TheTrials Posted June 11, 2012 Author Share Posted June 11, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I got flat out buried in Southern Ocean County NJ from the 96 beast. I was a child under 10 for the late 70's storms and grew up in Monmouth County NJ with fond memories of climbing drifts to get on top of my grade school lol. 96 made that scenario reality again. A WHOPPER of a snowstorm. It took me a whole day to dig out to the near bottom of my driveway and then needed to tip a front end loader handsomely to ensure I could get my entombed truck out of that driveway. GOOD TIMES ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I got flat out buried in Southern Ocean County NJ from the 96 beast. I was a child under 10 for the late 70's storms and grew up in Monmouth County NJ with fond memories of climbing drifts to get on top of my grade school lol. 96 made that scenario reality again. A WHOPPER of a snowstorm. It took me a whole day to dig out to the near bottom of my driveway and then needed to tip a front end loader handsomely to ensure I could get my entombed truck out of that driveway. GOOD TIMES ! How much did you get down there? That is still the king of snowstorms here in inland Monmouth County, about 30" from that blizzard. Monster event, drifts well over 5' higher. I say king for here, b/c coastal Monmouth's new king is 12/26/10, the Boxing day blizzard, where totals exceeded 30" along the shore. We may not get the higher avgs of NW NJ, but when the big dogs come along, CNJ is usually damn near the sweet spot. I've done very well here in all of our 10"+ events, Boxing day, PD II Feb 2003, Dec 2009, Feb 10, Dec 03, Jan 2005, Dec 00, and going back further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD2011 Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I barely remember a huge snowstorm, no school for a week, and a lot of playing in the snow. Wish it happened just a few years later so that I would have appreciated it more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 How much did you get down there? That is still the king of snowstorms here in inland Monmouth County, about 30" from that blizzard. Monster event, drifts well over 5' higher. I say king for here, b/c coastal Monmouth's new king is 12/26/10, the Boxing day blizzard, where totals exceeded 30" along the shore. We may not get the higher avgs of NW NJ, but when the big dogs come along, CNJ is usually damn near the sweet spot. I've done very well here in all of our 10"+ events, Boxing day, PD II Feb 2003, Dec 2009, Feb 10, Dec 03, Jan 2005, Dec 00, and going back further. 31" --- a period of sleet for a half hour or so stopped it from reaching a clean 32. BIG LEAGUE SNOWSTORM I left in 2009 and missed some pretty decent events after but that 96 storm was the top for me in my conscious and well remembered world starting in 1977 at the age of 9. The late 70's storms were awesome and had higher drifts but not near the dumpage 96 provided. 96 was "crippling" in my local. It was a huge feat to make it to the Wawa just 2.5 miles from me the day after. And it was like the "day after" lol. Wawa was out of everything fresh except coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 31" --- a period of sleet for a half hour or so stopped it from reaching a clean 32. BIG LEAGUE SNOWSTORM I left in 2009 and missed some pretty decent events after but that 96 storm was the top for me in my conscious and well remembered world starting in 1977 at the age of 9. The late 70's storms were awesome and had higher drifts but not near the dumpage 96 provided. 96 was "crippling" in my local. It was a huge feat to make it to the Wawa just 2.5 miles from me the day after. And it was like the "day after" lol. Wawa was out of everything fresh except coffee You probably had the heaviest precip in the state w/ that storm, given you recorded that much w/ some sleet. Didn't have any here. Ray's site has a rapid drop-off in totals for far southern Ocean County, and as they say, you have to smell the rain to get the big snows. That sweet spot was S/C NJ, http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/1996/07-Jan-96.