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Yesterday's fair amount of chaos across the city, from power outages to downed trees, from toppled Sukkot structures to bricks falling off buildings and the city closing down streets to deal with them. Some other stats and stories:

So, about that wind. We've received numerous reports of incidents taking place throughout the boroughs—to name a few: Scaffolding is currently dangling from a building on lower Broadway (the NYPD and FDNY have closed it down at Houston); a large tree just fell on 21st Avenue in Brooklyn, causing structural damage...

Four games into the Yankees' tenure at their new ballpark and already we're trying to crack the code of why there have been so many home runs. The 20 home runs in the Cleveland series this weekend were the highest number hit out of the first four games in any new ballpark. AccuWeather wonders if the different shape of the new stadium's shell could be generating a wind tunnel, specifically towards right field, where 14 of the 20 homers landed. While the dimensions of both parks are the same, the new stadium's tiers are less stacked, leading to the possibility of more circulation on a windy day. AccuWeather says, "This shape could enable winds to blow across the field with less restriction. In addition, the slope of the seating would also lead to a 'downslope' effect in the field which, depending on wind direction, would tend to cause air to lift up in the right field." Of course, before you run out and offer Grady Sizemore and Roy Holladay in a fantasy trade for Mark Teixeira, it could just be a fluke due to a limited sample size. But who would call into sports radio stations over that?

Yesterday's rare snow day with the Department of Education closing public schools was a blessing for children and a mess for parents. One mother told the Post, "When I found out it was a snow day, it was too late to make arrangements. When you count on school every day, it's hard to find people to take care of your kids. Had I known [Sunday] afternoon, it might have been easier."

       

After yesterday's snow storm, be careful whether you're walking or driving—the roads are slick and icy. As for the snow fall, WCBS 2 reports that Central Park saw 8" (Long Island—14.5"— and the Jersey shore—13.5"— saw higher amounts of accumulation).

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.

Wind gusts of up to 60 mph swept into the region yesterday, downing trees and utility poles, killing three people and injuring many others. Neighborhoods were without power, some bridges were temporarily closed, and airports delayed flights until the winds slowed in the evening. A meteorologist told the Daily News, "We often see storms with gusts around 40 mph. We had widespread gusts of 45-55 mph with some up to 60 mph. That extra 10 mph makes a big difference."

A fire in the Woodhaven section of Queens has spread to a number of homes on 96th Street. It's believed the fire started in one home before 12:45 p.m. According to WCBS 2, nearly 200 firefighters are fighting the blaze that has spread due to the strong winds." So far, no injuries have been reported but the winds are making things difficult.

About those high winds: we just got word that the upper level of the Verrazano Bridge is closed to all traffic in both directions because of the powerful gusts. The SI Advance is also reporting that the lower level is open with a 20 mph speed restriction. Beware the wind, it's been wreaking havoc all day—and this is all starting to sound a little bit too much like a Stephen King novel.

Be careful outside: The incredibly strong wind gusts are wreaking havoc all over the area. WCBS 2 reports that a tree fell onto a car on NJ Route 22, killing the driver and that, on Long Island, a LIRR crossing gate was blown into the air, injuring four people. And the Staten Island Advance says that wind gusts played a part in a wall collapse that killed a construction worker. With wind gusts of up to 60 mph, there have been various reported of downed trees, utility poles, and scaffolding around the city. There are also power outages in the region.

Instead of another disappointing coastal storm that have been so common this winter, today brings us a storm that's much more spring-like in nature. The storm, which brought a killer tornado to Oklahoma overnight is bringing a variety of spring weather to the East coast today and tomorrow. For starters, it's warm air from the Gulf coast. Look for a high this afternoon in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Heck, JFK already set a record high of 61 this morning.

First, everybody better like this photograph. Gothamist nearly froze our extremities off as we waited for the right moment by the Hudson yesterday afternoon. Anyway, the weather is going to be all over the place this week. Whatever you want warm, cold, sun, rain, snow or wind it will probably happen. Today is reserved for sun, cold and diminishing winds as a high pressure system fills in behind yesterday's wind blast. The afternoon high may not reach the freezing mark - the first time since last February.

There's enough weather on tap this week for us to hold on to our hats, both literally and figuratively. An Alberta Clipper will pass south of the city today, transforming into a coastal storm overnight before returning tomorrow. Arctic air will quickly follow the coastal storm and another Alberta Clipper is expected to zip through the area on Thursday.

