What they got, Newsday reported, was a storm that had raced cross-country, grew to hundreds of miles in diameter and met up with another system heading up the coast. Many were anticipating the season opener at Yankee Stadium and Joe DiMaggio’s throwing out the first ball. Long Islanders had already spotted robins, planted potato seeds, stored town snow-removal equipment. The first few days look to be bringing near or slightly below normal temperatures, with Korbel indicating potential for a warmer turn toward the end of the first week. It’s usually not until mid-May that “green-up” of leaves and such occurs, says Tim Morrin, fire weather program lead with the National Weather Service in Upton. (We won’t even get into what fell back in 1982, which is detailed below.)Īnother thing the month is known for? It’s peak “fire weather” time, meaning that blanket of dead grasses, leaves and twigs on the ground provides plenty of fuel, should a fire get sparked, especially if the air is dry and it’s a windy day, often the case at this time of year. Then again, it was just last year that 5.5 inches of snow meant no-gos for both the Yankees and Mets home openers, with that April 2 system also delivering 4.6 inches to Long Island MacArthur Airport.
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