LibertyBell

yes and it's a very heavy wet snow, everything is encased in it!

it's not a clipper lol clippers dont have this much moisture

Notice all the snow on the trees? This a nice wet snow, not some average dry powdery stuff.

It depends on where you live, in January 2016 we had 12 consecutive hours of true blizzard conditions verified at JFK, and in January 2018 had 6 consecutive hours of true blizzard conditions verified at JFK. That was the first time I ever saw either of those in my entire life. The snowfall was also 50% greater-- 30 inches vs 20 inches (actually 18 inches at JFK) is a huge difference. The response to December 2010 was messed up by the city, I remember that the subway situation was completely mishandled. and trains got stuck on their tracks.

hey thats going too far lol January 2016 was orders of magnitude better than any of those storms and so was the one we got in January 2018, hours of white out conditions.

why cant these bands be wider and cover more of the area?

Yeah this is definitely not a clipper lol, more like a bowling ball midlat cyclone.

wait what... 4 inches per hour? that means thundersnow is happening!

it's like a lake effect band!

the only thing wrong about this storm is it's happening at night and moving too quickly, I expect all this to be over by sunrise.

or at least the same.... it would be nice to get a second 4" storm in the same week.... that would solidly raise this winter to a C- for me.

too bad you're not in Lynbrook, this area will do nicely, usually our climate resembles Monmouth County more than the rest of Long Island lol

yep that moderate snow is now here

It's snowing here nicely

very much so I just hope all the snow doesn't fall while I'm sleeping lol

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane2003/August/background_information.html Accumulated Cyclone Energy Index by the way on a related topic, mets in the west pac have been talking about modifying the SS scale to add a Cat 6 for super typhoons of 192 mph or higher. that reminds me of way back when in the original tornado Fujita scale there was an F6 category for tornadoes from 320 mph to the speed of sound (640 mph). it was dropped because no tornado ever reached F6, but for super typhoons in the west pac, there are a few that have reached 192 mph or higher (and in the east pac too.)

with the dewpoint that low it could even get into the upper 20s. temps wont be a problem, I just wish the storm was moving a little more slowly.

it could even drop into the upper 20s.

Biggest issue might be speed of storm, the accumulating snow is likely over by sunrise with only flurries after that.

Better yet let's conquer Cheapskate, Virginia and seize their name?

for some reason I read this as CPK is Cheapskate, Virginia

a 7 course meal?

and assuming all else is equal, whose snow would be gone more quickly?

the AMO warm phase can become extended with warmer SST, we dont know if the AMO behaves the same way now as it did 50 years ago. or if a negative AMO would have the same effect it did back then

will these warmer SST lead to an extended +AMO?