The 4 Seasons

i think that's the first time in the 12 or so years of being on here that i saw Will like or react to a reply.

Coating of snow...epic

Seems like every storm we had this winter is centered around the weekend, Fri-Mon. Storm on the GFS is also Sun night-Mon

it's coming?

how much around the city?

lol i did the same thing, and then i put it too far south by accident i gotta fix that. Looks like Mohonk Lake COOP is a bit too far south, its NW of New Paltz i couldnt figure out what the light blue was supposed to be, 0.1-4? Apr 1987 is def one i could do eventually, not that familiar with the 80s, vortex95 was a big help

I also wanted to shout out two archival sites that i use to gather additional records and reports for NJ/NY/MA. One is the big one everyone knows about Ray's Winter Storm Archive which is NJ NWS PHI focused. The other is also fantastic and it is NY Capital District/Catskills/Berkshires NWS ALY focused and that's Steve LaPointe's Weathernet6 Archive. He's got all major storms from 1993 to present and is very helpful with filling in reports from Berkshire, Dutchess, Ulster and Litchfield counties.

Yeah, it's intentional. The main archive and the snowfall maps pages (and all extension pages e.g. early/late) are "only" 94/95-present. The Historic Snowstorms page is the one where im going to go back and fill in the major snowstorms prior to 1994. It's a work in progress.. I really haven't done much yet prior to 1994. I think there is only 7 storms so far from 1888-1994. Data really sucks once you go prior to the mid/late 90s. It's really just CO-OP and that's it.

Thanks, that helps a lot, i will certainly look into doing those 80s storms if they meet the benchmark/criteria i set which is at least 12"+ over a portion of the region (at least a county or so wide) May 18th, 2002 is there, just not in the main archive since it wasn't a 3"+ storm for CT/SNE/Tri-State (just a part of the berkshires) but it's in the SNE snowfall maps for that season (kinda wild how the worst season ever had the latest snowfall ever haha. Kinda like 19-20 here with that May 9th storm.) https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/sne-01-02 Oct 30th, 2020 is definitely there and in the main archive https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/oct-30-2020 There are many snowfall maps for each season in the SNE section that didn't make the main archive https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/snowfall-maps/sne-snowfall-maps

the guy just buried in like 8 feet of snow in all directions with half his body popping out, just chillin there

brutal. im surprised how many people noticed it. i mean once you pointed it out it was very clear after zooming in, but just glancing at it i could have easily missed it

Feb 16-17, 2003

would you happen to have a number for PD2?

lol the signs, dead giveaway..

PD II updated maps coming next. Oddly, i just check the list of all historic storms i have on the website right now and theres almost nothing from Feb 15th to the end of Feb other than PD2 and 1999/2010 for big ones. Tons in March though.

you rang

The main archive with each season goes back to 1994. Individual historic level storms back to 1888 and being filled in. Theres 295 storms on the main archive page. I list it near the top. How many maps have i done? I was curious, so i just checked, 1,199. Thats how many are up on the site right now including seasonal snowfall maps.

If we get shut out, sure. But i think most people grade a winter based on their local area and how much they receive compared to normal and other factors like cold/snow depth. Even though there was only 1 region wide warning event, any given area got at least 2-4 warning storms and 2-5 or 6 advisory level events. Through early feb its been great here with 2 warning storms and 2 advisory events with solid snow pack for over a month with a couple breaks and lots of cold. You can check out every single >1" storm for the season so far here: https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/sne-25-26 Snowfall through Feb 3, which is about half way through climo, was about 30-40" across much of the state. I think we need, at least in my opinion 2 more good warning events or at least high end adv to start considering it high B or A range, otherwise it could drop to C/C+ ish. A 12"+ storm, Boxing Day 6"+ storm, and deep snow pack really helps bring this winter up but well have to wait and see how late Feb and all of March shake out. At least its been orders of magnitude better than the last 3 winters. Ill probably update this, this week.

Final call for late tonight/tom morning. NY/NJ area 1-2 thrilling stuff

all the NY/NJ climo sites are at or above normal through the date, LGA is right on the edge at +0.5 and EWR is +4.7, NYC is +1.6.

11 and 19 years ago today is the V-Day Blizzards of 2007 and 2015. I just finished replotting and fixing up 2015, 2007 ill do later. Also another new L. Northeast map for 2015 w/ climate sites. This was quite a big bust here we were under blizzard warnings for 4-8", got a quick 2" on the front end WAA snows then nothing with barely any wind (at least when it was snowing). 2nd part clipped E CT and destroyed Middlesex down to Plymouth and Bristol counties. 2015 was another one of the storms where i look at the radar and its hard to believe a widespread 14-22" fell over E MA but those rates were pretty insane for the brief time it snowed during part 2. https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/feb-14-15-2015 2007 was essentially a sleet storm for most of CT especially south of 84. Most of those snow totals are pure sleet. Snow totals overall are not that impressive >12" until you get into the Berkshires and Catskills in Ulster Co. https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/feb-13-14-2007

NAM

Seeing the qpf trend over the past 5 cycles is pretty hilarious

Radar https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/mar-4-6-2001

I mean it's an AFD in 2001, saying it on TV to tens of thousands of people is a very different thing. And the next AFD you can hear the disappointment and fear in drags words. Forecasts didn't change all that much but did go down a notch