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If you are as big a fan of reality shows as we are, Fox’s Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Sunday, 8:00 p.m., WNYW 5) is very welcome. Thanks to the WGA strike, there will be only eight episodes, but still this looks like an action packed romp based on the popular film series.

On Wednesday, much to our regret, we cavalierly dismissed the Weather Channel's call for a chilly Friday. We much preferred the National Weather Service forecast at the time.

December is off to a chilly start. Every day so far this month has been cooler than normal. Yesterday's 14 degrees below normal was the nadir of this current cold spell. Today will be slightly warmer and tomorrow will be slightly more warmer yet again. The minor warming may be accompanied by a bit of light rain as an upper level disturbance runs through the region this afternoon. As it cools tonight the rain may...

The weather has gotten into the Labor Day spirit and decided not to work this week. Tomorrow will be a near-repeat of today. A weak cold front will cool us down slightly midweek. Highs on Wednesday and Thursday will be in the upper-70s. It should be warmer by the end of the week when the center of a high pressure system sits to our east. The National Weather Service says it will warm up to 90 on Friday and Saturday. Gothamist has no idea why they think it will get that warm. The Weather Channel's low-80s by Friday prediction seems more realistic to us. All in all an excellent week for the U.S. Open.

Switcharoo at CBS 2

A cold front is pressing down upon us from the north. The line of rain accompanying the front stretches from Albany to Scranton and should hit the city by mid-afternoon. Beware! Showers and perhaps a thunderstorm will produce locally heavy rains and gusty winds. We may even see a bit of hail. Most of the rain will be out of here by seven or eight this evening, but the chance of showers will linger until midnight.

Although the cool weather has ameliorated this week, temperatures are still running below normal. Tomorrow will see a bit of a setback in the warming department as a springtime nor'easter blows our way. Clouds, rain, and most importantly easterly winds will bring a chill to the day. Showers may begin by late this evening, but the steady rain isn't expected to be here until the early morning hours. Tomorrow morning's commute may be on the wet side as one or two inches of rain are expected between 4 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday will be much like yesterday –mostly sunny, highs 50-55. Friday is the first day of the year in which the normal high is 60 degrees.

The last two weeks have mostly been warmer than normal. That trend reverses itself today. We hope you haven't put your mittens and mukluks into storage as it is going to feel more like late-February than early spring. The culprit is the jet stream, which will be dipping south of us at least through next Monday. The map above is for Saturday, which will probably be the coldest day of the week for most of the northeast. If you want a warm weekend head west or way far south.

Did you catch yesterday's Extra, Extra mention of the ice bridge that existed between Brooklyn and Manhattan 140 years ago? We were quite taken by the story —Henry Ward Beecher and his wife were a couple of the intrepid ice crossers— that we looked up the Times version of the story. There's a great story from one of the crossers which we've excerpted here. Of the ice breakup the gentleman said "… an immense opening in the ice was noticed… There were… several hundred pedestrians on the ice… a shout of alarm rose… This was the signal for a general stampede for the New-York side…"

Our forecasted high of 64 degrees in Central Park was reached at one o'clock this afternoon. That's plenty warm for late-November but falls short of the 1896 record of 72 degrees. Fear not, fans of record-breaking warmth, the National Weather Service is currently predicting that we will tie Friday's record high of 69. The Weather Channel isn't quite so optimistic, calling for a high of "only" 63 on Friday.

Sorry for the delay today, Gothamist has been enjoying the warm weather. It is currently 78 degrees in Central Park. The weather will half-repeat itself tomorrow. It will be sunny, but temperatures should only reach the low 70s. Still, that's pretty good for mid-October. Conditions will deteriorate starting late tomorrow night. Wednesday should be drizzly. Thursday may live up to its name and bring us a thunderstorm. Friday is looking rainy and chilly. According to the Weather Service, Friday's high will be in the upper-50s. The Weather Channel is calling for low-50s. And, judging from their graphic, AccuWeather believes a "Day After Tomorrow" scenario is in store for later in the week.

As you can see from the radar we are right on the edge of a lot of rain. The storm to our south which is, semantically speaking, a nor'easter, because it is giving us winds from the northeast. It isn't much of a storm, and isn't going to "bomb", or strengthen, as nor'easters are wont to do, but it may give us a few showers during the day. The clouds and winds off the ocean will supress the afternoon temperatures. We'll be lucky to see 60 degrees. Gothamist checked our spreadsheet and the last time temperatures failed to reach 60 was on April 22nd.

The pleasant weather continues! We may see a few clouds this afternoon and the National Weather Service is calling for the slightest of slight chances for a few sprinkles. They are claiming an upper-level disturbance will kick up some clouds. Gothamist looked at the maps and we're not seeing it. Clouds, maybe, but not sprinkles as the atmosphere is way too dry.

The last weekend of spring promises to be sunny and hot. According to the Weather Service temperatures should max out around 90 tomorrow and the mid-90s on Sunday. Central Park's record high for June 19th is 98. We probably won't get that warm but we'll come close. The Weather Channel thinks we'll only get up to 90 on Sunday.

Sometimes boring is good. Uneventful weather rules the roost through the weekend. Tomorrow will be the warm day of the week, with a high around 70. A dry cold front passes through tomorrow night, leading to several days with high temperatures in the 55-60 degree range according to the Weather Service. The Weather Channel is opting for slightly higher temperatures of 63-66. Nights will be chilly, with lows in the lower- to mid-40s. If the Weather Channel is more accurate Central Park may wind up with its warmest April on record.

