earthlight Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 You guys are slacking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Great storm here, 24" of bliss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 not one of my favorites... the lowest impact 20+ storm i have experienced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 You guys are slacking I'd be pissed if I lived in the north central part of the "g" in Poughkeepsie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelocita Weather Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 not one of my favorites... the lowest impact 20+ storm i have experienced Yup, probably most overrated storm out there...sortive similar to the 'snowcane' last year. Very little impact/warm/did not last long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sickman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm still waiting for that deform band to make it over me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Yup, probably most overrated storm out there...sortive similar to the 'snowcane' last year. Very little impact/warm/did not last long... Disagree...it was a beautiful snowfall here with huge dendrites and very fluffy snow. We had 20"...it didn't have a huge impact because it fell at night and preceded a mild regime, but it was still an impressive storm, Central Park's largest and the greatest winter storm since PDII. The Snowicane had a massive impact for those north of the city in Westchester/Putnam/Dutchess/Orange Counties...20-30" of heavy wet snow which caused massive amounts of downed limbs, scattered power outages, nearly impassable roads in the evening, etc. It was a very powerful storm for my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cfa Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Look at that eye wall lol. This is the one of the few storms I actually remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://www.erh.noaa....12_2006_OKX.htm Great Neck, LI - 23.6" My mom's house is 10 minutes away and they topped out at 14" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 The PNS said Orange County had 4 to 10 inches... ...ORANGE COUNTY... CORNWALL 10.0 1200 PM 2/12 SPOTTER MONROE 9.0 1247 PM 2/12 GOSHEN 8.2 300 PM 2/12 COOP OBSERVER MOUNT HOPE 7.8 1100 PM 2/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER BLOOMING GROVE 7.0 1200 PM 2/12 SPOTTER ROCK TAVERN 7.0 300 PM 2/12 PUBLIC NEW WINDSOR 6.5 300 PM 2/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER WESTTOWN 4.5 230 PM 2/12 SKYWARN SPOTTER I was talking about the Snowicane last year in the second paragraph, the big storm of 2/25/2010. The previous poster was comparing the low impact of the Feburary 2006 event to the Snowicane, so that's why I responded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I was talking about the Snowicane last year in the second paragraph, the big storm of 2/25/2010. The previous poster was comparing the low impact of the Feburary 2006 event to the Snowicane, so that's why I responded. Understood...posts deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 http://www.erh.noaa....12_2006_OKX.htm Great Neck, LI - 23.6" My mom's house is 10 minutes away and they topped out at 14" How Islip ever got 20" is beyond my comprehension...in some ways it is etched in my memory like the March 1993 event...although that one produced just 10 inches or so and changed to rain and sleet...while the '06 storm was all snow....it is perhaps the only 10+ inch snow event that does not produce particularly fond recollections...perhaps because it took place in the heart of a winter that was really little more than an extended fall....a "pseudo-winter" that followed three winters of outstanding severity on Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 wow, already five years ago? time flies... It was one of my first weekends working in the Weather Center and I ended up working a double shift, about 12 hours. I remember walking over to the building just before daybreak and there were complete whiteout conditions. Measured 4"/hr for one hour and 3"/hr for about a solid 3-4 hours. What a storm. Final totals were somewhere in the low 20s, although I had measured 19+" at the time. (re-analysis proved that my totals may have been prone to effects from the campus heat island effect (seriously) and that I did not clear measurements - compaction took a toll, it was snowing steadily for the last few hours, but I barely "recorded" any additional snowfall. either way, one of the best storms I can remember, especially since the forecasts were for significantly less just the night before. (if I recall correctly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 How Islip ever got 20" is beyond my comprehension...in some ways it is etched in my memory like the March 1993 event...although that one produced just 10 inches or so and changed to rain and sleet...while the '06 storm was all snow....it is perhaps the only 10+ inch snow event that does not produce particularly fond recollections...perhaps because it took place in the heart of a winter that was really little more than an extended fall....a "pseudo-winter" that followed three winters of outstanding severity on Long Island. I was at my current location for that storm and I thoroughly enjoyed it like every other event that exceeds 12", but it really didn't do much to distinguish itself as much as the totals would lead one to believe. The snow that fell was dry and fluffy and practically vanished the following days when the temperatures spiked into the 50s....almost like nothing ever happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 I can't believe it was five years ago, either. Time definitely does fly. That event also had some modeling drama prior to it (inside 84hrs). The Euro was stubbornly bad with that event if I remember correctly. The GFS was pretty consistent, and the NAM was slow to catch on too. It wasn't until 54-60hrs out that the NAM showed a big hit. I remember the 00z runs on the 9th were the runs where the NAM, GFS and GGEM all had it. It was big to get the NAM on board. The Euro was still a turd. The 12z GFS the next morning decided to throw up a turd, too, and the suicides commenced. The Euro then showed the hit...the 18z GFS fixed itself, and the rest was