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 You probably had the heaviest precip in the state w/ that storm, given you recorded that much w/ some sleet. Didn't have any here. Ray's site has a rapid drop-off in totals for far southern Ocean County, and as they say, you have to smell the rain to get the big snows. That sweet spot was S/C NJ, http://www.njfreeway.../07-Jan-96.html I was in Manahawkin, 18 miles south of Toms River. I did not measure often like many do. I had 31 in the most undisturbed area of MBY as did my neighbor, which was good enough for me! Admittedly my measuring technique at the time was probably flawed. I was not in a contest lol. Anyway, there was definitely a near changeover right as the L was passing by for a short period. It never did change to rain. Just sleet and heavy wet snow and changed back to all snow not long afterwards. I was 5 miles west of the eastern part of the LBI bridge on route 72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrials Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 I was in Manahawkin, 18 miles south of Toms River. I did not measure often like many do. I had 31 in the most undisturbed area of MBY as did my neighbor, which was good enough for me! Admittedly my measuring technique at the time was probably flawed. I was not in a contest lol. Anyway, there was definitely a near changeover right as the L was passing by for a short period. It never did change to rain. Just sleet and heavy wet snow and changed back to all snow not long afterwards. I was 5 miles west of the eastern part of the LBI bridge on route 72. that was the 700 mb low coming pretty close to you and others on the coast. It effectively cut off the ability to make snow with a dry punch. Your surface temps were still in the 20's at the time i would imagine. Regardless, it was the best storm ever on the east coast no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neblizzard Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 19.2" was measured in Feb 78 in Bensonhurst Brooklyn...The 17.8" recorded in 1893 was from Battery Place...Central Park got less than 10"... I live in NJ and wasn't born yet in 78, but my father still talks about it to this day. He said the winds were quite ferocious and the drifts were huge. Does anyone know if the 78 storm produced coastal flooding along the NJ coast? I know coastal LI and New England got destroyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 I live in NJ and wasn't born yet in 78, but my father still talks about it to this day. He said the winds were quite ferocious and the drifts were huge. Does anyone know if the 78 storm produced coastal flooding along the NJ coast? I know coastal LI and New England got destroyed. Property damage resulting from tidal flooding and beach erosion reached a total of 44 million dollars, per Storm Data for NJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 the evening before the blizzard the skies were still relatively clear at Sunset...I kept looking out the SW facing window of my house in Brooklyn for signs of increacing clouds...I'm not sure what time it was but remember going to the window and seeing the cloud bank for the first time...It was moving NE and I pumped my fist like Jobba Chamberlain...the only other storms to equal it on my block were February 11-12th 1983...February 6-7th, 1978...February 3-4th 1961...December 26-27, 2010 is the greatest storm since then for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 the evening before the blizzard the skies were still relatively clear at Sunset...I kept looking out the SW facing window of my house in Brooklyn for signs of increacing clouds...I'm not sure what time it was but remember going