NorthShoreWx

Full sun areas here, like school grounds, have good snow cover. Cover is thinner near trees...kinda the opposite of usual.

14" here too. That's the one of of the few major storms where I'm pretty sure we were in the jackpot.

Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ069>075-078>081-176>179-270730- BRONX-EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN UNION-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN NEW LONDON-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.)-ROCKLAND-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-WESTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION- 113 AM EST THU JAN 27 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW WILL IMPACT BERGEN...BRONX...ESSEX...FAIRFIELD... HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...MIDDLESEX...NASSAU...NEW HAVEN...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...PASSAIC...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND...SUFFOLK...UNION...WESTCHESTER AND WESTERN NEW LONDON COUNTIES... AT 1257 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A WIDE BAND OF HEAVY SNOW EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. SNOWFALL RATES WITHIN THIS BAND ARE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...BUT COULD BE AS HIGH AS 4 INCHES PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST PORTIONS OF THE BAND IN NASSAU...WESTERN SUFFOLK...NEW HAVEN AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW....AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

January 27, 2011 (14 years ago)

It's about the same from here, but that is correct for NYC.

66-67 was a great winter, but lots of thaws, some with cutters. 75" seasonal snowfall at OKX would have made people here happy, but the way it got there might have driven some over the edge. My earliest memory of snow (or just about anything) is from that winter.

Your memory is failing you. It occurred during a work day during a LIRR strike with no train service. The traffic chaos on LI was epic. There might not have been any school closings because the snow started around 9am. The afternoon change to rain east of about Rt 135 did little to help.

Midterm grades: F for snow, B for winter. IMBY, that is. Low temp of 11⁰ here this am. Snow depth 2"

Ssssh, he's trying not to get deported.

I think Mace Head has a manned observatory, but I might be mistaken.

Fathers side grandparents from Galway and Roscommon. My grandparents on my mother's side were from the Italian side of Ireland.

May have been even higher. Mace Head has been offline since the time of that observation.

My grandmother grew up about 15 miles east of there.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/storm

Mace Head and some other coastal stations have been offline for several hours

The 99kt gust at Mace Head was the highest ever recorded in Ireland. https://www.independent.co.uk/weather/storm-eowyn-weather-warnings-met-office-scotland-ireland-live-updates-b2685502.html

5z update, Mace Head gusting to 99 kts! Shannon gusting to 74kts. Your flight is going to be delayed.

Sun angle

If anyone is following storm Eowyn in Ireland, the heaviest rains have moved through but the winds right now are insane...and covering most of the island. https://www.met.ie/latest-reports/observations Mace Head is on the coast in NW Galway, currently wind is SW at 73 knots gusting to 94. Basically a strong Cat 1 with gusts approaching cat 3. Gonna be a mess there. PS, that's 84mph gusting 108mph for you landlubbers. Many widely spread locations gusting to hurricane force.

Looks like Hudson Bay is finally iced over. Some of the eastern ice might not be thick or fully consolidated, so latent heat fluxes might still be greater than normal for this time of year, but Hudson Bay won't be much of a modifier for the rest of the winter. An artic push directly into our area from the north would have some sting.

Airport snow depths can be wonky. It is difficult to visualize this progression at ISP: Date Max Min Precip Snowfall SnowDepth 12/22/1966 34 21 0 0 1 12/23/1966 32 16 0 0 0 12/24/1966 28 20 0.12 5.3 0 12/25/1966 32 22 0.13 2.3 7 12/26/1966 33 22 0 0 4 12/27/1966 32 9 0 0 2 12/28/1966 30 3 T T 0

