Continued Winter Banter.

[North and West of Town]

Yep I had friends that were on the ship

 

Good lord, have you heard from them?

My wife and I were on a Norwegian Cruise Line boat from Miami the weekend after the Blizzard. It was nice to go from a great storm and about 2' of snow, to 70 and sun and calm seas. Very fortunate we missed this nightmare; people outside of this board don't realize nor'easters can be as bad or worse than hurricanes in the open ocean.

[Stormlover74]

Good lord, have you heard from them?

My wife and I were on a Norwegian Cruise Line boat from Miami the weekend after the Blizzard. It was nice to go from a great storm and about 2' of snow, to 70 and sun and calm seas. Very fortunate we missed this nightmare; people outside of this board don't realize nor'easters can be as bad or worse than hurricanes in the open ocean.

Yeah they posted on Facebook that they were on the ship but that they're fine. But instead of going to Florida they're turning around and headed back to port

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[bluewave]

There seems to be a ton of potential each week, but outside of the blizzard (which makes up for a ton), nobody (except for LI) is really cashing in

 

It's interesting how most of the jackpot zones since Boxing Day 2010 have been LI/New England/CNJ.

Maybe the blocking has been so strong that the storm track is getting displaced further SE than normal.

Even 09-10 had a few high profile misses N and W of NYC.

[donsutherland1]

Story about the cruise ship: http://www.wral.com/-i-was-shaking-all-over-cruise-ship-damaged-during-storm/15337853/

[North and West of Town]

Story about the cruise ship: http://www.wral.com/-i-was-shaking-all-over-cruise-ship-damaged-during-storm/15337853/

 

"... I've been on over 20 cruises, I've been through a hurricane, it was never like this. Never."

[NYCGreg]

This would have been a special storm had it been able to ride up the coast. Oh well. I guess that's why the rare blizzard is so special; not so easy to get a direct hit from those storms.

[Guest Pamela]

It's interesting how most of the jackpot zones since Boxing Day 2010 have been LI/New England/CNJ.

Maybe the blocking has been so strong that the storm track is getting displaced further SE than normal.

Even 09-10 had a few high profile misses N and W of NYC.

 

New England is almost always going to see quite a bit of snow; no matter what the pattern is (save for the extreme southeast portion of the region).  Long Island & central New Jersey have definitely profited from the blocking action you cite; though really semi-continuously since that 2000-01 winter.

[forkyfork]

This would have been a special storm had it been able to ride up the coast. Oh well. I guess that's why the rare blizzard is so special; not so easy to get a direct hit from those storms.

hello we got 30" 3 weeks ago

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Wantagh 10" last storm 5" this storm. Eastern nassuas time to shine.

Had this storm been 200 miles west we would have had an epic blizzard

[bluewave]

Wantagh 10" last storm 5" this storm. Eastern nassuas time to shine.

Had this storm been 200 miles west we would have had an epic blizzard

 

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

Ohhhh I remember the 80s. Being a kid a snow day was like a gift from God. Now it seems like everything grands for the coast. Looks like central Suffolk walks with 10" again

[BxEngine]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

[UnionWeatherWx]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

Easy there , fella .

[BxEngine]

Easy there , fella .

Wut

[snowman19]

Man its a good thing mt holly and upton didnt "nowcast" this and issue warnings for eastern nj counties.

The winter weather advisory for 2-4 worked out superbly for Rockland. We didn't even see a flake

[Juliancolton]

Ugh, not good trends today.

Coastal storm underperforming for NYC.

IVT getting less and less promising.

Sat's storm is gone on the Euro.

Arctic shot to be much less severe than modeled yesterday per GFS.

12z Euro: We torch into the 40s next Tues upon arrival of the next storm.

 

Same time tomorrow, I trust?

[BxEngine]

Same time tomorrow, I trust?

Study hall with computer access id assume.

[bluewave]

Ohhhh I remember the 80s. Being a kid a snow day was like a gift from God. Now it seems like everything grands for the coast. Looks like central Suffolk walks with 10" again

 

Classic NOAA Weather Radio 80's broadcast:

 

Snow changing quickly to rain for the coastal locations with temperatures rising through the 30's.

Heavier snows expected north and west of NYC with temperatures only climbing to around freezing.

 

The worst was when the snow would change to heavy rain by school time and I had to walk to the bus stop

through deep puddles of slush.

[Stormlover74]

Payback for all the winters in the 80's to early 90s where the coast was too warm and rained

while the interior got much of the snow. I like the new climo better here.

