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  1. LibertyBell
    Wow, it does remind me of the January 1996 blizzard, for a few hours at least....
  2. LibertyBell
    We can even pretend we're reliving the start of the January 1996 Blizzard for a few hours lol
  3. LibertyBell
    For tonight you can pretend you live in Orange County lol
  4. LibertyBell
    Maybe we will get it as the block is about to break down? When is that supposed to happen?
  5. LibertyBell
    I used to listen to him a lot back then. He was also on Ch 11 WPIX sometimes. Did he have a meltdown over December 1989 too? They were still forecasting 6-8 for that one even when it quickly changed to rain and started to thunder lol.
  6. LibertyBell
    an all day virga storm, what a disappointing day that was
  7. LibertyBell
    what a busted forecast that was, it would still be a bust today, as would December 1989 (in the opposite direction)
  8. LibertyBell
    that was a forecast for 6-8
  9. LibertyBell
    I have a feeling tonight's snowfall will be our last decent snowfall for awhile.
  10. LibertyBell
    and the lowest number in the entire county, it looks so off compared to the 3.5 at Howard Beach. I wish I remembered that storm better-- was it a snow changing to rain storm? Because 0.24 liquid equivalent and 1.6 inches of snow seems like a weird 8:1 ratio otherwise.
  11. LibertyBell
    Thanks. Wow, I was suspicious about that 1.6 from Central Park too and looking at the surrounding reporting stations, it seems like 2.2 for JFK is more supported than 1.6. So now both Central Park and JFK are recorded as having 1.6 in that storm? I wonder what the reason for the change was? Note Howard Beach, which is very close to JFK, measured 3.5 in that storm. That's a huge difference.
  12. LibertyBell
    It feels like JFK is weirdly low, there have been a few events this year where JFK had more snow than NYC. I also added up your numbers for JFK and they added up to 9.7
  13. LibertyBell
    ground zero from Coney Island to JFK to Oceanside to Long Beach to Jones Beach to Fire Island?
  14. LibertyBell
    Looking for that here, we had a 4 and 6 inch event at JFK last year around this same time!
  15. LibertyBell
    If we had this kind of blocking during last year's el nino do you think we would have had much more snowfall, Chris?
  16. LibertyBell
    Normally we have high pressure come down and push fronts to the south but this hasn't been happening this month.
  17. LibertyBell
    3-4 inches sounds nice it could match the last storm with no taint.... an inch per hour from 11 pm to 1 am....
  18. LibertyBell
    I lived through December 1989, January 1994, January 2004, and February 2015, they were all MUCH colder.
  19. LibertyBell
    we'll be lucky to get half this amount between now and the end of February lol
  20. LibertyBell
    right our window to get to average snowfall for the season is February 17-28.
  21. LibertyBell
    Thats what I compare it too, both were over 20 inches here and a paper written a few years ago indicated the 30 inches plus here in January 2016 was influenced by climate change.
  22. LibertyBell
    the weekend rainfall is more troublesome, Ed.
  23. LibertyBell
    south shore is south shore, they have a different forecast for Coney Island vs Long Beach vs Jones Beach vs Fire Island?
  24. LibertyBell
    People talk about types of storms that have become rare, the following type of storm seems to have become extinct https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2014/11/each-winters-snowstorms-1970-2014.html Jan. 10-12, 1954 - Light snow fell for 39 hours, beginning mid-afternoon on 1/10 and ending in the pre-dawn hours of 1/12. A total of 8.4" piled up, with 2.2" falling on the 10th, 5.4" accumulating on the 11th, and 0.8" falling on the 12th. This was the biggest snowfall in five years. The only two cases of similar storms to a long duration storms like that in my lifetime were these two: Jan. 13, 1982 - A late afternoon/nighttime snowstorm that dumped 5.8" on NYC was the same winter system that affected Washington, DC earlier in the afternoon when an Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac River minutes after takeoff, killing 78. The following day an additional 3.5" of snow fell from an "Alberta clipper" that moved through in the evening hours. Feb. 26, 1991 - A surprise snowstorm dumped 8.9" of wet snow, the biggest accumulation in eight years (since 17.6" buried the City on Feb. 11-12, 1983 ). Because the temperature was just above freezing for much of the day the snow didn't accumulate much on the streets or sidewalks. This was the winter's third snowfall of five inches or more. These snowstorms all lasted 36 hours or more.
  25. LibertyBell
    How do we do with an extremely negative AO but positive NAO Don?
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