to the window and seeing the cloud bank for the first time...It was moving NE and I pumped my fist like Jobba Chamberlain...the only other storms to equal it on my block were February 11-12th 1983...February 6-7th, 1978...February 3-4th 1961...December 26-27, 2010 is the greatest storm since then for me... Omitted, PDII - Feb. 16-17, 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Omitted, PDII - Feb. 16-17, 2003. I got less than 14" where I lived on Staten Island for that storm...I've been living on the island since 1997...February 2006 had more snow than 2003...I measured 20" in Westerleigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I got less than 14" where I lived on Staten Island for that storm...I've been living on the island since 1997...February 2006 had more snow than 2003...I measured 20" in Westerleigh... SI Snowhole? Central Park - 19.8," LGA - 17.6," JFK - 25.6"(but about 20 straight line miles to your east), Ave V Bklyn (co-op station) - 19.5," though EWR - 23.1,", New Brunswick - 20.9" and Cranford - 17.5." Snow totals also include small amounts on the 18th. Didn't measure, but had trouble digging my car out (in Bay Ridge, alternate side parked) of this one, and did not have much trouble digging it out of the Feb. 2006 one (the snow seemed fluffier and not quite as deep). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 SI Snowhole? Central Park - 19.8," LGA - 17.6," JFK - 25.6"(but about 20 straight line miles to your east), Ave V Bklyn (co-op station) - 19.5," though EWR - 23.1,", New Brunswick - 20.9" and Cranford - 17.5." Snow totals also include small amounts on the 18th. Didn't measure, but had trouble digging my car out (in Bay Ridge, alternate side parked) of this one, and did not have much trouble digging it out of the Feb. 2006 one (the snow seemed fluffier and not quite as deep). 2 feet exactly here in Monmouth for PD II. Great storm, steady snow, long duration event, very cold temps. Classic. Remember clearly watching that initial band struggle nwd through SNJ. Finally arrived around 3pm Sunday and began accumulating in earnest by 5-6pm. The next morning the front door had 4-5ft drifts, snow into the attic, and the upstairs ceiling was caving in. Very memorable event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 2 feet exactly here in Monmouth for PD II. Great storm, steady snow, long duration event, very cold temps. Classic. Remember clearly watching that initial band struggle nwd through SNJ. Finally arrived around 3pm Sunday and began accumulating in earnest by 5-6pm. The next morning the front door had 4-5ft drifts, snow into the attic, and the upstairs ceiling was caving in. Very memorable event. I remember long duration cold temps, during a good portion of it, i.e. at EWR 14F to 8F on the 16th, and 27F to 13F on the 17th, with very heavy snowbands I remember in my area during the morning of the 17th, but not much wind (this was a gradual warm advection cold erosive type system, similar to Feb. 3-4th, 1961 (22.6" at EWR) and Feb. 1983. But the big question is why so little at Westerleigh? It's located just east of the northwestern section of SI just south of the Bayonne Bridge and is about 6 miles sse of EWR. In fact, it lies just to the east of the take off and landing approaches to the runway on the southern portion of Newark Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I remember long duration cold temps, during a good portion of it, i.e. at EWR 14F to 8F on the 16th, and 27F to 13F on the 17th, with very heavy snowbands I remember in my area during the morning of the 17th, but not much wind (this was a gradual warm advection cold erosive type system, similar to Feb. 3-4th, 1961 (22.6" at EWR) and Feb. 1983. But the big question is why so little at Westerleigh? It's located just east of the northwestern section of SI just south of the Bayonne Bridge and is about 6 miles sse of EWR. In fact, it lies just to the east of the take off and landing approaches to the runway on the southern portion of Newark Airport. I can't say why...It wasn't in the heavy bands I guess...That storm and the March 09 storm were much less than other places...February 2003 was a great storm none the less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 my favorite Weather Channel music from January 1996 was A New Day by Trammell Starks...I found this clip of it on U Tube... