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The high for today is expected to reach 70 degrees. At 15 degrees above the normal high that will make today the most warmer-than-normal day in the city since a four-day hot spell last April. The record high of 75 degrees set in 1975 is safe for another year.

Today would be a great day for a World Series game. Sunny with seasonable temperatures topping out in the low 60s thanks to a high pressure system. Tomorrow's temperatures will remain seasonable but it will be mostly cloudy and light rain is expected later in the day. Not great baseball weather but the Yankees and Phillies would definitely get the game in if the series started tomorrow.

A quick look at the local National Weather Service website shows no watches, warnings, or advisories anywhere in the forecast zone. The lack of weather action is courtesy of a high pressure over the Tennessee Valley that is slowly moving eastward. That will bring mostly sunny skies and a high near 70 today in the Big Apple. Tomorrow promises to be even warmer as the high pulls warm air up from the Gulf of Mexico. Look for highs in the mid 70s.

It was nice to end a dull gray weekend with a brilliant red sunset last night. This time the red sky at night means the city is in for a week of delight. A high pressure system will be large and in charge for the next several days. The anticyclone will bring clear skies and a high in the breezy mid 50s today. More sun is expected tomorrow through Thursday with temperatures topping out in the mid 60s.

Not much happening in the weather around these parts today and tomorrow, but we did notice that, as a harbinger of things to come, there's a band of lake effect rain showers upstate this morning. The city is on the cool side of a high pressure system today, hence the brilliant sun and westerly breeze. Look for a high in the seasonable mid 60s. We'll approach 70 tomorrow as the center of the high passes overhead.

       

Besides, the fun of being spooked by dark, looming clouds overhead—and taking photographs of said apocalyptic clouds—another advantage to storms is that they often bring lovely sunsets afterwards. Here are some photographs of last night's sun sayonaras.

In a complete turnaround from yesterday's cloudy dreariness, there should be plenty of sun today, tomorrow, and into next week. The slow-moving cold front that provided the city with 38 straight hours of overcast conditions has been replaced by a high pressure system. Highs today should be in the mostly sunny mid 80s in town and the lower 80s near the shore.

It's the beginning of the month, time to break out ye olde updated cumulative rainfall graph. June and July, thanks to a late surge during the latter, was the second wettest June-July combo ever recorded in Central Park. Less than five inches of rain, the normal is 4.22, needs to fall this month for 2009 to be the rainiest summer ever. However, a rainy two month stretch is no guarantee of a third wet month. The rain-soaked June-July of 1975 was followed by a dry August, and the very dry start of summer in 1999 rebounded with nearly normal rainfall the next month (followed by a wallop from Floyd that September).

Sometimes the weather can be aesthetically pleasing. Not just in a rainbow and fluffy cloud kind of way, but also in the way the jet stream and upper level disturbances interact with high and low pressure systems near the ground.

Enjoy the sun today for tomorrow it will be gone. The high pressure system responsible for the recent streak of sunshine is moving offshore. We'll squeeze in one more pleasant day, look for a high around 80 this afternoon, before the clouds and rain return.

We are looking at a mostly dull weather scene for the first half of the week. Sun should dominate today and the high will be near 80, which is 5-10 degrees cooler than today's forecast high for Fairbanks. Temperatures will be cooler along the shore once the sea breeze circulation gets in gear.

Kids, it doesn't get much better than eighty degrees and nary a cloud in sight. It may be difficult to return to the office after lunch. A few wispy cirrus clouds may arrive this evening, making for a lovely sunset.

Pulitzer Prize committee take note, the Times has discovered that June has been rainy and that people don't go to the beach when it rains. It has rained a lot the past couple of weeks. How does that rain compare to previous Junes? Let's make a graph of day-by-day rainfall accumulation!