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

[Mophstymeo]

Classic NOAA Weather Radio 80's broadcast:

Snow changing quickly to rain for the coastal locations with temperatures rising through the 30's.

Heavier snows expected north and west of NYC with temperatures only climbing to around freezing.

The worst was when the snow would change to heavy rain by school time and I had to walk to the bus stop

through deep puddles of slush.

I always wanted to be "north and west of the City" growing up.

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[yhbrooklyn]

hello we got 30" 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but what have you done for me lately???

[yhbrooklyn]

Yeah it would be better if these posts didnt happen.

You suck.

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

I don't think so...in 1986-87 the co-op at Patchogue just got past the 40 inch mark for seasonal snowfall...the only Long Island station to eclipse 40 inches that decade.

[forkyfork]

time to dig up my zone 7 plants for the third winter in a row

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Not much happened those 10 years...you had a blizzard on 4/6/82 with 8 to 12 inches...a blizzard on 2/11/83 with about 22 inches...1986-87 had a couple nice storms in January & February...but nothing spectacular...there was a nice, narrow 12 inch event in central Long Island  courtesy of a Norlun Trough on 12/13/88...and a surprise Thanksgiving snowstorm of 7 or 8 inches in 1989...but that was about it.  Oh, it was very cold in January 1982 and there were some cold stretches in the middle of the decade when Patchogue & Bridgehampton saw a few days with morning lows in the teens below zero.  Other than that, nada.

[MJO812]

time to dig up my zone 7 plants for the third winter in a row

Sorry for your loss

[Dhaulagiri1]

Not much happened those 10 years...you had a blizzard on 4/6/82 with 8 to 12 inches...a blizzard on 2/11/83 with about 22 inches...1986-87 had a couple nice storms in January & February...but nothing spectacular...there was a nice, narrow 12 inch event in central Long Island  courtesy of a Norlun Trough on 12/13/88...and a surprise Thanksgiving snowstorm of 7 or 8 inches in 1989...but that was about it.  Oh, it was very cold in January 1982 and there were some cold stretches in the middle of the decade when Patchogue & Bridgehampton saw a few days with morning lows in the teens below zero.  Other than that, nada.

Dec of '89 was frigid and windy 

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Mean Annual Snowfall (1980-81 - 1989-90)

Westbury (Nassau County): 25.44"

Brookhaven Lab / Upton OKX: 25.41"

LaGuardia Airport: 21.66"

John F Kennedy Airport: 20.28"

Central Park: 19.74"        

 

 

Westbury (Nassau County) Annual Snowfall:

1980-81: 22.7"

1981-82: 27.5"

1982-83: 31.4"

1983-84: 30.4"

1984-85: 28.8"

1985-86: 16.5"

1986-87: 33.4"

1987-88: 24.4"

1988-89: 15.8"

1989-90: 23.5"

Mean: 25.44"            

[Guest Pamela]

Weren't there a few winters in the 80s where the island jackpotted?

 

Westbury (Nassau County) Notable Snowstorms:

1/7/81: 6.9"

3/5/81: 10.4"

1/14/82: 8.1"

4/6/82: 8.8"

12/12/82: 5.7"

2/12/83: 16.5"

1/11/84: 4.7"

1/18/84: 5.7"

3/9/84: 7.0"

12/27/84: 6.8"

1/17/85: 5.5"

2/6/85: 4.9"

2/8/86: 4.0"

2/11/86: 4.1"

1/23/87: 8.2"

1/26/87: 4.6"

2/23/87: 4.8"

1/4/88: 7.1"

1/9/88: 6.8"

12/13/88: 3.7"

1/6/89: 6.2"

11/23/89: 7.2"

2/25/90: 4.4"

November and April Snow Events At Westbury:

11/17/80: 0.2"

4/6/82: 8.8"

4/19/83: 1.4"

11/19/86: 1.7"

11/11/87: 1.1"

11/23/89: 7.2"

4/7/90: 2.6"

It also got quite cold in Westbury during the 1980's. On 10 separate days the mercury dipped to zero Farenheit or below:

12/25/80: -1

1/9/81: 0

1/12/81: -1

1/17/82: -5

1/18/82: -7

1/21/84: -3

1/22/84: -5

1/21/85: -4

1/11/88: 0

1/15/88: -1

[Guest Pamela]

Dec of '89 was frigid and windy 

 

 

and snowless...though the chances were there.