Isotherm Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Urban snowfall lasts for the duration of the event, then 24 hours later, you're left with blackened, charcoal piles and salty sidewalks. If only no one invented the plow. Would be great to travel by snowshoe and dog sled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 3:35 PM, Isotherm said: Urban snowfall lasts for the duration of the event, then 24 hours later, you're left with blackened, charcoal piles and salty sidewalks. If only no one invented the plow. Would be great to travel by snowshoe and dog sled. This is absolutely true in NYC. When I was a kid, I used to want to live in Western NY, for huge lake snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 3:42 PM, Weathergun said: This is absolutely true in NYC. When I was a kid, I used to want to live in Western NY, for huge lake snows. I could never live in the city. I couldn't live in any of the densley populated areas of northeast NJ either. I need my space and my quiet, and yes, the snow in my yard is still mostly white until that first warm day where everything suddenly turns into mud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 3:30 PM, earthlight said: It's pretty suburban. Obviously there's a main road which is more populated than most "rural" NJ towns..but the actual residences and homes are very suburban. It's also 30 seconds away from the Watchung mountains. Things become much more rural just over those hills. That's Essex County right? It's odd because you don't think of that area as being rural but you're definitly close to the mountains there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDMK6GLI Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 3:04 PM, earthlight said: Don't you worry. Scotch Plains will be my home during any potential snowfall event. Mt. Earthlight is the only land mass known to man to change locations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 4:08 PM, IsentropicLift said: That's Essex County right? It's odd because you don't think of that area as being rural but you're definitly close to the mountains there. Union, but the watchung mountains are right there on the other side of Rt. 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 3:03 PM, earthlight said: You mean this? Yup. Sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Lol at the panic in the NE forums because of a warm November forecast. Many of the snow years featured a warm November coupled with a weak El Nino so there's no need for panic. The Euro monthlies also showed a warm November before gradually turning colder. We're still weeks away from truly knowing how the winter will play out and the panic button isn't necessary unless it's mid December and warmth continues to be a constant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 5:45 PM, SnoSki14 said: Lol at the panic in the NE forums because of a warm November forecast. Many of the snow years featured a warm November coupled with a weak El Nino so there's no need for panic. The Euro monthlies also showed a warm November before gradually turning colder. We're still weeks away from truly knowing how the winter will play out and the panic button isn't necessary unless it's mid December and warmth continues to be a constant. You have to understand that it's a totally different mindset up there alltogether. They think of November primarily as a winter month while for most of us November is still very much Autumn and the chances of snow are low. Some of the northern New England posters are used to deep snowcover by Thanksgiving so the prospect of a warm November isn't sexy. Warm Novembers however have not been shown to negatively impact snow chances during true Winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn0waddict Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/16/2014 at 8:53 PM, Plfdwxdude said: Page 2 of this thread shows when the GFS was the first to get back on board the morning of Christmas eve http://www.americanwx.com/bb/index.php/topic/5724-nycphl-dec-26-27-potential-part-5/page-2 Thanks, just spent the past hour at work reliving the experience. Good freaking times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 4:08 PM, IsentropicLift said: That's Essex County right? It's odd because you don't think of that area as being rural but you're definitly close to the mountains there. Nah its Western Union. This is the main road that intersects the town http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:07 PM, Sn0waddict said: Thanks, just spent the past hour at work reliving the experience. Good freaking times. Yeah its fun to do around this time every year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:14 PM, earthlight said: Nah its Western Union. This is the main road that intersects the town http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey Ah okay, I'm not that familiar with the area. Looks like a nice place to grow up and very similar to my hometown. I know you're origionally from Brooklyn, big difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:36 PM, IsentropicLift said: Ah okay, I'm not that familiar with the area. Looks like a nice place to grow up and very similar to my hometown. I know you're origionally from Brooklyn, big difference. Difference is huge. I'm really lucky to have grown up in Scotch Plains. I have a group of really close friends that have become family from there. So even though I've moved to Hoboken, that will always be my "home". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntenseBlizzard2014 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:14 PM, earthlight said: Nah its Western Union. This is the main road that intersects the town http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey I use to live in Union County, but it was at Union. I lived right next to the Northern Walls of I-78. