LibertyBell

How much did you get in the storm last February that dropped 6.2 inches at JFK? There was a narrow swath of heavy snow but I think it covered at least half of Long Island.

meanwhile let's *enjoy* the rain of today

I think we'll be fine on the south shore with arctic air pressing in, even back in the 80s and 90s we did pretty well with these, getting at least 4"

it has your area in the deepest shade of purple, 7.0 inches.

Perfect timing for the game too!

In the third one, the critter was looking right at me....

I think the second one was the best.

My first hawk image, this critter has been here before, but it's the first time I've been able to take pictures of him. I got 3 good ones but I can only upload one per post. So here goes.

Cooper's Hawk, I think? The first time I've ever been able to photograph them, it's their third visit. Fuji S1 at 2400mm EFL (50x optical zoom plus 2x intelligent digital zoom).

they also averaged the most snow during the peak period of Long Island snow between 02-03 and 15-16, averaging close to 35 inches of snow.

or somewhere between there and Mt Sinai, they have some elevation there. It's always between Port Jeff and Rocky Point

lol see the post right above yours =\

it's going to be very reminiscent of February 2015 next week!

even snowman agreed with this, the Euro has been the most consistent model with this.

we might actually get a winter storm warning out of this

I do too! I wonder if it was retired? Same range here, 2-4

it's a wrap!

could be one of our coldest snowstorms, rivaling 03-04

Cooper's Hawk I think. It was too large to be a Sharp Shinned Hawk. It was about the size of a crow. https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/raptor-id/?utm_campaign=bird academy general&utm_source=AABinPage&utm_medium=SlideIn&utm_term=Hawks&utm_content=Hawk ID

Why doesn't Upton or Brookhaven or some other advanced scientific center create a model that's only for east coast storms? They are important enough that it's well worth it.

It looked pretty angry..... I resized it from 16 MP down to 2 MP and that was enough.

Like 1993-94

I woke up at 7:45 but had to deal with some other stuff first (plus last night's Euro looked good so I slept easy.) There was a giant hawk in my back yard, no clue what it is, but it's dark grey on top and mottled brown and white on the bottom with huge red eyes. I took pictures but it's too large to upload here. Any idea what species it could be? It's the third time I've seen it but the first time I've gotten pictures of it. So we have giant hawks and cute parakeets here, Long Island is turning into a bird sanctuary.

If there is no blocking where is all this cold air coming from?

so the difference is more because JFK is normally much colder than LGA vs actual temperatures being much warmer at JFK this month?