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I got less than 14" where I lived on Staten Island for that storm...I've been living on the island since 1997...February 2006 had more snow than 2003...I measured 20" in Westerleigh... Feb 16th-17th, 2003 ? Measured 22 in. here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Feb 16th-17th, 2003 ? Measured 22 in. here. what did you get for March 2, 2009?...What did you get on Feb, 12th, 2006?...I had around 4" in 2009 on Victory and Graham...20" in westerleigh in 2006... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 what did you get for March 2, 2009?...What did you get on Feb, 12th, 2006?...I had around 4" in 2009 on Victory and Graham...20" in westerleigh in 2006... 3/2/09 measured 5 in.(also 2 in. on the 1st) and Feb.2006 storm 17 in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 3/2/09 measured 5 in.(also 2 in. on the 1st) and Feb.2006 storm 17 in. it's amazing the difference in snow totals over a few miles...Westerleigh is at least five miles NE of your location...Where I live now is around 2 miles ene of you...Places in jersey just across the water had 4" or less in 2009...I measured the snow in February 2003 in the Westerleigh tennis court parking lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 it's amazing the difference in snow totals over a few miles...Westerleigh is at least five miles NE of your location...Where I live now is around 2 miles ene of you...Places in jersey just across the water had 4" or less in 2009...I measured the snow in February 2003 in the Westerleigh tennis court parking lot... Yeah, of course it also has alot to do with how peple measure, such as frequency and where they measure. I.ve always been pretty particular with my measurements such as measuring as soon as possible when theres a change over or the snow stops etc. I notice that with big storms my totals tend to be lower than other totals. Always be suspicious of all those totals that pop out of the woodwork after big storms. The NWS should be more particular when they release those public statements with snow totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 I got less than 14" where I lived on Staten Island for that storm...I've been living on the island since 1997...February 2006 had more snow than 2003...I measured 20" in Westerleigh... Feb 16th-17th, 2003 ? Measured 22 in. here. it's amazing the difference in snow totals over a few miles...Westerleigh is at least five miles NE of your location...Where I live now is around 2 miles ene of you...Places in jersey just across the water had 4" or less in 2009...I measured the snow in February 2003 in the Westerleigh tennis court parking lot... An 8" difference in 5 miles? That's like 1.6" per mile or .8 inches over a mere 10 blocks. We need to reconcile this with a forensic analysis. Does anyone have access to the doppler radar archives for this one? Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 An 8" difference in 5 miles? That's like 1.6" per mile or .8 inches over a mere 10 blocks. We need to reconcile this with a forensic analysis. Does anyone have access to the doppler radar archives for this one? Lol. Yes, there should be an investigation on a federal level into this travesty... someone call on congress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Yes, there should be an investigation on a federal level into this travesty... someone call on congress. Or should we bring in the heavy artillery? William? