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I like this year better.
2010 > 2012 > 2015
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It does hurt a little more every year later. But the HECS cycle should be nearing completion.. unless we go back into the old HECS cycle then see ya in 20 years.
Or maybe getting 2-3 HECS that year means we wait twice as long as usual for the next one
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I considered, but then backed off. Ian created it...whether he believes it or not, I respect him a huge amount, so it stands.
I thought you were all joking about deleting... honestly I would've thrown a fit if you'd actually done it. Lots of memories, images, animations, videos, and old discussions here and although it doesn't need to be bumped every year, I still want it around.
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Not worth bumping when we're in a crappy winter like this year
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Feb. 8 - 11, 2015. The models didn't really lock into the cold air being in place enough for the 3 feet we ended up getting area-wide until about Friday. Those Saturday runs were nuts, never been around a happier board.
I wonder how models would've handled the 1922 Knickerbocker storm.
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The Oct. '79 storm was my first true, detailed weather memory, so I wonder if Feb '79 was anything special out here. Does anyone have one of those summary maps for this storm?
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My personal favorites:
1) Feb 10, 2010
2) PDII
3) Dec 19, 2009
4) Feb 6, 2010
5) Feb 2013 when I chased in SNE
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I thought PD1 was in 2003 and PDII was in 2006. Am i wrong about that?
PDI was in 1979
PDII was 2003
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Was not even close Jan 96 by far. Snowmaggedon 1 and then PDII.
Where did you live in Jan 1996?
I'm curious how much our area got... I was very young at the time so I have little recollection of it
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For the region as a whole? Certainly Snowmaggedon. It doesn't get more perfect than that.
I actually enjoyed the second storm more, but maybe because for the first storm I missed the 30+ totals by a few miles and it was mostly at night. The second storm was more of a Baltimore special. But regionwide, Snowmaggedon was as amazing of a storm as we've ever had.
EDIT: Maybe Jan 1996 was better... I can't say much about that since I was so young, but I always thought it had similar or slightly lower totals than Feb 6, 2010
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Ah, OK...thanks for the reminder! In February, I recall there were some in the SNE forum who were complaining about all the snow we were getting that year and how it was somehow an affront to the natural order of things, or that we here in the MA had no right to revel in the record-breaking once in a lifetime winter. Not everyone, but I remember seeing comments to that effect (granted, some from here were trolling them a bit). I found that kind of amusing (and annoying), because though places like BOS and NYC didn't get the "big" totals that winter, it's not like they had a crappy year (a lousy winter here is far worse than a lousy one up that way!). Besides, didn't NYC recently get something like three straight 40"+ years shortly before that season?
The first HECS in February completely missed New England, as well as Manhattan. The second storm was a painful bust for SNE, and then the late month "Snowicane" brought a HECS to NYC while SNE received 40 degree wind-driven rain. I almost felt bad for SNE that winter, but at the same time I didn't... the key word is almost.
People who whine when they get above average snow, just because places further south are getting more, annoy me. They think they're entitled to always get buried.
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That was a bonus, yes!
! But didn't the December storm also do the same (maybe NYC got hit too, can't recall that offhand).Nah, NYC and Boston got about 8-12" or so... but LI received HECS totals
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If you missed this one you missed the best damned December storm EVER!
I almost missed it... I was out of town from the 20th till around New Years. Had this storm happened just a few days later, I would have missed out on it completely.
I remember having a long running thread on the pattern. I know i had one for the Feb storm but think I also had one prior to this one as the pattern was a great one with the superens D+8 really pitting out a number of good storm analogs. However, the models kept the low suppressed until around day 3 when the ens mean had a 500 pattern almost identical to the DC 8" or greater composite. Shortly after that I think Don Sutherland started comparing it to the knickerbocker storm. I tried finding the thread from eastern but could only find my thread on the feb 5/6 storm not the Deec one.
Is it this thread?
http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?/topic/214818-thundersnow-18z-gfs-sounding-says-maybe/
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I actually rank this above 2/6/2010.... for years I wasn't sure which storm I liked more, but now that I think about it, I choose December 2009, even though my area got more in the February storm.
The anticipation before the storm was so much more thrilling, mainly because it was the first HECS in almost 7 years, while 2/6/2010 was the first HECS in 7 weeks and felt a lot like deja vu.
The other reason is the shock and rarity of it happening in mid-December. Like I said in another thread, I didn't think a storm of this magnitude was possible in December. It was just unbelievable.
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You all need to stop getting so depressed from remembering great storms
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It was ok....I much rather it be 70 in late December than this though
Time to be
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Awesome storm. In the days leading up to it I literally couldn't believe what I was seeing, even though the upper air setup was fantastic. I didn't think a HECS in December was possible until this storm.
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I couldn't even keep up with all the thrill and excitement......all seemed way too good to be true.
Got my last final canceled and enjoyed my 19" of snow
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I found this link (http://www.wunderground.com/radar/help.asp) which nicely explains how radars work, but I do have a noob question:
I sometimes see people talking about level 3 or level 2 radars, which I assume refers to NEXRAD's data, but what is the difference between those "levels"? From what I've seen, people talk about level 3 data as if it's inferior, but why?
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This thread should probably be pinned.
Now that spring is on the way, I will need a lot of learning with severe weather since I know next to nothing beyond the noob level.
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I miss my hourly ventures outside up until 2 or 3 am.
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final total was 27", right?
25"
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Damn..........I had at least 20" at this time exactly 2 years ago.
Good times.
Feb 5-6 2010 - Snowmageddon
in Mid Atlantic
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34" in PDII?
Are there any confirmed reports of totals that high in the eastern burbs of Baltimore? I've seen it on the wikipedia page but never any convincing evidence