It looks like we might get 1 1/4 inches of rain on Saturday, followed by another 1/4 inch on Sunday. While 54 degrees on Saturday might not be the warmest January day ever, it’s going to turn everything into more slop, as it will destroy any frost that might be remaining in the ground. 🐖
Bombogenesis is cyclogenesis taken to the extreme. Bombogenesis is defined as a mid-latitude cyclone that drops in surface barometric pressure by 24 or more millibars in a 24-hour period. The height contours pack around the center of rotation and the number of height contours increases rapidly in the developing stages. The most common time of the year for bombogenesis to occur is in the cool season (October to March) when the temperature gradient is large between the high and mid-latitudes. Bombogenesis typically occurs between a cold continental air mass and warm ocean waters or between a cold polar air mass and a much warmer air mass. Many Nor-easters are the product of bombs. The contrast in temperature between polar air spilling over the eastern U.S. and the warm Gulf Stream waters sets the stage for cyclogenesis on the boundary between these air masses.
Bombogensis! 💣 It doesn't only happen for snow. This could be a very big rain and wind event, ☔ probably one of the biggest non hurricane storms to hit in years.
The season's first Nor'easter will bring a widespread soaking rainfall to the entire region Wednesday through Thursday….
Posted by US National Weather Service Albany NY on Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Nor’Easter tomorrow. But it will be rain, not snow. Sorry folks!
Still enough rain that driving your car with manifold vacuum-driven windshield wipers is not recommended, especially going up steep hills. That those 6-volt headlights and tail-lights, as will bias-ply tires will be dangerous on the roads tomorrow evening.
Listening to the rain pound down on the roof. Sure I would have rather been up in the wilderness but not with the rain pouring out of the sky. I could have erected a tarp and built a fire but it still would have been soaking wet with the wind. So alas I’m back home. The past two nights though were fun.
