LibertyBell

I dont remember any historic storm last December lol- who was it historic for, Vermont?

and the 20th might be a bit too optimistic. it's probably more like 13-18.....

this is exactly why I'm gungho on geo-engineering remember how awful 2011 was, we could save so many lives if we prevented this kind of weather occurring in the first place by being able to control ENSO and other factors. Maybe in a few decades we'll have the tech to do it.

0" snow and 0 wins for the Jets

oh joy a perfect score!

Looks like the best time to look is 45 min after sunset in the western sky and the thin crescent moon will be joining them: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/great-jupiter-saturn-conjunction-dec-21-2020 https://earthsky.org/tonight/young-moon-to-swing-by-jupiter-saturn

Right, fortunately this is the earliest sunset can get around here, I was told to look right after sunset, since they're both very bright it should be easy to see them right after.

why is it that everyone yaps about la ninas being so cool on a global level and we always get screwed over by them unless they are weak and come after an el nino the previous winter?

But all I ask is that there be clear skies for this super conjunction coming up between Jupiter and Saturn. I'm not clear on the exact date they'll be closest...I think it's December 21? Nikon made a new superzoom camera that actually seems to be good at taking deep space pics as well as planetary images. I found a review site about it: The Moon and Mars: https://jzholloway.wordpress.com/2020/09/06/moon-mars-conjunction/ Pleaides star cluster https://jzholloway.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/the-pleiades-star-cluster-m45/ Lyra starfield https://jzholloway.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/vega-lyra-7-18-2020/ The 50mm 10 sec shot at ISO 6400 is really good (even if the noise is a little high)- check it out! added: images of M42 Orion Nebula taken with the P950 (note these were not stacked) https://jzholloway.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/m42-the-orion-nebula/ at the bottom of that post. Click to expand https://jzholloway.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/m31-andromeda-surrounding-sky/ Andromeda and surroundings https://jzholloway.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/andromeda-135mm-1s.jpg https://jzholloway.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/andromeda-400mm-1sec.jpg https://jzholloway.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/andromeda200mm.jpg

I dont blame you one bit. I would be jumping into my car to experience that up there.

question Chris pretty basic....why dont those warm and cold pools mix and even out the temperatures across the Pacific?

Don any idea if this will be a cold and dry or cold and stormy pattern? If it doesn't snow the cold will be worthless.

I dont care if the rest of winter is in the 90s if we can get ONE snowstorm like that every winter I'm happy.

funny thing is my inland location near Allentown also got 30" and my coastal location near JFK also got 30" lmao I wish every snowstorm was like this....this was the Michael Jordan GOAT of snowstorms!

best snowstorm ever

No in my post I said we dont have a mud season like New England does, and it makes their springs worthless. I'd rather be outside doing planting rather than being inside watching it rain. Our climate is better than New England's.

He's jealous of NNE- that made me laugh. It's like saying someone in Florida is jealous of NYC because of how much snow NYC gets. C'mon now LOL Of course Florida isn't jealous of NYC for weather reasons anyway. I guess he doesn't like how much better our springs and summers are and we dont get a "mud season" like New England gets.

This looks like it will be good for interior SNE but not for coastal areas even up there.

okay so an extended thaw between Dec 20 and Jan 15 lol

so the timeframe is the same.....our window closes by Dec 20th and then we get another window starting Jan 15th?

why cant we just not have ENSO anymore or at the very least not have it influence our weather anymore.

most of them were January and most of those were dry and cold lol..and the one December in 1989 which was historically cold but also hysterically dry....

so no more threats after the 12th-13th?

I cant wait until some mad scientist develops climate engineering technology and sends us into the next ice age.

the lack of 30 inch snowfall winters from 1978-79 through 1992-93 is unmatched in the recorded history of NYC