LibertyBell

10.2 wow

Yes, we should do the temperatures too. The one from the early 30s might actually be warmer than the one from the early 50s.

No access to MA? Does that mean no access to Mid Atlantic?

they weren't so happy about it in 09-10 I'm sure you remember the snowicane in late February when NYC and you both got over 20 inches and they got zilch lol.

Thanks Tony, the three periods are as follows: 1 (5 year average) 11.8 2 (6 year average) 14.6 3 (4 year average) 11.1

I did the calculation for the 6 year period during the early 50s and compared it to our current 6 year period, the current period *wins* but just barely 13.9 vs 14.6 for the 6 year period during the early 50s.

wow, overall just going by 6 season snowfall average, that might be even lower than our current 6 season snowless streak!

Definitely-- New York (city or state) isn't part of the Mid Atlantic and I wouldn't include the northern half of PA or northern half of NJ in it either. Not sure what I would call it actually-- just the tristate area? CT can be grouped with New England.

Chris when was the last time all the local airports (LGA, JFK, EWR, ISP) plus the park (NYC) had 15.0 or less inches of snow for 3 years in a row or more? Has it ever happened before?

Tony whats the actual average/mean temperature for the month for these locations-- how could NYC be at -0.8 but JFK is at +3.0, is it because of higher mins from the westerly winds?

1958 - The greatest snowstorm of the mid 20th century struck the northeastern U.S. The storm produced 30 inches of snow in interior New England, including more than 19 inches in 24 hours at the Boston Airport. The same storm produced up to three feet of snow in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, with 14 inches at Washington D.C., and 15.5 inches at Baltimore MD. The storm resulted in 43 deaths and 500 million dollars damage over the Middle Atlantic Coast States. (David Ludlum) 1958: From the 14th through the 17th, one of the most significant snowstorms of the mid 20th century struck the northeastern U.S. The storm produced 30 inches of snow in the interior of New England, including more than 19 inches in 24 hours at the Boston Airport. The same storm produced up to three feet of snow in the Middle Atlantic Coast Region, with 14 inches in Washington D.C. and 15.5 inches in Baltimore, Maryland. The storm resulted in 43 deaths and 500 million dollars damage over the Middle Atlantic Coast States. What I find interesting with this storm is there was close to 20 inches in Boston and 14-16 inches in DC and BWI over three days== and yet only around 6 inches in NYC but double digits at the airports? What happened to cause this outcome-- was this a stemwinder? It would be very interesting to see a snowfall accumulation map or KU map from this storm!

a three day snowstorm Tony? How much did JFK get?

Looks like dry and sunny from here on out to close the month and temperatures hitting the 40s next weekend, Tony?

Something I find interesting and something we now lack are the west to east bowling ball lows that pass about 100 miles south of us. These were fairly common in the 80s an 90s and gave us semifrequent 4-6 inch snowstorms (they occurred 2-3 times a winter and although they weren't benchmark tracks, they did not mix or change over and temperatures stayed in the 20s during these events.) This kind of storm could work in a fast Pacific flow and although they would only give us snow for around 12 hours, they'd still be good for a moderate 4-6 inch snowfall. But that kind of track, with the low exiting off of Delaware or south NJ seems to have gone away. Also related to the SE ridge being strong or the suppressive fast Pacific flow? We are always either under the influence of one or the other. We don't even get the lows along the arctic fronts anymore that also used to dump 4-6 inches of snow. We had something like that in December but it just wasn't cold enough to give us a substantial snow and break that 4 inch barrier.

But never this strong. The funny thing is, it isn't even causing lake effect anymore.

One more bust that no one really talks about is the January 2008 Heavy Snow Warning bust.... remember that one lol?

Philly only has 50% of their normal snowfall this winter, I wonder if they should no longer be included in the Mid Atlantic? This has really been a below the Mason Dixon line winter.

Interesting how the top map has us for 30% chance of 1 inch of snow and the bottom map says it's going to be 4.0-4.4 inches of snow. I'd bet a significant amount that Central Park will NOT get 4 inches of snow.

I dont even care if they get 100 inches, just get this crazy wind out of here and make it warmer.

Definitely C- here, I might even give it a D for the stupid storm we tracked for no reason that just pissed me the hell off plus the useless wind last night and the power and heat outage I had. Now that I think about it. It's a D-!

Baltimore is above average too isn't it? It's interesting how Philly is so far below normal, even more than us. It's not been a Mid Atlantic winter, it's been a below the Mason Dixon line winter.

Question, why does a fast pacific prevent benchmark tracks vs the suppressed cutter and hugger tracks? What keeps them going but prevents benchmark tracks specifically? I thought that was more controlled by the SE ridge?

My house was shaking last night and lost power and heat for 2 hours. There's nothing I despise more than useless wind.

wild how the south shore of central long island got 1.3 inches while NYC and JFK only got 0.5 lol Was the JFK number adjusted downward to 0.4, the last report I saw had both JFK and NYC at 0.5

There is no weather I hate more than wind. Lost power and heat last night but it was back after a couple of hours. High winds are so absolutely useless.