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2012 Fall Banter Thread


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that snow really made me want more snow. standing in the heavy falling dendrites last week reminded me why i friggin love snowstorms.

middlesex county has done well.... but i think that's because we're next to monmouth county. lol. wtf with monmouth county? i feel like if i lived 12 miles further southeast i would have seen 3ft. more snow in the last 5 years.,

Ya, bingo- 12 miles SE of you happens to be my hometown, Lol. I thank God that he's so graciously pronounced Monmouth as the new snow capital of the state. As I mentioned in a post the other day, I've seen 13 storms with 12"+ of snow since 2000, and 6 storms at or above 18" of snow (PD II, Dec 03, Jan 05, Feb 06, Dec 09, and Boxing Day). 2009-10 was a 72" winter here with 48" in the one month period from late jan to late feb. 2010-11 was a 57.5" winter with the 25" on boxing day. We cashed in on the Mid-atlantic centered 2009-10 winter and the more SNE/NYC centered 2010-11 winter.

So, yeah, not to brag or anything, but it's been good to say the least. devilsmiley.gif

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that snow really made me want more snow. standing in the heavy falling dendrites last week reminded me why i friggin love snowstorms.

middlesex county has done well.... but i think that's because we're next to monmouth county. lol. wtf with monmouth county? i feel like if i lived 12 miles further southeast i would have seen 3ft. more snow in the last 5 years.,

We usually do exceptionally well in the stormy non gradient winters.

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that snow really made me want more snow. standing in the heavy falling dendrites last week reminded me why i friggin love snowstorms.

middlesex county has done well.... but i think that's because we're next to monmouth county. lol. wtf with monmouth county? i feel like if i lived 12 miles further southeast i would have seen 3ft. more snow in the last 5 years.,

We usually do exceptionally well in the stormy non gradient winters.

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We usually do exceptionally well in the stormy non gradient winters.

I was thinking similarly. Northern/western zones tend to do better in the less favorable, +NAO/AO type winters. However when the blockbuster winter patterns develop, folks closer to the coast like LI (also very snowy lately) and E CNJ do well. SNE too.

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by comparison, there have been 8 storms here with 12"+ since 2000.

in the previous 30 years (1970-2000) there were about 5.

That 5 number seems a bit low. Off the top of my head, I think there were 2 in 1978, 1 in the 1986-87 winter, Feb 1983, Jan 1996, March 1993, and I think early Feb 1995 was just barely a foot in our area.

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That 5 number seems a bit low. Off the top of my head, I think there were 2 in 1978, 1 in the 1986-87 winter, Feb 1983, Jan 1996, March 1993, and I think early Feb 1995 was just barely a foot in our area.

That's right, 1995, that was our only snow event that year. Snowed a foot with thunder then changed to rain near the end of the event. Princeton had 16" New Brunswick 13".

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That 5 number seems a bit low. Off the top of my head, I think there were 2 in 1978, 1 in the 1986-87 winter, Feb 1983, Jan 1996, March 1993, and I think early Feb 1995 was just barely a foot in our area.

oh yeah, i forgot march 93.

feb 4,1995 event imby i had 11"

that was a crazy event...... as i recall little if any snow was predicted.

so sticking strictly to the 12" minimum it doesnt count.

and yeah........ 1/22/87 there was 12"

so instead of 5, it's 7.

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That's right, 1995, that was our only snow event that year. Snowed a foot with thunder then changed to rain near the end of the event. Princeton had 16" New Brunswick 13".

okay to isotherm's point........ lets count the feb 1995 event as a 12"+ event in middlesex county.

so from 1970-1999 there were 8 storms of 12"+

2000-2012 there have been 8 storms of 12"+

good times.

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And only 1 from 1980-92 axesmiley.png (though 1/87 was close)

Believe it or not though, the 1980s were a snowier decade than both the 70s and the 90s, at least in Monmouth / Middlesex.

I calculated our local average to be 25.4" for the 70s, 25.3" for the 90s, and 27.5" for the 1980s, the latter of which isn't all that bad. Many years in the 1980s were actually in the 25-40" range for New Brunswick.

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Well it seemed like back then we were guaranteed at least 1 or 2 4-6" events though the big storms were rare. Now it seems to be feast or famine.

Believe it or not though, the 1980s were a snowier decade than both the 70s and the 90s, at least in Monmouth / Middlesex.

I calculated our local average to be 25.4" for the 70s, 25.3" for the 90s, and 27.5" for the 1980s, the latter of which isn't all that bad. Many years in the 1980s were actually in the 25-40" range for New Brunswick.

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The explosive development of SNOWCOVER in Eurasa in October of 2012 is a very strong signal that not only will this winter be vastly different from the previous super mild winter ... But is a strong indication that this winter will be close to what we saw on 2009-10. Combined with the very clear signal of a strong and persistent AO and NAO in OCT of 2012.... it is becoming increasingly hard to ignore all of these are strong indications.

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*** ABOUT POSSIBLE NOV 29-30 WINTER EVENT FOR THE NORTHEAST US ***

Ignore the 12z GFS model today. Its crap. Use the GFS ensemble... this image is from the PSD GFS ENSEMBLE... it shows the JET STREAM pattern for LATE NOV 30-DEC 1...

the big "L" off the Northeast coast is the Piece of energy that COULD develop into a winter storm for the Northeast...

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Does anyone have scientific evidence as to why we dont want snow in october/november if we want above avg snow in winter? Or is it pure anecdotal based on sparse data?

Years with snow in October or early November...Some good years and some bad...1962, 1972, 1979 and 2002 had a trace in Central Park in October but some parts of the city picked up a dusting...

season.......snow/date.....season/largest snow...

1876-77.....0.5"...10/15.......40.4"...11.0"

1879-80.....2.3"...11/05.......22.7".....

1892-93.....2.0"...11/09.......49.7".....9.0"

1925-26.....0.8"...10/30.......32.4"...10.4"...12.0"

1952-53.....0.5"...10/20.......15.1".....4.2"

1953-54.....2.2"...11/06.......15.8".....7.8"

1962-63.......T.....10/26.......16.3".....4.2"

1972-73.......T.....10/19.........2.8".....1.8"

1979-80.......T.....10/10.......12.8".....4.6"

1987-88.....1.1"...11/11.......19.1".....5.8"

2002-03.......T.....10/30.......49.3"...19.8"

2011-12.....2.9"...10/29.........7.4".....4.3"

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