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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.

Some sleet mixed in in Garwood NJ.

Of course recent Chinese research is claiming that the earf's inner core rotation is changing, which is linked to climate changes...

By "cooler" in the first week of February, do you mean near normal?

Ha, possibly same here in Linden. I heard one or two pings on my windowsill...

Just starated raining in the beautiful Tremley Point area of Linden NJ. Must have been virga over us for two hours. Air was not exceptionally cold to have expected that long of a period of virga, but I guess dry is dry...

Yet I thought long range had a warm up for early February?

The only reason not to pull the plug on winter yet, is because the extended models have been pretty awful. Usually, if a bad pattern exists, and if by the last week of January there is no cold air in sight, you can cancel winter. Just have to hope the long range models continue not to have a clue (because right now it doesn't look promising). Ponds, waterways are not frozen, most don't even have a trace. This is not winter, just a holding place between fall and spring. Global warming (no matter what the cause) has spoken...

Had them in Garwood NJ (central Union County) on and off. Woke up to a slight dusting...

Mid 50's here and it looks like some light snow showers for Kentucky and Tennessee?

The last bastion of truth (in my opinion) was C. Everett Koop. Since then, everything is fiction, and seems to be increasing exponentially...

We do need a cooler air mass.

Saw two flashes in the sky this morning from central Union County NJ looking towards the east. Doesn't seem lightning is present. I didn't hear of any electrical stations being sabotaged...

I may be one of the few conservatives that "think" the warming is mostly attributed to greenhouse gas increases due to the industrial revolution. Of course this is just my opinion, since it seems we can't even project the general circulation 5 days out...

Colonia is close to Woodbridge, but it is not Woodbridge. Don't forget, some of these snow depth measurements are not accurate and they throw things off. I will trust Weatherpruf's judgement. Probably only had 7-8"?

Obvious the worst consequence will be increased flooding, and eventually some major cities uninhabitable. Then again, I didn't hear any voices telling me to build an ark, yet...

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Just move that white spot in central jersey about 35 miles farther north...

Not anymore, I've got to psyche myself up just to walk the dog...

There was a time when weather like this wouldn't stop me from ice skating on a pond at night.

Moderate snow, big flakes in Garwood NJ (central Union County)

Wind threats usually are overblown (no pun intended)

Good points...