Greatest Snow Depth at ISP Date MaxTemp MinTemp Precipitation Snowfall SnowDepth 2/9/1978 30 10 0 0 26 2/8/1978 30 18 0 0 26 2/10/1978 27 5 0 0 25 2/9/2013 29 20 0.74 11.1 25 1/30/2022 24 6 0 0 24 1/28/2015 29 16 0 T 24 1/24/2016 34 19 0.02 0.3 23 2/7/1978 33 23 0.94 9.4 23 1/31/2022 32 6 0 0 22 1/29/2015 35 8 0 0 22 2/10/2013 34 11 0 0 22 12/21/2009 35 25 0 0 22 2/11/1978 31 3 0 0 21 1/27/2015 24 17 1.44 17.4 21 2/1/2022 36 11 0 0 20 2/18/2003 32 20 0.06 1 20 1/9/1996 31 14 0.01 0.1 19 1/30/2015 35 20 0.01 0.4 19 12/20/2009 30 21 1.25 14.3 19 1/31/2015 25 13 0 0 18 1/21/1978 24 15 0 0 18 2/13/1983 40 15 0 0 18 2/12/1983 32 19 0.58 10 18 12/22/2009 34 21 0 0 18 1/27/2011 36 21 0.94 9.6 18 2/11/2013 45 21 0.7 0 18 3/22/2018 47 32 0.26 3.5 18 2/1/2015 37 6 0.02 0.2 17 1/22/1978 30 13 0 0 17 2/14/1983 38 13 0 0 17 1/25/2016 38 13 0 0 17 2/12/1978 33 16 0 0 17 2/2/2022 46 26 0 0 17 2/13/1978 40 7 0.08 0.8 16 2/3/2015 24 9 0 0 16 1/5/2018 21 10 0 0 16 2/4/2015 40 11 0 0 16 1/11/1996 27 17 0 0 16 1/28/2011 37 17 0.01 0.2 16 1/10/1996 30 20 T T 16 1/7/2018 19 2 0 0 15 1/6/2018 12 6 0 0 15 1/23/1978 27 11 0 0 15 2/19/2003 36 12 T T 15 2/13/2006 33 13 0 0 15 2/2/2015 34 17 1.41 4.9 15 1/30/2011 38 21 0 0 15 2/10/1969 30 22 0.2 2 15 1/29/2011 37 22 T T 15 2/12/2013 43 30 0 0 15

0° days at ISP. Most of them had snow on the ground. Date MaxTemp MinTemp Precipitation Snowfall SnowDepth 2/13/1967 21 -14 T T 7 1/18/1965 21 -8 0.08 2 3 1/22/1984 24 -7 0 0 6 1/15/1988 21 -7 0 0 6 2/12/1979 15 -6 0.09 0.9 2 1/15/1965 15 -4 0 0 3 1/9/1968 9 -4 0.12 1.5 2 1/9/1981 26 -4 0 0 3 1/12/1981 15 -4 0 0 3 1/14/1988 19 -4 0 0 6 1/17/1965 16 -3 T T 6 1/21/1984 15 -3 0 0 7 2/8/1967 26 -2 0 0 10 2/12/1967 24 -2 0 0 7 2/11/1979 11 -2 0 0 4 2/18/1979 14 -2 0 0 1 1/17/1982 26 -2 0 0 8 1/18/1982 17 -2 T T 8 12/31/1963 30 -1 0 0 2 2/4/1965 20 -1 0 0 3 1/8/1968 8 -1 0 0 2 1/23/1970 28 -1 0.06 T 0 2/10/1979 15 -1 0 0 5 2/14/1979 13 -1 0 0 3 1/21/1985 6 -1 0 0 3 3/18/1967 18 0 0 0 2 3/19/1967 24 0 0 0 0 1/10/1968 16 0 T T 4 2/10/1974 29 0 T T 7 1/23/1976 13 0 T T 4 1/18/1977 12 0 0 0 7 2/17/1979 10 0 0 0 1 1/4/2014 28 0 0 0 11 2/14/2016 13 0 0 0 4

Confirmed that there was a period of OES snow flurries on a south wind over the south fork this morning. I'm watching a replay now. Can anyone say "procrastination".