LibertyBell
-
Posts
42,328 -
Joined
Content Type
Profiles
Blogs
Forums
American Weather
Media Demo
Store
Gallery
Everything posted by LibertyBell
-
Yeah.... I actually thought the first one was better than the second one but they were both really good and both were a surprise. the first one was predicted to be 4-5 inches and then a changeover to rain. instead we had an immense outburst of thundersnow right off the bat at 10 AM (I still remember it-- the first time I've ever seen such intense lightning in a snowstorm and true white out conditions) that lasted for about 4 hours where we accumulated 2 inches an hour and peaked out around 4 inches an hour and ended up with about 8 inches of snow before it ended as drizzle late in the afternoon. We went from bare ground (which was rare that winter) to plowable in less than 30 minutes-- I'll never forget that! That was supposed to be it but a second storm snuck up on us, came a little bit further north with each model run and we ended up getting 11 inches with the second storm before it changed to sleet here on the south shore (a disappointment but we somehow still ended up with more than NYC, while EWR jackpotted with around 17 inches, and they had 14 inches from the first storm, so that was a total of 31 inches of snowcover from the two storms, while for us it was more like 8+11=19 inches of snowcover with a layer of sleet on top.) After that we had a freezing rain event over the weekend and then another big thaw....but then winter came roaring back in March.
-
and early April, that was my favorite storm in that pattern
-
I bet the south shore of long island had an HECS too, then again none of us were around to see it lol. It was snowing in Florida! Bay effect snow in Tampa Bay, Gulf effect snow elsewhere on the Gulf coast....
-
today was ideal
-
it really is all about the blocking more than enso for our winters
-
on the south shore our only 20"+ snowstorms since I can remember were these: Feb 1983 Jan 1996 Feb 2003 Jan 2016 so a weak la nina (after a mod el nino) and three high end moderate to strong el ninos.
-
Yes February was good here we had another heavy snow event around the superbowl when a crane fell in NYC
-
it's really more accurate to say that enso doesn't influence our weather as much as many people think it does, it's all about blocking
-
moderate la nina is better than neutral and moderate el nino is better than weak el nino
-
was in the mid 60s here
-
and the blizzard of 1983
-
moderate el nino is better here than weak el nino but again enso doesn't influence our weather as much as some people think and moderate la nina is better than neutral anyway lol
-
enso doesn't impact our weather as much as some people think No matter the enso this winter would have been horrible
-
absolutely ideal weather if it doesn't snow this is what we want all year round
-
Today was wonderful if it doesn't snow I'll take this weather all year long
-
My allergies were almost nonexistent last spring....as long as it doesn't rain much I don't have allergies.
-
I wouldn't call it a blowtorch, I'd call it very pleasant and ideal weather for spring.
-
Just use some binoculars and you're all set. 10x50 or 12x60 are preferable
-
Don I read that Islip reached 63 today? If it's not going to snow this is exactly the kind of weather I want, strong downsloping westerly winds and dry and sunny conditions. It can be like this all year long.
-
I remember when we had the 4 straight years of 40"+ from 2002-03 through 2005-06 we said that would never happen again lol
-
one of the best songs ever written
-
snowfall is another thing where "average" doesn't apply, you either get a lot of snow or very little snow.
-
near the coast we've dropped off more quickly than NYC has....JFK has had almost as many single digit snowfall seasons as they've had 30"+ snowfall seasons
-
This makes sense, as the outer suburbs would have more room to rise than NYC would.
-
1899 had a mighty historic outbreak too, accompanied by a HECS
