LibertyBell

It's not that hard to pay attention when the winds are so strong they're coming inside lol

I hate these high winds with a passion, even with the heat up at 75 I'm freezing. I'm running home heat plus space heaters and still freezing.

Somehow I remember a similar conversation to this for VD 2007 lol

I wonder what would happen if a snow squall just stalled over a location and kept dumping there? I remember such a scenario occurring sometime in the late 80s on the south shore of Nassau county in December. There were brief snowsqualls all day with partly sunny skies after an arctic front came through, really windy and slippery and treacherous driving conditions especially for the evening rush and it cleared out at night and there was a full moon. But then out of nowhere it started snowing with the full moon shining down (I couldn't see a cloud!) and it kept snowing for two hours from 10 PM to midnight. REALLY HUGE FLAKES TOO, THEY LOOKED LIKE SMALL PANCAKES COMING OUT OF THE SKY AND SMACKING INTO THE GROUND AND STICKING THERE. I watched PIX11 for the 10 oclock news back then and they showed this little scrap of white right near JFK that simply would not move! We received 2 inches of snow in 2 hours! Imagine if it was during the day it would have been heavy snow with clear skies for 2 hours!`

we just had a nice 30 min snow squall here near JFK

Yup I love these snowsqualls, we missed the first one which happened around 1:30 but got a 30 min snow squall just now that's about to end. 3:30-4

Might be getting what you want as soon as next Friday, Ray!

a best case scenario for this kind of storm is what happened in late February 2008. Look up that storm, an SWFE in a mild pattern occurred mainly at night and into the morning, a surprise 6-8 inches that didn't change over until the very end of the storm, and then it went to drizzle.

Don with the SOI being 0.00 for the first time since 2016 do you think we'll transition to an el nino for next winter?

and then back to colder and possibly snowier pattern by next weekend Chris? Looks like record cold is diving into the middle of the country for the start of March?

I haven't seen the longer range but is this first storm just supposed to be the doorway into a much colder and possibly snowier pattern? Something to look forward to in case this first one doesn't pan out. I think the March 2nd possible storm might have the highest potential.

these storms generally suck unless you're extremely cold beforehand as in the winters above

In March 2015 we did well but that was an abnormally cold winter overall. 1993-94 was another example....but again a much colder winter than this one.

there's another interesting side issue here....if we have a developing el nino for next winter doesn't that enhance the risk for a developing late season snowstorm a la April 1982 and 1997? It would have to be a big el nino to increase that risk though

no SSW but might have a March more like 2015, although not as cold?

how do you stop a multiyear la nina? talking about realistic climate modification to regulate climate patterns.

I would love a hot and dry summer like that followed by a snowy winter

tipping points are awesome and how nature maintains balance by whatever means necessary

yeah 100 degrees on a west wind and humidity of 25% is a lot more comfortable, I go running in that weather

it could happen if we had a really cold winter like 2014-15, I remember snow being reported on Long Island off a sea breeze lol.

Foggy and gusty doesn't make any sense because you'd expect the wind to blow the fog away.

why do eastern areas get all the fun? It should be the entire south shore of Long Island, it's been extremely windy all day

I always thought that fog clears away when it's this windy

or he wants to put a fork in winter and end it

I like when we get pure west winds because it keeps the humidity low. I wish there was a way to generate a west wind all the time when it's not raining or snowing Maybe we can do that with that wind farm we're putting up lol