SACRUS Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Unc, where is your NYC White Christmas thread? You have the best historical data for NYC. I remember on Eastern you had a thread each year on the white christmas. Can you post that here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Unc, where is your NYC White Christmas thread? You have the best historical data for NYC. I remember on Eastern you had a thread each year on the white christmas. Can you post that here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I said that half jokingly...though per the Met Office in Britain, the UK is well on its way to the coldest December since record keeping began there... William, and we may have some interesting winters in the near future with the Dalton-like minimum we've plummeted into. Sun's back to its spotless days after being a little active (relative to the past 2 years) in October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isotherm Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 -3.2 for the month in Monmouth County (essentially we're experiencing average February temps, with a mean of 31.8 right now). It's more difficult to get big time negative departures in suburbia/rural areas as you need a lot of very cold/radiational cooling nights. These CAA/windy cold nights have been the perfect recipe for sending KNYC into the tank - and they have, at about -5.5 for the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Temperatures have moderated a bit but still below average. Here are the stats for yesterday: High: 37.9F Low: 27.4F Precip: NONE Currently 37.7F and mostly cloudy here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshack Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Was outside at about 9pm and impressed by the amount of moonlight and how bright the moon look in the clear sky ... 2 hrs later and we've picked up a quick coating of snow from a weak band coming off south from the sound... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick05 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 ^^ some flurries here as well...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 ^^ some flurries here as well...!! ditto for Smithtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 -3.2 for the month in Monmouth County (essentially we're experiencing average February temps, with a mean of 31.8 right now). It's more difficult to get big time negative departures in suburbia/rural areas as you need a lot of very cold/radiational cooling nights. These CAA/windy cold nights have been the perfect recipe for sending KNYC into the tank - and they have, at about -5.5 for the month. I am in surburbia and my temp departure is -5.2 degrees thru today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I'm no expert on when the LI Sounds freeze, but that should continue for the near future at least... guidance has us remaining frigid through day 7. http://www.northshorewx.com/20040201.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 December 22, 2010 High: 38.7F Low 26.7F Precip: NONE Temps running way under forecast today....currently 33/20 with stiff CAA on gusty NW winds whereas the forecasted high was 38F. NWS has been much too aggressive with daytime highs in this cold regime; I can't help but wonder if they have some sort of bias towards warmth in general. Last week, we had several days that were 5-7F below forecast, especially during the big cold snap after the cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sock Puppet Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Flurries falling here now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 flurries commence in NYC just as the weekend threat ends. tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 A light dusting on the grass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEITH L.I Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 A light dusting on the grass. snowing here..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 We may squeeze 0.5" out of this band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 We may squeeze 0.5" out of this band. Enjoy it while it lasts. It may be the last that we see for a while. The cam below was recently taken in the Melville area. untitled.bmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Enjoy it while it lasts. It may be the last that we see for a while. The cam below was recently taken in the Melville area. The flurries and light snow were persistent here for several hours. I did a hike with a friend and the snow was a nice touch, Afterwards, my wife met up with us and we went out for lunch, after which i went down to Lake Ronkonkoma just to check it out in the snow. The north and south ends of the lake were like two different lakes...the south end was open water and the high winds were generating pretty good waves for a partially frozen lake. The north end was frozen solid with blowing snow on the ice. I took some photos: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Ed, why the discrepancy between the north and south sides of the lake? Are the temps that different on each side? BTW some GREAT