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  1. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Exactly, I’m just south of the JWB at almost 200’ and have seen so many storms over the years surprise compared to the rest of the city. In marginal setups upper Manhattan and the Bronx can surprise.
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    Exactly, I work at Barnard/Columbia and run snow removal for Barnard. I can’t think of a better person to accurately account for the park. (Granted I’m 1 mile Nw and a tiny bit higher; but we have had several over 1 inch events during that stretch, they may have been at night or quickly melted but I need to start a better log of snow removal
  3. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Just need to follow nino climo. That’s been my plan since the fall. Plus the fact that our winters are becoming increasingly backloaded as we need to build sea ice in the Arctic.
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    Another dream crusher for the coast. I’ll be on snow removal overtime regardless on the uws. I have experienced this type of setup many times the last few years were we snow a few inch’s here at 120th street and get a grassy coating on the south shore of the island. So I’ll go with that based on precedent. I think as far as actual impact that next storm could be the real deal for the coast. We had major beach erosion during the fall. And the last storm really dug deep. Lido beach is a 8 foot cliff currently, and another major hit could be serious. .
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    True, if you really love snow on a level that it dictates your life I would pick Valdez Alaska above 5000’. You’re going to average close to 1000” a year. That’s the ultimate sweet spot.
  6. LongBeachSurfFreak
    The park definitely had an inch during the early March storm last year. It just wasn’t measured properly. Not that it matters, it’s been a garbage streak.
  7. LongBeachSurfFreak
    You can still score really well in the greens of Vermont above 2,000” were real estate and amenity’s exist. I mean they had a 40”+ storm last year and the snow banks were mind boggling due to the tremendous water content. And then of course there’s the good old tug hill, but that’s about as isolated as it gets. So if I were to choose a spot that’s only a few hours from Boston and 4ish from nyc it’s the southern greens.
  8. LongBeachSurfFreak
    There’s absolutely nothing unusual about that. There’s a reason Boston averages nearly double NYC and NYC averages nearly double DCA. The airmass is just too marginal. I have been saying for months this winter is 1/15-2/15
  9. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Yeah, I agree, I’ll take a beast of a nor’easters (potentially the strongest in a decade) over the 1” of slush this weekend..
  10. LongBeachSurfFreak
    My thing had always been, Alaskas gain is our pain, and vice versa. When they are roasting -epo we score. We need that to change big time or we are already in life support. I don’t think we completely strike out like last year but it’s an uphill battle.
  11. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Merry Christmas, to my weather extended family. Been on this board since 2011, that’s a long time. Hope everyone had a nice day irregardless of religion. Pretty typical Christmas weather these days. To think it was -01 for my first Christmas…
  12. LongBeachSurfFreak
    That’s exactly it. It’s what November was pre 1990. I would even stretch to there were Octobers in the mid 1800s that were comparable to what December is now. The entire global system is so out of wack that, extremes can and still do happen, so it’s not like we aren’t going to see major snow storms anymore. We just need things to go our way. Which as of right now, they most certainly aren’t.
  13. LongBeachSurfFreak
    That super long fetch originating all the way down in the Caribbean did its job with some of the highest wave high we have seen since sandy. Had tides lined up this would have been a major disaster. Even still, I witnessed some severe erosion. Especially at lido beach in long beach where a 8’ cliff snow exists for beach access. I have the vids but they will not posts
  14. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Yeah. If you saw my posts from a few days ago, it’s the fetch starting all the way down in the Caribbean. Largest fetch I have ever seen on the east coast, so despite winds not being incredible, the distance did its job.
  15. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Largest surf since sandy, is going to cause major beach erosion as we approach high tide. I’m heading down to take pics and videos.
  16. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Starting to roar. The offshore waves heights are mind boggling. Pushing 30 feet south of us which means with continued fetch we could be over 30 feet in the morning. Once a decade fetch event occurring. Major beach wash overs coming.
  17. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Yup, I just posted in the NYC thread, everyone thought Isias was meh, until it went full ballistic. Just like now, you could see the obs down south. This one’s going to bite, hard.
  18. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Obs from the Carolina’s, say this is real. Very impressive for a non tropical event down there. And the seas are just nuts, with a huge fetch. 27’ at 14 seconds off South Carolina doesn’t happen often.
  19. LongBeachSurfFreak
    The same thing happened with Isias. It was meh, until it went ballistic. Looking at the obs down south, we should see something similar wind wise.
  20. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Seriously impressive observations coming out of that area. If that makes it up here this is going to be a very high impact event. Seas peaked at 33’ during sandy at 44065 Ny harbor buoy. Seeing high 20’s in the Carolina’s is very impressive.
  21. LongBeachSurfFreak
    The wave heights of the Carolina’s are nuts. 27 feet at 14 seconds! If that translates up here (it should) this could be a very high impact erosion event. Timing is off however with high tides and peak surge, and obviously the moon phase however.
  22. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Those are near record seas for a non tropical event that far south. This storm is the real deal.
  23. LongBeachSurfFreak
    Based on buoy observations from down south, this storm means business for the coast. Huge fetch area, will build seas over 20’ and periods high enough to cause wash overs and severe beach erosion.
  24. LongBeachSurfFreak
    This one has juice. There was a niño storm in December 94, that split one of the big silver maples in my parents house back yard. Similar track, and winds roared, probably 70+. Lots of trees down on the south shore. I was young but one of the underrated events I remember.
  25. LongBeachSurfFreak
    That’s a pretty incredible fetch for the east coast. That would definitely build seas over 20’. Luckily we are in low astronomical tides at the time. Otherwise there would be a serious coastal flooding and erosion threat.
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