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Dark Star

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  1. Amazingly we got snow out of this "cutter".
  2. Sounds about right. Maybe eeked out 2 inches in Garwood NJ, and looks like a little less in Linden, NJ. Pleasantly surprised.
  3. Please no banding comments. Every storm, someone says it will come down to banding.
  4. Seems a shame that an event like this, that will likely be all melted by storm's end, will end our bid for the least snowiest winter...
  5. Interesting "Frost" this morning. Yesterday evening, there was steam in the air, leftover from the light rain. Overnight, it formed an icy glaze on some of the surfaces.
  6. Unfortunately there is no northwest NYC subforum, so people north of I84 are forced to be part of the NYC metro, which is a completely different winter climate. Also, I'm not buying Urban Heat Island effect for western parts of Union, Essex, Bergen counties in NJ or the undeveloped meadowlands etc. It is the proximity to the ocean that seems to put the NYC metro area on the rain/snow line border more times than not.
  7. Winter was unofficially over January 30, 2023. If by then the long range doesn't given any sign of a change, you can call the season off. No snow, no sustained snow cover, nothing frozen, the ground is still soft. Actually, besides the two cold outbreaks that lasted a total of 72 hours, we did not have a winter. Just a place holder between fall and spring...
  8. I don't think I have ever witnessed a shorter duration (significant) cold snap. This will be less than 24 hours, depending on your persepective. The arctic air began ushering in this morning, and temps are supposed to start rising Saturday night. Very strange. No blocking, but still quite strange. Followed by a warm up, leaving little time for winter to return. Without any real cold air source... I'm doubting NYC sees single digits tonight, but I have been wrong more times than the Groundhog...
  9. Idiots salted, even main roads were okay. Now we have salt on the roads that can be plowed. I mean, 0.3"? I get it, the children going to school? Afraid of lawsuits from idiotic drivers? Somebody has to step up and make adult decisions...
  10. I remember the "authorities" always telling commuters to take "mass transit" during snowy weather, and it never seems to fail that the trains get shut down...
  11. Does a warmer winter have any effect on the insect population, like gnats and mosquitoes? Are there any general guidlines on how cold it has to be to reduce the mosquito population? Some mosquitoes were flying around my car two weeks ago in Linden NJ.
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