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1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

It's not real spring 

What date does real winter begin in your mind?

54 today. Oddly it’s the warmest I’ve recorded on this date going back 9 years. I guess it’s usually a cold day

51 now, still patches of snow in the shade 

6 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

I don’t know about anybody else but for this non-winter, there’s not a tree or shrub or fence on my property that has not been damaged by the heavy wet snow that froze over on several occasions. Very messy as I assess spring clean up

I knocked the snow off my arborvitae multiple times. Gotta do it 

1 minute ago, the_other_guy said:

The NE warming is alarming and completely off any chart or estimate possible. Unless something changes in this trend, winter as we know it in Adirondacks is changed. It will be non existent here.

 

No climatologist had this depth of warming in any analysis. 

This seems to be a radical regional effect of Indian/Pacific Ocean warming. Someone could write a whole thesis on why this is happening and where it is going

It has been a decade since we’ve had a cold winter. Feels like ancient history. Nina, Nino, doesnt matter. The super nino in 2016 may have changed the climate for good

19 this morning. Still patches of snow in the yard. That pack was a glacier 

17 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

If there was a stat for 'average sporadic snowcover' or something like that, I wonder where this winter would rank on LI.  It might be as high as 'only' 25th worst by such a measurement.

On that note, any idea where it stands with regard to the official snowcover statistic at say KFRG?  I'm not familiar with where to find that.

 

KFRG is a pretty urban site. Barely radiates so it’s not really representative of much of the island. 

Still some patches of snow in the yard. Snow hung around for a solid 10 days. Not bad 

20 minutes ago, lee59 said:

Yea the heat island has been a factor for years, I just wonder with all the new construction and many new skyscrapers, it may be more pronounced than ever. The fact that Kennedy has colder winters than Central Park and Laguardia may be telling. I don't believe that was the case in the past.

Maybe with warmer winters the sea breeze off Jamaica keeps JFK cooler even in the winter?

JFK is definitely cooler in the other 3 seasons. 

53 minutes ago, lee59 said:

Since 2000 the average DJF winter temperature is lower at Kennedy than at LaGuardia and Central Park. Considering Kennedy is right on the Atlantic Ocean and the other 2 are not, I believe it shows how much the heat island affect has taken hold.

Nah. The heat island in the 5 Boros has pretty much remained the same since the 1960s. It’s not like there were vasts tracts of open farmland in queens that were developed since 2000…the square mileage of concrete development has probably been nearly identical for the last 50 years. 

Pack holding strong in my yard. 3-4” in the shade, 1-2” in the open. 

Glacier remains for another day. Pretty much a 4 inch block of ice on the grass. Should be gone by Saturday 

15 this morning. Nearly a 30 degree diurnal range. Already back up to 31. 

1 hour ago, JustinRP37 said:

You are in the island. Winter has sucked there for sure this year. But the last week and this week have been great up here. Snow was amazing at Catamount last weekend and in the Catskills. It has been a tough winter but compared to this time last year I’ll take it. Last year many areas never got close to 100% open in snowmaking trails. Has it been an amazing winter no, but at least this past week and this week have been good. 

That’s not “epic”. It’s winter. 

20 now

4 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

All these people worried about when winter would be over and many called it over in mid January. I will have two full epic weeks of winter since the snow fell to when the warm up begins. Still have half a foot of snow on the ground. It was a warm start to February but overall the month wasn’t a loss for winter weather enthusiasts. Enjoy what you have as the most godforsaken season of the year is next. Allergies, mud, mosquitos, and flies. If I could “spring bird” to Phoenix from mid March to early June I would. Then summer will be hot and humid, perfect for the beach and pool before summer ends in “October” and we get our one month fall and then who knows what next winter brings. 

Epic weeks of winter? What? Nothing about this week has been epic. Sorry 

Down to 26 already with the 5” snowpack holding its own. Pretty much cement right now. 
 

my low of the year was 13. 

25 now of a high of 41. Temp dropping like a rock. Still 5” of pack in the shade. 

2 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

and melted a few more inches of snow - now left with less then 2 inches and many bare spots

It’s pretty much spring at this point when it comes to snow cover. Sun is stronger and vaporizes snow pack even on cold days. 

Under the radar was Westhampton hitting 4 this morning. Islip was 18, which is a pretty rural location itself. Crazy how much that area radiates. 

13 this morning, forecast low was 23. Fresh snowpack FTW

How much for Philly?

3 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

We’ve been spoiled with years of blizzards. 

It’s also been very warm. Lowest temperature is like 12. Pretty bad. No Arctic outbreaks. Harbors never got any ice on them. No prolonged cold. 

At 16” for the season this winter moves from an F to a C-, assuming that B is an average season and we are halfway to average. If we get another advisory level snowfall we can bump this up to a C+

Steady snow with excellent snow growth now. Maybe we end with 3.5”.

solid event!