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Or should we bring in the heavy artillery? William? Storm was hardly lacking for some "diverse" totals....the Queens estimates are probably the most subject to debate...the wide range up in Orange County is nothing out of the ordinary because a/ it is a big county geographically and b/ when you live in a county with small mountains...all bets on any type of uniformity are off. The #'s out of Jersey, CT,and L.I. all look fairly representative, more or less. I rememeber it well as it began right around 8:00 PM Sunday night and lasted for almost precisely 24 hours (the precip edged northbound ever so slowly during the afternoon). Extremely cold both at the surface and aloft and the form of precipitation was never in doubt. Heaviest snow fell on Monday morning out here. I rate it as one of Long Island's 10 greatest snowstorms in the last 50 years. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1220 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATED LIST OF UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE PRESIDENTS DAY II STORM. MANY THANKS TO OUR SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS. SNOW TIME/DATE WIND LOCATION TOTAL CONNECTICUT ...FAIRFIELD... NEW FAIRFIELD 24.0 0800 PM 02/17 BROOKFIELD 22.6 FINAL BETHEL 20.7 0800 PM 02/17 DARIEN 20.0 FINAL NEW CANAAN 20.0 FINAL DANBURY 19.9 FINAL WESTPORT 19.0 FINAL BRIDGEPORT 17.0 0800 PM 02/17 NORWALK 16.0 1000 PM 02/17 ...MIDDLESEX... OLD SAYBROOK 15.7 FINAL HADDAM 15.0 FINAL PORTLAND 12.0 0600 PM 02/17 ...NEW HAVEN... WOLCOTT 24.0 FINAL BEACON FALLS 18.8 FINAL NEW HAVEN 18.5 FINAL WATERBURY 18.3 FINAL MERIDEN 18.0 FINAL NORTH BRANFORD 18.0 0830 PM 02/17 BRANFORD 17.0 1000 PM 02/17 OXFORD 16.4 1000 PM 02/17 MERIDEN 16.0 1000 PM 02/17 WEST HAVEN 16.0 FINAL MILFORD 15.0 FINAL ...NEW LONDON... PRESTON 21.0 1000 PM 02/17 MONTVILLE 19.5 1000 PM 02/17 LISBON 19.3 1000 PM 02/17 GALES FERRY 18.0 1000 PM 02/17 MONTVILLE 18.0 0730 PM 02/17 OLD LYME 18.0 0730 PM 02/17 NORWICH 17.7 FINAL COLCHESTER 17.5 FINAL NEW LONDON 16.5 0730 PM 02/17 VOLUNTOWN 16.0 1000 PM 02/17 LEDYARD 14.5 1000 PM 02/17 GROTON 14.0 FINAL MYSTIC 14.0 1000 PM 02/17 STONINGTON 13.5 1000 PM 02/17 TAFTVILLE 13.0 0730 PM 02/17 EAST LYME 10.5 0600 PM 02/17 NEW JERSEY ...BERGEN... ELMWOOD PARK 23.0 1000 PM 02/17 OAKLAND 22.0 0700 PM 02/17 HASBROUCK HEIGHTS 21.0 0700 PM 02/17 TETERBORO AIRPORT 19.5 0940 PM 02/17 FAIRLAWN 19.3 0400 PM 02/17 RAMSEY 18.1 0700 PM 02/17 ORADEL 17.6 0700 PM 02/17 SADDLE BROOK 17.5 0700 PM 02/17 LODI 17.0 0700 PM 02/17 BOGOTA 16.0 0530 PM 02/17 ...ESSEX... WEST CALDWELL 23.2 0430 PM 02/17 NEWARK INTL AIRPORT 22.1 FINAL BELLVILLE 22.0 0600 PM 02/17 CEDAR GROVE 21.5 FINAL MONTCLAIR 21.5 FINAL WEST ORANGE 21.0 FINAL NUTLEY 20.0 FINAL BLOOMFIELD 19.5 FINAL ...HUDSON... HOBOKEN 20.5 FINAL SECAUCUS 20.2 FINAL KEARNY 19.0 FINAL HARRISON 19.0 FINAL JERSEY CITY 17.5 FINAL ...PASSAIC... WEST MILFORD 28.0 FINAL POMPTON LAKES 22.0 0700 PM 02/17 WANAQUE 21.2 0700 PM 02/17 BLOOMINGDALE 20.8 0700 PM 02/17 WAYNE 18.1 0800 PM 02/17 ...UNION... GARWOOD 23.5 FINAL CRANFORD 20.5 0600 PM 02/17 ELIZABETH 19.0 FINAL UNION TOWNSHIP 18.5 0645 PM 02/17 NEW YORK ...BRONX... RIVERDALE 25.5 FINAL PARKCHESTER 19.9 FINAL PELHAM BAY 16.5 FINAL ...KINGS (BROOKLYN)... GRAVES END 19.5 FINAL FLATBUSH 17.0 FINAL MARINE PARK 15.5 0515 PM 02/17 ...NASSAU... FARMINGDALE 23.5 0730 PM 02/17 GUST 35 MPH BELLMORE 23.0 FINAL GREAT NECK 20.4 FINAL MINEOLA 20.0 FINAL OCEANSIDE 19.3 FINAL PLAINVIEW 18.0 FINAL SEA CLIFF 16.5 FINAL ROSLYN 15.5 FINAL GARDEN CITY 15.0 FINAL VALLEY STREAM 14.1 0755 PM 02/17 ...