Sigh. Nearly 3.5 inches of rain has fallen out of this latest storm, the illegitimate child of former tropical storm Lee and a cold front. We're exaggerating a bit, as September's normal rainfall is 4.23 inches, but several inches of rain is not really needed at this time. Have you noticed how coffee-colored the Hudson is? Here's a neat NASA satellite comparison showing what happens when Irene discharged several years worth of sediment into the river within a couple of days. more ›

A Queens man says his landlady tried to smoke him out of his apartment using a dangerous bug bomb—now he’s suing for $1 million. According to Dharmendra Persaud, Lisa Mongel let herself into his home and set off cans of Real-Kill Indoor Fogger 5. Worst of all, she did it completely without warning, when he was in the apartment, reports the Post. "She never called on the phone, never rang the doorbell. She just opened the chemical," he told the tabloid. According to his lawyer, his client not only inhaled toxic fumes, but tumbled down the stairs as he tried to escape. Right after, she filed the papers to evict the tenant and his children. Mongal wouldn’t discuss the allegations of chemical warfare, but said Persaud was “a liar.” more ›

Exactly 64 years ago today, a U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building between the 78th and 79th floors (remember this image?). NYC Aviation looks back at the incident, saying "an engine plunges down an elevator shaft, sparking a fire in the basement. Eleven people in the building are killed, in addition to the three man bomber crew. Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a plunge of 75 stories inside an elevator, which still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall recorded." The ESB notes that the pilot and two other passengers were killed, as well eleven people in the Catholic War Relief office. more ›

The non-moving front means the slight hope for sun today has evaporated. Or not evaporated if you want to be literal. Instead a cloudy, drizzly morning will give way to a mostly cloudy afternoon with a slight chance of rain, if not a thunderstorm and, if you are good and eat all your vegetables, just the slightest chance of sun. Winds out of the east will keep the temperature to the low 70s. more ›

Last night's rain has turned into this morning's fog. At the risk of using the most misleading meteorological metaphor, the fog should soon "burn off". Fog is water, it doesn't burn! Once the fog does dissipate we'll have a mostly sunny and warm afternoon with a high in the lower 70s. more ›

If we are lucky Mother Nature will give us a warm weather quickie this afternoon. A warm front has brought fog and drizzle to town this morning. A heavier shower or two may occur before early afternoon. A cold front is quickly catching up to the warm front and will sweep away any moisture once it arrives early this evening. A narrow tongue of warm air may snake its way up between the two fronts and give northeastern New Jersey and the western portions of the city a quick licking. If that happens the temperature will briefly zip into the lower 60s. If that doesn't happen the highs will be in the mid 50s. more ›

Before being washed away by rain and rising temperatures, roughly 1-2 inches of snow blanketed the city last night. The greatest amount was measured in Flushing Meadows, where 1.8 inches of snow was measured. There was some freezing rain upstate and in Connecticut but nothing compared to last week's storm. Ten-thousand homes are still without power in the Albany area. more ›

It's simply a lovely photograph of fog meeting the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. And today looks like it'll be beautiful. more ›

Remember that cold weather last week? The coldest day was Thursday when the temperature was seventeen degrees below normal. Today the weather pendulum swings way in the other direction as it should be twenty degrees above normal. Tomorrow we should be even warmer, at 25 degrees above normal. For those of you who haven't bothered to memorize the climate normals that works out to a high in the upper-50s today and lower-60s tomorrow. Tomorrow's record high is 65 set way back in 1998. more ›

Despite the fog, it looked this morning like today would be the warmest day of the month. Ha! The clear skies that were expected have given way to a layer of milky clouds. That will keep today's high to around what it is now -the mid-50s. Clouds will continue to thicken throughout the afternoon as a powerful cold front, that currently stretches from Hudson Bay to New Mexico, advances upon the region. A substantial amount... more ›

Some of you looking outside this morning might have had a double take, as fog has rolled in some parts of the city. Janelle sent us this photograph of fog seen over the East River from Dumbo (the Brooklyn Bridge is hidden on the left), but we hear that the view is clear and beautiful looking from Midtown East. As for what kind of fog it is, we're not sure, but it sure is... more ›