NorthShoreWx

Central Park Jan 77 mean 22.1, snow 13.0, precip 2.25 Jan 09 mean 27.9, snow 9.0, precip 2.98 Nov 76 41.7⁰,T, 0.64" Nov 08 45.8⁰, T, 1.61" Dec 76 29.9, 5.1", 2.29" Dec 08 38.1, 6.0", 6.62" Feb 77 33.5⁰, 5.8", 2.51" Feb 09 36.7⁰, 4.3", 0.93"

Not exactly, but a little bit of similarity. There was a few days of very cold and a couple of smaller snowfalls (in NYC; there was a larger one in central Suffolk), but it wasn't the same wall to wall sort of icebox/ snowcover.

I think this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Neither the GFS nor the Euro are snowy, but the 12z/7 Euro is noticeably colder over the next 2 weeks with the coldest at the end of the model run. If the EC is right, it's going to end up a very cold January. This winter will not come anywhere near challenging 1977, but a little refresher for those even younger than me: Aside from the record cold, especially during January in the Midwest and East, 76-77 featured at best average snowfall in this area and maybe below average. The biggest snowfall might have approached 6" but we had near end to end snow cover. If you only look at the snowfall records it looks like just another lame 70s winter with no extra days off from school (unless your school heated with natural gas). So if the Euro delivers on mostly below 0⁰C weather and a smattering of light snowfalls, count your blessings after the previous 2 winters. If you enjoy pond hockey on the coastal plain, you could finally get another chance at it this winter. You just might need to clear a little bit of fluffy snow off the ice first.

I'd wait until the frameable 0Z/10 NAM run comes out Thursday evening and then cancel. I've already ordered a nice frame.

They should have said 100" then the attempt at expressing humor and maybe a wee bit of frustration would have been more obvious. I'm ok with their post.

Not here.

When the wind is just right, places downwind of the lake get buried in discarded coffee cups and white claw cans.

They definitely seem better than ever. When they're not perfect every Statler and Waldorf on the board starts blowing raspberries to express whatever it is they are trying to express. At least they have someplace to express themselves.

This is a myth. 21" was the maximum snowdepth in NYC during a 3 day storm in 1888; the record shows an entire day of snowfall that added 0. Also look at snowdepths from elsewhere around the region (not BOS, which got skunked). Plenty of cool old photos remain if you search for them. You don't have to take my word for it. Ask RC, he was there at the postage stamp

Started 1:30 pm in Syosset and ended at 7am on Saturday the 12th. Listened to description of the snow getting into NYC for several hours before it finally started in NE Nassau.

14.6" here last winter. 8.6" was the winter before. But your point is well taken. PS, 0.7" today. 3.6" season total

They're getting what we got. The south Jersey stuff is headed OTS.

The short range models over the past couple of days, and even most of the global runs were pretty dead-on about the current snowfall. I agreed with you that the northern part of the modeled snow shield was going to be mostly virga and probably get shunted offshore southwest of here. We'll end with over 1/2 inch... pretty soon.

Coming down hard in Cutchogue:

2pm North Smithtown

28⁰ with steady light to moderate snow here. 0.5" so far which, all joking aside, really is overachieving for this one.

Just saw a couple of small snowflakes. This storm is overachieving here.

Roughly the northernmost 50 miles of those radar echos are virga.

It's in the top 10

I give it an honorable mention because of the preponderance of torchy cutters in between cold spells. But for the epic Ohio Valley blizzard (the cutter of all cutters), 77-78 would be a slam dunk for my top pick here.

Since winters that are great early, great late, have the longest continuous periods without significant thaws, etc. tend not to overlap, the ranking is difficult. My top 4, in chronological order: 77-78 95-96 10-11 14-15 Each was outstanding in ways that the others didn't necessarily display. The total snowfall for those 4 winters was over 290"

Total snowfall for 09-10 and 10-11 was similar here, but we had in the vicinity of a 20" snowpack (peak 26") for weeks in 2011. Until early February 2011 the hits just kept coming one on top of another. So 2010 was pretty decent, but 2011 gets the nod here.

Our 30 minutes of snizzle here was epic.