tornadojay Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 My temp peaked at 65. I really wanted it to hit 70... oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 We haven't kept snowpack here beyond about St Patricks day in a good year in my experience (patches and quick melting one-off snowfalls don't count). If it happens this year it will be a first for me. 1993-94 might have been a better year for continuous (and possibly late) snowcover, but I was on the south shore that winter and we were sipping pina coladas by the pool all winter I had snowcover through about 3/17 in 1978 as well (north shore, but not here) Not sure if you saw this: http://www.americanw...post__p__478107 Just saw that, thanks Ed. Looks like the bake off is done for now here also, high was 66.4 Looks like the airports are dropping off also. Still, to get a high temp around 4 PM must be pretty rare for winter-- you'd normally expect to get that in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 The highest high I could find on Long Island that seemed legit was the 68.5 reported in Floral Park and New Hyde Park. There were two reports of 71 degrees and 71.2 from the APRSWXNET in Long Island City, but I don't know how legit that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Yes, March 1956 is our last HECS for the tri-state area. So, it certaintly can happen, espeically when the Nina is weakening like now. Philly had the HECS in April 1915 with 19.4" In 1915, the highest total was 21.2" in Burlington County, NJ. I thinl. Wow, the heaviest snow missed us just to our south lol Probably too much -NAO. We got about a foot in that one. How much did NYC get in March 1956? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Just saw that, thanks Ed. Looks like the bake off is done for now here also, high was 66.4 Looks like the airports are dropping off also. Still, to get a high temp around 4 PM must be pretty rare for winter-- you'd normally expect to get that in May. And a bakeoff it has been. We've still got around 90% coverage, but the bare spots grew some (gruesome) and my snow stakes are leaning at an angle. They've concentrated heat and melted the snow around them just like the trees do. It looks like we get back below freezing with snowcover still intact, but its not the same kind of landscape its been. Curiously, the temp here is back up to 63. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 And a bakeoff it has been. We've still got around 90% coverage, but the bare spots grew some (gruesome) and my snow stakes are leaning at an angle. They've concentrated heat and melted the snow around them just like the trees do. It looks like we get back below freezing with snowcover still intact, but its not the same kind of landscape its been. Curiously, the temp here is back up to 63. Haha, those snow stakes actually sound like lightning rods, except they collect heat instead of electricity I hope we can get something out of the next two events to prolong (or rebuild) the pack. Tomorrow looks to be interesting, I think we'll have HWW up for Long Island, which is pretty uncommon. 60 mph gusts maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshack Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Snowcover down to a little under around 50% here (although much to my satisfaction my backyard is just about 100%). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Heh the temp is rising again for some reason- 66.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Heh the temp is rising again for some reason- 66.0 58 here now with more of WSW flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 58 here now with more of WSW flow. That must be it lol-- up to 66.3 here now, almost back up to the high. How much snowcover do you have left if any? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 With the latest hourly obs, EWR is down to 68, NYC and LGA are holding at 66, and JFK is now up 2 degrees to 65. Farmingdale also joins the fray, up 6 degrees in the last hour, also to 65. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 That must be it lol-- up to 66.3 here now, almost back up to the high. How much snowcover do you have left if any? I only have a few scattered patches left in the shaded areas.The temperature just dropped back to 53 with more of a SW flow now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 What's the CP snowpack at? Did they melt completely yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Does a trace count towards continuous snow cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thunderstorms over NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thermal boundary...storms moving west to east. They are weak..probably heavy rain in there though. Looks to be aimed right at me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 One thing that was a bit bizarre was while walking in the park, towards the top of a hill there was an undisturbed soccer field which had a good 6" snowpack but the temps were quite warm up near 66 or so. At the bottom of the hill, kept walking into these cold pools of air where the temp would drop 10 to 15 degrees, then it would jump back up again even though there was very little wind. Even my car thermometer registered 53 but when I drove a few miles it was back up to 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Torchey Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Does a trace count towards continuous snow cover? Is that all you have left down there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Thermal boundary...storms moving west to east. They are weak..probably heavy rain in there though. Looks to be aimed right at me. Sounds like spring time storms come early lol. It really almost feels like a late spring afternoon, the temp hasnt really dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 lightning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fantom X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 i've only managed a high of 46° today. snowpack barely took a hit. still a good 3-5" I took this about 45 minutes ago facing west - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 67 was the high in Central Park...second to the 68 in 1981...March 5th 1981 saw over 8" of snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 holy sh** lightning and thunder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 another flash. this rules! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 holy sh** lightning and thunder! it's heading east on I78 towards me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Here comes the rain... and 30 seconds later its done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 holy sh** lightning and thunder! Looks like youre going to get some training I hope you get some hail! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 6:30PM 57 degrees High temp was 65 Current view out the front: PS I moved the leaning snowstakes a few inches earlier. There's still 8" where those stakes are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 What's the CP snowpack at? Did they melt completely yet? 0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Is that all you have left down there? No 10" I wondering about NYC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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