Seasons
Fourth Week of May
Photos I've taken over the year during the fourth week of May. Some are from Memorial Day Weekend, and some are the week before, depending on when the holiday falls in this month.
A New Model Is Predicting “One of the Most Active Atlantic Hurricane Seasons on Record”
While you probably stopped checking the daily forecast around the time you gave up on putting real pants on (so, weeks ago), here’s a reminder that weather is still in fact a thing that exists outside the walls of your quarantine zone: Several major forecasting centers are now predicting that this year’s hurricane season, which stretches from June 1 to November 30, will be more active than usual.
The latest predictions come from Pennsylvania State University’s Earth System Science Center. Scientists there are calling for 20 named storms in the Atlantic this year (the 30-year average is 12). A tropical storm typically earns a name from the National Hurricane Center when its wind speeds reach 39 miles per hour. If 20 named storms do occur this year, 2020 would become the second most active season on record in terms of the number of storms.
May snow, spring polar vortex to shock parts of US in developing weather pattern | AccuWeather
An unusually chilly spring is about to turn even more shocking as cold air, moisture and a visit from the polar vortex team up to trigger way out-of-season conditions for mid-May across portions of the Northeast. AccuWeather meteorologists anticipate the upcoming pattern to bring snow that defies the norms for so late in the season and freezing conditions.
The weather late this week to this weekend and beyond may seem unreal and downright nasty after the warmest weekend of the season so far. After the temperature in New York City failed to climb to 70 degrees Fahrenheit during April for the first time in 80 years, since 1940, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), the high soared to 80 on Sunday.
Saturday's high is normally 67 degrees. The mercury will struggle to break 46 degrees that day. That is 19 degrees below normal. It was colder in 1977 though, when the mercury only reached 43 degrees.
50 years since the shooting that changed America – CNN
Fifty years ago today, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State University students as they protested against the Vietnam War. Four students were killed. Nine were injured. The incident on May 4, 1970, now known as the Kent State massacre, dramatically changed the nation.
It prompted a nationwide student strike that forced hundreds of colleges and universities to shut down. Life magazine and Newsweek dedicated cover stories to the incident. The New York Times famously showcased the now-iconic photograph of a young woman screaming as she knelt over the body of a Kent State student.The shootings turned the tide of public opinion against the Vietnam War, and some political officials even argued that it played a role in the downfall of the Nixon administration. Today, the incident symbolizes the political and social divides brought on by the Vietnam War.
Pool closings
With the what seems almost inevitable pool closings this summer 🏊 I’ve been thinking about places that would be good to cool off during hot weather…
- Grout Pond in the Green Mountain National Forest
- The Potholers on Piseco Powley Road
- The swimming hole by the Old Fox Lair camp on NY 8 in the East Branch Sacandaga River
- The West Branch Sacandaga River at White House
- The Speculator Beach, assuming it’s unguarded
- Wakely Dam – Cedar River Flow
- Otter Creek near Eaton Road Campsites
- South Branch Moose River by the falls campsite on Woodhull Lake Road
- Moose River under the Otter Brook Bridge at Moose River Plains
- Otter Brook under the Otter Brook Bridge
- Schoharie Creek by the Rest Area if water levels allow
- Schoharie Creek under the Blenheim Bridge
- Swimming hole on the East Canada Creek by House Pond campsite
Tomorrow is going to be really wet
Tomorrow is going to be really wet. Unfortunately I have a meeting I have to drive to tomorrow, but the windshield wipers work well on Big Red. We need the rain too — it’s been fairly dry lately and this will help us overcome the rain deficit.
Rainfall forecast Thur. and Fri is quite the kolidescope of color. This is because rainfall amounts will be both…
Posted by Steve LaPointe Wrgb on Wednesday, April 29, 2020