uncle W

To old...the forecast was for snow flurries...Boston changed to rain for a time...in 1969 Boston got 4" of rain after 4" of snow. ..we did better both times...

they blew the forecast that day...maybe that was the reason...

the 1947 storm...

December 26th-27th has seen its share of major snowstorms and rain storms...the biggest snowstorms in order are... 1872......18.0"... 1890...…..8.0"... 1933......11.2" 1947......26.1"... 1969...…..6.8"... 2010......20.0".... 1947... http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141114 http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142010 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52878037/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52878066/ 1872 from the NY Tribune... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-5/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352788 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352790 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352791 1890 from the Evening World... http://chroniclingam...-26/ed-1/seq-1/ 1890... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-2/ 1890 from the NY Sun... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-2/ 1894 from the NY Tribune... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-4/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-3/ 1933 from the Brooklyn Eagle... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57565868/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57565928

any storm that changes to rain before reaching 10" is a waste...there was ice and a little snow the next day...that winter was filled with only if's...my favorite storm that year was the ice and snow the beginning of February....3" of snow on top of black ice...I saw the Allman Bros and the Grateful dead at the Fillmore East the night of the second snowfall later that month...the year before I saw Canned heat the night before the Lindsay storm...that winter started a nine year 10" or more snow drought and a bunch of dud winters...

what's the solution...this is a world problem...not just our problem...other countries are going thru their industrial revolution now...they don't follow any rules...what should we do about that...

enough with sham politics...the earth survived warmer and colder periods we humans live in now... we humans think we can change the course of mighty rivers...bend steel in our bare hands and are faster than a speeding bullet...the Sun will destroy the earth before us humans...

I love Russia...They helped elect Trump...

Sanders had his honeymoon in Russia...I don't trust anything ending in ists...

you got communists like Cornell Sanders and a-hole c spewing this nonsense...I have an old Mr. G almanac from the early 1980's and it was speculating about global cooling...that's just about the time the globe started warming instead...

27 here...32 in Central Park...December 1957 started snowy but the second half was mild except for Christmas day that had a low of 32 also...

the idiot politicians that are saying we only have ten years left if we don't stop using fossil fuels are brain washing people...some people believe them...no doubt the earth is warming...its been doing this since the last ice age...what's worse...a few degrees warmer or another ice age?...

I liked 1959-60 and 1992-93 for this winter and hopefully we get a major storm in March again...2004-05 could be a good analog...it had a warm start to January and cold and snowy end...

Merry Christmas all...Scrooge is predicting a very positive ao...lets hope he reforms...

the heat islands have expanded everywhere...especially airports...I was ten degrees colder than Central Park...I'm closer to the water and only 45ft above sea level...

analogs with a milder than average December will win this month...with only 2.5" in Central Park 2004 becomes the closest to 2019... year...ave temp...snow... 2019...…38.0*...…….2.5".....* possible ave... 1959......38.4.........15.8" 1992......37.9...…......0.4" 2003......37.6.........19.8" 2004.......38.4...........3.0" 2013.......38.5...........8.6"

on this date in 1963 the heavy snow that was falling all afternoon changed to light sleet and freezing drizzle in the late evening...6-7" of snow fell and it was coated with crusty ice...the mix changed back to light snow before ending in the early am hours on the 24th...it stayed cloudy all day with temperatures peaking in the mid 30's after mid 20's in the morning...Christmas eve evening had a period of snow that coated the dirty snow in the streets...6" of snow was on the ground Christmas morning in most areas...the two day totals were... 6.6" in Central Park... 7.4" at Newark airport... 7.2" at LaGuardia airport... 3.7" at JFK... 7.4" at Dobbs Ferry... 7.8" in Elizabeth NJ... 6.2" in Paterson NJ... 6.7" on Staten Island... 6.2" in Brooklyn... 6.5" in Mineola..

53/31 imby today...

this junk has happened before...2004-05 went to sleep the first two weeks in January before a complete change the second half...we can only hope that happens again...

when you see most of the members very high its on to something...the Pacific better help out if its right...

the ao forecast continues to be very positive around new years...a bad sign if you want major snow and cold...

it was an epic March on Staten Island in 2018...February 2018 was March like and March 2018 was February like...

3/28...

Christmas night 1969 was one of the biggest disappointing storms of my life...the morning of the 26th was raining hard and I had to go to work in the slush...I got there soaking wet...it started to snow Christmas night and almost 6" accumulated before it changed to rain...that winter was full of disappointments...

it even snowed on my birthday that year...