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Way it goes. Looks like a lot of garbage on tap. Hopefully we find a way to squeeze out another one.
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we had a nice, albeit brief run Ant, if it isn't gonna snow the rain would be preferable. Frankly, I'm ready for some sun after all these days of gray. I kinda doubt we don't see at least another snow event, but its very possible. Mother nature once again did not do as expected. Thought we were gonna get some real cold, but alas, not to be. Not a big fan of overly frigid temps anyway. And hey, thanks for posting these runs year after year. You are gonna get some strange looks from your future wife.
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I sure hope so. Who needs ice? It would really be a relief...
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No one really wants freezing rain. It's such a mess, and we have what looks like days of it coming. I hope to God its sleet at least.
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Seems like one of those kitchen sink years....all depends on if March is mellow or roaring....
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All I can see from reading the NWS is unsettled weather of the most miserable kind. For days it seems. Never seen anything like prolonged days of sleet and freezing rain. This has potential to be umm, bad.
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Putting current storms into historical context adds to an interesting discussion in my view.
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March 94 had a big sleet event as well, it capped off that famous winter. There may have been some snow at the start, no one much talks about it; gets lost in the other epic storms that year.
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Those we could deal with better than freezing rain, though I could care less about sleet. I will say that those events, at least the Feb one, were big snow events elsewhere, like out in PA, not sure what the deal is with this. Sleet, although less than ZR, is just a pain. But the weather doesn't care what I think....darn it...
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2017 was not good for snow in our area of the metro; the big march storm was 5-6 of sleet. The last big year for above normal snow was 2014; 2015 was above as well but the storms were mostly small and unimpressive. 2016 had one very big event. 2018 had some good events in some parts of the forum ( mine was not among them ). So this is about the best its been in years locally, unless you hate snow and winter, as most people around me do....
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Isn't this ice? I'm getting confused. Looks like bad weather on the horizon for a week...
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Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Sleet is often mixed in over here in snow events; I'm talking about pure sleet events, no snow at all. Or icing. We don't usually get ice storms during snowy winters, except at the end like in 2011; after that it was done here. Did have a wicked rainstorm in March though, something which happened in 2007 as well; schools closed due to torrential rains.... -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Our sleet events IIRC and ice events usually herald the end of snow events for the year. Can't think of a good snow ( 94 excepted, which was anomalous in every respect ) that happened once we had a pure sleet or icing situation. Usually means a pattern change no? Anyway, if we close the books on snow this season ( I hope not right ? ) we can still say it was a winner, even if not a blockbuster. -
OBS and nowcast mainly midnight - Noon Thursday Feb 11
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
About the same here surprisingly ( your area usually gets more ). Wife says if it snowed this amount each time it would be perfect. Enough to look nice, not enough to cause too many problems.... -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
It's above average, RU counts 33.25, though there can be some variation between our locales, which are close; I'm estimating Dec storms was around 9, big daddy was around 19 here, then 6 or so Sunday, maybe 2-3 tonight. Still coming down here. -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
This should put my area around 36-37 inches or so for the season, roughly. -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Pleasant surprise; I think we will make it to 3. -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
There were two ice events that year, but it snowed first; so the ice accrued on top of a couple inches of snow; so it wasn't pure ice, but it didn't matter, as the effect was the same; youcould not do anything except chop your way out or pour tons of salt on it to get some temporary grip ( I was teaching in Elizabeth at the time, and they were notorious for never calling snow days, but that changed that year ) which is what my employer tried to do. I believe the really bad one was near MLK day. -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Hands down, it was the worst winter the region has seen in recent decades; the ice storms were horrific in scope, people were stranded on the roads, people were killed ( prompting a law in NJ that a tow truck MUST render assistance when responding to a call, even if the person has no credit card, as one woman died after a driver left her ). You could not get any kind of salt, period. Not even table salt. No sand, no kitty litter; there weren't 300 Home Depots to shop at. There were no snow shovels; most people still didn't have snow blowers; people were getting robbed at gunpoint for a snow shovel ( it was on the AP wire ). By 96 people had gotten a little more prepared.... -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
As I've pointed out before, at least in the NYC area, that kind of winter had not been witnessed in decades. I had people who'd just moved up from FL, they were like is this every winter? No, we'd say, NYC is just not this cold and snowy; Jim McGreevy, in his biography talks about the "blizzardy weather" of 94, unlike anything he'd ever seen as a child ( he was the Mayor of Woodbridge at the time ) -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Without even looking I'm guessing 93-94.... -
Significant snow - ice or rain Feb 10-12
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
On top of this snowpack that would be devastating. I am on record here; I do not like ice storms at any level and do not get excited for them; I want them to miss us every which way they can. Hurricanes, tonados, ice storms.....don't want to see them ever. -
I think we get hit again at least once this winter. We've had 3 decent events, I'd call 4 a win. If it stays cold, who knows, we might get another April event. Been more common in recent decades, the last being April 2018 in these parts....ok it was the first or 2nd day, but you can't expect much beyond the first week....we'll see. Today is just misty rain. Will be a pain if glazes over.
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Right, we thought 6-10 was a pile on.....
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Additional 1-5" snow mostly North of I80 Tuesday Feb 9
weatherpruf replied to wdrag's topic in New York City Metro
Hopefully the snow will expand a bit south, but we'll still take the mood flakes. I've no rationale as to why it would, but things seem to be overperforming a bit this year.