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Personally, I don't care too much about cold if it comes without snow. We've had somewhat of a Golden Era of snow in the 2000s-2010s with tons of record snowstorms in that timeframe so I'd take that go along with warmer temps anytime over the less snowy but colder winters of yesteryear. My youth, in the 80s to early 90s, was filled with cold but dry winters and it sucked for the kid in me. The '93 Superstorm was a marvel for a kid like me that didn't get too experience many big snowstorms. Point being, we've been really spoiled the 20 year prior to this decade despite the warmer winters. What we've seen the last few winters is a correction to the norm, we were overdue for a clunker era. Sorry to the mods for sending this off topic.

This isn't some new phenomenon. Most real winter weather in NYC is short lived especially in the last 30 years, we live in a moderate climate. Winters like '13-'14 and '14-'15 are extreme outliers. The positive of the warmer climate/warmer waters is fuel for bigger storms so when there's been windows for potential snow, we've cashed in with bigger snowstorms. Lots of above normal snow and temperature winters in the last 20 years up until this Nina crap of the last few. This is our new climate, the new norm.

A lot of that was white rain. Good snowfall numbers but visually it was mostly wet even in the colder spots in Queens where I live. The potential for something much greater in the immediate metro was so close but just a month too late. Areas outside the city got historic totals.

Yep. You get March 2018 type blocking in mid to late December and you have massive potential. March 2018 a month earlier and everybody would have been buried instead of the white rain garbage a lot of urban areas got.

That's true, feels like we sped towards Thanksgiving. We just have to hope that in an era of "stuck" patterns that this potentially favorable pattern becomes more than transient and lasts deep into December because with us being in Nina still, December might be our best shot at something significant.

We need this a month from now. Seems like a wasted pattern for November. Kind of like blocking setting up in April. Ugh

The moment the calendar turned to fall, so did the weather. We've gotten so accustomed to September and October being an extension of summer that this cooler weather feels....odd, almost the way it should be in early fall. I didn't start wearing a pullover or jacket until late October last year, it was late September this year.

Crazy amount of lightning right over Punta Gorda

The shots from Ft. Myers are mindblowing. How high is that surge cam? It's about to be engulfed.

The difference being that Cuba did a number on Irma which it never really recovered from whereas Ian seems to be chugging along just fine after Cuba with plenty of growth potential ahead.

Peak strength is often underestimated nowadays.

Pouring in Whitestone. Did not see this coming today, almost got caught out in it a little while ago.

Much needed downpour in Whitestone, albeit short lived.

It's been hot the last several weeks but it's been noticeably much more uncomfortable the last few days and the mosquitos have been out in full force as a result. They made a meal out of me over the weekend.

Bombs going off here in midtown right now.

I was about to head out to lunch here in midtown and quickly did a 180 once I saw that monsoon outside.

How anyone can want heat and humidity after this remarkable 3 day stretch is beyond me. Just perfect weather for outdoor activities. I get the extreme weather junkie aspect of it but this "boring" weather is better for living life, at least IMO.

Missing out? This weather has been great. The heat will inevitably get here so we should enjoy these comfortable temps while we have them.

Beautiful day. First day wearing short sleeves to work, makes you feel alive. Unfortunately, it looks like we're back to the usual (in recent years) Spring chill next week.

Interesting. Thought the snow was over after the late morning burst (which was nothing really). Now it's snowing pretty good and coating the colder surfaces, very nice.

Snow got heavy here (big flakes) and sticking to the colder surfaces. The accumulation is rate dependent, as is usually the case in March.

Was rain for a while in Whitestone with a little snow mixed in. Now mostly snow (white rain). Interesting that you guys in NW Suffolk are accumulating while it's all wet here. Usually we share a similar climate here in NE Queens in marginal situations like these.

Same here in northeast Queens. I'm at about 26" which is well more than places just west. A good old fashioned "average" winter, have seen very few of those in this new world of extremes.

I see a SWFE on the models and immediately lose interest for the most part. They rarely work out for us at the coast and in fact, this one might deliver more frozen precip than most do but sleet doesn't really do much to peak my interest unless it's a Valentine's Day 2007 esque sleetbomb or a snowpack compressor.

People generally care a lot more about snow than ice. This is looking like a light to moderate snowfall for a lot of the immediate metro.