history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green tube Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 it's getting hard to remember all these storms individually.... that was never a problem back in the 20th century when a storm like this happened once every decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 The GFS had that storm a long ways out. I lost it a bit in it's medium range, as it usually does with the big ones, but it pretty much dominated the Euro in that event which is a rarity in itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulen Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 The results of that storm were gone in no time it really makes you appreciate what we just witnessed see ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 You guys are slacking Because it was a lame storm. Edit: relatively speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsonsbuff Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 still remember it quite well. I had a term paper due that Monday and since the storm was forecasted to be a 10-15 incher on a Saturday Night I didn't pay attention... I woke up Sunday morning... and realized that the term paper would be due on Tuesday. HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 Because it was a lame storm. Edit: relatively speaking. Not here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn0waddict Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 While the band was over me, it was an amazing storm. But besides that, it was rather blah. PDII is still a better storm IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikehobbyst Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 While the band was over me, it was an amazing storm. But besides that, it was rather blah. PDII is still a better storm IMO. Did you hear the drums, synth and guitars, while it was overhead. I almost caught a drumstick when it was overhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Strange how a 14" storm (which of course in the 80's would have been a Godsend) feels eh - but remember feeling pissed that I got 12" less than KNYC. Weird weather times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Not here All smoke and mirrors. You've been bamboozled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 21.8 inches of snow; hands down one of the best snow rates I have ever seen that morning.... Many others would agree with me on that, that bands of snow exceeds Dec 2000, Jan 96, Dec 2010 (Yes... but Dec 2010 smokes it overall package) and January 26-27th 2011, although THAT had 3" per hour rates for a while, but nothing like February 2006.... But, the staying power was simply terrible..... It was gone in a seven days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris L Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I can't believe it was five years ago, either. Time definitely does fly. That event also had some modeling drama prior to it (inside 84hrs). The Euro was stubbornly bad with that event if I remember correctly. The GFS was pretty consistent, and the NAM was slow to catch on too. It wasn't until 54-60hrs out that the NAM showed a big hit. I remember the 00z runs on the 9th were the runs where the NAM, GFS and GGEM all had it. It was big to get the NAM on board. The Euro was still a turd. The 12z GFS the next morning decided to throw up a turd, too, and the suicides commenced. The Euro then showed the hit...the 18z GFS fixed itself, and the rest was history. The JMA scored a winner with that one. I recall then the ECMWF agrees with the JMA, then it went crap (kind of like Dec 2010 in a WAY, but not THAT bad). BUT no model showed 2"+ QPF, I know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 All smoke and mirrors. You've been bamboozled So true. It's going to end sometime and it's going to be ugly..probably with a bunch of SWFE's which leave me with a few inches of slop and rain. The areas to the N and even LI can do better on those..I am the furthest SW county in the OKX CWA. I have some elevation but that doesn't do much when mid level temps are warmer than the surface Point being, these things have a way of evening out. Everybody in my town has been talking about how this winter has been the worst they've ever seen here--but also about how the past two winters combined have just been out of this world. I have somewhere over 120" since Dec '09..that's just ridiculous. Over the next few years, somebody is going to get repeatedly crushed, and it most likely won't be me. But you won't hear a single complaint out of my mouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersWx92 Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Got 15 inches here; awesome storm. I remember going to bed that night expecting 8-14 inches and then waking up to insane snowfall rates and a revised forecast of 14-19 inches. This snowstorm really set the benchmark for all other storms since then. Thankfully it was finally tied by the January 26-27 storm IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 So true. It's going to end sometime and it's going to be ugly..probably with a bunch of SWFE's which leave me with a few inches of slop and rain. The areas to the N and even LI can do better on those..I am the furthest SW county in the OKX CWA. I have some elevation but that doesn't do much when mid level temps are warmer than the surface Point being, these things have a way of evening out. Everybody in my town has been talking about how this winter has been the worst they've ever seen here--but also about how the past two winters combined have just been out of this world. I have somewhere over 120" since Dec '09..that's just ridiculous. Over the next few years, somebody is going to get repeatedly crushed, and it most likely won't be me. But you won't hear a single complaint out of my mouth To be fair, we had 13" and change in 2/06 and there's no such thing as a bad 12"+ snowstorm. But out of all the foot plus storms we've had, 2/06 was the least impressive. The 45 minutes or so that we finally caught the tail end of the epic band were interesting: http://www.northshor...0060212-119.avi And we had some wind: http://www.northshor...0060212-110.avi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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