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Jan 2012 Banter Thread


LongBeachSurfFreak

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we have missed the forest looking for the trees. the pattern has flipped significantly. very cold last few days and while we get a small mild window the next day or two, two chances of snow from a weak clipper and then an overrunning event. Then the pattern reloads to a blocky and much colder one late next weekend into the following week. Setting up nicely for a better stretch here.

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I'd like to see some stats to back that statement up. I'm not going to get into this argument again, but everyone likes to forget how many times the city and Long Island switch over to sleet and rain while inland remains all snow.

I've never tried to argue Long Island is some type of good place to live if you like the snow...it isn't...if you like snow...move to above 2000 feet in the Berkshires or maybe Marquette...but it does snow out there from time to time and with a little more frequency than often reputed...so we already noted the recent good streak out at Upton...

1993-94: 55.0"

1995-96: 90.7"

2000-01: 51.2"

2002-03: 62.1"

2003-04: 60.2"

2004-05: 78.5"

2008-09: 43.0"

2009-10: 67.8"

2010-11: 61.5"

9 times in last 18 years more than 40 inches

8 times in last 18 years more than 50 inches

6 times in last 18 years more than 60 inches

2 times in last 18 years more than 70 inches

1 time in last 18 years more than 90 inches

...and then noted the 2/3 rds of a century average...

Upton is on central Long Island with an altitude of 85 feet and the mean annual snowfall after 64 years of record keeping is 31.76". In the hilly areas on the N. Shore (the highest spot is just over the 400 foot mark) to the nw and wnw of Upton, average annual snowfall is likely one to three inches more in an average year, though we have no records to substantiate this.

Link to BNL / Upton chart:

http://www.bnl.gov/w...hlySnowfall.htm

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LOL at the GFS @ 204 hours...I don't think I've ever seen a major 992 mb low over Duluth and northeastward bound in the second half of January...aka the dead of winter...

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