NorthShoreWx

Snow depth peaked about 26" 15" fell in that storm on top of consolidated 12" pack.

Side note; not shown on these maps, but has anyone noticed how warm the winter has been in eastern Europe (i.e., Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)? NYC has mostly been colder than Moscow lately.

Interesting disparity between the surface and 850 anomalies. The biggest warm anomalies are showing east of Hudson Bay with some bleed down as far as Maine.

Open lakes definitely add warmth to the air flowing over them, but when cold air is advecting into this region from the west or southwest, the lakes have little to do with warming here. Hudson Bay was a bigger deal for a bit, but it's closed up now. I'd be more impressed with the lake argument if I saw a reasonable study of how, when, and how much modification we see down here. It would not be a simple study...wind speed, humidity, wind direction with height, heat transfers related to lake effect formation (evaporation - endothermic and deposition - exothermic), and probably tons of things that I would have no clue about I'm sure the effect is non-zero, but how significant is it under different conditions?

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.