bklnwx1 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I took these in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn on Jan 6 & 7, 1996 -during and after the storm. I had posted these years ago on EasternWx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongBeachSurfFreak Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 3rd to bottom pic is pure pure epicness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violentweatherfan Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The duration of this storm was just incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstorm Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 If only this storm happened during a strong El Nino year with an epic STJ.....just imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donsutherland1 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Awesome photos and wonderful memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklnwx1 Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 If anyone wants larger/hi-res versions, just download from my photo-sharing site: https://toomanyphotos.smugmug.com/1996016-7-January-Blizzard/ The download icon is the down pointing arrow at the lower right corner of the page, Please attribute to me. I've lived mostly in this area since the 1979's. The only times I recall a similiar intensity of falling snow was on Feb 1983 and Dec 2010. Barry Bloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 ...what i recall that sunday morning in levittown ny it was 12 degrees when the snow started falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SACRUS Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hard to believe it's been 20 years. I joined the weather boards less than 4 years after that storm so for me it was one of the last old age storms and certainly one of the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 The King of Northeast snowstorms. Was 10 at the time. The snow on my deck was halfway up the sliding glass door. I'll never forget it as long as I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian5671 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A true HECS. Snow from start to finish in most locales...feet of snow, good winds, long duration.... Unknown at the time, but the Euro had this nailed 5 days out. It was not until the mid day runs on Sat that I knew we were going to get nailed too. Just 24 hrs before the first flakes...the good ol GFS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJO812 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Bay Academy in the top pic? Here is a pic of my block during the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnoSki14 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Most memorable northeast snowstorm of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A true HECS. Snow from start to finish in most locales...feet of snow, good winds, long duration.... Unknown at the time, but the Euro had this nailed 5 days out. It was not until the mid day runs on Sat that I knew we were going to get nailed too. Just 24 hrs before the first flakes...the good ol GFS! Yeah hard to believe it took until 36 hours out for the gfs/avn to even hint at snows making it up to nyc. Even then I remember forecasts of 1-2 feet for central and South Jersey and 6-10 for NYC by Monday morning. Then waking up the morning of the 7th and seeing TWC have 12" plus across the entire northeast for the first time ever. Unfortunately I had to leave that morning and take a bus back to school as state college was only supposed to get 4-8 (ended up with 18 and had 2 days of canceled classes). So I spent most of the blizzard on a greyhound on the PA tpk. I made my mom videotape the storm though and still have the tape with about an hour of footage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 This is the storm that really got me interested in the weather. I grew up in College Point, was 11 at the time. Non stop TWC and local news weather. My favorite memory from the storm is that my house was literally snowed in. Front and back doors were drifted so much we couldn't open them and somehow snow got into the garage and we couldn't open it fully either. So we opened the garage as much as possible and my younger brother, 8 years old at the time, tunneled through a hole we dug and then shoveled out the drift blocking the front door. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthShoreWx Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 22" in Smithtown. 1/8/96 (or maybe 1/9): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forkyfork Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 i remember fox5 calling for 2-4" the night before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanksfan Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I remember early that week Janice Huff from channel 4 was forecasting that the storm would end up well south of us. Flurries were to be expected. About 24 hours before the storm I believe they were only calling for a moderate event of 3-6 inches. After that every 6 hours the amounts kept doubling. Snow started at 9am Sunday morning and kept going until 1pm on Monday! At the time I was living in Bloomfield and ended up with 30 inches. Greatest snow event of my life. Would love to see a storm of that ferocity again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 22" in Smithtown. 1/8/96 (or maybe 1/9): And to think I felt gypped with 22" because of 6 hours of sleet that was never forecasted. Lol Gimme that 6 hours of sleet again and I'll gladly take the 22"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I only made a video or it...this is part 2 of January 7th...midnight was the height of the storm where I lived...I even had some sleet mix in around midnight...the time was off...am should be pm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchnick Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I only made a video or it...this is part 2 of January 7th...midnight was the height of the storm where I lived...I even had some sleet mix in around midnight...the time was off...am should be pm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MHCXBkfv94 Sleet? You're the first person Uncle from the nyc area that I heard ever mentioning sleet with the Blizzard of 95. I don't feel so bad now, but still feel gypped. LolP.s. Great video. I actually already watched it a few years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzardo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I remember early that week Janice Huff from channel 4 was forecasting that the storm would end up well south of us. Flurries were to be expected. About 24 hours before the storm I believe they were only calling for a moderate event of 3-6 inches. After that every 6 hours the amounts kept doubling. Snow started at 9am Sunday morning and kept going until 1pm on Monday! At the time I was living in Bloomfield and ended up with 30 inches. Greatest snow event of my life. Would love to see a storm of that ferocity again. I think Bloomfield was closer to 36" I was there and plowed the through the entire storm. It was truly amazing and hope I can experience a similar storm just one more time in my life. Unlikely... Too bad we didn't have these fancy camera phones back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Sleet? You're the first person Uncle from the nyc area that I heard ever mentioning sleet with the Blizzard of 95. I don't feel so bad now, but still feel gypped. Lol P.s. Great video. I actually already watched it a few years ago! you could hear the sleet or it could have been graupel...I think it was sleet but it was brief...another thing about the storm was when I took a core measurement for water equivalent 19" of snow depth yielded over 2.4" melted...My rain gauge measured 23" but had less than 2" of melted snow...obs were done every six hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalplainsnowman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 you could hear the sleet or it could have been graupel...I think it was sleet but it was brief...another thing about the storm was when I took a core measurement for water equivalent 19" of snow depth yielded over 2.4" melted...My rain gauge measured 23" but had less than 2" of melted snow...obs were done every six hours... Reading some of the posts here about '96 being the one that got a lot of folks started is how a slightly older generation (mine) felt about the Blizzard of '83. That one was similar in terms of the forecast amounts going up as the storm got going (tho with 83 the error was more about out to sea than staying south of course.) I'll wait til Feb to reminisce further about that one. Only thing I'll add is that for those who got started in '96, it's been a great run albeit with ups and downs. For those who got started in 83, on LI there was very little over 6 inches until 96. One more thing. I cannot believe it has been 20 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowblind Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Had no where to put all the snow so I built an igloo for the kids. I lived in Brooklyn at the time. There was a pic of it in the daily news but I think the ex got that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgwp96 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I had snow on the ground before this storm came and snow depth after was 38 . Best storm I ever experienced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I felt cheated because I measured 25" just north of Philly at the time while most reported higher amounts. If I measured it like I do today with the board clearing method it would have been closer to 28" I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mophstymeo Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I was in high school at the time, and I just remember being off for several days. I also remember watching the snow from our apartment window. My first blizzard. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I think Bloomfield was closer to 36" I was there and plowed the through the entire storm. It was truly amazing and hope I can experience a similar storm just one more time in my life. Unlikely... Too bad we didn't have these fancy camera phones back then. Yes, I think portions of central NJ had 30-36" in the January '96 Blizzard. We were a little too far north in Westchester for massive totals, I think we got in the 20-24" range. There was a pretty sharp northern cutoff in the 96 storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I remember cross-country skiing about 1 1/2 miles to the grocery storm. My wife and I agreed it was a "grandparents' storm" meaning one we'd tell our grandchildren about. Similar to December 26-27, 1947. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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