Today is one of those days when the atmosphere disagrees with itself, giving us blah, overcast skies. Surface high pressure sitting just southeast of the city is providing a somewhat cool, dry air near the ground, but a few miles above a disturbance is approaching the area. There's just enough moisture, and the shortwave has enough energy, to produce clouds, but not enough for rain—so we're looking at overcast skies and a high in the mid to upper 60s this afternoon.
Another Cloudy Rainy Week For The Big Apple
SUPERMOON Fail: SuperMoon Obscured By Superclouds In NYC
Last night's SuperMoon turned out to be a superfail—it was too cloudy in NYC to see the lunar phenomena. New Yorkers handled it like champs though—after all, we're more than a little bit used to crushing disappointment: "What do the Knicks, playoffs and "Supermoon" have in common here in NY? Huge build up, anticipation and, in the end, disappointment," tweeted Danny Hairston.
Cloudy, Cool Weather Continues On
The stubborn low pressure system that's dominated the weather this week is finally moving away today. It will quickly be replaced by another low but let's not worry about that just yet. Nearly three inches of rain fell from this storm, and that much-needed rain was more than what fell in all of February and March. In addition, the last three days have been cooler than normal, which hasn't happened since mid-January. Cooler than normal weather may last until early next week. You have to go back to the time of the October snow to find a similar streak of cool weather.
Happy Winter Weather Awareness Week (No Winter Weather Expected)
This week is all about winter weather. What, you haven't heard about the big storm? Don't worry, there won't be one, but it is time for Winter Weather Awareness Week. The National Weather Service would like to refresh your memory about heavy snow events, ice storms, winter floods, the criteria used for watches and warnings, and some handy winter weather safety tips. Tire chains? We don't need no stinkin' new tire chains.
Add Skywriting To The List Of Things Peter Vallone Dislikes
[Update Below] Though Sunday afternoon's strange skywriting art project confused a lot of people, most of them were over it by Monday morning. But not all of them! Artist Kim Beck's stunt went and made one dependably angry Councilman, well, angry. Peter Vallone, Jr. (D-Queens)—hater of graffiti, unsightly security gates, pit bulls, homework and so much more—thought the whole thing was "plain stupid—no pun intended."
Photos: Artist Confuses New York With Cloudy Messages
So, why was the sky offering you a "Last Chance" yesterday? Art, of course. For about two hours yesterday (starting a little after 4 p.m.), the sky above Lower Manhattan displayed a series of somewhat confusing skywritten messages like "Last Chance" and "Now Open," but don't fear, it wasn't the work of a depressed skywriter. No, the messages were a part of an art project called "The Sky Is The Limit/NYC" by Kim Beck and sponsored by the Friends of the High Line. Which is to say, messages like "Lost Our Lease" were not technically related to the ongoing occupation of Occupy Wall Street!
Cloudy and Rainy Until The End of Time
The omega block that brought lots of sun to the city this week has started to move eastward. This would be unremarkable except it looks as though the ridge of high pressure will re-build and park itself over the Mid-Atlantic. With nowhere to go the trough of low pressure that's replacing the ridge will stall just to our west. Get ready for clouds and rain, people, days and days of clouds and rain.
Cloudy Friday, Sweet Sunny Saturday
Lots of stuff happening in the weather department the next few days, but as of now it all looks pretty weak and inconsequential. Hey, that's just like Mayor Bloomberg's third term! For today there's a low pressure system moving off the Virginia coast and high pressure located just east of New England. Those two systems are going to do a little dance where the low wants to give us clouds and rain and the high wants to keep the city dry. The end result is a mostly cloudy day with a slight chance of light rain this afternoon and evening. Thanks to easterly winds this afternoon's high will only reach the lower 50s.
Cloudy Start to Last Week of Spring
It is the last week of spring and the sun is struggling mightily to come out this afternoon. A stationary front stretching from DC to Tucson is to blame for all the clouds, mist and fog. The front should get some pushback late this afternoon. With the solstice so near it won't take long for the temperature to jump to 80 degrees (but not the curious 86 predicted by NY1) once the sun comes out.
