kat5hurricane
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I'm all for a warm spring but it's too early for summer, feels gross today.
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That's fair but I do think some did buy in somewhat. I see a Nam run and I laugh or just ignore it.
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I can't believe how many people fell for the Nam, even some vet posters. Nam runs are nothing more than banter trash.
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Well, the people that live near NYC and central Jersey don't care about what happens in somebody else's backyard with all due respect. In any event, everything needs to align perfectly for those near the coast to see anything significant this time of year and this storm is no different. As usual in March, you guys up in Orange are in a much better spot.
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Yep. March 2018 had a far more favorable pattern (historic) and while the areas immediately around the city cashed in with some decent totals, it was mostly white rain even in my area of northeast Queens which is one of the colder sectors of the city. Unless it's a huge storm in a favorable position, I find it very difficult to get excited about mid March snow. Moderate events aren't getting it done around here.
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March 2018 was the biggest tease of my lifetime. As you said, in the immediate metro we barely missed the historic snow in every direction. It was still a good month by March standards but it was really just one big giant tease. With that said, I'd take March 2018 in a heartbeat right now.
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This isn't even worth breaking the futility record. It snowed nicely for an hour or two then a big mix of crap since. Maybe an inch and a half here.
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Snow came in like a wall in Whitestone. Now starting to stick to everything.
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A lot of the better ones have too. It's been a very feast or famine snow climate in the last 30 years.
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Why would I make that up? It was the warmest January on record. Maybe you wear heavy coats when it's in the 40s and 50s, I don't. In any event, it's 6 here and feels every bit of it. Kind of amazing that this will be a 12 hour cold snap basically then back to March weather for the foreseeable future.
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First time I had the winter coat on since December and possibly for the last time this season after tomorrow. It was nice to have a sense of normalcy for 24 hours until the furnace turns back on.
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Usually yes, in this winter it's like a 2 foot blizzard.
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Funny, or not so funny, that the majority of this "cold" stretch coming up will be what used to be known as "normal" for this time of year. It'll probably feel cold Tuesday-Thursday because we've had March weather most of January but in reality, it's just normal January weather (old normal I should say).
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As a Detroit Lions fan, this is the story of my life. Even the Lions performed better than Winter '22-'23 this season, not a good look Winter '22-'23.
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Just got caught out in a thunderstorm. (Checks Calendar) What?
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I actually liked '14-'15 more. Consistent snowfall Jan-March with prolonged cold and snowcover. Probably the closest thing to a wall to wall winter that I've witnessed in my lifetime here.
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A 10+ inch winter is not a futility record and it was more poking fun at that poster who has been downplaying storms and cancelling winter for two decades. I remember as far back as PDII in '03, as a lurker, when he was crying out bust at the onset of that storm when it was lightly snowing for many hours before the heavier stuff arrived. That worked out well for him.
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You've been cancelling winter for 20 years so, yeah, your futility record is the best bet.
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Cold heavy rain is nightmare fuel for weenies. If it's going to rain, might as well be warm.
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It just takes one to make it a normal snowfall winter, '05-'06 and '15-'16 are prime examples of this although I believe that '05 had a decent December, '12-'13 had nothing December and January and ended up with almost 20". With that rocket fuel water near our shoreline, there's always a shot at a major snowstorm with well timed cold. You could be in a crappy winter pattern and still have a near normal snowfall so needless to say that "The Winter is over" before the New Year need to stop and should be reserved for the banter thread tbh.
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December 22nd - 23rd Cutter Discussion and Observations
kat5hurricane replied to NJwx85's topic in New York City Metro
Just had a sunsnowshower in midtown. Pretty cool -
It was an amazing back to back winter stretch. '14-'15 was a lot more moderate snowstorms but we had sustained snowpack for over a month with pack refreshers every couple of days seemingly. A thing of beauty for snowpack hounds such as myself.
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Don't you tease me. Best winter of my lifetime, the closest thing to a wall to wall winter that we'll get. The prospect of a -epo makes me all tingly.
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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.
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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.