This post-Memorial Day weather stinks! Yesterday's high of 61 degrees was 15 degrees below normal, and WCBS 2 reports, "Friday will be a changeable day. There could be some rain in the morning, then possibly some sun will poke through the clouds during the afternoon. The more sun we see, the better chance for strong thunderstorms later in the day as a cold front approaches the area." Yes, more sun=more thunderstorm possibility! WCBS 2 meteorologist Mike Latella explains, "Add sunshine to an unstable atmosphere and an approaching cold front. That is the recipe for thunderstorms." Today's weather will vary—low to mid 70s in the city but in the 60s along the coast. But keep the faith: Saturday will be sunny, with highs in the upper 70s (there is a small threat of a shower late in the afternoon or evening) while Sunday will be partly cloudy, highs in the mid 70s.

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.

Don't be scared. That mass of incandescent gas in the sky is the sun! The sun should be around for a few hours today before clouds and possibly showers or even a thunderstorm return this afternoon. Any showers should be hit or miss which means there's a good chance the consecutive rain streak will end at seven days. In those seven days 3.81 inches of rain has fallen on the now very lush vegetation of Central Park. Normal rainfall for all of May is 4.69 inches.

Cool, cloudy weather got you down this week? Fear not; what passes for an April heat wave will be here for the weekend. Why? The Bermuda High is making its first northward foray of the season, bringing July-like warmth to much of the East Coast.

The sign says it all. The weather doesn't get much better than a sunny and 70 degree April day. Or does it? The air is bone dry and the wind is going to pick up later, leading the weather service to issue a Red Flag Warning, which means "critical fire weather conditions are occurring or imminent". Look out for brush fires, Staten Island!

A high pressure system moved over the northeast last night, causing the wind to finally take a rest. Today's lack of wind will make it feel much warmer than yesterday even though the high will only reach the low 40s.

The wind today won't be nearly as intense as yesterday's blow fest, the peak gust in the city was 65 mph in Brooklyn, but there will be a strong breeze until this evening. Pretty impressive for a storm that's now located east of Nova Scotia. A bit of cold air is trailing the storm which means the daytime temperature will pretty much hover around 40 degrees.

Did it strike anybody else that December's weather was more... weathery than usual? A succession of storms drove three 50 degree temperature swings last month and one more 50 degree drop that started on Sunday and bottomed out yesterday. Curious, we calculated the standard deviation of day-to-day high temperature changes for all Decembers since 1971. Sure enough, last month, with a standard deviation of 11.2 degrees, turned out to be the most variable in 25 years, and third most variable since 1971. For the record the most variable December in our data was 1982, with a standard deviation of 12.4 degrees. The least variable was the very boring 1974, in which 21 days were within five degrees of normal.

A high pressure system off the coast today would normally bode well for a sunny and seasonable Wednesday. The Weather Service is saying today's high will be a seasonable 46, but we think that is optimistic. There's a bit of vertical mixing going on, where cold air aloft gets churned up with warm air near the surface, that will likely put a damper on the day's heating. The Weather Channel's high of 42 is looking more accurate.

Time, once again, to break out the tiny violins. It's hard living in luxury condos with commanding views! The Wall Street Journal has a long article on the trials and tribulations bravely endured by those whose floor-to-ceiling windows are turning their high rise apartments into hot boxes. It seems that some people don't realize that their expansive view of the Hudson also comes with too much damn sunlight! Can't the local community boards do anything about this sun business? Surely it's violating the zoning laws. And it's making the inside of Sara Antani's $1.5 million apartment stinking hot, bleaching her $20,000 sectional and forcing her to wear sunglasses just to read her Panache magazine. Your heart better be bleeding, because the only alternative for these unfortunates is to throw around a lot of money – Antani dropped $12,000 – installing expensive motorized shades. Who says the poor pay more? [Via Curbed]

There's been at least a trace of rain every day since last Friday. That wet streak will be broken today and clear skies should prevail through much of the Memorial Day weekend. Today and tomorrow share the same forecast - sunny, breezy and slightly cooler than normal, with highs around 70 degrees. The wet spell has been accompanied by an even longer run of cool weather. May is now running more than three degrees cooler than average!