JustinRP37
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Sure urban heat island is a big deal for NYC, but… we don’t all live in NYC. Despite the warmer temperatures and higher sun angle, March is the snowiest month at Killington. Sure that is out of the tri-state, but there are many areas around here that routinely receive March snow. Urban heat island is something you see in any major city including Denver. Point is, while sun angle is important, some on here have you believe that once you get to March we are toast, which is not the case.
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Elevation certainly plays a role, but you also see an increasing in the rate of sublimation because of sun angle. Point is sun angle is just ONE component, not THE only component. March has been snowier than December for awhile now, despite the sun angle. Air mass does matter.
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And while we are all talking about sun angle, I guess it never snows in Arizona, Mexico, etc because the sun angle there is so much more intense. All that Utah, Colorado snow is just a fable since you need sunscreen this time of year to avoid burning. Must be skiing on ash and not powder. /s
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Actually you have a late September sun by the end of March seeing as the first day of spring is March 20 which would correspond with September 23, the first day of fall. But semantics.
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Sad thing is this isn't a joke! But I had to worry for a minute to make sure it wasn't poison ash raining down on us from Ohio and their latest disaster yesterday sadly /s.
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Strongly disagree here our new climate will not be dry. It will be incredibly humid especially since the Gulf usually feeds us in the summer. Last summer was the blip.
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Trace of snowfall on the ground in Patterson, NY! Woke up to some nice white snow for a change!
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Disagree with what part? The whole west is not absolutely banking in on the snow. Vail has 247 inches so far. Their average for a season is 242. It isn't THAT incredible of a season for much of the Rocky Mountains. It is in some areas those and definitely in California, Oregon, etc.
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Skiing today with my son at Thunder Ridge. I have never seen such a sad ski season before in all my years of skiing. Might have to use some miles and head to Colorado. This is ridiculous. I feel so bad for these areas especially since the covid shortened season of 19-20.
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We had a few intermissions. She had to warm up again
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Yeah they were mentioning that those with hotel reservations for the cherry blossoms in DC might want to bump their visit up. Truly insane.
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Remember when it used to snow?? Pepperidge Farms remembers…
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This is the most surreal winter I have ever lived through. It is actually pretty scary if you pay attention to the ecological signs. We may see record early leaf out this year. Not to mention the continued spread of invasives north.
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Good lord this winter is by far the most ridiculous excuse for a season. Even people that hate winter are nervous now. It legit feels like we should all be going to Yankee Stadium and Citi Field. Why bother flying to Florida and Arizona for spring training.
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At this point we can still get a good storm, but it is starting to look like even if the cards align it would be a snow and right back to 50s and 60s. This just wasn’t the winter for any of us. Best part though is seeing the home heating oil futures bank on a frigid winter with no supply. Faster we switch to heat pumps (geothermal or air source) the better for budgeting. So I guess that was the silver lining this winter. But for us snow lovers and skiers this ranks firmly at the bottom. Sure the man made snow has been decent, but it just isn’t the same looking at bare ground all around on a strip of white.
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This winter is cooked. Now let's see how many local ski areas remain open by 3/15.
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There are plenty of meteorologists with PhDs. Don’t confuse a media meteorologist with credentials. There are some TV meteorologists without and formal met training. There are also many with great credentials too.
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In a thirty year period the climate should be stable. If you look at the history of the planet yes climate changes over thousands to hundreds of thousands of years. Not within 30 years. Rapid climate change has only be seen a handful of times and that is still in a period of hundreds of years which tended to lead to mass extinction events. What we are seeing right now with the shifts is rapid. Meteorology is NOT a pseudoscience. It is a peer reviewed science. All science is inexact. We are actually very good a predicting climate in the long term. We are not great at predicting weather out more than 5 days in the future. That does not make it a pseudoscience. What does tend to happen is Twitter comes along and certain people who talk about cold and snow gain more followers and thus more prominence. Unfortunately many still cling to whatever met or model shows the most snow or cold then get mad when that doesn’t happen. I’m very nervous that people aren’t paying more attention to the subtle queues we are being given. Even in years where we had plentiful snowfall recently in most of them the days of snow cover was still below average. Last I looked at the data it was something like 2 out of the last 15 winters met the average number of days with snow cover over an inch. It isn’t always about the amount of snow but what about duration? I’m 37 years old and can tell you winter is our most changing season.
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Got down to -7 here in Patterson. Very impressive and invigorating.
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Down to 4 now here in Patterson! Going down to about -6 forecast.
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I am so excited to be in Putnam County. Thunder Ridge has been blasting snow. Should be able to get to 100% open this weekend. But alas, all good things come to a quick end. Now the story will switch to how long will the pack last. I do hope we at least get some more cold nights by the end of the month.
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All day the main news stories have bee “historic paralyzing cold” or my favorite from CNN “Once in a lifetime cold coming”. And yet people actually tune in daily to the “media”
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There are quite a few states that derive quite a bit of economic activity from winter: Colorado, Utah, Montana, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, to name a few. Poor winters do hurt many areas, especially seasonal areas.
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Our local network Mets have become so over the top. “February feel” for today, well it is February. And “bitter blast” umm no how about routine winter weather. Followed by “rapid recovery” umm no that is not a recovery that is above normal temperatures. I do think the media does a big part of vilifying winter weather across the nation. How about we look at the loss of jobs that also come with years like this? Or how about minimal work for the landscapers who also plow? Or plow truck drivers not getting any overtime to help with the energy bill? Or small ski areas struggling to survive? The media always uses terms to scare people from winter. It’s why I honestly don’t even watch local weather anymore. It is just hype hype hype for the ads machine.
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Oh I hear you. Especially on a Friday afternoon heading west out of the city. Great thing about here is if the highways are packed just jump on a state route like 22.