The reaction to Mayor Bloomberg's wind power plan, which proposes wind turbines off the shores and maybe even atop buildings and bridges, is decidedly mixed. In one corner, you have fans like Donald Trump--"It's something we should absolutely be looking at"--and former mayor Ed Koch--"I think it's ingenious. Absolutely ingenious." In the other corner, you have, oh, architects and engineers who think the plan, per the NY Times, "would be complicated and expensive and barely begin to meet the growth in demand for electricity that is expected in the coming years."

Mother Nature may throw a little temper tantrum this afternoon, so you may want to take an early lunch or have it delivered. A warm front moving north through the city this morning will bring lots of humid, unstable air to the region. A trough of low pressure is expected to follow around 1 p.m. This disturbance will kick off showers and thunderstorms. The storms may contain strong, damaging winds, large hail, and rain of the intense downpour variety. It would not surprise Gothamist if a severe thunderstorm watch were posted later today. The high today will be a very soggy 80 degrees. An approaching cold front tonight will extend the chance of showers and thunderstorms until well after midnight.

If you're wondering what the hell's going on in Hell's Kitchen right now, reader Ed writes in to tell us that around 12:45 p.m. the water tower on top of the now defunct Sony Studios building on 54th & 10th, blew over.

If it were happening in March today's nor'easter would be shutting the city down. Alas it is May and twenty degrees too warm. Instead of a snow day lazily spent at home we have to contend with wind, rain and flooding. Drat!

Hold on to your tri-cornered hats! The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today. A steady breeze of 20-30 miles an hour is expected to last much of the day as a strong high pressure system moves into the region following the departure of the deep low that brought us over an inch of rain the last two days. Gusts of up to 40, or even 50 mph are likely throughout the day. The wind advisory expires at 5pm, but the winds will remain strong overnight, just not strong enough to meet advisory criteria.

The acting chief of medicine at Metropolitan Hospital was killed yesterday when strong winds uprooted a tree that crushed his car. Dr. John Corser was instantly killed, but somehow, his two children, ages 4 and 8, in the backseat were spared.

Donald Trump's Soho skyscraper was hit with another stop-work order after a "hoisting device broke free and shattered glass on three floors due to high winds Saturday night."

Yesterday's windy weather has at least one casualty: According to WNBC, power lines in NJ. Jersey Central Power & Light's commercial power lines "fell across the tracks in Montville," prompting the Montclair-Boonton line to be closed for a while. The line is open again, but this means one-hour delays for the Northeast Corridor, NJ Coast and Raritan Valley lines. NJ Transit and Lakeland buses are honoring rail tickets.

After the past two days of flood watches and warnings amid pouring rain, things are a bit brighter today. But there is a high wind warning.

Yesterday, some neighborhoods were dealing with the aftermath of rains and 60 mph winds that swept through their neighborhoods. And luckily the casualties were mostly cars and trees, as WCBS 2 shows, though there were some power outages (downed power lines).

Yesterday, strong winds and colder temperatures meant a freezing Sunday. The winds, up to 50MPH, knocked down scaffolding all over, as well as downed trees, causing power outages. In one instance, fallen scaffolding outside a new six-story building Brooklyn "crushed cars on both sides of the street." (a cop was also hit by flying corrugated metal). There was also snow, blowing sideways into the faces of people brave enough to be outside.

Oh noes an outbreak of winter! First, there may be a snow shower or two this morning. Any chance of snow won't last long as the cloud cover should thin out as the day evolves. Next up: cold. Our high temperature of 37 for the day is but a distant memory as it was reached at midnight. We can expect the mercury to stay around 30 degrees for the remainder of the daylight hours before dropping into the 20s this evening. Tomorrow morning will see temperatures in the mid-teens. Mid-teens! That hasn't happened here since early March.

Yesterday's gusting winds caused quite a bit of damage besides providing more winter chill. Building scaffolding was knocked over in many places, a tree pinned a man in NJ to the ground, and windows and/or debris fell from two Manhattan skyscrapers, hitting pedestrians. Winds were reported to be at least 40MPH, with gusts at 50MPH, yesterday (wind advisory was in effect until this morning at 4AM). The Buildings Department had asked property owners and construction...