A-L-E-X Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 ok- i measured in 4 spots as i was shoveling my sidewalk and walkway...ranged from 17.5 to 22" biggest snowstorm in Nassau Cty since I moved here in 2005. Probably my second biggest ever behind 1996. BTW- Shoveling is futile...after i was thru 60pct of my walkway I turned around and realized 3 inches of wind blown snow was covering the freaken pavement....and I still havent found my blackberry...FML That 20" average for our area looks really good-- basically what you, me, Doug and JM came up with. If you want to be exact: Doug 18.9" Me 19.4" You 19.8" JM 20.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Be careful man, the wind is blowing so hard right now that projectiles are flying around and my car was shaking! i gave up :-( without a blackberry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonli18t Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 about 16 inches here total. great storm with the winds...hopefully the next one jackpots us instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 This one is a keeper: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Dam...you guys got crushed. What a storm...jeez. From a met standpoint, the best display of dynamics I've ever seen all together at once. I got like 18-20" at home, but I want 4" per hour TSSN..lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 12Z GFS LOOKS LIKE SHORT WARMUP AND BACK TO SNOW CHANCES NEXT WEEK - Where is La Nina Rossi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 NYC (Central Park) officialy reported 20", finally ending their 10 month 20" snow storm drought... post of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 12Z GFS LOOKS LIKE SHORT WARMUP AND BACK TO SNOW CHANCES NEXT WEEK - Where is La Nina Rossi It is la nina-- 1916-17 style If it becomes weak, maybe more like 1966-67 or 1995-96 lol The analogs are looking good for another KU event and NYC should get over 30 inches of snowfall this winter. Personally, Im going for 40" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 This one is a keeper: BW, how strong did the low get? 963 mb? Also, how much snow did you measure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 about 16 inches here total. great storm with the winds...hopefully the next one jackpots us instead. Thats a pretty good total, but I wish that big band of snow was a little wider, to give all of us 25-30. We cant complain though lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace0927 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 It is la nina-- 1916-17 style If it becomes weak, maybe more like 1966-67 or 1995-96 lol The analogs are looking good for another KU event and NYC should get over 30 inches of snowfall this winter. Personally, Im going for 40" as of today we are ahead of 95-96....that should change in about 12 days fyi- Nick Gregory, just made mention that this winter is starting to look a lot like 95-96...he actually went into the -nao in a la nina...LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 22 inches in Butler, NJ...amazing. Official total for Jefferson is 8 inches. The official station for my area (Sussex) is reporting six inches, but I think totals are slightly higher here in Vernon. Now crazy winds and blowing snow, but some clear blue skies. Frigid temperatures. Sad that its expected to warm up next weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossi Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 It is la nina-- 1916-17 style If it becomes weak, maybe more like 1966-67 or 1995-96 lol The analogs are looking good for another KU event and NYC should get over 30 inches of snowfall this winter. Personally, Im going for 40" We had 31" in Manalapan, nj yesterday - wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 BW, how strong did the low get? 963 mb? Also, how much snow did you measure? The latest analysis has it all the way down to 961 mb now. I live in a neighborhood where all the houses are really close together here down by the beach so I don't have a good spot to measure.Many of the drifts around my house are around 3 feet high or so.Some spots around here where the winds were blowing around the condos and apartment buildings have drifts to around 5 feet high.The condo owners contracted guys with small bulldozers to begin clearing the snow.I spent the morning taking pictures and am going out later in the afternoon to get some shots from down around the boardwalk.I haven't worked the exposure compensation dial so hard since I got the camera due to the challenge of getting the exposures correct with all the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 It would be interesting to see snow totals for the year 2010 (Jan-Dec). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WintersGrasp Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Well I guess one thing we learned here is that we cannot simply rely on model QPF spit out.....More important is always the banding that occurs, usually 20-30 miles per hour WEST of the heaviest model output QPF. I do have a question, though, for either a met or someone in the area that had that "super band" over new jersey western passaic, morris, somerset counties, etc.....I was EAST of that band near newark....we never got into the yellows and oranges. You guys had that band persist ALL night (seems like 3-5 hours of 2-4 inch per hour snows). Somehow, though....We got around 20-23 inches here. Yet the reports of those that were in the heart of the band seem to be the same amounts, though even the radar accumulated precip shows much more in those areas. Any explanation for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Im very concerned with flooding now next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 There has to be some places in monmouth or further south that received close to 70" It would be interesting to see snow totals for the year 2010 (Jan-Dec). