You can see my new weather station in the background. I want to thank my wonderful former co-workers for this nice retirement present! I have my I.T. department (Jared) looking to have the data from the station posted automatically on this website.

Today the wind indicator is going to get a workout as we may have wind gusts up to 40MPH. The weather will be dry again with temps a couple of degrees lower than yesterday’s, mainly in the mid 60s. Brush fire danger again today with a Red Flag Warning in effect.

Tuesday will have less wind but more clouds, only a slight chance of an afternoon shower or thundershower, high near 60.

Wednesday has the best chance of showers with highs in the 50s.

Thursday, slight chance of a morning shower highs in the upper 50s.

Friday will have mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 60s.

Weekend at this point looks milder, no rain in my forecast yet but that may change.. highs in the 60s on Saturday and close to 70 on Sunday.

Next week will start out warm with highs at least in the 70s….

Easter Sunday’s weather can have a snowstorm like we had in 1970 to blazing heat as in 1976 when it reached 96 degrees, thankfully today will be almost perfect with sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s, the winds will kick up this afternoon once again but not be as windy as yesterday.

Monday we will have more wind once again but it still will be partly to mostly sunny with highs in the mid 60s. Wind gust above 30 MPH in the afternoon..

Tuesday cooler with more clouds and a chance of afternoon and evening showers, high in the upper 50s.

Wednesday has the best chance of showers, even a snow flake well inland, cooler still with highs in the low to mid 50s..

Thursday partly cloudy with a high in the upper 50s.

Friday bit milder with more sun, high near 60 degrees

Next weekend a warming trend will take place with highs in the mid 60s on Saturday and in the 70s by Sunday, little of no rain so far..

Monday April 16th quite warm with a high approaching 80…

Today will continue to have sunny skies with highs a couple of degrees milder than yesterday in the low 60s. Still breezy.

Tonight clear and cool with lows in the 30s..

Easter Sunday’s weather will continue to be great with highs in the low to mid 60s, some gusty winds again especially in the afternoon.

Now it looks like we get one more very nice day on Monday in the 60s but the winds will continue to be on the stronger side gusting to 30 MPH..

The rest of the week looks cooler with highs in the 50s with a low chance of showers mainly Tuesday through Thursday.. A stationary low pressure near Nova Scotia will continue to keep the winds on the higher side.

Looking further ahead the computer models are hinting at another warming trend for next weekend.

The weather for the upcoming holiday weekend will be very similar as yesterday with plenty of sunshine, breezy and temperatures near 60 degrees today and Saturday and in the low to mid 60s on Easter.. Nights will be chilly with lows in the 30s..

Next week’s forecast is for more clouds and chance of showers, highs on Monday will be near 60 degrees but most of the week the highs will not get out of the 50s..

Today is the 30th anniversary of the April blizzard in 1982. This is what I wrote in my daily summary for that date. :

HIGH 37 AT 0001HRS LOW 18 AT 2200HRS.

FIRST APRIL BLIZZARD EVER HIT OUR AREA WITH 12″ OF SNOW WHICH WAS THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SINCE 1979 AND FIRST ACCUMULATING APRIL SNOW SINCE 1974.. IN CENTRAL PARK THE SNOWFALL WAS .6″ SHORT OF THE HEAVIEST APRIL SNOW EVER. LOW PRESSURE IN THE MIDWEST MOVED TO PENNSYLVANIA AS A SECONDARY FORMS OFF THE MARYLAND COAST AND MOVES NORTHEAST WHILE INTENSIFYING. SNOW DEVELOPING AROUND 0200HRS BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES TAPERING OFF AROUND 1500 AND ENDING BY 1700. FIRST TIME I EVER REMEMBER SCHOOLS CLOSED IN APRIL AND THE FIRST TIME IN MY MEMORY THE YANKEES GETTING SNOWED OUT. THERE WERE ALSO CLASPS OF THUNDER ONCE AROUND 0700 AND AGAIN AROUND 1000.. VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH SNOW CAUSED LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOW DRIFTS. NEWARK AIRPORT WIND GUST TO 55MPH. RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES AT NIGHT WITH DRIFTING SNOW. 21 DEGREES IN CENTRAL PARK RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE AND IT WAS THE COLDEST READING SO LATE IN THE SEASON. 18 DEGREES HERE WAS 6 DEGREES COLDER THAN ANY APRIL TEMPERATURE SINCE MY RECORDS BEGAN. WIND CHILL ABOUT -20 DEGREES. THIS UNUSUAL APRIL WEATHER FOLLOWS TWO BORING MONTHS IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH, HARD TO BELIEVE THIS BLIZZARD CAN OCCUR SO LATE IN THE SEASON..

Today will be cooler but still very nice, breezy in the morning with diminishing winds in the afternoon, highs in the upper 50s, about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday.

Friday through Sunday will continue quite pleasant with plenty of sun and for a change normal temperatures for this time of year with highs near 60 rising to the low 60s by Easter. Lows mostly in the upper 30s..

Next week will not be as good as this past week with lots of clouds and showers with daytime highs mainly in the 50s… So I am glad I have this week off!