We're in the middle of a cold snap, but meteorologists want us to freak out about the possibility of a New York hurricane this year. AccuWeather believes that New York City is overdue for a hurricane, given "current cycle of storms, pressure systems and above-normal water temperatures in the Atlantic." (The 1938 Hurricane just missed NYC, but hit Long Island, killing hundreds.) After Hurricane Katrina, Mayor Bloomberg said that Office of Emergency Management would be able to handle a hurricane, but the OEM is reviewing the plan from head to toe. You can see the OEM's hurricane and coastal storm information here and find out which evacuation zone you live in. Of course, areas that New Yorkers flock to on the shore, like the Hamptons and Fire Island are even more vulnerable. Gothamist thinks the only way to freak out is to demand the city explain what its plans are - we hope there are some town hall type community meetings planned.

February review: Lots of temperature swings as the atmospheric circulation pattern shifted mid-month. Central Park temperatures wound up slightly above average for the month. Precipitation was slightly below normal but more than an average amount of snow fell. All in one storm.

The local news channels had been working themselves into a frenzy since last Thursday (well, we were, too) and it paid off yesterday when there was a hell of a lot of snow on the ground. Even Meet the Press was pre-empted for local snow coverage! Gothamist thinks we heard Al Roker's heart breaking as he broadcast from Torino this morning, because he was missing this awesome weather event - it was the lead story on the morning news shows, after all. Gothamist didn't watch all the news stations - we toggled between NY1, The Weather Channel, and WNBC 4 - but when you're a TV critic, you tend to watch more channels: David Hinckley at the Daily News felt the coverage ultimately portrayed the snowstorm as being like a "courteous and well-behaved blast of extreme, record-breaking weather," with some reporters even helping people move cars. Did you like - or hate - any of yesterday's news coverage? Gothamist scoffed at the "2nd greatest snowfall" graphics because big deal - until they turned into "record breaking snowfall" graphics.

Last month tied January 1913 as the fourth warmest January on record. The average temperature in Central Park was 40.9 degrees, 8.8 degrees above normal. Much of the Midwest and Great Plains had their warmest January's ever. The warm trend continues into February but for how long? The clouds are giving us warmus interruptus today but tomorrow will be a sunny, warm mid-winter day. The sunshine means that Staten Island Chuck will see his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter. Gothamist hopes whatever local dignitary helps Chuck with his duties tomorrow morning asks the rodent if "six more weeks of winter" means more of the same or a return to real winter weather.

Tomorrow's record high temperature is 60 degrees, last reached in 1951. The Weather Service is predicting we will get into the upper 50s. Can we sneak in a couple of extra degrees for our first record-breaking temperature of 2006? We can if Gothamist remembers to bring our flame thrower to Belvedere Castle tomorrow afternoon.

Terry Connelly, SVP and General Manager of The Weather Channel

What's left of Hurricane Katrina is expected to move up the Ohio and St. Lawrence Valleys, well west of New York. That doesn't mean we'll be spared the last gasps of her fury. Today's humidity has been pulled up from the tropics by the hurricane. Showers and thunderstorms are likely. Isolated today, more widespread tomorrow into tomorrow night.

When we last wrote, Gothamist was looking forward to a warm, sunny weekend. We've been in a funk ever since we saw the weekend's weather going downhill. A nor'easter-like storm is bringing us substantial amounts of rain tonight and tomorrow. The rain/no-rain line is pretty sharp on this storm, with the rain being heaviest to our east. It is going to be windy, too, so an umbrella might not do you much good late tonight. The sun may not come out for mom on Sunday but the chance of rain should diminish as the day progresses.

We had a lovely morning, and, if Gothamist may anthropomorphize, the sun is still struggling mightily to peek through the building clouds. However, as an upper-level disturbance approaches from the west it looks like the clouds will win today's battle. The disturbance carries with it a blob of cold air. When the blob of cold air sits on top of the warm air at the surface the atmosphere becomes unstable. The cold air is going to sink and the warm air is going to rise. Rising air means rain, possibly thunderstorms, possibly an outside chance of small hail. That's the Weather Service's prediction for this afternoon. The Weather Channel mostly agrees.

A riot of flowers and greenery that is. Gothamist walked through the Conservatory Garden in Central Park over the weekend and saw that many of the early-blooming bulb flowers like crocuses, narcissuses, daffodils and tulips were beginning to poke through the soil. Today's excessive rainfall, (watch out for flooding!), combined with warmer temperatures later in the week should bring on the plant growth.

Why did Gothamist grab a winter coat as we left our apartment this morning? It is going to be in the mid- to upper-50s. What were we thinking? Truth is we were preoccupied. Not by thoughts of rain tomorrow. Nor were we thinking that winter might make a brief return next week.

You'll start seeing ads in February. Other cable channels we'd like the city to team up with: The Food Network - tastings all around town; Sundance or IFC - more movies; Bravo - Queer Eye makeovers and Blow Outs; The Weather Channel - umbrellas, galoshes, mittens galore. And here's the city's official tourism site: NYCVisit.com.

By the way, no rain is in the forecast today. This morning's clouds will turn to sun this afternoon. High of 79.

Today we wrap up our discussion with Steve Hurst, the guy who makes you look back at the television screen during the local forecast on The Weather Channel and ask, "Is that... Moby?" If it weren't for him, we'd still be listening to the Windham Hill New Age library during our local forecasts. But instead, Steve has mixed it up and given us something a little more interesting to listen to while we evaluate our weather-conscious wardrobe for the day. Recently however, the music has been getting drowned out by the addition of an automated voice-over reading our forecast to us. Gothamist isn't a big fan of the voice, but we asked Steve about it as well as come other questions about the on-air personalities, security, and his favorite things about our wonderful city.

Claiming that The Weather Channel is a safe haven for left-wing weather-liberals everywhere, Fox News today, launched it's own weather channel.