http://www.coopercrier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:16:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_227081654.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_227081654.html During the past week, the Northeast got the coolest weather in the nation. That’s because of a series of low pressure systems that rotated around a large upper-level trough in place over eastern Canada. This provided unusually cold air aloft, and a very unstable atmosphere. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_206093508.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_206093508.html 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. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:26:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_199172646.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_199172646.html 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. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_185082847.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_185082847.html 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. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_183084511.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_183084511.html 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. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:11:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_171131421.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_171131421.html 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. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:51:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_164085215.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_164085215.html 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. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:41:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_157084121.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_157084121.html 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. Thu, 29 May 2008 08:04:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_150080431.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_150080431.html 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. Thu, 22 May 2008 15:07:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_143150727.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_143150727.html 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. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:10:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_136121057.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_136121057.html 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. Thu, 08 May 2008 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_129104931.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_129104931.html 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. Thu, 01 May 2008 13:10:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_122131048.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_122131048.html 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. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:12:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_116081332.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_116081332.html 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. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:02:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_108110311.html http://www.coopercrier.com/weatherwatch/local_story_108110311.html 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.