LibertyBell

Is this something where it could dry up as it comes east of the mountains? I've seen that scenario plenty of times.

Do these models come with a margin of error? I'm serious, is it like 0.5-1 inch plus or minus 0.5 inch?

I heard he's been abusive with some people too.

even worse than JB, especially with his attitude

That April storm was my favorite.

its good for now, but when we get to summer I love higher temps during the day and lower temps at night. the predominantly westerly wind will help accomplish that

transient cold only? That's what Lee Goldberg was saying last night, he said the big pattern change starting next week is that we will go from the arctic cold of winter to springtime transient cold shots only

I remember spring break was awesome right at home in March 1990 everyone was wearing Bermuda shorts in the middle of the month with temperatures between 85-88 for 3-4 days in a row! I wonder if we'll get that this March? But then in early April winter came back for one last whimper and we had a 1-2 inch snow event.

yes this forum would have exploded if we had a month like December 1989 lol. I was 16 years old at the time and they were still forecasting 6-8 inches of snow on the late night news while it was raining and thundering here lol. I was so angry I slammed my portable radio into the TV and broke both lol (they were both making the same snowy forecast.) It was the second 6-8 inch bust that year, we also had the virga storm bust in February 1989 when I took a day off from school to enjoy the snow and nothing fell, not even a flake lol.

the question is was the pacific jet also very fast in those late 80s winters?

cold and dry December 1989 was very similar to this winter, only colder

I read the tweet before I saw that name and I was going to say that person writes just like Don Sutherland! And then I saw the name-- that IS him!

yes both 1988-89 and 1989-90 moreso 1988-89 though at least the snowstorm bust wasn't as bad as February 1989 and December 1989 were. a historic coastal south carolina snowstorm in 1989 too.

a blue skies blizzard? it's completely clear right now with blue skies and the only thing limiting visibility is the blinding sunshine.....

true we would need a much larger tunnel.

wow last winter was very bad at Boston with under 10 inches of snow, how many times has Boston had less than 10 inches of snow? wasn't 2018-19 also a low snowfall season for all these locations?

very low snowfall in the midwest too, which is not normal for them in a la nina-- examples, Omaha, Nebraska and Chicago.

that's some very cold weather to be snoring in, I'm very envious! cold weather is great sleeping weather!

this is why I think if we moved long island 100 miles to the east it would get a lot more snow

Traditionally the CFS is most accurate for the following month in the last week of the current month so we'll see where it's at on Monday, but it looks like the warmth is delayed but not denied. But note, the last week of February is going to be mild too. The actual pattern change will be happening next week, the pattern change away from long duration arctic air. Sure we may be getting transient shots of cold air here and there but after this storm passes and this current arctic air goes away winter for all intents and purposes is over for the megalopolis.

I remember something was different about that winter even before the superstorm, we started getting more frequent snows than we had had in a few years. People consider March 1993 the superstorm, but for my money the real superstorm of that season was December 1992. It completely dwarfed March 1993 for the amount of damage it caused, its hurricane force wind speeds, surge flooding and lasting for 3 days! Too bad it wasn't snow here until the very end, a three day blizzard like that would easily have beaten all snowfall records!!

Our new warmer summer pattern emerged in 2010 leading to to 12 out of 15 warmer to record warm summers. Our warmer summers were really 2010 to 2013, that was a historic hot streak. Unfortunately excessive rainfall and the northward position of the Bermuda High have made our summers more humid rather than as hot as they were back then (as measured by 90 and 100 degree highs.) I have hopes we're going to return to drier summers now with more of a westerly rather than humid southerly flow and so we should get back to an early 2010s kind of pattern (similar to the summers we had in the 80s like 1980, 1983, 1988 and the 90s like 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999 and 2002.) Statistically with 90 degree days the 1990s were our hottest decade for summer heat and the early 10s were similar to that. 1991-2002 had some truly amazing summers!

It could be thats what changed is the natural variability has become more extreme than it was in the past. So for example the 2000s and 2010s were snowier than for example the 1950s and 1960s were and what we're in now is less snowy than the 1970s and 1980s were. Both extremes have increased.

A question about some terminology Lee Goldberg used tonight. He said the problem wasn't the northern stream, he said the problem was that the southern storm was too quick and ran out way ahead of the ULL and that's why the storm was suppressed. Does that mean the southern stream was quicker than the northern stream?

the cold and windy is particularly jarring. spring snows with sunshine and no wind the next day can be quite pleasant. I remember one of my favorite March snows was in 1996 when we had 7 inches of snow, it snowed all night and most of the morning. Around 1 pm the sun came out and the temperature rose into the 50s and there was absolutely no wind-- there's nothing better than that!