weatherpruf

Was an inch or two of slush to ice out here; caused a lot of headaches when it froze.

Yes but based on experience a realistic scenario would probably see areas near me getting a few inches ( 1-3, maybe 4 ) and more interior areas getting a lot more. Wound't be a bad start to things really, around these parts.

Yeah that little sliver of Union Co bordering Middlesex is where I took my walk that day, Rahway River Park. It was 1-3. Nice to walk in but I had no idea it was major storm elsewhere. Busy time of year. And didn't pay as much attention then.

Doesn't this seem a more likely scenario historically? This wouldn't surprise me TBH. Hoping for something better though.

So forgettable here I had to look it up. 1-3 inches and more like 1 through most of northern Middlesex County. I do remember taking a walk in it, just for the mood flakes, in sneakers.

Just once I'd like to see a map that didn't show me having one forecast in my front yard and one in my backyard.

That wasn't much out my way; a few inches IIRC.

Not used to seeing you so bullish, gets my attention...

True. But strange things can happen these days. Snow in Oct. Snow in Nov. And we seem to never get great patterns these days. A few inches would be nice. Statistically, December snow bodes well for the rest of the winter. Though i wouldn't bet the house on it....

Took a lot of people by surprise, even ol' Henry Marguisity.

2011, Jan 20 IIRC, but that was a blockbuster pattern in the first half of winter. Got 19 inches over here. seemed small compared to Boxing Day....

14 inches IIRC....missed AC though. Caught us by surprise. It was the biggest that winter, though we had a lot of smaller events that followed.

It's horsing out right now ( boat talk for heavy winds ) over here in CNJ. Real gale type stuff. BIL wants to fry a turkey outside. Ok, then.

Notice the blob over eastern Monmouth County.....

It wasn't that bad out, I went for a walk outside this morning and the winds had backed off a lot from the night before. Most party boats ( they do sail on Thanksgiving ) had canceled due to gale force winds. I would normally walk in the mall on such a cold windy day but it is closed this morning. So I bundled up and it really wasn't that bad. Temps weren't bitter and wind wasn't biting. I was just outside poking around with nothing other than a flannel shirt ( flannel lined pants though ) and it wasn't bad at all. Had it continued like it had been it would have been a different story, but this kinda wind is tolerable right now. I just saw that there was a gust of 50 last night in NJ.

Same to you and yours Anthony. Got some nieces and nephews up from Colombia who have never seen snow ( well, except on mountaintops ) would be nice to see something.

There be fish big enough to swallow ye whole out there, skipper ( well, maybe not whole, but a big thresher shark scared the pants off me two weeks ago ).

They didn't bother to treat out here. We had some flurries around noon, that was all. Yesterday was such a nice day and I was off but blew off a fishing trip. Fishing was excellent, with one boat catching and releasing a hundred striped bass. No real big fish, but that is actually a good sign, to see the smaller ones ( which are still averaging 24-26 in ). I was warned it will get bitter cold and I should try to get in a trip before the sea temps plummet, but I was tired. Early mornings get tough when you get into your 50's; you're awake but your limbs are too sore to move, sort of like the Tin Man....anyway, runoff, yeah, bad for the environment, bad for the bay. But there is less garbage and sewage than there used to be.

KNow what's sobering to me? THe last 30 winters includes 1990-91....where did the time go? Was it really 30 years ago when West Germany won the World Cup, against Argentina, with the best player in the world, Maradona? And none of us knew because we didn't know what the World Cup was, or that the USA had played for the first time in 40 years, or that we were going to host in 94? And that those teams would be better than the one we have now? Was Silence of the Lambs that long ago, the first horror movie to win an Oscar for best picture? I'll say this, in 1990-91, we hadn't seen a snow storm of any consequence several years....which is why 94 was such a shock to the system. I just commented to my son after reading the winter outlook from NOAA, seems every year they are calling for above average in these parts....

ALways when I have the week off in early Nov, I hope to get out and do some coastal fishing. In 30 years, the weather has been good maybe 3 times.....seriously. I'm thinking about going south this time, maybe Lake Marion in SC.

Problem is ski, it's not warm or nice enough for the other activities I enjoy, and not cold enough for winter activities. I am starting to think at in SC or GA I can fish all winter in the lakes, no issues with coastal storms throwing up a violent sea and so on. Never thought I'd be in that camp, but I'm starting to feel that way. And no watching for snow either, since it is a rare occurence....

Nov 1990 was very warm, we may have gotten there if anyone cares to look it up

That's a pretty substantial sea right in the harbor...jeez.

I know, it has been extremely depressing and has cost the sport fishing industry probably in the millions. But at least you guys are getting something out of it; this kind of disruption for this long is really unusual. Mother nature doing her thing again.....

Pretty much par for the course around here....only my area manages to miss by being too far east sometimes too. Not a big fan of rain or wind so don't care, and just wish this system would go away already. I was outside with a contractor today and my hands got cold like it was late Nov....