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)... BRYANT PARK 20.5 FINAL CENTRAL PARK ZOO 19.8 FINAL ...ORANGE... MONROE 30.0 0730 PM 02/17 TUXEDO 28.0 FINAL WARWICK 26.0 0900 PM 02/17 CHESTER 24.0 FINAL HIGHLAND MILLS 23.0 0730 PM 02/17 NEW WINDSOR 21.0 0730 PM 02/17 GREENWOOD LAKE 19.2 0700 PM 02/17 CORNWALL ON HUDSON 19.0 FINAL BLOOMING GROVE 18.0 1000 PM 02/17 CIRCLEVILLE 18.0 0800 PM 02/17 HAMPTONBURGH 18.0 FINAL HOWELLS 16.5 FINAL MIDDLETOWN 15.0 0730 PM 02/17 PORT JERVIS 14.0 0700 PM 02/17 ...PUTNAM... CARMEL 20.0 0900 PM 02/17 HOLMES 20.0 0900 PM 02/17 LAKE CARMEL 18.0 0900 PM 02/17 WEST MAHOPAC 15.5 0500 PM 02/17 ...QUEENS... HOWARD BEACH 28.0 FINAL JFK INTL AIRPORT 25.6 FINAL LAGUARDIA AIRPORT 16.5 FINAL RICHMOND HILLS 16.0 FINAL ...RICHMOND... ELTINGVILLE 19.5 FINAL ...ROCKLAND... SPARKILL 24.3 0700 PM 02/17 SPRING VALLEY 22.5 1120 PM 02/17 POMONA 22.3 0700 PM 02/17 NEW CITY 22.2 0700 PM 02/17 SUFFERN 20.3 0500 PM 02/17 ORANGEBERG 19.0 0500 PM 02/17 NYACK 18.0 0945 PM 02/17 ...SUFFOLK... BOHEMIA 24.0 0900 PM 02/17 BRIDGEHAMPTON 24.0 0940 PM 02/17 GUST 50 MPH EAST SETAUKET 22.0 0810 PM 02/17 NORTH BABYLON 22.0 0730 PM 02/17 WEST ISLIP 21.5 0530 PM 02/17 UPTON (NWS) 21.1 FINAL PATCHOGUE 21.0 FINAL PORT JEFFERSON 21.0 0530 PM 02/17 SETAUKET 20.5 0845 PM 02/17 CENTEREACH 20.1 0845 PM 02/17 PORT JEFFERSON STATION 20.0 0800 PM 02/17 EAST HAMPTON 19.8 FINAL BAITING HOLLOW 19.5 0840 PM 02/17 ST JAMES 18.6 0730 PM 02/17 SMITHTOWN 18.5 FINAL DIX HILLS 17.1 0500 PM 02/17 CENTERPORT 17.0 FINAL BELLPORT 16.0 0820 PM 02/17 LAKE RONKONKOMA 16.0 FINAL WADING RIVER 16.0 FINAL ROCKY POINT 15.0 1000 PM 02/17 SOUTHOLD 15.0 0715 PM 02/17 EAST QUOGUE 15.0 FINAL MANORVILLE 14.0 0830 PM 02/17 ISLIP 14.0 0800 PM 02/17 WESTHAMPTON BEACH GUST 55 MPH MONTAUK POINT GUST 35 MPH ...WESTCHESTER... THORNWOOD 26.0 0710 PM 02/17 YORKTOWN HEIGHTS 21.0 FINAL YONKERS 19.0 FINAL MAMARONECK 18.0 0600 PM 02/17 WHITE PLAINS 17.0 FINAL CROTON ON HUDSON 14.5 FINAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Storm was hardly lacking for some "diverse" totals....the Queens estimates are proabably the most subject to debate...the wide range up in Orange County is nothing out of the ordinary because a/ it is a big county geographically and b/ when you live in a county with small mountains...all bets on any type of uniformity are off. The #'s out of Jersey, CT,and L.I. all look fairly representative, more or less. NOUS41 KOKX 181852 PNSOKX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1220 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 THE FOLLOWING IS AN UPDATED LIST OF UNOFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE PRESIDENTS DAY II STORM. MANY THANKS TO OUR SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS. SNOW TIME/DATE WIND LOCATION TOTAL ...RICHMOND... ELTINGVILLE 19.5 FINAL ... Case closed? http://maps.google.c...bed&hl=en&gl=us Edit. Probably not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 my favorite Weather Channel music from January 1996 was A New Day by Trammell Starks...I found this clip of it on U Tube... But this is what I associate it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest acoolerclimate Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I am new to the area, having moved to Somerville, NJ in January of this year. Before that I lived for 4.5 years in Northborough, MA and before that 7 years in Albany, NY. I'm a prolific snow lover, but I moved here for love. I'm panicked at the loss of snow that I'm taking, so I'm trying to concentrate on all the good qualities of my adopted area. I've been exploring and finding some things to love around here. I'm not sure if Somerville would be included in the NY metro area or the Phily metro area. I'm guessing NYC. But we are kind of in a world of our own here, I guess. I small bit of background on me, in 1984-1986 I went to UNC Asheville and I worked for the National Climatic Data Center. That was the highlight of my working life. I used the library there and acquired immense amount of weather data. Also, my boss often got me yearly LCD's and other fun stuff because he knew what a nut I was for it. I used to spend hours analyzing all the data I had, but I would say I have slowly died down over the last 10 years. But I still follow