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  1. weatherpruf
    I'll go on record that the coast probably won't go back to snow. At least nothing that will be of significance. Note, that's assuming it even starts as snow....
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    I don't think we are used to snow up here; two years without much in an area that sees a lot of flux in population is a guarantee that when snow hits, there will be a lot of folks taken by surprise. The upside is we probably won't have to worry about that from the city on south, not this weekend and likely not the rest of the winter, though that would be optimistic ( in the eyes of normal people at least ).
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    Sounds like most storms in most of the 90s....I'd come into Elizabeth and there'd be rain and an inch of slush and people driving in from PA with snow boots on and we'd be like WTF?
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    Dormant? I 've got rosemary growing fresh, creeping charlie still green and growing, and green grass that looks suspiciously like its starting to grow.....
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    It's not even snowing much elsewhere in the region. My BIL had 9 inches a couple weeks ago in ME but the last big rains storm washed it all away. He hates snow though so is happy about that. I'm learning that life without snow is not so bad....though it is obviously abnormal around here, we have been hearing for decades we would be losing frequent snowstorms one of these days in these parts. After 2 years ( the 2022 storms were not much for me ) of hardly anything, I'm just not that worried about it. What does worry me is that I was tossing the ball to the dogs yesterday and a fly landed on my head....it's January. You can't convince me that is ok.....give it two weeks and if we are in the same damp pattern, I'd give up.
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    I'd rather not see anything than a snow to slush event. But whatever happens, happens. Safe bet is probably nothing significant. We'll see. Two years of boredom here....
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    Many people still didn't own snowblowers. You really did not need one; storms were that infrequent. After 94, I held out because 95 was mostly a return to normal ( little snow ) but when I saw a big snow in Dec 95 ( knowing by then that such an event COULD be a warning of more to come ) I went out and bought a small blower, a Murray that could do up to about 12 inches, which I figured would be plenty. And then the 96 blizzard came that Jan....and it bent the handle on that machine. After that winter I wouldn't need it again until Dec 2000. That one broke the handle. I would need snowblowers most winters until recent years. Last year I sold one off, gave one away, and looked to sell my big Yard Machine this year, but had no takers. I feel the electric Toro and the smaller Craftsman will be enough, if needed at all. I'm retired now, so anything bigger, it will have to wait until I call someone to get cleaned up.
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    I think we have an excellent shot at it.
  9. weatherpruf
    I don't even remember that much....usually a little snow then rainy slush.
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    As I've noted in the past, I learned of this dictum from a Rutgers met; this is true for most of NJ anyway. We had the same discussions in the early 90s about the lack of snow, at which time it had not snowed significantly in some 5 years. 92 would feature two smallish storms in March, then a decent Feb 93 event followed by March ( non ) Superstorm in NYC ( 10 icy inches ) before 94 would set a new bar, to be broken two years later in 96. After which we went another 5 years with the snowblower in mothballs.....we can very easily see little snow for half a decade, I've seen it a few times in my life.
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    Been through enough of them that I generally write major snows off for the winter especially if December is snowless. Gotta worry about mice infestations destroying the snowblowers at this point; two years of no usage. Talking to folks in other parts of the country and it doesn't feel that wintry in most places.
  12. weatherpruf
    There was a famous basketball coach who once said, give me a tall person and I'll make them a great player. One of the reasons I really dislike the game.
  13. weatherpruf
    It's the years of steroids.
  14. weatherpruf
    You are not going to last around here if you have no idea what you're talking about but pretend that you do. I'm not a climatologist, but I am educated and I can read, and the experts are clear about what is going on. It's settled science. If you can't accept it you won't find a welcome audience here. Remember, science does not care if you have a grudge with Al Gore or not. There are plenty of published papers on this topic you can read; hell, you can just read the abstracts and that will convince you.
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    Is there a point to this? Someone had a record low so that negates volumes of settled science? If I am misinterpreting, my apologies......
  16. weatherpruf
    Nothing beats 94, but you might have been too young for it. I mean, it was cold, bro....plus ice and snow and everything in between, capped off by an epic March sleet storm that was like 5-6 inches. It was insane.
  17. weatherpruf
    As long as this winter remains mild and I can get out fishing and catch up on all those years I missed while slaving away at a desk, I'm good.
  18. weatherpruf
    Since politicians make policy, those that want to do something about it must speak about it. When they don't, their voters get angry.
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    Yes jan 87 featured a blockbuster, actually two one in north Jersey one in south Jersey. i was stuck on 287 for 5 hours in the Jan 87 storm; never saw snow come down like that in my life.
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    86 was almost snowless. Had a dusting or so in March. Had started the flounder season in the bay already, last week of Feb.
  21. weatherpruf
    It was mostly slush as I remember it. Yeah, I was around back then, and an adult.....
  22. weatherpruf
    Climate change is not a political agenda. Nature doesn't care about politics.
  23. weatherpruf
    Just be sure to outta there by April....
  24. weatherpruf
    Feb 83 and Jan 87 had pretty good blizzards. And each was the only one for years.....87 not really touched again until March 93.....that's how long you can go without big snows.
  25. weatherpruf
    It's been pretty damn cold on the water, I'll tell ya that....OTOH there are still bluefish and porgies being caught inshore while people are chasing the migrating striped bass. Bluefish are not cold water fish; they should be gone by now ( we are glad to see them making a comeback ). We think this weekend storm will push everything out; it will be a "pattern changer" for fisheries. The warmer climate has pretty much ended our winter fisheries, which once featured huge whiting ( "frost fish " ) runs through mid winter; we still see some cod offshore but not like the old days; some is clearly from overfishing but some is also due to warmer temps.
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