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsentropicLift Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Well I guess one thing we learned here is that we cannot simply rely on model QPF spit out.....More important is always the banding that occurs, usually 20-30 miles per hour WEST of the heaviest model output QPF. I do have a question, though, for either a met or someone in the area that had that "super band" over new jersey western passaic, morris, somerset counties, etc.....I was EAST of that band near newark....we never got into the yellows and oranges. You guys had that band persist ALL night (seems like 3-5 hours of 2-4 inch per hour snows). Somehow, though....We got around 20-23 inches here. Yet the reports of those that were in the heart of the band seem to be the same amounts, though even the radar accumulated precip shows much more in those areas. Any explanation for this? I was in the heart of that band in eastern morris and I can say we had less than five before that band showed up and finished around twenty. Youvon the other hand were in a moderate snow for a longer duration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I think we get slow melting during the week. we get warm for a few days with some rain and then it gets cold again. I don't know that we'll see 50s or heavy rains like '96 Im very concerned with flooding now next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazess556 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Ended up with 18 inches. What an incredible storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Pattern on GFS looks great after this brief warmup. People I believe overestimated the Nina's negative effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazess556 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Snow drifts to 30-35 inches. This was a great storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cold&cloudy Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 There has to be some places in monmouth or further south that received close to 70" I would have thought even more than that. Here in Vernon, it looks like the year will finish out with approximately 90 inches total and we didn't get the brunt of last winter's storms (with exception to the blizzard in late Feb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Pattern on GFS looks great after this brief warmup. People I believe overestimated the Nina's negative effect. I think most people, myself included, were banking on the Nina/+QBO combo to lead to a neutral to positive AO/NAO. The solar guys, like Isotherm and A-L-E-X, were ahead of the curve on the tremendous blocking this winter has produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonli18t Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Anyone have any liquid equivalent totals for the LI area? I have a feeling our totals were kept down a bit here with some sleet and graupel mixing in during the height of the storm. The snow is VERY heavy and has an icy nature to it out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormlover74 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 some places too far south missed the late feb storm and too far north missed the early feb storm. In between got both, plus the 2/10 event plus this storm and last Dec. so 5 events of over a foot in just over 1 year I would have thought even more than that. Here in Vernon, it looks like the year will finish out with approximately 90 inches total and we didn't get the brunt of last winter's storms (with exception to the blizzard in late Feb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 I think most people, myself included, were banking on the Nina/+QBO combo to lead to a neutral to positive AO/NAO. The solar guys, like Isotherm and A-L-E-X, were ahead of the curve on the tremendous blocking this winter has produced. Do you foresee blocking returning the way GFS is advertising for most of January? If it does, NYC might be gearing up for a mega winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaner587 Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 posting from the middle of the caribbean sea here...absolutely amazing storm from what I've read. I'm real jealous of you guys but I'm happy the storm performed as it did. I am also amazed that this La Nina as strong as it is isn't negating the other signals that are allowing this major blocking to occur. I think we're in for a memorable winter here folks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am19psu Posted December 27, 2010 Share Posted December 27, 2010 Do you foresee blocking returning the way GFS is advertising for most of January? If it does, NYC might be gearing up for a mega winter. Yeah, but I'm not good at forecasting the NAO (I'm a tropical guy, remember), so I'm riding the Don S train until it gets derailed. EDIT: That said, there are signs of a stratospheric disruption occurring in the first week in January. That's why I went for Jan 15 in the next snowstorm thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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