Weather Watch
Even though it may appear
that we’ll get cloudy
skies and showers for most of
the weekend, when Hurricane
Ike slams into the Texas
coast and moves northwestward
and brings
torrential rains and flooding
to sections of eastern and
central Texas, this will signal
a continuation of sunny
or partly sunny skies in Otsego
County, with most or all
of the rainfall occurring at
night or early in the morning.
September 11, 2008
Weather Watch
During the past week, the
combination of unusually
warm weather in the northern
Great Plains and upper
Midwest, combined with
Hurricane Gustav along the
central Gulf Coast, ensured
a continuation of magnificent
last summer weather here in
Otsego County.
September 4, 2008
Weather watch
Friday will bring a continuation
of partly to mostly
sunny skies, moderate humidity
and highs near 80 degrees,
as all that rain associated
with what’s left of Fay
stays to our south across the
Carolinas and mid-Atlantic
states northward to Pennsylvania.
On Saturday, a cold front
approaching from western
New York will bring the
chance of a shower or thunderstorm
in the afternoon;
August 28, 2008
Weather Watch
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.
August 14, 2008
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.
July 24, 2008
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.
July 17, 2008
Weather Watch
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.
July 3, 2008
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.
July 1, 2008
Weather Watch
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.
June 19, 2008
Weather Watch
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.
