to a longer period of flowering of bushes, trees, and perennials. There have been very few insects thus far, and almost no bees. I’m fine with the latter because I’m allergic. Of course, I do understand they’re necessary for the ecosystem and our honey supply.

    1. Allergies aside, it’s a bit concerning how the bees have struggled. Many growers have had to pollenate crops themselves. I believe the reduction in bees has been mainly due to a type of mite that has been attacking them. I’m sure nature has an answer but sometimes these things take quite a while.

       1. It really is concerning. I think pesticides have something to do with it also. I’ll have to read more.

12. Looked back at yesterday’s blog posts and I must say kudos to everyone for keeping the political `debate’ civil. I value differences of opinion. It’s our strength as a nation that despite our differences we (generally) respect one another. I think that unfortunately many politicians are moving away from this ideal, on both the left and the right. But, thankfully WHW friends still very much share the aspirations of our founders.

    1. This is why the only comment I had was about Vicki running for president. 😉

    2. Probably because I stayed out of it. 😀

       Seriously, even when I disagree I “try” to keep it civil, although I think
       I lose it now and then.

13. A bit of a chill out there out of the warm sun. Even the “warm” spots struggle to get to the lower 60s today. Upper 40s (chilly spots) to 50s otherwise and we’re almost done with the rise for the day. Tonight’s lows won’t be quite as chilly as last night’s, however, as some cloudiness arrives and a warmer air mass attempts to push in.

    1. I’m at 62, but the dew point is 15. That dry air just won’t warm up much. Even at 62 it’s chilly.

    2. I was outside all afternoon.
       It wascwonderful. Wasn’t cold at all.
       Of course I was doing outside work, so that might have had something to do with it.
       Then again I am out now with just a tee shirt and I am comfy.

       1. E wind and middle 50s or lower much of the day, so the work may have had something to do with it.

          1. I think we made 57 at my house. 😀
             But, you’re probably correct.

             1. Don’t know what the temp was but had short sleeve tee on until about 5:30 when sun dips behind trees and then switched to long sleeve tee. Sat on front steps and watched kids play and met another new neighbor and family.

14. Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    Launched in April, 1960, the first weather satellite was called________?

    A. Tiros
    B. Nimbus
    C. Sputnik
    D. Sentinel

    Answer later today.

    1. A

       Thank you

    2. My guess is A.

    3. My guess also is A.

15. Until Barry mentioned it on air this morning, I had no idea that the WBZ mets have their own snowfall contest amongst themselves like we do here on WHW. 🙂

    Pamela Gardner “won” with 36.3″ and Barry came in last with 44.8″. He thought some of those inside runners were going to be coastals.

    Final total @ Logan = 36.1″

    1. On Wednesday we’ll grab all 4 cities that were on the list for people to guess (Boston, Worcester, Providence, Hartford) for their finals then officially declare winners, along with the winner for the closest to Logan’s first 1 inch snowfall.

       1. If you remind me, I’ll do the sort by city. I can promise i won’t remember without a reminder so I’d appreciate one. I have day long conf calls tues and wed

          1. Will do. I just wanted to get by the Tuesday system in case there were any surprises for Worcester. Don’t expect them but mother nature is a sly gal.

16. I think I read that later this year a very new, state-of-art weather satellite will be launched.

    Answer to Today’s AccuWeather Trivia Quiz.

    Launched in April, 1960, the first weather satellite was called________?

    A. Tiros
    B. Nimbus
    C. Sputnik
    D. Sentinel

    The correct answer is A. I think everyone got it right.

    1. I suspect those who answered remember it being launched.

17. Celtics 2-2 🙂

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