Chris L Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 1.5 inches of rain before the snow came.... great video. One can say... wasted QPF at first, I bet this would have been 36-42" had that stayed all snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LkHopatGuy Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 1.5 inches of rain before the snow came.... great video. One can say... wasted QPF at first, I bet this would have been 36-42" had that stayed all snow. I live on the very northern tip of Lake Hopatcong by Rt 15 and we had 25" of snow. Did not expect that. At Route 80 and DRt 15 they had half of that. And in Paramus where my wife worked they didn't beleive that we were being dumped on because it was such an elevation event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The area inland of Boston got crushed. Not a bad "goodbye to snow" event until January 25, 2000 and December 30, 2000.Just as January 1, 1971 was a "goodbye to snow" event until, really, January 1978 (with a one-day wonder or two thrown in during February 1974 and 1975). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 The area inland of Boston got crushed. Not a bad "goodbye to snow" event until January 25, 2000 and December 30, 2000.Just as January 1, 1971 was a "goodbye to snow" event until, really, January 1978 (with a one-day wonder or two thrown in during February 1974 and 1975). That was one of the most dismal stretch of winters I ever imagine will occur: 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 99-00. All horrible for NYC metro. December 2000 finally broke the pattern with the Millenium Storm launching us into a favorable pattern for snow that's continued since then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 That was one of the most dismal stretch of winters I ever imagine will occur: 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 99-00. All horrible for NYC metro. December 2000 finally broke the pattern with the Millenium Storm launching us into a favorable pattern for snow that's continued since then. I agree, that has to be one of the worst stretches here ever. After the epic 95-96 winter, it just shut down outside of a couple of decent hits like 1/25/00 and 3/15/99. The idea that we're supposed to get 12"+ storms every winter here now is just bogus. It took almost 5 years after the 1996 blizzard to see another 12" snow event in Central Park I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 I agree, that has to be one of the worst stretches here ever. After the epic 95-96 winter, it just shut down outside of a couple of decent hits like 1/25/00 and 3/15/99. The idea that we're supposed to get 12"+ storms every winter here now is just bogus. It took almost 5 years after the 1996 blizzard to see another 12" snow event in Central Park I believe. Central Park went 10 years without a major snowstorm (10"+) from February 1983 to March 1993. Just in the past two years, we've seen five such events: 12/19/09, 2/10/10, 2/25/10, 12/26/10, 1/26/11... A 12" snowstorm certainly can't be expected every year but it's getting more probable now that we're in the -PDO/-NAO decadal cycle with an extreme solar min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIN Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 While the 4/1/97 storm was awesome (22" in my part of Jefferson Township), I still felt the 4/6/82 event was more remarkeable(even though the amount I got from that one was only about 12" or so) in terms of coverage (not just an elevationevent) and the amazing cold that followed. the snow stuck around for days afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Central Park went 10 years without a major snowstorm (10"+) from February 1983 to March 1993. Just in the past two years, we've seen five such events: 12/19/09, 2/10/10, 2/25/10, 12/26/10, 1/26/11... A 12" snowstorm certainly can't be expected every year but it's getting more probable now that we're in the -PDO/-NAO decadal cycle with an extreme solar min. here is a list of 10" snowfalls by decade...So far the 2010's have four... 1870's...5 1880's...1 1890's...5 1900's...4 1910's...5 1920's...5 1930's...3 1940's...4 1950's...3 1960's...6 1970's...3 1980's...1 1990's...5 2000's...7 2010's...4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 While the 4/1/97 storm was awesome (22" in my part of Jefferson Township), I still felt the 4/6/82 event was more remarkeable(even though the amount I got from that one was only about 12" or so) in terms of coverage (not just an elevationevent) and the amazing cold that followed. the snow stuck around for days afterwards. How cold are we talking? I read from NorthShoreWx website that highs only reached the 20s the next day. Given NARR 850mb temps around -18C, one would expect highs in the mid to upper 20s this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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