LibertyBell

That's a relief....I hope he's okay. His vacation is well timed since there's nothing really been going on this winter lol. I saw his last post from August and I thought that's what it was too. I hope he comes back when things get interesting.

Yeah and the snowfall average thing is a bit complicated because many more of our events are snow to rain DC is usually either all snow or all rain (and being an inland location sometimes they get snow while we get rain lol) It was even worse in the 80s when the storm tracks were more suppressed and it was a lot colder....DC beat NYC in half the winters for snowfall.

Thanks Don, would you say the warm up begins around the 8th or later in the second week around the 10th?

so the warmup should commence around Feb 8th and last until the 21st Don?

and they weren't even allowing for compaction in the first 5 decades or so of the snowfall record when it was over 30"

Was the map I saw posted for the southern Poconos correct? It said there was 3-6 inches of snow on the ground up near Albrightsville and Lake Harmony?

NYC is badly placed for west to east and southwest to northeast storm tracks. And having the ocean to your south makes it even worse.

Growing up in the 90s and setting those extreme heat records then and taking pictures of my thermometer when it hit triple digits, it was quite an accomplishment on the south shore. Pretty much the only kind of weather history we made here until 95-96 came along.

I think we can make it to 1....we just don't want the last day of the month to mess it up-- hence why I said January and March should both have 30 days and give those 2 days to February to balance out the calendar better. The high was in the mid 50s both yesterday and today and looks like the weekend could be in the 50s too.

There's two predominant storm tracks, one goes to the north of us and the other to the south of us. NYC is in a bad place for west to east type tracks (or even southwest to southeast tracks unless they slope just right), we need coastals that are offshore-- but not too offshore. Which means we need phasing. But not too much phasing too early.... So NYC is much more thread the needle than other places, both north and south of us even in a "good" pattern. It's why places both south and north of us often do better with snow....and also the fact that the ocean is to the south which is much worse than having it to your east (also bad for summer heat, which I love.)

What...that reminds me of what a science "teacher" in North Carolina said about why solar power shouldn't be used, that it "takes away" from the energy that plants need for photosynthesis.

Where we want it at this lead time: ANYWHERE BUT HERE What the map shows EVERYWHERE BUT HERE lol

yeah none of our local long range forecasts have anything lol, I just hope we maintain the warmth through Tuesday I want that Jan 1932 record! January should have 30 days anyway (as should March)-- no idea why they decided to shortchange February, if you added one day each from January and March to February, all 3 would have 30 days each and that would be perfect.

an asteroid is going to make a close pass to the earth tonight 2200 miles above the earth over the southern tip of south america some of it could break apart and fall as meteorites and fireballs

whats the average of the models?

do you have red tide and those algae blooms there too? it's the warmer temp plus fertilizer run off from the crap they are using...it's going on everywhere now.

it's also the runoff from the chemical crap that is being used, you see large algae blooms in lakes from that too (and not just here). It's been a problem for decades and getting worse. They now recommend not to bring pets near that or go into the lakes yourself because those chemicals cause burns and the odors are obnoxious.

call it 0.T it looks better lol

Exactly!

Niners made significant changes to their team during the season so you really can't compare full seasons of the two teams against each other. I judge defense by PPG and the Niners are one position better than the Eagles. Sure it's close and they're 1-2 best teams in the conference but if their QB wasn't hurt most people had the Niners getting to the SB. The Giants are a mediocre team and I was never a fan of Daniel Jones. He should be offered a middling contract and if he doesn't take it, they need to let him walk and sign whomever the best free agent QB is around.

Looking forward to the 2 football games next Sunday, a rematch of last year's AFC conference title game (the team that wins that game will win the SB IMO-- go Bengals!) and the NFC conference title game. The Eagles are lucky that the Niners are on their third string QB, if it was either of the other two QB I would favor the Niners to win even on the road (they are better in all phases of the game, including defense), but because Brock Purdy is their QB I don't think they can pull this one out.

Or March 1990 which I enjoyed more (more long duration heat earlier in the month.)

It also has to do with Miller B's though and how those storms strengthen a bit too late for us on the western side and are better east and northeast of us.

It's more than just about the weather though. The Maine lobster business is all but finished and we've just about depleted all our fisheries. The lobsters are going north into Maritime Canada.

oh that could be endless =\