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[FreeRideNJ]

Temp just went up 10 degrees in 20 minutes from 43 to 53 degrees ..windows all fogged up in the house...weird

[FreeRideNJ]

FreeRideNJ, on Mar 8 2008, 04:54 PM, said:

Temp just went up 10 degrees in 20 minutes from 43 to 53 degrees ..windows all fogged up in the house...weird

Now 58 degrees. 15 degrees in 25 minutes on a SSE wind

[FreeRideNJ]

FreeRideNJ, on Mar 8 2008, 04:58 PM, said:

Now 58 degrees. 15 degrees in 25 minutes on a SSE wind

Current temp at

My house 63

Lake Mohawk weather station 56

Aeroflex / Andover Airport 67 degrees @ 5:54

Sussex Airport 41 degrees @ 5:53 pm

[LongIslandWthr]

Hey, (not trying to sound like an a$$) but there is a thread to discuss the storm in, it is pinned at the top.

[smokey112956]

FreeRideNJ, on Mar 8 2008, 06:06 PM, said:

Current temp at

My house 63

Lake Mohawk weather station 56

Aeroflex / Andover Airport 67 degrees @ 5:54

Sussex Airport 41 degrees @ 5:53 pm

I can't believe you are at 63, very raw and cold here at 40 and I am not that far away from you. Your gauge isn't by the barbque and you are grillin?

[FreeRideNJ]

smokey112956, on Mar 8 2008, 06:11 PM, said:

I can't believe you are at 63, very raw and cold here at 40 and I am not that far away from you. Your gauge isn't by the barbque and you are grillin?

I was doing laundry and at first I thought that might have been affecting my temp gauge (dryer output) but then I saw Andover was at 67. I am back down to 55 now.

[FreeRideNJ]

longislandwthr, on Mar 8 2008, 06:11 PM, said:

Hey, (not trying to sound like an a$$) but there is a thread to discuss the storm in, it is pinned at the top.

I think talking about the specific temp gradients in a such a small geographic area warrants it's own thread. Thus, I made up it's own thread.

[smokey112956]

FreeRideNJ, on Mar 8 2008, 06:26 PM, said:

I was doing laundry and at first I thought that might have been affecting my temp gauge (dryer output) but then I saw Andover was at 67. I am back down to 55 now.

I am down to 45 and trees are down all over. Sparta and Andover can't keep up.

[bm55]

went from 41 to 50 from 6-7pm,and by 9pm was back down to 37! really weird.
2.55 in. total.

[satellite_eyes]

Someone brought this up on Bill's board and i posted this over there:

Funny you mention this. I was driving around morristown at about 4:45 and every window in the car fogged up on me INSTANTLY. I have never experienced anything like that and i really just dismissed it. It was just too weird to believe. I kind of just figured i didn't notice it earlier and blew it off. Now i know i wasn't seeing things!

[GameOfLove]

bm55, on Mar 8 2008, 11:15 PM, said:

went from 41 to 50 from 6-7pm,and by 9pm was back down to 37! really weird.
2.55 in. total.

Same here. This is one of those storms which happens once a year or once every few years.

[snowfreak188]

satellite_eyes, on Mar 9 2008, 12:44 AM, said:

Someone brought this up on Bill's board and i posted this over there:

Funny you mention this. I was driving around morristown at about 4:45 and every window in the car fogged up on me INSTANTLY. I have never experienced anything like that and i really just dismissed it. It was just too weird to believe. I kind of just figured i didn't notice it earlier and blew it off. Now i know i wasn't seeing things!

it was the warm front! it went from really kinda perfect to really muggy!

[Stormchaser]

FreeRideNJ, on Mar 8 2008, 04:54 PM, said:

Temp just went up 10 degrees in 20 minutes from 43 to 53 degrees ..windows all fogged up in the house...weird

Think of it this way -- your windows act as a condensation surface, similar to a can of coke as it's being taken out of the freezer. The atmosphere is initially saturated at 100% humidity -- temperatures were generally 40-45F prior to the sub-tropical frontal passage. Warmer air holds more water vapor; thus the moisture content of that airmass is greater at a higher temperature/dew point. What happens when you push a 50 degree air parcel into an atmosphere with already saturated conditions (100%) humidity? The moisture levels increase rapidly, resulting in an oversaturated/supersaturated environment for a temporary time -- that extra moisture is displaced and has nowhere to go, therefore it condenses into liquid form as water droplets on the nearest surface -- in this case your windows.

Same goes for the car. Nearly 100% humidity outside in relatively cool airmass. Once that warm fronts pushes through, moisture increases, air becomes oversaturated, condenses into fog.

Also remember the natural processes of precipitation development -- air parcel rises, cool, and condenses into clouds once it reaches 100% humidity. That's why out in the interior west you've got cloud bases with heights in excess of 10,000 feet. The lower levels of the atmosphere are so dry that it takes awhile for a particular parcel of air to reach saturation.