uncle W

the ao is below 4sd today and heading to below 5sd...either we are going to get a real arctic blast or a bigger snowstorm this time a cold one or both... dates..................-AO 1...01/15/1977.....-7.433...5" of snow and below zero temps followed 2...01/16/1977.....-7.331... 3...01/14/1977.....-7.311... 4...01/13/1977.....-6.520... 5...03/05/1970.....-6.365...very cold winter continued with a late March snowstorm... 6...01/19/1985.....-6.226..below zero record cold... 7...01/17/1977.....-6.168... 8...03/06/1970.....-6.114... 9...03/04/1970.....-5.918... 10 11/18/1959.....-5.896...near record cold and a snowy winter a head... 11 12/21/2009.....-5.821...snowy winter... 12 01/12/1977.....-5.802... 13 01/18/1985.....-5.693... 14 03/20/2013.....-5.688... 15 01/20/1985.....-5.581... 16 12/23/2009.....-5.577... 17 11/19/1959.....-5.545... 18 01/03/2010.....-5.533... 19 03/07/1970.....-5.525... 20 03/09/1970.....-5.519... 21 12/22/2009.....-5.508... 22 01/04/2010.....-5.403... 23 03/21/2013.....-5.399...late season snowstorm... 24 01/02/2010.....-5.384... 25 12/20/2009.....-5.341... 26 01/11/1977.....-5.333... 27 03/08/1970.....-5.320... 28 02/05/1978.....-5.291...major blizzard followed... 29 12/29/1976.....-5.287... 30 02/13/1969.....-5.282...digging out from a major blizzard... 31 12/18/2010.....-5.265...major blizzard followed... 32 12/24/2009.....-5.256... 33 03/22/2013.....-5.240... 34 12/28/1976.....-5.206...very cold winter... 35 02/06/2010.....-5.205... 36 03/19/2013.....-5.193... 37 01/05/2010.....-5.180... 38 02/14/2010.....-5.132... 39 01/28/1966.....-5.130...snowstorm follows...KU 40 03/10/1970.....-5.115... 41 02/15/1969.....-5.102... 42 10/18/2002.....-5.098...snowy winter follows... 43 12/25/2009.....-5.052... 44 02/06/1978.....-5.026... 45 01/21/1963.....-5.010... near record cold in a very cold winter...

some years with similar snowfalls around this date...the 1970's are well represented... 2/6-7/1972.....4.7"... 2/8/1974.........6.0"... 2/5-6/1976.....4.0"... 2/7/1979.........5.0"... 2/7-8/1986.....4.5"... 2/7/2003.........5.3"...

Pat Rainis showing his anus?...

5.7" imby...snowed at 33 most of the day...

pretty good agreement with all members of the ao forecast going to-5sd...then rises to near neutral...are we going to get another big one?...its a great signal...we'll see.

nearing 5" now...

NYC's deepest snow depth... 12/27/1947.....26"... 02/04/1961.....25" est... 01/23/2016.....23" est... 01/27/2011.....23"... 03/14/1888.....21" est... 02/10/1926.....21"... 02/11/1994.....21"... 02/26/2010.....21"... 02/14/1899.....20"... 01/08/1996.....20" est... 02/17/2003.....20" est... 02/11/2006.....20" est... 02/07/1978.....19" ... 02/12/1983.....19" ...

with 17.5" of snow since 26th NYC needs 12.5 more inches by Feb. 24th to have 30" in 30 days... 30" in 30 days... The short list... 02/24-03/24, 1896.....32.0" 02/06-03/07, 1914.....35.2" 12/26-01/24, 1948.....43.4" 01/15-02/13, 1961.....34.1" 01/16-02/14, 1978.....37.2" 02/02-03/03, 1994.....30.8" 12/14-01/12, 1996.....35.2" 01/28-02/26, 2010.....38.2" 01/07-02/05, 2011.....37.6" 01/21-02/19, 2014.....42.1" 01/17-02/15, 2016.....31.9"

its missing Jan 2016

I tried finding weather dailies from Syosset and Meneola was the closest I could find...29" on the ground... IPS-C2A043F4-AAA0-4FF5-8AF0-EE3D4547E6C7.pdf (noaa.gov)

I think he retired...

I new the radio stations that gave the hourly temperature on time and correctly...When NYC was heading towards a record low (whats that?) I was gluded to the radio listing for the hours temperature....now its everywhere...

my two idles turned out to be drunks...I used to get Tex's weather almanac every year...one of the few places you could get weather records without going directly to the weather bureau office in Rockefeller plaza...also the daily News had a weather almanac by J Henry Weber...Now there is so much info on the web its boggles my mind how easy it is to get weather info...

Bob Harris was fired too for lieing about his credentials...

Tex Antoine was one of my childhood idles...he was up there with Mickey Mantle...

Alan Kasper was a legend and Bob Harris was on radio and TV in the 70's...

Craig Allen, Alan Kasper, Bob Harris...the good ole days when snowstorms like the one we got Monday were scarce...

a disaster waiting to happen...

i think the pna was neg alot that winter...Feb max was 44 and the min19...one day was 35/34...not much range in temps in Feb 69...

I remember 1968-69 did not have a 50 degree temp from late Dec to mid March...

like the song 'Frosty the Snow man' "he'll be back again some day...

Feb 5th 1961 was like today...it was the first day in the 40's with two feet on the ground...

THE FIRST fEB STORM LASTED OVER 24 HOURS...THE SECOND ABOUT 18 HOURS...