images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Ed, why the discrepancy between the north and south sides of the lake? Are the temps that different on each side? BTW some GREAT images! Thanks. No discrepancy in temps...its less than a mile across. I think the wind picks up steam over the water which keeps it more churned up which keeps the south end from freezing. It does eventually freeze (at least some years) and is a very popular lake for ice boating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 Added 1/10 of an inch of snow today in Port Jeff...appears you were correct Ed about the need for close to 100 events to bring us to seasonal average...4/10ths of an inch of snow on the season. I'm getting horrible images of the early 50s. PS You are lucky to get .1". Mine is going down as a T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ict1523 Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I was on LI and the snow was a nice touch. A light dusting on some grassy surfaces there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 After likely underreporting on the 12/20/2009 event, I figured I'd round up... Why do you think you underreported? I wouldn't go by what your neighbors reported. There were some legitimate incredible totals and also a bunch of me-too reports. Many were close to the best band that set up, but not in it and that can be a little hard to take (it was for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 They had 24" at East Setauket and 25" at Mt Sinai (the cooperative that never was). I'm right between those two spots and came up with 18". It seems hard to think those two guys could be off by that much...especially the NWS employee at Sinai.. It might be that Mt Sinai is good and E Seatuket was off. You can't go by what someone else is measuring if you are able to measure on your own. A couple of miles made a world of difference. I had 17" and there was over 20" a couple of miles to my south (legitimately). It happens. I'm getting a little sick of it happening, but it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 23, 2010 Share Posted December 23, 2010 It's certainly possible Ed. I'm not too worried about it...it's the OKX and ISP #'s that go in the book, not mine. Changing the subject, a 12/27/04 comparison was made with the Sunday thing...you think maybe? http://www.americanw...post__p__166115 In short, Yes I think its possible, but I'm rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 These were the observations, taken this day 23 December 2010...faithfully recorded, William C Niedermayer, Sergeant-At-Arms FYI, ISP reported 0.2" today. No one trusted the light qpf shown on the NAM, but it verified nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Reparations For December 2003? Once again... a tenth at a time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Another chilly day in Westchester although I'd like to see the overnight lows dipping a bit more, doubtless would be much colder if we had a snowpack. It's really a shame not to achieve the maximum cold temperatures out of such frigid airmasses....we'd be running like -7F for the month instead of -5F if we'd managed to develop a snowpack. Anywhere here are the stats for 12/23 in southern Westchester: HIGH: 33.4F LOW: 29.0F Precip: None Currently 28.6 with some gusty NW winds and clear skies. Definitely a winter night, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 They had 24" at East Setauket and 25" at Mt Sinai (the cooperative that never was). I'm right between those two spots and came up with 18". It seems hard to think those two guys could be off by that much...especially the NWS employee at Sinai.. What happened to Mt Sinai William? It would have been great if it could have been made into a co-op, because I still think Long Island's snowfall jackpot is between there and Miller Place. 32-36" or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 How will this storm stack up to other December storms...8-12" puts it in a special category...Last year the first big storm occurred on December 19-20th...The fourth major storm on that date...December 26th is another date with more than a few major snowstorms... 6" plus December snowstorms in NYC... 34 times in 141 years NYC saw a snowstorm 6" or greater in Dec...Three years saw two each.....December 26 had five major storms with three over 10"...14 storms from the 21st to 26th... amount...dates...... 26.4" 12/26-27/1947 18.0" 12/26/1872 16.0" 12/19-20/1948 15.2" 12/11-12/1960 14.0" 12/5-7/2003 13.7" 12/21-22/1959 12.7" 12/15/1916 12.0" 12/30/2000 11.4" 12/24/1912 11.2" 12/26/1933 10.9" 12/19-20/2009 9.1" 12/13-14/1917 8.3" 12/19-20/1945 8.1" 12/5/1886 8.0" 12/3-4/1957 8.0" 12/25-26/1909 7.9" 12/5/1926 7.7" 12/19-20/1995 7.5" 12/23-24/1883 7.2" 12/27-28/1990 7.1" 12/24-25/1966 7.0" 12/26/1890 7.0" 12/15-16/1896 7.0" 12/12-13/1904 7.0" 12/3-4/1911 6.8" 12/25-27/1969 6.6" 12/23-24/1963 6.5" 12/25/1902 6.2" 12/12-14/1902 6.2" 12/23-24/1961 6.0" 12/27-28/1873 6.0" 12/22-23/1896 6.0" 12/17-18/1904 6.0" 12/5/2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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