as best I can. Anyhow, back in the 90's I lived in Western MA, and in January of 96 I was living in Russell, a small town just in the Berkshires. My parents owned a home near the top of a 900 foot or so mountain, and I figured we were at about 800 to 850 feet in elevation. Russell is the next town to the west of Westfield, which is two towns west of Springfield, MA. In 96, I worked for a bank in downtown Northampton, MA and it would take me 35 or 40 minutes to drive there from Russell, in a northeast direction. I remember the storm of 96 very well. I was visiting relatives in Ludlow, MA on that Sunday and I was watching the weather channel all day at their house. I will never forget the excitement I had that day. Sometimes I really really miss it and I get sad that it's long past. I was 31 in 1996. I would say that 95-96 was the best winter I have ever experienced overall. If it wasn't for that horrid rainstorm in the middle of January it would be THE best, bar none. (Sadly I was living in Phoenix, AZ during the 93-94 winter, and I'll never know if that one would have beat it). Luckily I was living in Russell during the whole of the 95-96 winter, and I measured the snow after every fall. Back to the storm. The snow started overnight Sunday to Monday in the Berkshires and I awoke to a buried car. I remember I called the bank and they said there would be a delayed opening. I told them my care was completely buried so there was no way I was coming in. Our driveway up on the mountain was long and curvy, and the road down was also pretty tough in the snow. Luckily, about 2 hours later the bank called to say there would stay closed for the day. So I got to shovel all day and enjoy the snow! I measured 24.5 inches, which is more than the snow depth maps have for me. In fact, the next day I went in to work in Northampton, and they had about 18 inches, but per all the maps the deep snow was much further south. I'm not sure how they got that wrong. This was the most snow I have ever personally measured for any storm in my whole life. (althought there were two storms when I was 13 in Southern VT, Feb of 78 and Dec of 78 that I remember had tons of snow but I didn't measure). This storm will forever remain in my memory as one of the best, but it wasn't THE best due to the fact most of it fell during the night. I measured 143.5 inches of snow in Russell for the 95-96 season, by far the most. After the storm and just before the big dissapointment, I had from 40 to 45 inchest of snow on the ground. Then the worst hit, and that rotten warm, rain hit and all but 12 inches of it went. We did get more snow that winter, lots more, but it never got back up much over 30 inches. I can only imagine how deep it would have gotten if that rain hadn't hit. My best storm was when I was living in the Albany, NY area in December of 03. I got very lucky in Albany and we had some memorable storms when I lived there. But the Dec 03 storm was the best. It fell all day on a Saturday, so not only did I get to see it fall heavily all day, I also had Sunday to enjoy it before work. I measured 23.5 inches in Cohoes, where I was living, and this was only 1 inch lower than 96. Also, that Sunday was the Troy, NY winter walk, with carolers, mulled cider, Victorian costume, reindeer, all with 2 feet of snow on the ground. Perfection. My most recent best snow experience was 2 winters ago, 2010-11, in Northborough/Worcester, MA. I had 48 inches of snow that month, for a memorable winter. But strangely it snowed only for six weeks, from late December to early February and that was it. Then before I moved to NJ, I had 8 inches in that strange October snowstorm. I'm really hoping that next winter gives a good fall here in Somerville, but we'll see. Nothing could be as bad as last winter. It snowed 3 or 4 inches the day I moved in on January 21st and then nothing measurable after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.