the_other_guy

It rarely happens… but I love when the fog is so dense in Hastings on Hudson that The ships on the Hudson River have to sound their foghorns. so ancient, but yet so necessary

Im 44. but I know that warmth is coming overnight.

That may be optimistic! but this is quite the rain storm if it makes you feel better

The invention of the century if that happened

Forget the snow…it’s too warm. Lack of snow isn’t the story… The extreme warmth is. This isnt normal. You’ve had year upon year of extreme winter warmth. I mean you look out at the GFS… that isn’t January; that’s fucking November. Your chances of getting snow with November temperatures…. You have no chance. So forget yearly averages, means, medians. if you live in Brooklyn and you have a begonia plant in your apartment, put it out on the fire escape and it’s not going to die anytime soon. When you grasp that reality, you will stop talking about snow. This isnt a Pacific pattern. This is unprecedented. This is fucking insane. rewriting the playbook . End of story.

What does the timing of the rain look like tomorrow?

That’s a shame. Signed, your northern neighbor

honestly, even in the warmest winter, law of averages. Doesn’t take a genius or a model to know that if the first two weeks of January are 10 to 15° above normal, at some point in the third or fourth week it’s gonna get colder. Safe bet

Dense Fog. 44F Gotten more dense over last hour

It is true. Especially in last 10 years.

talk about putting the kibosh on winter …geez 63F. this would be a beautiful day in April.

but it seems to only happen in these extreme variances when we are transitioning from a cold air mass to a warmer air mass. I just don’t understand why that is and I wonder if there was a study on that

The temperature variances in the city during these warm ups astound me over the last 10 years? why can’t the city cool off at night during these warm periods? Why is the UHI stronger than it is during any other period? It makes no sense. Central Park at 48F. Every suburb is 10-15 degrees cooler at 8 am!

That’s different than winter being over. You’re confusing the two. And you’re doing it for a responses most likely. There are three more months of winter. One way or another you will have more winter weather. Are we going to get near a normal snowfall? No. Not likely. Are we going to go above normal snowfall? No. Almost certainly not. There is plenty of historical evidence to back up those two claims. But saying winter is over on 12/30 is disingenuous.

pretty sure we’ve done this already in the past five years. We’ve had a string of winters where it just shuts down for two weeks. either way, with the shut out in December coupled with this, this is a throwaway winter in terms of snowfall…unless something unprecedented occurs

the whole ecosystem of places like the North Country at risk. Not to mention winter tourism for an areas that are totally, economically depressed without it. Whiteface, which always had terrible snow making, is now totally dependent on it. Mt Van Hovenberg, which always had no snowmaking, now has snowmaking. December, which was a reliably winter month in the Adirondacks, is no longer a lock for an Xmas week vacation. As a matter of fact, it’s almost a lock that it will be in the 40s and 50s. these changes have all occurred since the 80s. and for those of you that retort with a few snowstorms in March, for most eastern ski areas, the bulk of the season revenue is over after Presidents week It is a very sad situation up north

No lack of snow in the Cleveland area. my gut tells me this was our shot and we missed it in terms of snow. We will be in a several week shut out period. then we reload for a bit mid jan.

You had to turn it on as the front went thru so is dried “on” haha

Hasnt this been a common theme over last few years? Warmest departures to the Northeast of us.

Truly awful. A real tragedy. Ive spent a lot of time in Buffalo. There are some green sprouts of resurgence downtown. But in general, the place has a feel of a city who's best days are well behind it. Flat as a board and very subject to the whims of Lake Erie and wind, the weather could be surprisingly sunny and beautiful, but often features prolonged, depressingly awful weather. This hasnt gotten a ton of coverage yet due to Xmas. I imagine today, the true scope of this weather tragedy will be wall to wall coverage

4F. Let the hot water dripping, and the cold water froze

Good night for it. will be quiet

Snow mixing in in Hastings on Hudson

Could be a warm rain. Its the little things to make u smile. Not even a pellet to start. Not one ping Belleayre closed tomorrow. I believe third time in three years on or about Christmas. Global Warming sucks

some of us have been talking about this for a couple of months after November warmth…and then derided for it. It’s not that weather knows what month it is… But there’s a beginning a middle, and an end to a season… and seasons that begin like this (especially La Niña seasons) dont usually end well. At this point, I would take the cold December and put it in your back pocket and smile. I know a good chunk of us got some snow last week. The mountains have had a pretty good December although they’re about to take a hit. This is just one of those Decembers where you have to take what you can get and not expect much for the winter ahead in terms of snow. Call me crazy, but I wonder if we cant eek out something in the more hostile pattern coming at the end of next week and into early Jan