LibertyBell
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I remember 1993-94 was pretty unsuccessful for us in January, we had a lot of rainy or snow to mix storms and even a historic ice storm that month sandwiched in between two subzero arctic outbreaks, but then we had a big thaw at the end of January and all the ice melted and that reset the pattern for the snowy pattern in February and March. Both of those February events were predicted to change to rain but came in with such a heavy thump that they either didn't change over at all or only did at the very end. I personally enjoyed that first storm in February 1994 more because it was my first experience with thundersnow and absolutely amazing snowfall rates of 4 inches an hour from 10 am to noon and the ground went from bare to heavy snow cover! It's probably the heaviest day time snow I'd seen until January 2016 and January 2018!
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Tony, is this the winter with one of the fewest number of 50 degree highs?
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Thanks for reminding me Tony, February 1961 was another HECS in a pattern very similar to this and it was JFK's biggest snowstorm (24.1 inches) prior to PD2 2003.
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Many historic storms have occurred in a set up just like this February 1983 January 1996 PD2 February 2003 January 2016 all our greatest hits....
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it also makes the weather a lot more fun and exciting to have record dry periods and record wet periods-- instead of just record wet periods like we've had for the last two decades.
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we'll go back to very dry in time for Spring and Summer. The last two Springs have been dry so count on it getting dry April and beyond.
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Chris, do you think if we get enough snow in these first couple of events that will make the track for that one sink farther south? 2/11-13 is the peak of snowfall climo around here, many famous snowstorms occurred in this time period!
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Mixing only for Belmar and points south.
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we can just use the euro for all our forecasts right? I wish I could get all my food from europe too, since it's much healthier.
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plus that was a much snowier winter -
it's also because of that darned wind, it feels much colder than it really has been.
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but doesn't every storm have a gradient?
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congrats you managed to upset both snowman and mjo in the same post-- now that's what I call talent!
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pattern reload after that?
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well according to many, we're part of the midatlantic.
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I hate the wind
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it's seemed like a very long winter regardless of how much snow fell or not. We do define our winters by temperatures and not the amount of snow that falls.
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It makes me wonder why multiday storms have become so rare. Going back through history they used to be much more common (from the 1920s through the 1960s).
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Even the parts of SNE that are east of us? We've seen a few examples where, for example, the cape and other extreme coastal parts of New England change to rain before we do. So if the storm and the 850mb low both go south of us, it's simply a bowling ball storm and not an SWFE?
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if one tracks far enough to our south that it never changes to rain would it still get the same name? Like if it didn't get north of the Delmarva for example?
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why aren't they good for us if the storm track is farther to the south though? you could have one that tracked 100 miles to our south and then stay all snow?
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February 2008 was the best combo, it came in strong and heavy and came in very late at night, during the diurnal min.
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when did they start being called these? we just called them west to east bowling ball events and the general consensus was if the low passed to your south (south jersey to delmarva) you were going to get snow.
