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La ninas can be warm in February, too. Just look at February 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2023.

I'd much rather have a +PDO than an el nino, like 2014-15. 

3 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

In general any El Nino, especially in today's climate of over 1.5 is going to be a fairly mild winter nationwide.   Even 09-10 was not all that cold, it was just narrowly cold enough to snow.

We got a lot of snow in 2009-10, but that winter was short. The spring of 2010 might be one of the most amazing pattern flips ever. It turned warm in March and got to 90 during the first week of April. 

10 minutes ago, A_Status said:

So happy that this storm put NYC over 40" for the season for the first time since 2017-18.  Long overdue.

Didn't 2020-21 go over 40"?

5 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Family member had to break out the snow shoes on the farm in Farmingdale, NJ

 

What a difference a week makes. Last Monday, my sister wore her sneakers for the first time this season, and we went on a walk around the neighborhood.

Now, we have a lot of snow to shovel. (We've been out at least twice now. Me three times.)

Seeing the snow reports from Providence, those Baltimore/DC numbers are not surprising at all. I think most of us knew from the beginning the storm was going to hit the Baltimore/DC area or Providence/Boston, but not both.

1 hour ago, RedSky said:

Can't wait for the regional totals breakdown from the NWS
 

Here you go: https://x.com/NWS_MountHolly/status/2026004588776829119

PHL - 14.0 (30.0 for the season)

ACY - 16.9

Trenton - 16.4

Mt. Holly office - 20.3

7 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

lol at the snow hole in the northwest corner with only 4 inches.

Just now, donsutherland1 said:

The 17.4" includes the February 2-3 amounts.

Yeah, I just realized that. Just the dates are wrong.

14 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

18 17.4 Jan 31-Feb1 2021

This should be Jan 31-Feb 3, 2021. The event ended on the 3rd, not the 1st:

Just now, donsutherland1 said:

Islip: 29.1". That breaks the all-time record of 27.8" from February 8-9, 2013.

But don't the records start in 1963 or 66? It misses out on historical storms, like 1958. I'm sure either the February or March event would be on there if it extended that far.

15 minutes ago, Jt17 said:

Snow has been falling for 27 hours in NYC. Pretty incredible.


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I think the record is Jan 31, 2021. I know that one went for at least 48, maybe even close to 72, hours.

13 minutes ago, BBasile said:

I think my snowfall total on the season is 29.5", which is the biggest since 09/10.  I'm good with just a half inch more.  Let's go GFS.  

What about 10-11? 13-14? 14-15?

7 minutes ago, psv88 said:

Wow Islip airport 28! All timer I think 

Yeah, that's a record, but I believe the por starts in 1963 or 1966, so storms like February and March 1958 aren't accounted for in there.

29 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Damn! I'll see if I can return all those "It Can't Snow in MJO Phase 3!" t-shirts I had screened printed.

Who told you that? I could have told you that was false. Phase 3 is the coldest for February.

I just hope the final snow total crosses 14 inches at PHL, to get to 30 on the season. If it stays under, you can almost bet there will be no more accumulating snow this year.

1 minute ago, Mo Snow said:

My sister's car in Carteret NJ

Thank goodness we already scraped off the snow 1.5 times already.

6 minutes ago, bluewave said:

I would say the last major model miss was 1-25-00 when the 12z runs the day before were all offshore with no snow for many places that got record snow. 

lol, the opposite of 3/4/2001.

6 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

 

I used to run a poll asking something along the lines of would you rather get 9" and be in the jackpot, or 12" when Boston gets 20", and the results were heavily in favor of 9" and the jackpot.  I appreciated the honesty.

So basically, for my area, it would be this: 

I was in the jackpot for the top storm, but I got higher amounts on the bottom (but the jackpot was to the East and North, a classical Nor'easter).

Just now, The Iceman said:

I trust the NWS Mets at the office know how to take measurements over whoever the fuck Ginger Zee is.

She's a chief meteorologist for ABC, along with Lee Goldberg.

1 minute ago, The Iceman said:

Not high at all, the deform band pivoted right in that area. Also lol at implying the NWS is measuring high…

FWIW, Ginger Zee's tweet (at around the same time) had Mt. Holly at 16 inches.

Just now, LVLion77 said:

AC is a bit lower than I would have predicted. Perhaps PA, NJ, DE actually underperformed overall vs a number of the catastrophic level forecasts? I cannot see wrap around Snow giving much more meaningful accumulation in the region. New England does seem to be getting hammered. I’ll be interested to see the final totals up there.

The 19.2 at the Mt. Holly office seems a bit high, considering where PHL, Trenton, and AC measured.

Islip is going to set a new record snowfall, but to me, the list feels incomplete with the por not including 1958. I wish their por started about 10 years earlier.

8 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

I think technically 17-18 we had snow all 4 months but not above average for all 4.

Yeah, that outlier warm February really skewed the stats for that winter. That was the only month with above average temperatures and below average snowfall. December, January, March, and April were all cold, but that very warm February made the winter near normal to slightly above average temperaturewise.

April 2, 2018 probably should have had a snow measurement (people say the T measurement at the Airport was suspect to keep the seasonal total below 30 inches), but I don't really know for sure as I was on vacation in Portugal that day.

26 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Not to be greedy, but hoping we can get an accumulating snow in March, even if it is just a sloppy inch or two. Not often we can claim accumulating snows in Dec, Jan, Feb and March -- it's like hitting for the cycle.

I believe 2013-14 was the last time we got above average snow all 4 months.

4 minutes ago, mob1 said:

What is Philadelphia up to so far? That training band over them last night was something else. 

13.7 as of 7 am: https://x.com/NWS_MountHolly/status/2025923299184693488

AC - 14.5

Trenton - 15.6

8 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

so did steve d, lee godlberg and bernie rayo.....well they said unlikely. we had two big daddies in less than ideal conditions if i'm reading correctly, and have sat dry during favorable patterns. here's the thing for my area; get a decent storm in december, you get a nice snowy winter. get bupkiss, you don't; but even then you can still get a ku like 2016 and maybe 2006. after this winter, expect a ratter next year...you can't do this back to back. can you?

Not always. 2016 was preceded by 2013-14 and 2014-15, both all time winters. And 2006 was preceded by 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05, all cold and snowy winters. Also, don't forget about 2009-10 and 2010-11.
 

This proves that recently it seems like good winters come in stretches.