A Gray Thanksgiving Week
Aye, the easterly wind... Weak low pressure southeast of the city means we're in for several days of dingy gray weather. The ocean winds will produce a thick blanket of stratus clouds which will keep the temperature nearly steady in the upper 40s to lower 50s through tomorrow. To add to the rawness there may be periods of drizzle or light rain between this afternoon and Tuesday morning.
Cool, Cloudy and Rainy
This is about the dullest weather situation the city has had in months. There's still a weak low pressure system off the coast of North Carolina. It's trying to move northward but is being held in check by a high pressure system over Nova Scotia. Until that stalemate gets resolved the city is going to see cool and cloudy conditions with a slight chance of rain. There will be a fairly strong breeze off the ocean tomorrow and Friday, limiting highs both days to the mid 60s.
Apocalyptic Clouds Pop Up Over the City
Hey everyone, we forgot that the Apocalypse was scheduled for today. Strollers are being frantically pushed to safety in Park Slope, the sky appears divided from the UWS, and things aren't looking so good for the commute home. Sadly, the clouds popping up are more threatening than the gorgeous mammatus clouds we saw earlier this summer. Send us your photos before it all goes down!
Return of Summer: 2009 Style
Following on the heels of Monday's first appearance of 90 degrees this summer, yesterday's high and low temperatures were both above normal. That's only the second time that both the max and min have been above normal on the same day since early June. How's that for obscure weather trivia!
Did Michael Jackson Find His Corner of the New York Sky?
While the death of Michael Jackson has captured the attention of fans around the world, New Yorkers have found their curiosities wandering upward this weekend to take in the dazzling skies that have felt like a culmination of an unusual month of weather. So it almost seems inevitable that one outlet found a way to capitalize on combining the two stories—My Fox NY thinks that they might see The Gloved One in one of those magical mammatus cloud formations from Friday night.
Mammatus Clouds Forever: More Photos Of The Bumpy Clouds
While today's sky has been blue with fluffy (cumulus?) clouds, we're still thinking about last night's dazzling post-storm mammatus clouds. Here are some more of photographs of the clouds. Thank you to everyone who shared their pictures—we apologize that we couldn't put them all up (we did get a lot!).
Apocalyptic Sky Over New York Tonight
Whoa! Was Ghostbusters 3 filming tonight? Because those were some crazy clouds just after sunset. They appear to be a mammatus formation-- that's Latin for "bumpy clouds."
Typical March Weather
If we had a museum of weather we would shoot and stuff today as a perfect example of March weather. A low developing southeast of Long Island is bringing the dreary clouds and occasional shower this Monday. Winds will shift around to the north as the day progresses, which will bring cooler, drier air this evening. Cloudy skies will gradually thin tonight, leading to a bit of sunshine tomorrow morning.
Weather on Hold
Today is Heat Awareness Day. Luckily there is no excessive heat in the Big Apple to be aware of today. Morning sun should give way to afternoon clouds and the high will be 75 at best. There's a non-negligible chance of a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon and evening.
Morning Respite from Clouds
Though it may rain this afternoon today promises to be less gloomy than yesterday. Less than half an inch of rain was measured at Belvedere Castle, though it sure seemed like more fell. Today there should be plenty of sun in the morning. Clouds will begin to build around noon and there's a chance for showers and thundershowers through the evening hours. Today's high will be in the upper 60s.
Cloudy Cool Weekend Ahead
Today marks the sixth straight cool day and it looks like it will take until Monday for seasonable temperatures to return. A minor atmospheric skirmish will keep temperatures down through the weekend. In one corner a warm front is approaching from the south. In another corner a high pressure system is slinking down from eastern Canada. It appears that the high will cause the warm front to stall before it passes through the city, leaving us on the cool, wet side of things.

