LibertyBell

1987-88 is a weird exception to this rule. Was that a second year el nino?

funny not funny that you said the thing about ticks.... My sister has a pool at her house and a deer fell into it and drowned while she was away. Anyway in the month since that deer died, there has been a tick infestation at her property and she had to buy and use tick spray because in the month following that deer dying in her pool she found no less than 6 ticks on her. Finding 6 ticks would freak anyone out and she took to spraying her clothes with this chemical that causes a burning sensation on your skin. They were different kinds of ticks, a very small black tick and a larger tick that was probably a Lonestar tick. I've also been reading about both the brain eating amoeba and a skin eating bacteria spreading through the south.

for JFK though their seasonal snowfall is less than 25 right Don-- so being in the same general area, that could mean a quicker increase of extremely low snowfall totals?

when did we know in 2015-16 that this winter would not be a complete loss? was it just before the HECS happened or did we have an indication of a pattern change weeks before?

Nothing in December either?

Was that the most snow we ever got in a single storm after December and January were basically snowless? It would be interesting to see some stats on that!

It makes you wonder why people want to live near a river? Aren't there other problems associated with living near rivers too, more biting insects, etc?

I remember this applied to last winter too, we were either going to flip by January 20th or not at all

yup same as 01-02

Nothing good happened here in 72-73 lol

Do they ever think about damming up these rivers or is that a total no go? It's needed in NJ too

Thanks Walt! Wow, what a sharp drop off to the NW, this would make for an interesting snowfall map in Late January or February lol

Persistence reminds me of inertia

the center line gives more dramatic effects, near the edges you will still get totality but not as dramatic.

This is smart, the chances are under 50% that this will be visible in the northeast unless we have some kind of early April heatwave or big arctic shot.

and it's cloudy here again

Yes, 82/83 and 15/16 are more typical of what to expect in a very strong el nino, 97/98 was very extreme even by those standards (and it still snowed in March lol)

We did? I wish... there have been a couple of dry months here and there but unfortunately the rainfall numbers have been going up. https://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Climate/CentralPark/monthlyannualprecip.pdf Have a look here Scott. It gives the full climate record of rainfall at Central Park. 2012 is what I'd consider the last drier than normal year (under 40 inches)

nono I lived through the 80s it was entirely different, yes it was snowless, BUT, it was MUCH colder back then it is now and aside from 1983, the rainfall was MUCH less and the growing season was MUCH shorter thankfully much fewer allergies. This is much more to do with the excessive rainfall and the much longer growing season and rising amount of allergies. I'm seriously considering spraying everything with bleach to destroy this new "growth"

Maybe we'll hit those winter forecasts calling for our snow season to start after January 20.

how is it hitting 96 on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean? what are the SST there?

April-June was the best this year (except for when the skies turned deep red from the wild fires).

Is there a number as in index to ascribe its severity though (like a winter severity index?) and where does 1917-1918 rank on the list (I thought that was one of our most severe winters) as well as 1933-34?

the sun is coming out and i see a sun dog

thanks, so regularly replace the filter?