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Wife and walked across Manhattan (from the Hudson to 1st Ave). On our way back we were in Central Park and I noted how it suddenly felt warmer - muggy - because the wind had stopped. Then the east wind started cranking. Amazing. A back door front reminiscent of Boston in April.

The CPK obs show it - wind was calm at the 16:51 reading and it was still 79.

Incredible, dense, shipwrecking fog on the Hudson. 

As soon as I hear "kicker" I'm out.

Seems to be ending as a fine light snow. I’m guessing we pushed 3” here on UWS (saw the 2.8 at CPK which seems right for when it was reported). At least it’s not getting washed off the trees.

Re: picture uploads:

if you are on an iPhone using Safari, when you have the picture selection window open, there is a little toggle button in the bottom right. You can click that and select smaller file sizes.

Changed over to sleet on UWS at 9:45. I know because I went out for a short Jebwalk and was delighted to find it was still fluffy flakes. Within five minutes it was pinging on my hood.

I measured 2.5” on benches before the change over.

I’m excited for manhole explosion season here.

Forgive me if someone covered this but at CPK

• 30.0 avg temp for January
• -2.1 against average (32.1) going back to 1869, making it the 53 coldest out of 157.
• -4 below average since 1990 (34).  8th coldest since 1990; only the following were colder:
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Also notable - out of that list, we move ahead of 2014 and 2015 when looking at high temperatures. (6th coldest avg high temp since 1990).

We will slide a bit to finish the month, but yes, it's been cold. 

2 minutes ago, wdrag said:

You all are there.  I kind of wish we had a camera on the board area 24x7 to match up to the ASOS there. I know there is UWS observer in our subforum.  I cant keep up with all the chat here.

I also think the NWS and Feds at the White House could collaborate and get a daily observation going there using Climate accepted sensors and security vetted observation (security personnel?).  The 0.4 at National doesn't seem representative of what I see on the White House lawn this morning. Minor point and not going to happen at both locations (CP and DCA) and this is why we regionalize snowfall info to not get to hung up on specifics. That harkens back to the PS/PC debate when we moved over to grids and wording from the grids.

I'll add the CoCoRaHs and NOHRSC snowfall analysis shortly for anyone to compare the initial thread ensembles vs reality and also the NWS multi sensor precip which showed 1/2" in the areas that I think got good banding, which also was well defined 24-48 hours in advance by the WPC snowbands  extracted from the SPC HREF and confirmed by the FSU banding web site via the GFS. 

I'm on the UWS, near the River, a little less susceptible to heat island, but more susceptible to any W wind and impact from the River. My tried and true method of sticking my fingers into the snow on benches and railings could not get me to 2".

22 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Maybe it's 2 inches now after a whole night of compression and settling. Doubtful at midnight last night when they measured it was 1.6 but it's par for the course.

Do you live in Manhattan? 
 

I’m about a mile from the CPK station and I couldn’t measure 2” last night anywhere.  I would have guessed more like 1.8” but it’s not some criminal under measurement.

Still enough to create a winter wonderland with the cold.

1 hour ago, wdrag said:

Don,

 

Think this needs a check if you include after midnight. BOS 5 inches.  also I think ASOS WE is messed up at BOS after midnight and possibly the same at NYC but I can live more with NYC.  

Later,

Walt

Sadly, i think the 1.6" is not far off for Manhattan. My eyeball measurements would be more like 1.75; I don't think we got to 2".

Not adding up to too much at this point - maybe 1.5 or a bit more? But a stunning night. 
 

1 minute ago, etudiant said:

Wherever it is, it is not here in Manhattan.

We're getting very light snow, maybe at an inch every 3 hours rate. Temperatures are around freezing, so stuff melts or sticks, depending on where it lands.

We're nowhere close to any 3" forecast.

No dings on the weather service, their maps told the tale, it is more a reproach to all the people who tried to make this into something it was not.

It was not forecast to get heavy until 6-9 here. Whether we get to 3-5 or not remains to be seen, but up where I am (the low 100s near the Hudson) all side streets are covered. It is sticking and accumulating quickly now.

Escalated quickly here on the UWS. All cross streets snow covered, even Riverside Drive (the main road). Not having trouble sticking now

Never mind Cajun Navy gonna need skimobiles. 

How much for... the oil rigs and shrimp boats? 

57 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

Out of area, but would be historic next week.

 

1899 says hi.

Anyone who bet on “enough snow to sled” in Manhattan can collect

This past week here in the city was brutal. Not the coldest temps we've seen this decade, but the relentless wind made it miserable.

2 minutes ago, MANDA said:

Point taken.  I was just going by the official record.  Yes, those pictures don't jive with the official record.

On the other hand the drifting was historic.  One side of the street was swept essentially clean and the other side was buried.  Hard to tell in that picture what was from drifts with then removed snow piled on.  I have a nice book of 1888 somewhere by Judd Caplovich somewhere but have not picked it up in decades. 

I suspect 1888 and 1947 are the true GOATs and would stand alone probably in the 30s using today's measurement practices.

3 minutes ago, MANDA said:

1888 in the city had totals MUCH lower than Jan 1996.  I was only referencing 1993 vs. 1888 to compare March storms.  A track to the east would have easily doubled what NYC got in 1March 1993 with winds gusting to hurricane force.  Would have been an epic blizzard.

Yeah I don't think they were brushing off the snowboard to get measurements every 6 hours in 1888. 

Nice mood snow downtown. Suspect we are doing better than back home on the UWS…

The Bull getting dusted

Epic, epic rolling thunder. Best of the year.