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2/13-2/19 Potential To Make NYC Coldest Weeks Of 2000's List


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I'll never forget that storm. That was really the first time that you had such a major bust in the modern internet era. A lot of the more bullish forecasters changed their forecasting style after that. I remember watching the weather channel as with each consecutive update Paul Kocin pushed the 12"+ contour further and further north. My school was closed for two consecutive days and we barely see advisory criteria totals.

I'm still amazed that the models did such a bad job with that one. Obviously it was a unique setup but to be off by that many miles is crazy. The storm still happened and many areas did get 2 to 3 feet but a couple hundred miles north of where it was supposed to happen.

 

And everyone busted on that one. It wasn't like some forecasters went low.

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Have Erie and Ontario frozen over yet? Is this cold coming in with wind? Hmmmm, might be pretty good ski conditions in the favored areas. Road trip?

 

 

Lake Erie still has some open water but it will likely freeze during this next cold period. Lake Ontario is too deep to freeze outside of the shallower areas near the shoreline.

 

Here is a cool link that illustrates this point, the image is from last week and if you click "download large image" you will see all of the Great Lakes.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=82836

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here's the all time coldest weeks for NYC...Also the longest streak of max days 32 or lower...

ave temp...month/day/year...

02.5......12/29/1917-1/4/1918

08.8......2/8-14/1899

10.9......2/3-9/1895

12.2......1/6-12/1968

12.3......1/11-17/1893

12.6......12/28/1880-1/3/1881

12.7......2/12-18/1979

13.5......2/4-10/1934

13.5......1/22-28/1888

13.6......1/9-15/1886

13.6......1/10-16/1912

13.9......1/15-21/1994

14.1......2/1-7/1886

14.6......1/15-21/1935

14.6......1/23-29/1936

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longest streak of below freezing max days since 1930...1917-18 added...

16 in 1960-61...

13 in 2000-01...

12 in 2002-03...

12 in 1977-78...

12 in 1957-58...

12 in 1935-36...

11 in 1980-81...

11 in 1978-79...

10 in 1958-59...

10 in 1947-48...

10 in 1917-18

..9 in 2006-07

..9 in 2004-05...

..9 in 2003-04...

..9 in 1995-96...

..9 in 1989-90...

..9 in 1976-77...

..9 in 1967-68...

..9 in 1933-34...

..8 in 1983-84...

..7 in 1999-00...

..7 in 1987-88...

..7 in 1963-64...

..7 in 1962-63...

 

Thanks for adding those stats, Uncle. The models are continuing to indicate that we wont have the big warm up

this time between the cold so under 20 degrees for the best 7 day looks good.

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A rough guess from looking at the forecast for the next seven days has NYC at around

a -16 degree departure which would put the weekly  temperature right around 16  degrees.

It will be interesting to see the exact number once we get into next week.

 

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96 was incredible.  Back in the Shenandoah Valley, we got 3-4 feet of snow.Yeah, that March 4-6, 2001, "Greatest SnowStorm that Never Happened" was covered by 1010 WINS as a live event days before its supposed beginning. 30" in 60hrs.!!! was AccuWeather's mantra. The tombstone reads [5.5" and still waiting].

Oh wow march 2001....what a bust. I remember the weather channel's forecast calling for 2 feet with more very much possible here. We got a few inches of slop

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We'll be up to 7 after Friday with probably more before the month is out.

 

Yeah, a looked up a several more high single digit months at NYC.

 

8 in January 1994

 

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-49990F83-98EE-4A8D-AAAE-98D73F6E217F.pdf

 

8 in February 1979

 

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-AA58138E-83E1-43BE-B7A6-25115494779C.pdf

 

6 in january 1977

 

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-D4099DFE-8554-45DB-845A-1A31776F9836.pdf

 

7 January 1982

 

http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS-C9108FE6-FD46-4213-B23B-0333FD7A55F7.pdf

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Pretty crazy that we can top some of the all time great Januarys.

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Something wrong with the obs at KNYC. It's currently 5 or 6 in the park not 9. Something screwy like this happened the other night after the artic front passed

 

It dropped the 7 for two obs, but the 6 hr min/max aren't showing up.  The entire station is screwed up right now, and it's been that way for well over a week.  Somebody needs to fix it.

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It will be great to see if we can replenish the probably 3-5" that will compact and melt with another 4-8" in the next week and add on to our snowpack. That is what I loved about the winter a few years ago. Huge storm followed by huge storm followed by another 10" or so with no time to fully melt ! Must have been a 2-3 foot solid snowpack here almost. During that time I went to high point state park, and I'm telling you....they literally had a 4 foot SOLID snowpack. Was just incredible

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because it torched for a week this January the average since Dec. 31st is about 32.0 not counting today...I think NYC has a chance to end up with an average January temperature below 30.0...making it on par with 1984's... 29.9...1985's... 28.8...1965's... 29.7...1982 was 26.1...The coldest 30 day average could end up around 28.0 which is on par with...1956-57... 27.8...2008-09... 27.9...1964-65... 28.0...

the coldest 30 days since 1930...

Season....30 day ave...
1933-34.....19.6.....
1935-36.....20.4.....
1947-48.....21.5.....
1976-77.....21.9.....
1980-81.....22.2.....
2003-04.....22.4.....
1993-94.....23.5.....
1944-45.....23.8.....
1969-70.....24.0.....
1970-71.....24.2.....
The warmest...
season....30 day ave...
1997-98.....37.3......
2011-12.....37.0......
1948-49.....36.3......
1931-32.....35.8......
2007-08.....35.7......
1952-53.....35.5......
2001-02.....35.4......
1936-37.....34.9......
1990-91.....34.5......
1932-33.....33.9......
1950-51.....33.0......
1974-75.....33.0......

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I will update these satellite images over the next week or so we can monitor how quickly

the bays freeze up. We will probably have some of the best ice images since the MODIS

went into operation next week with so many hours below freezing and several lows

in the single digits.

 

 

 

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ecmwf_t2m_neng_25.png3 nites below 0 as per 12z Euro  ? , This is Tues Minus 10 at the park  prob too strong , but  below 0 is on the table 

 

I think the park is going to need -30 or lower 850s to get it done.  That run has DCA, BWI, PHL, and NYC below zero.  Last time that happened was 20 years ago in January 1994.  There is a reason the streak has lasted 20 years...

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I will update these satellite images over the next week or so we can monitor how quickly

the bays freeze up. We will probably have some of the best ice images since the MODIS

went into operation next week with so many hours below freezing and several lows

in the single digits.

 

attachicon.gifScreen shot 2014-01-22 at 12.24.34 PM.png

 

I also wonder how much of the great lakes can freeze up. Apparently they have never completely frozen over.

They have a good start though

 

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Nice Highway for the cold air

 

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