WEATHER WITH PAT PAGANO

ADVISORIES:  FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/ WIND ADVISORY TO 11AM FRIDAY FOR BERKSHIRES

WEATHER TRIVIA:1964 – GREAT WARM SURGE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON BROUGHT HEAVY RAINS ON DEEP SNOW COVER…..RECORD FLOODS FOLLOWED.

WEATHERCAST: AS OUR STORM RIDES UP THE APPALACHIANS, THE CONVEYOR BELT OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE, ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS SENDING TEMPS INTO THE 60S. SOME SPOTS MAY EVEN GET THUNDER. RAIN AND SHOWERS WILL STILL BE WITH US TONIGHT BUT IN A LESS INTENSE FASHION. SHOWERS GIVE WAY TO CLEARING SATURDAY…WINDY…WE START IN 50S FALL INTO 40S. SUNDAY IS A SUNNY DAY IN THE 40S. A SMALL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN AND WET SNOW MONDAY..AND WHERE IT IS WET SNOW..YOU MAY GET A COVERING TO MANAGE A WHITE CHRISTMAS.

THE FORECAST

TODAY: WINDY AND RAINY – 55-60

TONITE: PERIODS OF RAIN – 50

SAT: RAIN TAPERS TO SHOWERS – 45-50

SAT.NITE: PARTLY CLOUDY – 25-30

SUN: PARTLY SUNNY – MID 40S

MON: CLOUDY- LIGHT SNOW OR SNOWSHOWERS – MID 30S   

ADVISORIES: FLOOD WATCH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT// WIND ADVISORY 1AM TO 11AM FRIDAY FOR BERKSHIRES.
WEATHER TRIVIA:
1942 – COLD MADE MORE BITTER BY WARTIME FUEL RATIONING: -16 STAMFORD, CT, -11 BOSTON, MA – -3 NANTUCKET, MA.
WEATHER-CAST:
A STORM IN THE GULF STATES WILL HEAD UP THE SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS. IN DOING SO It WILL PULL UP A PLUME OF MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO, AS WELL AS ANOTHER BAND FROM OFF THE ATLANTIC….IT ALL SPELLS WET….LIKE 1”-2” OF RAIN FROM LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPS WILL RISE INTO THE 50S….AND EVEN 60S BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS
SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL BE PARTLY SUNNY AND IN THE 40S. STILL LOOKS BLEAK AS FAR AS A WHITE CHRISTMAS.
THE FORECAST
TDYS: INCREASING CLOUDINESS- MID 40S
TONITE: RAIN ARRIVING – UPPER 30S & RISING
FRIDAY: WINDY AND RAINY – MID 50S
FRI.NITE: PERIODS OF RAIN – 50
SAT: RAIN TAPERS TO SHOWERS – 45-50
SUN: PARTLY SUNNY – MID 40S   

WEATHER TRIVIA:1983 – RECORD LOW OF -40 AT WILLISTON & MINOT, N.D. / -33 AT ROCHESTER, MN., LIGHT SNOW REPORTED AS FAR SOUTH AS CORPUS CHRISTIE – TEXAS.

WEATHERCAST: A COLD HIGH ALONG THE EAST COAST WILL GIVE US SUNSHINE TODAY…LESS WIND AND HIGHS INTO THE 40S. IT WILL BE CLEAR AND COLD TONIGHT. A PAIR OF STORMS STRETCHING FROM THE DAKOTAS TO TEXAS WILL HEAD EAST AND BRING IN CLOUDS THURSDAY. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BRING IN MILDER AIR, SO OUR PRECIPITATION, WHEN IT ARRIVES THURSDAY NITE, WILL BE RAIN. RAIN CONTINUES FRIDAY…PLENTY OF IT….AS TEMPS HEAD INTO THE 50S. THE STORMS MOVE OUT SATURDAY SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO DRY OUT..LEAVING SUNDAY TO BE THE NICER DAY THIS WEEKEND.

THE FORECAST

TDY: SUNNY- LOWER 40S

TONITE: CLEAR – MID 20S

THURS: INCREASING CLOUDINESS- MID 40S

THUR.NITE: RAIN ARRIVING – UPPER 30S

FRIDAY: WINDY AND RAINY – 50-55

SAT: RAIN TAPERS TO SHOWERS – 45-50  

WEATHER TRIVIA:

