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Weather Watch
Very quickly, we went
from a dry weather pattern
to an exceptionally wet
weather pattern. During the
first 13 days of July, we got
only sixth-tenths of an inch
of rain at our weather station
in Otego.
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Weather Watch
Since the jet stream will
stay far to the north and high
pressure will become nearly
stationary off the East Coast,
the dry and sunny weather
pattern will continue in the
Cooperstown area.A series of
weak troughs will slide to
the north early next week,
but dry conditions will prevail
for much of the time.
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Each day during the past
week featured better weather
than most local weather
forecasts indicated. That’s
because most of the showers
and thunderstorms shifted
southward, with a series of
upper-level lows and a northwest
flow aloft.
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Weather Watch
It was nice to get a break
from the very warm and humid
weather during the past
week, with a series of upperlevel
low pressure systems
and a northwesterly flow
aloft. Exactly as we predicted,
beautiful weather prevailed
all weekend, as all the
rain occurred at night and
early in the morning.
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After the intense heat
wave, followed by cooler air
but continued above normal
temperatures, we got a refreshing
change to a much
cooler weather pattern.
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Many of our readers may
not be aware of some major
differences between a June
heat wave and an August
heat wave. In early June the
angle of the sun is already
much higher than it is even
in late July or early August,
and the sun is getting higher
in the sky each day.
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June began with delightfully
cool weather, but now
we’re getting a major change
to a weather pattern that’s
much more typical of the
middle of summer.
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Weather watch
April and May turned out
drier than normal in Otsego
County, with only about two thirds
of the normal precipitation.
April was much warmer
than normal, while May averaged
around three degrees
cooler than normal.
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During the past week,
temperatures have averaged
well below normal, thanks to
a series of large upper-level
low pressure systems and
northwesterly flow aloft.
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Weather Watch
Once again, the combination
of an upside-down temperature
pattern, a southern
storm track, and severe
weather from Texas to the
Carolinas, proved to be a
very reliable indicator for a
continuation of exceptionally
dry weather in Otsego County.
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Weather watch
During the first week of
May, temperatures averaged
near normal. Temperatures
averaged slightly below normal
during the first four
days, then above normal the
next three days.
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April was an unusually sunny month
in our area, with 13 brilliantly sunny
days, and 26 out of 30 days were sunny
or partly sunny. Precipitation was
about two-thirds of normal, and with
temperatures around six degrees above
normal, it was one of the warmest
Aprils on record.
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Weather watch
It looks like the extremely
dry weather pattern will continue
with a slight cooling
trend
In last week’s weather
column, I predicted that the
extremely dry weather pattern
would go on and on with
no end in sight. I explained
how an upside-down temperature
pattern is one of the
very best key indicators for
sunny, exceptionally dry
weather in Otsego County.
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Weather watch
During the past week we
got another example of how a
“reverse temperature anomaly”
is a key indicator for
brilliant sunshine every day
and very dry air. The greater
the temperature contrast between
above normal temperatures
to the north and below
normal temperatures to the
south, the drier the weather
pattern in Otsego County.
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Weather Watch
In last week’s column,
written Wednesday morning,
we predicted beautiful
weather from Sunday
through most of the week.
However, last weekend, local
weather forecasts were calling
for at least mostly cloudy
skies and showers Tuesday
and Wednesday.
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March was one of the wettest
on record in our area,
including nearly seven inches
of precipitation at our
weather station in Otego,
and 10 inches of snow. This
was after a February with
nearly six inches of precipitation
and 21 inches of
snow.
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Weather watch
During the past week, we
got another classic example
of the correlation between
strong winds in our area, an
upside-down temperature
pattern or “reverse temperature
anomaly,” and at least
several days in a row with
sunny, dry weather.
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Although it may seem like
this has been a colder than
normal March so far, temperatures
this month have
averaged very close to normal
in Otsego County. In
fact, temperatures have averaged
one to two degrees
above normal not far to the
west and south of our region.
This is a classic example of
how different the actual
weather can be from how we
perceive the weather.
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Weather watch
A fast jet stream will continue
out of the northwest,
and temperatures will continue
to average from normal
to slightly below normal during
the upcoming week.
On Friday, low pressure
and its associated warm
front will approach from the
Ohio Valley, and bring mostly
cloudy skies, with occasional
showers especially in
the afternoon; highs will be
in the mid-40s.
