the_other_guy

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

Poor Belleayre. Boasting about having every trail except two open.

There at 70+ pages before this was widely accepted as going obviously sideways. No need to assert anything. It is all right there. you can’t be mad at people after they are saying it never produced. It didnt. you also can’t be mad at a guy like me that’s calling out another jump… this time on a major “record” warm up two weeks away. we have guys swinging the other way talking about how horrible January’s going to be on Dec 19th. after a while, it’s Christmas week, it’s cold. Possibly record cold right after Christmas. maybe some back end snow. Let’s give it a breather. that isn’t being insufferable, that’s sanity.

Good. Because the weeklies were great in December. Maybe trash works better

is this the same gospel that the snow storm and great pattern was coming in? if it is, I’ll believe the depth and length when I see it Time to start calling out the long term forecasts. They are talking points. Not fact. More often wrong than right. Almost always exaggerated on the cold and warm and wind and precip side. Many 20 inch, 60 degree drop, 70 mph wind gusts that became 10, 30 and 50. and if you live on Long Island near the coast… all in the realm of normal in that they occur with frequency throughout the year.

And the warmest air to our north and east. And that has been a theme for several years now

Just landed at O Hare. 10F with a light dusting on ground. They have winter