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There are three criteria I use to rate A+ winters (this is going to be very unscientific lol) 1. Holiday Snow (2002-03 had that and on Christmas Day to boot!) 2. HECS for the entire DC to Boston corridor (PD2). 3. An April snowstorm (April 2003). Only two A+ winters for my area in my lifetime 1995-96 and 2002-03.
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Also the rain just started here and it's pretty heavy!!
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OBS for OKX Flood Watch (attached) into early Saturday 5/10/25
LibertyBell replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Yep, much more needed there than here, Walt. Eastern PA is also going to get a lot of rain (they had 3.6 inches with the last event in the Poconos too.) -
Tony what was the record low on this date in 2020 at NYC.... you wrote 3.
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whats causing these semipermanent upper lows, it feels like it's the same one hanging around for weeks.
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This is also the anniversary of the May 2020 snow. There was 7" at Providence RI in the May 1977 event and over a foot in the Poconos (13-17 inches.) In the May 2020 event we had 2-4 inches in the Poconos over a two day period with temperatures falling into the upper teens and wind chills near 0. That 20" in Norwalk might be a typo for Norfolk, CT, which is in the Litchfield Hills in CT and the snowiest spot in the state. 1977 - A late season snowstorm hit parts of Pennsylvania, New York State, and southern and central New England. Heavier snowfall totals included 27 inches at Slide Mountain NY and 20 inches at Norwalk CT. At Boston it was the first May snow in 107 years of records. The heavy wet snow caused extensive damage to trees and power lines. The homes of half a million persons were without power following the storm. (9th-10th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
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the Gulf Stream. I'm looking forward to a very nice weekend!
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with some small exceptions like 1933-34, 1942-43, 1947-48. Those were some very cold/snowy winters!!
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-NAO is now shifting to MAM while +NAO predominates in DJF. Actually scratch March, now DJFM are all +NAO while -NAO is now AM
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isn't this why we've been having so many multiyear la ninas?
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remember we don't really need a -NAO, 2002-03 was better than any of those winters and had a near neutral NAO.
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It was nice to go two days with blue skies and no rain.
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wow Ocean County Airport-89- is that Toms River?
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I remember this was the case in summer 1995, it's why the Mississippi River valley was so wet with the ring of fire surrounding us, August 1995 was historically dry because of it.
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Makes me skeptical of how they calculate this stuff. I'm more of an *in the moment* kind of guy, if the rainfall for the month (and even moreso the season) is above normal, it's above normal. Even the reservoirs are over 100%
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This is to be expected with a strong southeast ridge, usually north and west areas do better with rainfall.
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This is weird with no hot or even very warm days at all (it hasn't hit 80 at JFK from what I recall.)
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I'm sure it will dry out again come June, wet summers are rare here without tropical involvement.
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But aren't we supposed to have stronger SE ridges too? Those generally establish a ring of fire that keeps the storminess to our north and west.
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The good thing is all these things will put a check on human overpopulation in a big way. Nature always knows best.
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we really need to develop interstellar travel.... it's either that or extinction
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1784 - A deadly hailstorm in South Carolina hit the town of Winnsborough. The hailstones, measuring as much as nine inches in circumference, killed several persons, and a great number of sheep, lambs and birds. (David Ludlum) 9 inches? that's larger than the current record holder!
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1803 - A freak spring storm produced heavy snow from southern Indiana to New England. The storm made sleighing possible in Massachusetts, but also ruined shade trees in Philadelphia. (David Ludlum) wow this must have had some heavy totals in NYC. a few days ago there was another storm like this in 1812.
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this definitely belongs in the winter, not right now.
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how can it get to 110% is the 10% extra if it overflows?