WEATHERCAST
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST BUT BEFORE IT GETS HERE…LOTS OF WIND TODAY, WITH SUN AND HIGHS IN 30S. TEENS AND 20S TONIGHT…CLEAR. SUNNY AND NOT AS WINDY WEDNESDAY, WITH HIGHS INTO 40S. A STORM ORGANIZING IN THE DEEP SOUTH WILL TRACK UP THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE APPALACHIAS AND BRING INCREASING CLOUDS THURSDAY, FOLLOWED BY WIND AND RAIN AND MILD TEMPS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. BLUSTERY WITH SHOWERS ON SATURDAY FOR THE FIRST FULL DAY OF WINTER 2018.
THE FORECAST
TDY: SUNNY- WINDY – MID 30S
TONITE: CLEAR – MID TEENS
WED: SUNNY- LOWER 40S
WED.NITE: CLEAR – MID 20S
THURS: INCREASING CLOUDINESS- MID 40S
FRIDAY: WINDY AND RAINY – 45-50

WEATHER TRIVIA:1962 – SEVERE FLORIDA FREEZE: TAMP=18, MIAMI =35, MILLIONS IN DAMAGE TO CROPS AND FOLIAGE. WEATHERCAST: AN OLD ITALIAN TRADITION  STATES THAT WHATEVER THE WEATHER IS ON ST. LUCY’S DAY…TODAY….THE WEATHER WILL BE ALMOST IDENTICAL…SO FOR THE MOST PART, WE WILL LOOK FOR CLOUDY SKIES AND SOME SPOTTY LIGHT RAIN OR WET SNOW. GREY – DAMP WEATHER LIKELY FRIDAY…WITH SOME DRIZZLE AND THEN A STORM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS MOVES THIS WAY. UNLIKE LAST WEEKEND…THIS STORM SHOULD PUSH NORTH AND ALLOW FOR WET WEATHER TOSPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY AND CONTINUE SUNDAY. THE FORECAST TDY: CLOUDY-SNOW SHOWERS LATE – 30-35 TNTE: CLOUDY- SOME SNOW SHOWERS – UPPER 20S FRI: CLOUDY- SPOTTY DRIZZLE  – 40 SAT: CLOUDY- PERIODS OF RAIN – MID 40S SUN: CLOUDY- SOME RAIN & SLEET – MID 30S 

WEATHER TRIVIA:1985- PHOENIX GETS IT’S FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW SINCE 1939…… 1/10” OF AN INCH.  WEATHER CAST: BRIGHT, DRY, CHILLY WEATHER WILL HOLD THROUGH WEDNESDAY…WITH HIGHS IN LOWER 40S AND NIGHTS IN 20S. SKIES TREND TOWARD GREY FOR LATE WEEK WITH HIGHS IN 40S. SOME RAIN MAY SNEAK IN ON FRIDAY, OTHERWISE LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND WILL START OFF WINDY AND WET…NOT WHITE. THAT WEATHER BEING CAUSED BY A STORM MOVING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS RIGHT UP THE APPALACHIANS. SUNDAY COULD BE BLUSTERY, WITH LEFTOVER SHOWERS. THE FORECAST TDY: SUNNY- 35-40 TONITE: CLEAR – LOWER 20S WED: PARTLY SUNNY – MID 30S WED.NITE: CLEAR – MID TEENS THURS: PARTLY CLOUDY – 35-40 FRI: INCREASING CLOUDS – 45-50

Below- animated maps for the next 2 days 

WEATHER TRIVIA: 1946 – N.Y.C. WARMEST DECEMBER DAY = 70 WEATHER-CASTTHE FORECAST TODAY: LOTS OF SUN – 40TNTE: CLEAR – MID TEENS TUES: SUNNY- 35-40 TUES. NITE: CLEAR – LOWER 20S WED: PARTLY SUNNY – MID 30S THURS: PARTLY CLOUDY – 35-40

WEATHER TRIVIA: 1978 – ICE FORMS IN SWIMMING POOLS IN L.A., CA.

WEATHER-CAST: COLD DRY AIR IS IN PLACE, AND WILL LIKELY STAY THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. SUN AND SOME CLOUDS BY DAY WITH HIGHS IN 30S TO NEAR 40….NIGHTS..20S AND EVEN SOME TEENS. A WINTER LIKE STORM PULLING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES WILL HEAD EAST AND IT WILL BRING SNOW AND ICE TO THE CAROLINAS. ALL COMPUTER MODELS SUGGEST THIS STORM STAYING SOUTH…BUT THERE IS STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE IT COUILD JOG NORTH AND CHANGE THE PICTURE.FOR NOW..WE’LL GO WITH DRY AND HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. THE FORECAST TDY: SUN – SOME CLOUDS, BRISK – 35-40 TNTE: CLEAR – VERY COLD – 10 TO 15 SAT: SUNNY- LOWER 30S SUN: SUNNY- 40 MON: CONTINUED SUNNY – 40