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:43 PM, IntenseBlizzard2014 said: I use to live in Union County, but it was at Union. I lived right next to the Northern Walls of I-78. Yeah very different depending on which side of the parkway you're on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 Feb. 12-13 2014 was favorite storm last winter. It had some of the most intense banding I saw on radar for winter storms. We had 3"-5" per snowfall rates over SNJ.We had 2-3" per snowfall rates over NYC and LI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 John My whole family is from SP. they lived on corner of Cook and Mountain since the 1920s. I grew up in Long Hill and recall all those gradient storms in the 80s where we got 8" snows and my grandparents in SP got slop. 96 Blizzard was tough since I had to shovel their driveway and 600' of sidewalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser25973 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 7:25 PM, Weathergun said: Feb. 12-13 2014 was favorite storm last winter. It had some of the most intense banding I saw on radar for winter storms. We had 3"-5" per snowfall rates over SNJ.We had 2-3" per snowfall rates over NYC and LI That's your favorite storm? We didn't even get a foot out of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 9:39 PM, Chaser25973 said: That's your favorite storm? We didn't even get a foot out of it! It was still the biggest storm last season for most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 5:54 PM, IsentropicLift said: You have to understand that it's a totally different mindset up there alltogether. They think of November primarily as a winter month while for most of us November is still very much Autumn and the chances of snow are low. Some of the northern New England posters are used to deep snowcover by Thanksgiving so the prospect of a warm November isn't sexy. Warm Novembers however have not been shown to negatively impact snow chances during true Winter. A lot of those posters are from CT, RI and MA and many live closer to the coast so even for them November isn't really a winter month. Once you get north of that then sure yeah it matters but the differences between us and SNE especially those closer to the coast is not terribly different in November and snow chances are still fairly low even for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 9:39 PM, Chaser25973 said: That's your favorite storm? We didn't even get a foot out of it! Many places reported double digit totals. Central Park got a 12.5". A couple inches included on the backend. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/StormEvents/storm02132014.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm1220 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 11:45 PM, Weathergun said: Many places reported double digit totals. Central Park got a 12.5". A couple inches included on the backend. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/StormEvents/storm02132014.html I had 7.5", the most torturous 7.5" snow event I can remember. I was thrilled to finally see the storm go. It's one that I had great expectations for, but for my local area only it seemed, it went to complete trash after about an hour of the crazy heavy snow. It let up for a few minutes, and that was all it took for the warm air to surge in and change it all to slop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 11:51 PM, jm1220 said: I had 7.5", the most torturous 7.5" snow event I can remember. I was thrilled to finally see the storm go. It's one that I had great expectations for, but for my local area only it seemed, it went to complete trash after about an hour of the crazy heavy snow. It let up for a few minutes, and that was all it took for the warm air to surge in and change it all to slop. Yes...that storm was the key ingredient in bringing about that very unusual snow cover gradient between the N. & S. Shores in late February 2014.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 11:45 PM, Weathergun said: Many places reported double digit totals. Central Park got a 12.5". A couple inches included on the backend. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/StormEvents/storm02132014.html For far NW areas that storm dropped 12-13" before a 12 hr lull then part 2 arrived w/ additional 7 " in 3 hrs.. impressive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 11:45 PM, Weathergun said: Many places reported double digit totals. Central Park got a 12.5". A couple inches included on the backend. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/StormEvents/storm02132014.html Had 15.2" here over the three day period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/18/2014 at 1:43 AM, doncat said: Had 15.2" here over the three day period. the rain all day long put a damper on that storm...it melted at least half of what fell during the morning...Shades of February 1972...The Feb. 2nd storm was the best one last winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyLovesSnow Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 https://vimeo.com/109300181 January 3rd 2014 New York City snowstorm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sn0waddict Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/17/2014 at 6:16 PM, Plfdwxdude said: Yeah its fun to do around this time every year That it is. Forgot one of my favorite snowstorm vids of all time came from that storm too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Bomba Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 On 10/18/2014 at 5:29 AM, Sn0waddict said: That it is. Forgot one of my favorite snowstorm vids of all time came from that storm too. That video is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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